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...GRAPES OF WRATH. This adaptation of John Steinbeck's landmark novel is everything that Broadway shows typically are not: political, conscience- stricken, expansive (the cast numbers 35) and epic. Much more realistic than the inspirational Henry Fonda film, the production by Chicago's Steppenwolf Company is flawed, sometimes slow, but deeply, achingly honest...
...frightened peasant to calm herself and to reassure a son she expects never to see again. When Gary Sinise as Tom Joad tells her that wherever people are organizing for freedom and a better day, he will be there, he does not ooze nature's-aristocrat nobility like Henry Fonda on celluloid. His is the tough, nervy attempt of a frightened man facing imprisonment or death to assert that his struggle has had some meaning...
...voter initiative, which has a good chance of passage, is sponsored by an alliance of environmental groups headed by Democrat Tom Hayden, the 1960s radical leader who mellowed into a mainstream liberal, married actress Jane Fonda -- from whom he was recently estranged -- and has served eight years in the California state assembly. For Hayden, 50, the measure could be a ticket to political stardom, especially if he gets himself elected the state's first environmental czar...
...Jane Fonda struts lycra-clad through home entertainment centers and the word "creamy" becomes an insult, 10 percent butterfat ice cream has joined Spam in the gastronomic archives. But for the true purist, even frozen yogurt tastes too rich...
...ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he moved with his wife, nee Betty Crockett (a direct descendant of Davy), and his son Thomas IV. The breathtaking scenery and anything-goes ambiance soon attracted a freewheeling constellation of characters that included fellow writer Richard Brautigan, actor Peter Fonda, painter Russell Chatham and director Sam Peckinpah. Before long, stories started coming out of the valley, ribald tales of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that have become part of the local lore...