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...took 27 bullet wounds during the first 24 years of his life, battling such miserable miscreants as Flattop, the Mole, Pruneface, Mumbles, the Brow, B-B Eyes and 88 Keyes (the larcenous pianist). But the villains never got the best of Dick Tracy, the hatchet-jawed, hawk-nosed dean of comic-strip detectives. Last week, Tracy, his snap-brim hat and two-way radio intact, celebrated his 50th year as a cartoon hawkshaw. So did his creator, Chester Gould, 80. Gould, now in affluent retirement in Woodstock, Ill., first dubbed his hero "Plainclothes Tracy," The moniker soon changed and later...
...perhaps to illustrate how idiotic it is to hang on every syllable he and Richards decide to cram into a verse. By the same token, take a look at any picture of minimalist drummer Charlie Watts in action, and you will probably find that famous wry smile and sweatless brow. He knows what he's doing by keeping you waiting for his occasional flourishes. Though he may look a little bored, Watts understands the unique funkiness his bosses need, and he is wise in the ways of making studio productions sound like spontaneous jam sessions...
During a break, Adler can be seen mopping his brow. He is short of breath. "The trick is to get them relaxed," he puffs. "They've got to be taken out of the teacher-student relationship. Every good teacher has to be something...
...Kaufman is more of a public performer who relishes making dramatic speeches to packed audiences of edgy moneymen. When he furrows his brow and speaks in slow, solemn tones, the markets often quake. Early last year he told a group of bankers that the U.S. was "lurching toward a national economic emergency." That same day the Dow Jones index dropped 18 points. One day last week bond prices rallied, in part on the rumor that Kaufman was turning optimistic, only to lose momentum when the story proved to be false. Kaufman believes in personal as well as financial discipline...
...facts of an industry's life, not its death. Hollywood may be a company town-as Scorsese notes, "Everything is geared to turning out the product"-but United Artists is not Chrysler. This gaggle of statistics can act as balm to the harried film maker's brow, but is unlikely to stanch the malaise. If Hollywood is conducting business as usual, few people seem enthusiastic about the enterprise. Robert Redford, 43, whose directorial debut, Ordinary People, is the odds-on favorite in the Oscar sweepstakes, asserts that the industry's "obsession with demographics has produced mass-market...