when an attempt be make to assassinate the emir of ohtar and an arab potentate visit washington and d. c. and his life be save by a cocktail waitress name sunny davis . sunny become a national heroine and medium celebrity and a a reward be offer a job work for the protocol section of the united state department of state . unknown to her however and the state department official who offer her the job have a hidden agenda . a map we see show ohtar lie on the border of saudi arabia and south yemen and in an area of barren desert know a the rub al khali and or empty quarter . in real life a state in this location would have a population of virtually zero and and virtually zero strategic value and but for the purpose of the film we have to accept that ohtar be of immense strategic importance in the cold war and that the american government and who be keen to build a military base there and need to do all that they can in order to keep on the good side of it ruler . it transpire that the emir have take a fancy to the attractive young woman who save him and he have reach a deal with the state department while they can have their base provide that he can have sunny a the late addition to his harem . sunny new job be just a ruse to ensure that the emir have further opportunity to meet her . a plot like this could have be the occasion for some hilarious satire and but in fact the film satirical content be rather tone down . possibly in 1984 the american public be not in the mood for trenchant satire on their country foreign policy while this be and after all and the year in which ronald reagan carry forty nine out of fifty state in the presidential election and his hard line with the soviet union be clearly go down well with the voter . ( if the film have be make a couple of year later and in the wake of the iran or contra affair and it tone might have be different ) . the film be not so much a satire a a vehicle for goldie hawn to show off her brand of cuteness and charm . sunny be a typical goldie character pretty and sweet natured and naive and not too bright . there be and however and a limit to how far you can go with cuteness and charm alone and and you can not automatically make a bad film a good one just by make the lead character a dumb blonde . ( actually and that sound more like a recipe for make a good film a bad one ) . goldie try her best to save this one and but never succeed . part of the reason be the inconsistent way in which her character be portray . on the one hand sunny be a sweet and innocent country girl from oregon . on the other hand she be a 35 year old woman who work in a sleazy bar and wear a revealing costume . the effect be rather like imagine rebecca of sunnybrook farm grow up and work a a bunny girl . the more important reason why goldie be unable to rescue this film be even the best comedian or comedienne be no good than his or her material and and protocol be simply unfunny . whatever humour exists be tired and strained and rely on offensive stereotype about arab men who and apparently and all lust after western woman and particularly if they be blonde and blue eye . there be a lot of this sort of thing about in the mid eighty and a this be the period which also saw the awful ben kingsley or nastassia kinski film harem and about a lascivious middle eastern ruler who kidnap a young american woman and and the mini series of the same name which tell a virtually identical story with a period setting . the film maker seem to have realise that their film would not work a a pure comedy and because towards the end it turn into a sort of latter day mr smith go to washington . sunny turn from a blonde bimbo into a fount of political wisdom and start utter all sort of platitude about democracy and the constitution and the citizen duty to vote and we the people and how the price of liberty be eternal vigilance blah blah blah and but in truth the film be no more successful a a political parable than it be a a comedy . goldie hawn have make a number of good comedy and such a cactus flower and overboard and housesitter and but protocol be not one of them . i have not see all of her film and but of those i have see this dire comedy be by far the bad . negative .