Weekly Perspective

 We present the following courtesy of the New York Times on California:   Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and James Hong prepared to film a scene during production of “Chinatown” in Los Angeles in 1973.  Getty This week, I finally watched the 1991 movie “L.A. Story,” a fanciful romantic comedy that more than anything else is a loving sendup of Los Angeles. The movie, written by and starring Steve Martin, is full of gags about traffic, earthquakes, hip restaurants, ever-temperate weather and happy people who aren’t actually all that happy. Martin, who grew up in Orange County, once  described  making the film as “like teasing your best friend.” “You have to know them pretty well and like them, in order to be able to do it,” he told The New York Times in 1991. When Martin’s character suggests to his love interest — played by Victoria Tennant, who was married to Martin at the time — that he give her a cultural tour of the city, she replies: “That’s the first 15 minutes. Then what?” “L.A. Sto

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