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Supergirl is Kara (Helen Slater), Superman's younger cousin and a fellow émigré from Krypton, who grows up in Midvale, U.S.A., as Linda Lee. In her preppie uniform she is an ordinary schoolgirl, but put her in red cape and tights and she is revealed as California Girl, apotheosis of the workout ethic. Kara must save the world from the malefic Selena (Faye Dunaway), high priestess of Endor and part-time palmist. In this task, Supergirl is aided by her Krypton father Zaltar (Peter OToole), who, as in every other Freudian fable from Oedipus Rex to Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Girl of Steel vs. Man of Iron | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

Sure, she's got connections--she's Superman's cousin and the product of his producers. Yes, she's experienced from her inaugural battle with the over the evil witch Selena (Faye Dunaway) and her corny cohorts. But, by Krypton, is she boring...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Call Off the Celluloid | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...report that implicated the military in Aquino's death so graciously received by Marcos and so tepidly greeted by the public? Chiefly because Agrava failed to include one important name among the alleged conspirators: Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fabian Ver, 64, Marcos' cousin, close confidant and most powerful protector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Accusing the Military | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

This saggy-dog story, made for $120,000 by American Independent Film Maker Jim Jarmusch, asks the musical question: How hip are you? A coupla white guys sit around talking, or moping. One of the guys plays desultory host to his cousin from Budapest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Nov. 5, 1984 | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...including High Performance, a kind of Great Performances of jazz, classical and folk music, and highlights of music festivals from Bayreuth to Spoleto. APR takes its culture-vulturing seriously: with 70% of its programming consisting of classical music, it is the arty counterpart to its older and bigger Washington cousin, the public-affairs-oriented National Public Radio, APR'S bread-and-butter is broadcasting local cultural programming across the country via satellite. Indeed, through its Los Angeles affiliate, the network broadcast 20 events of the Olympic Arts Festival in full, including three Royal Opera performances. And they have done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Sound of Quality | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

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