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Broderick is brilliant as the title character. As Ferris he is charismatic, magnanimous, ironic, confident and independent, yet cutely boyish. Once you've seen Broderick, it's difficult to imagine any other actor playing a character innocent enough to get away with faking illness to his loving mother, and cunning enough to set up a bizarre array of equipment to cover for his not being home...
...Emerson Hall and the following rally. He said that he had decoyed the police while his counterparts were erecting the shanties. He was part of the protesters' legal council and had maintained a vigil at the shanties the entire evening. He spoke of the evening proudly, wearing a boyish grin. There was no doubt he had strongly held beliefs on the subject of divestment...
...boyish-looking author also spoke about the difficulty of following up on a runaway success like Bright Lights. "If Bright Lights hadn't been so successful, my second book would probably have been very similar...
Katt is another matter. Several years ago he brought school-boyish charm to the role of an inept superhero in the short-lived television series The Greatest American Hero. In House, he plays the part of an angst-ridden Vietnam vet with the same schoolboyish charm and humor. Unfortunately, angst and schoolboy don't go well together...
...face is familiar: the high-domed forehead, penetrating eyes and open, boyish smile. His image has been carried aloft like an icon by demonstrators in every major Western capital. His name has become a household word from Jerusalem to New York. Prime Ministers and Presidents, including Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, have pleaded with the Kremlin to cut short his 13-year sentence. For his sake, rabbis chained themselves to the fence of the Soviet mission to the United Nations. Most eloquent on his behalf has been his wife Avital, an Israeli citizen who has tirelessly campaigned for his release...