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...recalls, "one Member of Parliament got up on his hind legs and said that he'd counted the number of swear words and bare bums. But that's partly because television is taken more seriously in England, which means more seriously by the fools as well." One scene -- a flashback of a desperate encounter between the writer's mother and her husband's best friend -- was sexually explicit, even by the liberal standards of British TV. "There was a debate about it at BBC, " Potter says, "but they decided to let it go uncut. And in fact the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Notes From The Singing Detective | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

Meyer, listed under exhibition status, nailed an unofficial first in the 400-yd. individual medley, breaking a dead heat with B.C. swimmer Nicole Engh in 4:37.36. The race was a flashback to the NCAA championships with the same two competitors duking for first...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Aquawomen Clip Eagles In Opener | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

FRANKENSTEIN -- PLAYING WITH FIRE. The doctor tracks his doomed creation to the North Pole in a visually arresting, high-tech version, told in flashback, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Aug. 22, 1988 | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

FRANKENSTEIN -- PLAYING WITH FIRE. The doctor tracks his doomed creation to the North Pole in a visually arresting, high-tech version, told in flashback, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Aug. 8, 1988 | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...already fostered four Top Five singles. Capitol counters with Tracie Spencer, 12, whose first album came out last month, while A&M has Shanice Wilson, 15, who landed her record contract by winning a talent contest. Even Tracy Chapman, 24, a singer-songwriter out of Boston, sounds like a flashback. Her warmly praised debut album resounds with high purpose, in marked contrast to the growing legions of pube rockers, but to anyone who actually made it through the '60s, Chapman writes protest just like Phil Ochs and sounds just like Odetta out for a ride in a convertible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Do You Wanna Dirty Dance? | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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