It's not like she's ignoring Michael while she dallies with Sidney.
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In the second act, she goes to Vassar, dallies with a fellow student and with a publisher — thoroughly modern Millay — and then Mr. Scanlan's interest in chronology, never very strong, gives up altogether.
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Keith Poulson's Chris, an insecure former child actor cast as Nick's counterpart in the play, dallies with both Mona and Esther Garrel's Thérèse — who plays the Mona figure and seeks out Nick for research.
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But a soulful, genial mechanic named Blue (played by Brinsley Forde, a guitarist in the British reggae outfit Aswad) provides the film's spine: his rocky home life, love life and career prospects (he doesn't keep his repair job for long; he dallies with a couple of thugs who lure then rob a gay white man).
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Demme preferred to call it a "performance film" because, he said, it wasn't about the concert experience — he didn't show the audience until the end.) Mr. Byrne also scored Mr. Demme's "Married to the Mob," a gaudy 22008 farce in which Michelle Pfeiffer plays the wife of a Long Island gangster (Alec Baldwin) who tries to exit the mob life after her husband is bumped off when he dallies with the girlfriend of the local boss (Dean Stockwell).
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Meanwhile, the leading man, Bob Barrenger (Alec Baldwin), dallies with Carla (Julia Stiles), a crafty local teen. Everything comes to a head after Barrenger and Carla are injured in a car accident, which leads White (the only witness) to another emotional quandary and into the arms of Annie. Meanwhile, a powerful movie producer (David Paymer) comes to town to help Price with the ensuing mess.
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Coward then convinces Charlot to feature her in his new production, and she is finally recognized as a star. When the revue opens in New York City, she dallies with an actor and a banker, bringing the number of her suitors to three. Gertrude faces financial ruin after spending all her considerable earnings, but ultimately manages to pay back her creditors and retain her glamour. As her career soars, her long- distance relationship with her daughter deteriorates.
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His fortune abruptly disappears when his prize-agent absconds with his funds and the prize court finds that two merchant ships he captured were owned by neutral nations. The court demands he repay the value of the ships (rather than gain the prize money he expected), a sum beyond his means. Mrs Williams takes her daughters away to Bath on this news. Aubrey dallies with Diana, straining his friendship with Maturin and showing himself indecisive on land, a contrast with his decisive ways at sea.
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No one even touches the birthday cake Alma made. Later in the evening, she shares some of it with her neighbor, Fan, while Fan tries to convince her to take up smoking and casual drinking to impress Jack. While her father dallies with Ruby, his 19-year-old mistress, Virginia Duval becomes lovers for the first time with boyfriend Wyatt, a medical student, who then says he cannot marry her because he needs to be with someone of greater position and wealth. Alma has been holding onto a belief that if she can move the family back to her hometown, where she and Jack started out, everything will be all right.
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