Word: ken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wrong. This is Hollywood comedy. It turns out that the kidnappers are not bloodthirsty villains but an all-American couple named Sandy and Ken (sounds like...Barbie and Ken), who have been exploited by the forces of domination, i.e. the evil fashion industry. Wide-eyed Sandy (Helen Slater), who dreams of being the next Gloria Vanderbilt, apparantly originally designed the Spandex miniskirt which made Sam Stone his fortune, and the oppressed seek revenge...
Curly-haired Judge Reinhold's cute face mixes fear, determination and desperation well as Ken the kidnapper, but Helen Slater as his wife is just too sweet. Bette Midler as Mrs. Stone adds a refreshing, and necessary bit of life to the otherwise completely cariacatured movie, with her exaggerated but occasionally hilarious performance as a spoiled rich bitch who, underneath her dyed hair and her gold lame jumpsuit, just wants to be loved...
Some of the movie's funniest moments have nothing to do with the central characters or the carefully balanced twistings of the plot. In a ridiculously gratuitous, but actually funny scene, Ken is faced with a sad picture of social reality while selling stereos. A streetpunk enters the store, ready to be conned into spending all his allowance on speakers. Ken easily convinces him that bigger is better, and introduces him to the eight-foot Dominator speaker. The kid practically drools, violently playing air-guitar, ready to fork over his grandmother, when in walks his girlfriend, 17, barefoot and pregnant...
...comparative hype and hugeness of Hands, it worked largely through the many small decisions to join in. The tingle of an unbroken cross- continental touch may have been missed, but along the way there was much to find touching. Following the plan of Organizer Ken Kragen, who had also headed the USA for Africa campaign, the line began and ended with homeless people. In New York City's Battery Park was Amy Sherwood, 6, who until last month had been living with her mother and two sisters in a Manhattan welfare hotel. Little Amy also came to symbolize opportunity...
Colorado Republican Ken Kramer, who is running for the Senate seat Gary Hart will vacate this year, normally votes with the President. But on the trade bill Kramer voted against Reagan. Joining him was Tim Wirth, the Democratic candidate for the Hart seat. Republican Congressman Henson Moore of Louisiana used to be an ardent free trader. But he is running against ! Democratic Congressman John Breaux for the Senate, and both voted for the bill...