Word: corliss
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...Star in Her Own Right Richard Corliss's so-called appreciation of Hong Kong pop star and actress Anita Mui, who died in December from cervical cancer, was downright condescending [Jan. 12]. Corliss compared Mui with Greta Garbo, but he gave Mui only a fraction of the respect that Garbo has received. Corliss seemed unaware of the tapestry of friendships Mui wove throughout her life in the treacherous world of show business and unaware, too, of the professionalism she displayed in the series of performances she gave in the months before her death. Mui was more than an "Asian Madonna...
...performance. But in May 1965, at 47, he said a last NBC farewell, picking up his trademark stool and walking into the mists of legend. Jack Paar a legend? We kid you not. He was so good that few talk shows since have been up to Paar. -By Richard Corliss...
...This gargantuan show at Vegas? Caesars Palace is a controversial subject chez Corliss. Husband was enthralled, wife repelled. But I?m writing the column, so here goes. With gigantic colonnades at the beginning and shooting stars and meteor showers at the climax, director Franco Dragone encases his stars, nearly smothers her (and that?s all right with me) in production values. You?ll never see anything so stupendous. Or stupefying. (Mary just called in: ?Or stupid...
Afghanistan, whose headlines for years read like a wail of pain, has had many reasons to cry. Now its citizens can laugh and cry at the movies. The rest of us can cheer. --By Richard Corliss. Reported by Aryn Baker/Kabul
...Richard Corliss...