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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with artists and performers taking few chances. But occasionally it was punctuated by a few risky ventures that proved artistic victories: meritorious failures or, at the very least, comic relief. A few concerts, plays and works of art did reach out to observers, making them think, feel or just laugh...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: The Changing of the Avant-Garde | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...strange are the ways of fate, and recalling their time as roommates in their Currier House suite, the four heartily laugh together and vie to tell their own version of the various episodes through which their rooming group, unlike so many that annually crowd the Yard, has survived and flourished...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: They Even Know Each Other's Punchlines | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

Another acid-tongued writer once observed in a spasm of humanity that, "It is hard to laugh at people's need for romance and beauty"--a process Wolfe has made a career of. No matter what your avocation, you should take his advice. The best way to transcend the limits society imposes is to have sympathy when there is a knock on the door...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Wolfe's Hard Sell | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

MICK "Crocodile" Dundee makes audiences laugh. His new movie, Crocodile Dundee Two, has packed movie theatres. He's Hollywood's newest good guy--an Aussie John Wayne...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Bad Guys, Good Guys | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

...aristocrats. It proceeds at a gentle lull for an hour, then explodes in a delicious orgy of artificial limbs, charred torsos and a family feast of roast viscount. Like David Lean, Oliveira turns 80 this year. Like Luis Bunuel, he makes gaily macabre films -- an old master's last laugh at life and death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Clint, Brits And Kids at Cannes | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

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