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...company's "obliteration." The third-largest oil company in the U.S., Texaco has a net worth of $13 billion, barely enough to cover the award. Texaco stock, which since Nov. 19 had plunged from $39.25 to $30.75, fell to $29.75 by the end of last week. Said Texaco Attorney Gibson Gayle: "What we have is the most devastating specter of disaster in legal history. It's portending the destruction of a major American company...
Anyone who has seen a Mel Gibson movie can identify an Australian accent, but the band's obvious Outback origins made little impression on the dance-oriented audience. "Where in England are you from?" an awestruck female fan asked Faulkner after the concert...
...loom eternal in heaven, purgatory and (most likely) the deadlier, diabolical realms down under. Think about it. What does become a legend most--Natalie Wood in blackglama mink or Natalie Wood in a shroud? And who would Harvard students most want to see gracing their dorm walls--Mel Gibson brandishing a laser gun or James Dean brandishing a cigarette? And what picture better represents mock-native cinematic sexuality than Marilyn Monroe struggling with her out-of-control white frock over a dark subway grid? Even Madonna's hairy armpits can't compete...
...Harvard Square, Sunday) is no longer just a movie title. Now we have Desperately Seeking Re-Election, Desperately Seeking Lunch. And think about why. It's not just the felicity of the phrase Desperately Seeking.... It's the statement of an age, an age of scarcity. Neither Tocqueville, nor Gibson, nor even Garry Trudeau could find a more concise image of the age than poor Susan (Madonna) drying her forest of armpit hairs under an air handdryer at Grand Central Station...
Also, Mel Gibson has come into his own as an actor since the earlier Max films, possessing enough confidence to call this last piece of his work "shit." He has also had enough voice lessons in American English, and gained enough U.S. exposure that a Casey Kasem-like voice does not have to be dubbed over his harsh Australian drawl (as was done in the first Made Max). In any case, there is now a layer of wit stacked over The Concept of Hero as Road Warrior...