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THE OUTSIDERS (SUNDAYS, 7 p.m. EDT, FOX). TV has discovered a new genre: working-class romanticism. First came Elvis, with its nostalgic retelling of the King's early rise from blue-collar boredom to Top 40 stardom. Now Francis Coppola has turned his 1983 movie about Oklahoma teenagers (based on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Apr. 16, 1990 | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

Many have found success and prosperity in their new home. A decade ago, a 1 1/2-mile strip of Bolsa Avenue between Garden Grove and Westminster in Orange County, Calif., was a ragged quilt of vacant lots and small stores, bean fields and discount emporiums. Today the stretch is as alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strangers In Paradise | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis has become a shrine, a sort of tackiness made sacred. Mount Sinai, where God came to earth, is about to become a sacred place made tacky.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Trashing Mount Sinai | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

This modernized, seemingly low-budget Comedy of Errors, thanks to the cast, can be best described as enthusiastic. The jarringly bad costumes and set certainly do not impress. The outfits look like dress-up clothes found in the back of a closet. The police officers inexplicably look like Hell's...

Author: By Yuko Miyazaki, | Title: Comic Confusion Abounds: | 3/16/1990 | See Source »

ELVIS (ABC, Sundays, 8:30 p.m. EST). ABC's new bio series offers two surprises. Rather than a cynical attempt to cash in on Elvismania, it is an unpretentious look at the King's early years. Surprise No. 2: despite glowing reviews and a good time slot, Elvis is walking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Mar. 12, 1990 | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

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