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Bette's pianist and arranger was young Barry Manilow, just a few years short of his own, more comfortable stardom. Their first rehearsals were "nothing special, almost dull," as Manilow recalls them. "I played and she sang. But then we did it in front of an audience. She came downstairs in this turban and an outfit that could have come from my grandmother's closet. She was a tornado of energy and talent. I was six feet away, and this vision was one of the thunderbolts in my life." Another fan-Aaron Russo, signed on as Midler's manager...
...REAGAN era is a dull age. Americans have become doped on the mystique that this former movie actor sells. We drink Classic Cokes, listen to classic hits and wear classically tailored clothes. But dullness is not fought with boring, unemotional candidates. If the nation is to wake to the needs of it people, there must be a candidate with rough edges on which we can sharpen the blade of American political consciousness...
...that I've gone to so many hockey games that I've become overly sensitive, but this Bye Bye Verdi is downright dirty. And worse, deadly dull...
...Harvard say they watched the show. Some, like international relations expert Associate Professor of History Bradford E. Lee, "made a point of not watching it," while Russian historian Gurney Professor of History and Political Science Adam Ulam stuck it out for two minutes before pronouncing the series "unbearably dull...
...meetings are hard to arrange; Rowan belongs more and more to his relentlessly successful show. MacDonald, who should know about such things, is worried that his friend is succumbing to the tyranny of a popular formula. "One never rides with anything," he warns, "because that is the way to dull up the world. One tries to improve everything with the tools available: imagination, mischief, irony and the marvelous knowledge that the world is mad." Rowan seems to agree, agonizing about his struggles with producers and network honchos, his efforts to break up the partnership with Martin, and above...