The princess had more power, influence and force of character than anyone who had ever before been interested in such a case.
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The original Clouseau is not, in any case, a character but a collection of brilliant routines by the late English genius, and Steve Martin bravely does those numbers with as great a comic nimbleness as could be wished.
Different life experiences altogether, but in each case, the core lessons, the character-setting events, all occurred in haberdashery shops and Texas Hill Country classrooms and practicing law with Phil Buchen in Grand Rapids, Michigan.