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...play is the teen-age Eugene, portrayed with winning deadpan guile by Matthew Broderick. He acts as narrator, a kind of perky tourist guide to darkest Depression Brooklyn. He is possessed by two maddeningly tantalizing desires: to play for the New York Yankees and to behold a naked woman while eating an ice cream cone...
...Broderick Thompson, a junior from Cerritos, Calif., was found guilty of felony theft and sentenced to three years probation...
...Children First!, is both the best and the worst. It takes place five years later. Alan has been killed in a "fag bash," an attack on homosexuals by macho punks; Ed has finally split from Laurel; and Arnold is in the process of adopting a gay teen-ager (Matthew Broderick). Add to that a visit from Mrs. Beckoff (Estelle Getty), the ultimate Jewish mother, and Fierstein has enough material for another three-acter. He has in fact perhaps too much to handle-or too little sense of structure to handle it well. He seems to have just tacked everything hurriedly...
...Evans, 51 (The Godfather, Chinatown and Popeye). Evans has never worked in TV before. But then, he has never faced so special a challenge. In July 1980 Evans pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to agreeing to buy 5 oz. of cocaine for $19,000. Judge Vincent Broderick deferred judgment, offering Evans a chance to wipe his record clean after a year's probation. In return, said Broderick, "I want you to use your unique talents where others have failed in this horrible thing of drug abuse by children...
...Yourself begins with a belief that youths take drugs mostly out of boredom and peer pressure, that there is nothing particularly seductive or pleasurable about the drugs themselves. Through decades, doctors, social workers and legislators have learned that the drug problem is complex and deeply rooted. Even Judge Broderick sounded as much wistful as hopeful when he urged Evans to seek "a breakthrough where others have failed." -By William A. Henry III. Reported by Martha Smilgis/Los Angeles