Word: chung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late Herbert von Karajan at the august Berlin Philharmonic, and the even more unexpected engagement of Finland's Esa-Pekka Salonen, 31, to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic, two new generations are finally laying claim to the world's great orchestras. Coming shortly after the selection of Myung-Whun Chung, 36, to lead the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, the appointments indicate a fresh breeze whistling through classical music...
...entered a region some thought sacrosanct. It is the centerpiece of two network prime-time news shows: NBC's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (which drew good ratings in three outings in late summer and will return for three more this season) and the just-introduced Saturday Night with Connie Chung, on which Jones appeared...
...real and only-looks-like-real are mixed with abandon, a viewer can get disoriented. Newscasters like Connie Chung and Mary Alice Williams introduce Hollywood-style mini-dramas one day, news stories from Warsaw and Capitol Hill the next. Real-life victims of brutal crimes return to the scene to act them out for the TV cameras. At least one actor from America's Most Wanted was turned in to authorities by a concerned viewer -- who mistook him for the fugitive he played in a re-enactment...
...shows highlight the problem. Both are treading gingerly with their re-creations. At the opening of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, a correspondent notes, "When re-creations are used, we have carefully documented every important detail and have clearly identified the re-creations." The producers of Saturday Night with Connie Chung point out that their re-enactments must adhere to strict CBS News standards -- which means that all dialogue is taken from documented sources...
Saturday Night with Connie Chung is at least less tacky. Its story on civil rights leader Johns glided smoothly between interviews with real-life colleagues and re-enacted scenes from his life. Forthcoming episodes will use re-creations to focus on such issues as AIDS, abortion and capital punishment. Chung has asserted that her show's re-creations stand apart from those on other programs. "Ours," she says, "will be of motion-picture quality...