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That seems likely. To be sure, there is much to cavil about in conception and execution, above all the fact that Andrews does not get enough to do. Looking chic and ageless, taking command without commandeering center stage, she electrifies the audience at the first-act curtain with Could I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still A Fair Lady | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

The plot is familiar: a gentle stranger (Carlos Gallardo, who also co- produced) in a tough town; a mysterious woman with a nasty patron; and in 82 minutes, 15 perforated corpses. But that's just the outline. Rodriguez, who's been making films since he was 12, and whose short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Few Bucks, Very Big Bang | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

"I WAS HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT BE willing to discuss your feelings about the Kronauer case." Nothing is irredeemable, but any cop show that begins with a line like that is in deep trouble. CRIME & PUNISHMENT, a new NBC series from Dick Wolf (Law & Order), introduces perhaps the worst gimmick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Mar. 8, 1993 | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

Jonathan Weinber handles his role as the police captain with droll aplomb. As a portrait of savagery, the captain delightedly lectures on execution and demonstrates on a dog Selig displays appropriate confusion and horror at such antics.

Author: By John Aboud, | Title: Mismatched Bookends at the Loeb Experimental Theatre | 2/25/1993 | See Source »

In Gbadolite, Mobutu lives in a series of garish palaces guarded by soldiers drawn from his own Bangala tribe. An early riser, he often tunes in newscasts via satellites. It was after watching the televised execution of his old friend President Nicolae Ceaucescu of Romania, for example, that he decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaving Fire in His Wake: MOBUTU SESE SEKO | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

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