Word: facials
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does not promise to turn a felon into a bank president. In any case, a more informed judgment on facial surgery's potential for changing personality probably must await release of a study now under way at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Meantime, prisoners continue to apply for surgical work that may cost taxpayers $2,000 to $4,000. But even at that, it may be the cheapest rehabilitation program going...
Ellen Burstyn is called upon to cover a physically and emotionally broad range of acting. While empathetically assuming the pain of an invalid she goes through an impressive series of facial and bodily contortions. Ordinarily possessed of a mild countenance with round, gentle features, her face can grow taut with anger or sadness...
...Jedi master and wise-cracking philosopher who teaches Luke the intricacies of The Force. Yoda--a muppet-like creation operated by Frank Oz (Miss Piggy's human half)--proves a special effects miracle in a film where every frame contains an intricate cinematographic maneuver. The puppet's retinue of facial expressions is endless; his ears alone are more expressive than any of his human co-stars, whose abilities to convey emotions seem to have suffered permanent frostbite on the frozen ice planet...
JACK NICHOLSON plays Jack Torrance with an incredible range of facial contortions and emotional gyrations. He keeps us laughing nervously along, alienated from Shelley Duvall's goofy Wendy, eager to see what new twitch he will add to his repertoire. His eyebrows flap like crazy crows and his mouth and eyes twist into an astounding collection of evil leers. Even his voice changes frequency. This brilliantly amusing psychopath is a stylized mixture of madman and dramatic artist, one glazed eye directed at himself, the other on Danny, who is played to terrified perfection by little Danny Lloyd...
...anywhere from $30 to $50 for the hourlong session, a facial by an experienced technician in a reputable salon is hardly dirt cheap, but devotees swear that it is money well spent. Says Connecticut Clothing Retailer Daniel Ferron, 59, a regular monthly customer at one New York salon: "I felt I was wasting a lot of time waiting around for my wife to have facials, so I decided to have them too. Now I look forward not only to what it does for my skin, but what it does to relax me." Until two years ago, Klinger's shop...