Word: cuteness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Next is the gee-I'm-so-cute-and-friendly approach, usually employed by girls and unctuous preppies. "Aw, c'mon, please, pretty please," they whine, eyelids batting somewhere down about the level of their drooling lips. But most annoying is the dissatisfied customer angle, to which there is no legally permissible reply. "Hey kid! I get more than that...
There are some cute utilities available, such as Sideways, a program which prints spreadsheet and other files sideways on a printer, allowing an unlimited number of columns. Another helpful program is the Norton Utilities, which is useful for recovering lost files or fixing messed-up disks...
...elfin yuppie of TV's Family Ties, wears an earring and says naughty words but still looks as cute as a Disney toy. His fans won't forgive this film; they will ignore it. Rowlands, when she finally gets the chance, locates strength and heartbreak in her harridan matriarch. But Jett, rock star in her first movie role, is terrific. A sign in Light of Day reads PERFORMANCE IS A REFLECTION OF ATTITUDE. With her melodramatic dark eyes and mesmerizing surliness, Jett has the attitude and gives the performance. Try watching someone else when she is on screen...
PICTURE MICHAEL Jackson at the helm of the Millenium Falcon with a crew of Snuffalupagusesque space-doofs--Two things that look like shrunken, tie-dyed Abominable Snowmen, another furry critter with a farting. trumpet-trunk nose (Is flatulence comedy's equivalent of Esperanto?), and a butterfly-winged, cute-as-hell koala that looks like a cross between Tinkerbell and John Madden...
More important, Newhart is running with the easy, confident stride of a TV series at the peak of its form. Success has come without any of the usual sitcom crutches: not a single regular character is a wisecracking child, irreverent senior citizen or cute extraterrestrial. "Let's just say we're not a high-impact comedy like Laverne and Shirley," says Newhart, 57. "We give the audience credit for having some intelligence." Newhart's leisurely, low- voltage style sets the tone; instead of rapid-fire gag lines, he opts for shrewdly timed pauses, stammers and deadpan understatement. He gets...