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...free-associate: Andy Warhol and what? Close your eyes. Do silver-and- rosewood tea sets come to mind? How about a Superman Touch-Tone phone or a frontal photo of a naked Yul Brynner? Allow your imagination to wander across Eskimo bone masks, prehistoric pottery and World War II medals. Try these: 18- karat-gold nail scissors and wooden merry-go-round horses...
DIED. Yul Brynner, 65, exotic, prepotent actor whose near total identification with the role of the dictatorial but endearing King of Siam, whom he portrayed in 4,625 performances of The King and I over 34 years as well as in the 1956 film, and for which he won a Tony Award and an Oscar, almost obscured his achievements as a movie performer, photographer and TV director; after a two- year battle with cancer; in New York City. He was born Taidje Khan on Sakhalin Island, off the coast of Siberia, to a Rumanian Gypsy mother and a Swiss-Mongolian...
Ronald Reagan and the MX missile, the political equivalent of Yul Brynner and The King and I, played another engagement last week, and the staging was as impressive as ever. Olive-drab Army buses wound down Pennsylvania Avenue, ferrying more than 100 members of Congress to the White House for a last- minute patriotic pitch from the Gipper. Chief Arms Control Negotiator Max Kampelman made a special guest appearance, jetting home from the Geneva arms talks to add diplomatic luster to Reagan's argument that a vote in the House against the MX would weaken America's bargaining position with...
There is one school of thought, inhabited mainly by bald men, which claims that bald is beautiful. Bald men are alleged to be volcanoes of libidinous energy. Think of Yul Brynner, think of Kojak, think of Picasso goatishly chasing girls at 90. But despite such supposed proclivities, bald men are also said to look wise (think of Henry James or Oswald Spengler) and statesmanlike (John Glenn?). All well and good, but prejudices persist. Given a choice, Frank Sinatra decided on hair transplants, and Burt Reynolds acquired a toupee. When are we likely to elect our next bald President...
Since 1983 Brynner has been bravely and publicly fighting cancer. Knowledge of this battle gives added poignance to the King's credo: "Every day I try to live another day . . . Every day I do my best for one more day." But his strength as a performer, if not as a presence, seems sapped. The music in each line of dialogue has become a jingle, a sentiment not so much spoken as marketed; then comes a pause for laughter or applause or just mute admiration. In the show's wonderfully discreet mating ritual, Shall We Dance?, his new Anna (Mary Beth...