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Wuthering Heights: A Pop Myth is the creation of Alek Keshishian, who directs and choreographs a lip-synch adaptation of the Emily Bronte novel, using the music of Kate Bush, Rickie Lee Jones, Madonna and Billy Idol...
Catherine finds a perfect match for her new persona in Edgar Linton (John Vaughan), whose rousing Wham! number is an early highlight of the production. Heathcliff (Michael Allio), too, leaves Wuthering Heights and finds the stage, transforming himself from an introspective Sting to the raucous Billy Idol...
This confusion in their relationship provides fuel for some rather amusing scenes. When they first meet, Jason thinks Phoebe is the masseur and greets her naked without a second thought. She, meeting her idol for the first time, takes some time before letting Jason know that she has not come to rub him down. When he finds out, he embarassingly says, "I don't normally greet people in the buff...
...President Reagan for eliminating medium- range nuclear missiles by 1990 and, along the way, displayed a penchant for bareknuckle bullying reminiscent of Nikita Khrushchev. Indeed, the General Secretary showed little inclination to tone down his anti-U.S. rhetoric. Quoting Karl Marx, he described capitalism as a "hideous pagan idol, who would not drink nectar but from the skulls of the slain." The U.S., he declared, is "the metropolitan center of imperialism." In part such pronouncements were intended to appease the party's Old Guard, some of whom are still suspicious of the 55-year-old leader. Television monitors...
...former film idol is not used to acting out a role, like the presidency, without censured script in hand. In past microphone tests, not knowing that he could be heard, he threatened to bomb the Russians and treat terrorists with-like vengeance. When off-the-cuff remarks mar the wholesome image he tries to project, he expects a purged "take two." But the chief exec is under the constant, unforgiving spotlight of live TV. Goof-ups are on the record, like...