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...notoriety of Audrey Jr. brings the little shop more business than it can handle. But there is a catch in this Faustian bargain: Seymour must oblige the plant's noisy demands to "Feed me!" by offering it the bodies of a derelict, a prostitute and a sadistic dentist. Will Seymour and Audrey consummate their love? Will Audrey Jr. devour them both? Will this outre material make for a good musical comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: When Trash Is a Treasure | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...petite, attractive Blume, daughter of a New Jersey dentist, wrote her first children's book 13 years ago, when her two children were young. They are now in college, and the divorced author divides her time between a New York City apartment and a suburban home in Santa Fe, N. Mex. These days she keeps her highly praised ear for dialogue in tune through the 2,000 letters that she receives each month from youthful admirers. Asked one twelve-year-old: "Do you write your books from your mind, or do you use a kit?" Blume hardly needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Packaging the Facts of Life | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...crooked teeth as a child and recalls, "I just wasn't ready emotionally for braces." Years later, looking at a family photograph, he noticed that even as an adult he was holding his mouth "very strangely" in order to cover his malaligned teeth. Last October a dentist spent 1 hr. 45 min. fitting Nottingham with braces. Two weeks later his teeth were wired. "Within 60 days, there was a tremendous amount of difference," says Nottingham, whose 18-to 24-month treatment will cost $3,000. "I'm seeing an aesthetic and a health difference." The one thing that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ultra-Bite | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

...Lost, Found and Lost, premiered two weeks ago, for example, the subject is false sophistication. The music: airport Muzak. Charmaine sugarcoats the strings in one segment as dancers posture wearily in line, shuffling forward slowly. Fond of reconciling opposites, Taylor was struck by the idea in a dentist's office. "I used to ask him to turn off the wallpaper music," he says. "But then I started listening." Banality has never been as vibrant as it is under his direction. In black costumes with veils, designed by Artist Alex Katz, dancers stare into space, scratch, arrange hips and arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Tolkien of Choreographers | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

...that looks like a pygmy canoe paddle, Sony has turned out a set that is more streamlined and less bulky than existing tiny TVs. The Watchman, with a 2-in. screen and sleek metallic finish, not only looks good everywhere but can work just about anywhere too, from a dentist's chair to a box at the opera. It can be powered by batteries, household current, even a car's cigarette lighter socket. While the list price of the Watchman, scheduled to hit U.S. stores this fall, is around $250, Sony does not include collision insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Fine Tuning | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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