The Beautician and the Beast

The Beautician and the Beast is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Fran Drescher and Timothy Dalton as the title characters. The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country. The story is similar to that of The King and I, The Sound of Music, and Evita, with elements also reminiscent of the sitcom The Nanny, for which Drescher is most famous.

The article is seen by Ira Grushinsky Ian McNeice, a diplomatic representative of a small Eastern European country called Slovetzia bordered by Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine, a country she never heard of. Ira has been sent to the United States to find a tutor for the three children of Slovetzias President, and, mistakenly thinking that Joy is an academic teacher, offers the job to her. Joy accepts, and it is only after they arrive in Slovetzia that Ira realizes his error. By then it is too late, and Joy agrees to keep up the ruse of being a real teacher for the time being.The initial meeting of Joy with the President, a dictator named Boris Pochenko Timothy Dalton, gets off on the wrong foot, but Joy gets along well with his four children Yuri, Katrina Lisa Jakub, Karl Adam LaVorgna, and Masha Heather DeLoach. Joy teaches them of life outside Slovetzia and helps them gain confidence in themselves. Joy frequently clashes with Pochenko, who is disturbed by her fierce independence and the fact that he cannot frighten her. ........

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