‘Soapdish’

This spirited 1991 comedy turns upon the amusing notion that the stars of TV soap operas have lives as screwed up and crazy as those of the characters they play, if not more so. Presiding over the long-running soap in question, “The Sun Also Sets,” is America’s sweetheart (Sally Field), who at 42 is beginning to wonder if there’s more to life than tearfully saying such lines as, “I’m guilty of love--guilty of love in the first-degree.” Watching Kevin Kline (as her lecherous old flame), arguably the supreme farceur of his generation, meet his match in Field is very much of a treat (Cinemax, Sunday at 6:15 p.m.; Friday at 10:30 a.m.).