Word: corliss
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Critic Richard Corliss's praise of Hill Street Blues is by far the best analysis of the series I have read, yet Corliss misses the point of the relationship between Captain Francis Furillo and Joyce Davenport. Joyce is not only Frank's girlfriend, but a defense attorney. The question of whether a policeman should have a personal relationship with someone on the other side of a case is raised each time the two meet. To call Joyce "Frank's elegant girlfriend" is an injustice to her role. Mark L. Curelop Brockton, Mass...
...Richard Corliss. Reported by Bonnie Angela/London
...daring. As long as someone has a story to tell or a song to sing, and as long as someone else is willing to sit down and listen?for two hours or 2½?Broadway will be as good a place as any to do it. ?By Richard Corliss. Reported by Elaine Dutka/New York and Martha Smilgis/Los Angeles
this could have been a bitterly raucous movie, if only the artists involved hadn't confused seriousness with solemnity. For their penance, they should see any Bunuel movie ten times. -By Richard Corliss...
...accepted narrative level-the film may be scorned or, worse, dismissed. That would do this tireless innovator an injustice. Antonioni will be 70 next year, but he has suggested a bold new direction for the cinema-and created a work of dazzling ambition and achievement. -By Richard Corliss...