Word: biz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...encroachment but could not penetrate what Reagan now regards as his "early white-eyed liberal daze." Reagan became furious at Murphy, labeled him "an archreactionary." But Murphy persisted and, alter Reagan recognized what was happening, the pair patched up their differences. Now Murphy, haying led the way from show biz to public office, is an eager backer of Reagan's cause...
...being California-all talk. After his San Francisco oration, Brown and 8,000 of the faithful attended a show-biz spectacular featuring a galaxy of stars including Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Ella Fitzgerald and Trini Lopez. Frank Sinatra, who interrupted a movie he is making in London to put on the show, crooned a few ballads and, taking leave of the Governor backstage, flew off in the Sinatra Enterprises plane, leaving the Brown campaign kitty $225,000 fatter. Not to be outdone, Reagan, himself a late-show idol (among his credits, Brown likes to remind voters, is Bedtime for Bonzo...
...Yorty in the Democratic primary have been trickling back to the Brown fold. As a result, the latest California Poll shows that Reagan now holds only a hairsbreadth lead, 46% to 43%. A more direct popularity test came last week when both candidates and the usual panoply of show-biz celebrities rode in a parade commemorating Los Angeles' 185th anniversary. The lustiest cheers by far were for someone named Bob Hope...
Since nearly every line of dialogue strikes a familiar blue note, the only way to justify still another fictional show-biz biography is to link it to the color question. Adam is a specialty act salted with social protest. It is played at a feverish pitch by Sammy Davis Jr., who has surrounded himself with such Negro performers as Ossie Davis, Louis Armstrong and, as the girl in his cheering section, a sunburst of shy sepia charm named Cicely Tyson. A handful of jazzmen (Mel Torme, Kai Winding, Nat Adderly) make the score swing but aren't much help...
Among the rest of the corps, claims Fried, "you don't see enough digging, or balance." Too many reporters, he insists, still look upon Buddhist "politicians" as religious figures and take them at their word. To Fried, the immolations and amputations "are show biz," and it is a reporter's job to dig behind the pizazz...