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STAR WARS PROVED that, so far as realism in movies goes, you can fool all of the people all of the time, and they'll love you for it. But the plot of Highlander would make the Flat-worlders Society gasp with incredulity Immortal beings who can only be killed by decapitation battle with broadswords in modern day Manhattan for a prize of ultimate enlightenment? And all this accompanied by a Queen soundtrack? Simple fantasy characters like Conan could only stare uncomprehendingly at such a ridiculous plot...
Basinger, whose performance with Sam Shepard in his and Robert Altman's Fool for Love demonstrated that she should be above this stuff, is, thanks to Lyne's directing techniques, able to show the whole range of angst-ridden emotions from fear to guilt-ridden pleasure. But who could fashion a believable role from a script that requires her to suffer the ignominy of being trapped atop a ferris wheel at one moment and to prance down the boardwalk with Rourke as if nothing had happened at the next...
There was some argument about the plot of Love's Labour's Lost, and she suddenly cut the matter to the bone. Raising her hand high and proud, she proclaimed "Shakespeare's no fool...
...ALMOST amusing to hear liberals on campus talk about Ronald Reagan. They don't mention Reaganomics or the Reagan Revolution. They don't mention Reagan's philosophy or his tremendous success. They only talk about what a "fool" Reagan is: how he can't remember basic facts, how he blunders through his press conferences, how he is stupid, lazy, and surrounded by inept advisers...
...works, he rushed to complete the negotiations after the Eastern deal was announced. Icahn realized that in the increasingly competitive skies, only the big and strong are sure to survive. Said he: "Texas Air-Eastern is telling you a story, and anybody who doesn't read it is a fool...