Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, a dream assignment; seldom is there so probable a guarantee of a measure of immortality for one's prose. Says Rosenblatt: "The more I thought of the audience, the more fascinated I grew. Here I was writing to people not yet born, who would feel so much older than us and look back on us as museum exhibits. How could I tell them how alive we are?" We think you will find it lively reading and a memorable, moving meditation on our times...
Over the next five years, the three set out to raise enough money to design, build and fly Voyager. The project took shape in Hangar 77 at Mojave Airport; the plane was put together by dedicated volunteers and a few paid workers who were determined to assemble a dream. Dick Rutan became the driving force; two years ago he bought out his brother's half interest in the plane. He is proud that the group is accomplishing its mission without one cent of Government money...
...Brooklyn Museum's entrance hall is a period room of the recently lost future, haunted by a peculiar American dream from the days when model-airplane kits were still mostly balsa. A 1929 high-wing monoplane, bravely lacquered in sky blue and wasp yellow, hangs from the ceiling, almost low enough for the grown visitor to touch its spats. Nearby sits the Chrysler Airflow -- not, alas, the classic 1934 model with the "waterfall" radiator, but still modernity on wheels, squinty windshield, fairings and all. Between them are such icons as the 1936 Sears-Roebuck Waterwitch outboard, offering its owner some...
...perfect baseball junkie's dream: there I was, locked inside Fenway. If I leaned over far enough, I could even see a few of the box seats, still the same red color they were a few months earlier...
There are several good touches in Feldman's script--for instance, its ill-mannered version of the stereotypical Asian mentor and a particularly odd dream sequence--but all of these showcase Murphy's familiar comic talents. For his next outing, let's hope for a star vehicle that is a little bit more demanding to drive...