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...foremost a rolling, highly entertaining chronicle of its own. I all of all kinds of deadpan golden nuggets of humor--greasy, love-to-hate-'em Williams; imperfect but irresistable heroes; hard drinking, good friends, good loving, heartache, strumming acoustic guitar accompaniment--the tale can sound too much like your generic hit country song. But as Doc sings, "We write what we live And we live what we write." And Bud Shrake's off-beat, unpretentious script and Man Rudolph's even-tempered, lively direction raise the film above good of boy mediocrity...
...says that it sold 3 million gallons of Pralines 'N Cream in the U.S. last year, making it the company's No. 1 flavor. Haagen Dazs says it will "vigorously defend the lawsuit" and "aggressively pursue cancellation" of the trademark. Haagen Dazs contends that pralines and cream is a generic name that should be available to all companies, just like chocolate chip and butter pecan...
Rather than alternating between sexual allusions and sexual illusions in the style of the generic teen flick. Reiner uses the cross country trip scenario as a chance to wink, gently but snidely, at the void that is Middle American culture In smaller but still delightful doses. Reiner offers the same subtle satire that made This is Spinal Tap! the best comedy of last year...
...those recently arrested: "We are finding that they belong to other right-wing groups like the Ku Klux Klan. It adds to our concern about violence." According to Lyn Wells, director of the Atlanta-based National Anti-Klan Network, Klan philosophy has become more Nazi-oriented. "These are generic Nazis," she says. "They want to reinstate segregation, overthrow the Government and, ultimately, establish a white republic...
...competition met Runny next significant moral to generic. It's a quarrel between Itch and poor, Characteristically, the brat is Itch and favored by Bunny's parents. Gene being poor and from a troubled background, is discriminated against by being forced to see Bunny without the knowledge of her parents...