Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...definitely a sport of the '80s and '90s," Clews said. "Because of the cross training, you have a lot fewer injury problems, a lot less wear and tear on the muscles and joints...
...wasn't a religious kid, although I was Bar Mitzvahed in a real Orthodox synagogue. The first four rows were filled with Jewish men in their 80s who sang the Haftarah along with me, so that whenever I forgot something all I had to do was listen -- they were way ahead of me anyhow. It was like having a hundred prompters. My mother observes the dietary rules now, but back then our family was storefront kosher. Whenever the rabbi left our house it was, "Strike the sets, remove the props." My mom and I were seafood nuts, but of course...
...between tragedy and farce. Ostensibly it is a sardonic burlesque of the United Nations (here thinly disguised as the World Body) and its present-day cast of characters, but underneath runs a current of sadness that the ideals of the 1940s have been overrun by the travesties of the '80s. One veteran envoy, producing an old Esperanto primer, even remembers when "one universal language would make war obsolete...
...Back to the Future goes further: this white '80s teenager must teach black '50s musicians the finer points of rock 'n' roll. Out-rageous! After a thunderous heavy-metal riff, Marty stares at his dumbfounded audience and shrugs, "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." You bet, Marty. You and your whole movie. Now and for 30 years to come...
...which arrives in the U.S. trailing clouds of praise from England, Germany, Canada and Australia, may do just as well. True, the sex this time around is considerably muted. But moods have changed over the past 20 years, and Vizinczey has cannily kept pace. The prime aphrodisiacs of the ^ '80s seem to be money and greed, and An Innocent Millionaire offers a spellbinding combination of both...