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...those who lived through the '50s and '60s; a new experience for those accustomed to the economy-size compartments of mall movie theaters. And what films! They've already played "Lawrence of Arabia" and Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet." Still to come are "My Fair Lady" and "The Last Emperor...
Next on the list is "My Fair Lady," one of the most beloved musicals to emerge from the '60s--certainly one of the loveliest and wittiest. And finally, Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor," which may come close to "Lawrence of Arabia" for benefits from big-screen presentation: few can match Bertolucci for sheer richness of visual style. One can also look for Peter O'Toole again, this time in a supporting role, and alas, much older, but still retaining terrific poise and those deep blue eyes...
...hands of colonial powers over the past 155 years. First on the list: Britain, abetted by American merchants in 1840, turned its battleships and guns on Canton in order to ram opium down Chinese throats and open China to foreign exploitation. The humiliating siege ended when the Emperor capitulated and ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain...
DIED. LI SHUXIAN, 72, the last wife of China's last Emperor, Pu Yi, who abdicated from the Dragon Throne at age 6; of lung cancer; in Beijing. Li was a nurse at the hospital where Pu Yi received treatment while he was a prisoner of Mao's harsh "re-education" program. Of their marriage in 1962, Pu Yi wrote, "I and my bride...started our own little home, and this ordinary home was, to me, something extraordinary...
...last someone who has the courage to observe not only that Emperor Summer has no clothes but that he is drenched with sweat to boot! Devoted as I am to cooler weather, I'm convinced that we've been conditioned since childhood to worship the most uncomfortable months of the year. Thank you, Roy. MILDRED OSINSKI TEITELMAN Camden...