June 22, 2001
Martin & Hannah & Sylvia & Ted
When Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice came together in Paul Mazursky's 1969 debut effort as a Hollywood director, the no-nonsense auteur started his couples off in a therapy session, then quickly immersed them in sex and psychobabble, the better to entertain and edify us through farce.
No such luck -- or narrative salvation -- for Martin & Hannah & Sylvia & Ted, first spotted as a foursome on the "New Fiction" table of a Manhattan bookstore. The chance side-by-side
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