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...been a dull TV season; now for a little mind-bending mayhem. For four nights next week, ABC will plunge viewers into the bright, bizarre world of Wild Palms. The six-hour mini-series is the brainchild of two intriguing newcomers to network TV: Oliver Stone, the director of JFK and Platoon, and Bruce Wagner, writer of a hallucinated comic strip in Details magazine on which the mini-series is based. A few minutes into this futuristic fantasy, and viewers numbed by TV's docudrama deluge will realize they've stumbled onto something special. A few more minutes...
...situation strikes the viewer as poignant because, by our society's terms, he is only semi-human. To transform him into the streetwise troublemaker that Reddy portrays is to dodge that most pressing issue. Before the weaknesses in Reddy's Caliban become obvious, the director loses interest in his brainchild, and brings the focus back to Prospero...
...they can now go to a bar for enlightenment. A new saloon has opened in Osaka featuring friendly conversation over a glass of sake with an on-premises Buddhist priest. Patronage has been steady, with discussion topics ranging from personal problems to Japanese political scandals. The bar is the brainchild of an ex- bar owner named Manabu Yoshida and Fumihiko Kiyoshi, a Buddhist priest whose sect emphasizes preaching. The two bill their venture as "a temple that is in harmony with...
...recording is the brainchild of Elektra Nonesuch senior vice president Robert Hurwitz, 43. Hurwitz first heard the symphony nearly a decade ago in one of the three previously recorded versions, but upon encountering it again at a London Sinfonietta program in 1989, he determined to record it with Upshaw and Zinman. Gorecki was present for the sessions in London in May 1991. "There is a brutal truth and honesty to this performance," says Hurwitz, "because the performers surrendered themselves to the music...
...Kiang's brainchild is the newest addition to the HST Division, which encourages cooperation between Harvard and MIT in the development of research in the medical sciences...