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...tableau two sophomores a guy and a girl lean against the wall in the entry to the Dunster dining hall reading aloud to each other from a glossy magazine with partially naked men on both covers. He reads "Sweat Kevin was the hairiest fifteen-year-old I ever saw" Laughter comes from passersby as well as from the girl. The scene--Harvard students taunting homosexuals--was unusual for only one reason the particular publication a gay arts magazine called Lavender Portfolio had never before appeared...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Waging a Delicate Battle | 6/8/1982 | See Source »

Begin, who had remained outside the chamber throughout most of Peres' speech, brought the audience one of its few moments of laughter with a pantomime suggesting how Peres and Peretz had conducted their deal above, and below, the table. To Peretz and Linn, however, it was no laughing matter. Later, both men received telephone threats, and Linn was assigned a police guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Surviving Another Cliffhanger | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...Rocky III. The screen darkened, the familiar trumpets blared, and then the title appeared, one enormous letter after another. With each successive letter the audience's hissing grew a little louder. By the time Sylvester Stallone appeared, eyeing himself in a mirror, flexing his pectorals, the audience's laughter-almost drowned out his eloquent if terse exclamation: "Nothing is real if you don't believe in yourself?" There's a lot to be said for coming attractions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Down for the Count | 5/28/1982 | See Source »

...bedside scene has been reported: "The child . . . began to bubble with laughter. Rasputin laughed too. He laid his hand on the boy's leg and the bleeding stopped at once. 'There's a good boy,' said Rasputin. 'You'll be all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Holy Terror | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...mystery occupies little of this film's 90 minutes. Instead its makers subject the audience to poking fun at homosexuals clumsily designed to provoke raucous laughter. See if you can contain yourself. Benson asks his chief, "Why did you choose me?" The chief responds, "Because you're a good cop.. and 'cause of your cute ass." An aging homosexual tells Benson and Kerwin, "You have got to stick it through. Hang on tight, tight, tight," Benson tells his partner." "Those two faggots look alike. All faggots look alike." The two follow a suspect into a supermarket. While Benson watches...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Do Not Pass Go | 5/11/1982 | See Source »

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