 Reviewers have compared him with actors they never saw in the role, namely Gene Kelly, or men who have never essayed Joey onstage, including Hugh Jackman, Harry Connick Jr. and, yes, Frank Sinatra, who insisted, among other woeful ideas, that he sing "The Lady Is a Tramp" in the misconceived (and far happier) 1957 film version.A big, toothy movie star might have assured theatergoers that this cad really wasn't what he is — a cad.Risch, to his credit, offers a tough, uncompromising portrait that allows only two brief moments of moral conscience — both of which lead Joey to shield his girlfriend Jenny from, well, Joey.