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Finally -- at least momentarily -- it looked as if there was magic in the latest version of the Magic Kingdom. During most of the two months since its opening at Marne-la-Vallee outside Paris, the entertainment complex has been dogged by downbeat news. Euro Disneyland has drawn about 1.5 million visitors, a number that barely matches early projections. The stock of the Euro Disney holding company, once the rage of the Paris Bourse, has posted a 20% decline since opening day. In a letter to shareholders two weeks ago, company chairman Robert Fitzpatrick confessed that there could be "no assurance...
...Paris last week, Prime Minister Edith Cresson named unemployment, now nearing 10%, as "the government's public enemy No. 1." The mood of France is so downbeat that Mitterrand coined a new word to describe it: sinistrose, an amalgam of the words for calamity and moroseness...
...Mood Is So Downbeat...
...division, is coaxing customers with a huge promotional effort. Twin Peaks director David Lynch filmed a trailer playing in movie theaters and on TV. K Mart outlets are pushing the album in half a dozen locations in each store. Working against the hoopla: mixed reviews like Daily Variety's downbeat verdict that "this album won't be the economic miracle the industry is waiting...
...Striper who falls in love with a failing patient. Hollywood had two nicknames for the film: Pretty Nurse and Can't Miss. But now second thoughts may be spoiling the party. 20th Century Fox has postponed the movie until late summer, and there's talk of changing both the downbeat ending and the title. To what, Pretty Sick? No. Forever Young...