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COMPLACENT, insulting lines like this abound in the script, making it difficult for us to appreciate Schroeder's solid direction of a highly competent cast. Rourke has genuine negative charisma in this film, in contrast to his vapid, one dimensional sex magnet persona in 9 1/2 Weeks. Here he's a sex symbol straight out of the Cuisinart, with his bloodstained tee shirts and battered face, and he remains likeable through the corniest moments. For all his apocalyptic late night poetry scribbling and implausible literary references, we can understand why Wanda and Tully fall in love with him, and even...
...Elwood with a warm, welcoming smile frozen on his face from beginning to end, and while the smile effectively establishes beyond a doubt that Elwood is sweet and mild-mannered, his character lacks depth and soon grows cartoonish. If Elwood is to hold our attention, he also needs charisma...
...organizational damage is minor compared to the way Dukakis' carefully polished image has been tarnished. Reserved to the point of aloofness, the Governor is no charisma candidate. His principal appeal is his reputation as an efficient manager, and he has been pushing that appeal for all it is worth. For example, Dukakis has derided Ronald Reagan for being dangerously unaware of what the White House staff was doing during the Iran-contra affair, yet in the first crisis of his campaign, the Governor appeared ignorant of what his own campaign staff had been up to. If Dukakis had fired Sasso...
...issue of character has been an important plus in the governor's campaign. "If the president was chosen based upon international affairs, defense strategy or charisma, Dukakis wouldn't have a chance," said Boston political consultant Michael S. Goldman. "But since national issues, competence, honesty and personal integrity are now the issues, Dukakis will do well...
...press for many of their problems, particularly financial ones. TIME's correspondents who reported this week's cover stories on the fortunes of Jim and Tammy Bakker and their fellow televangelists faced constant reminders that their subjects are as widely noted for their business acumen as for their spiritual charisma. "To some critics," observes Chicago- based Correspondent Barbara Dolan, "these people appear to be almost comical with their emotional appeals. But that faith-healing showmanship can hide the mind of a Wall Street banker...