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Looking ahead to future productions, Golan announced the signing, on a Carlton Hotel napkin, of aging Enfant Terrible Jean-Luc Godard to direct a modern version of King Lear in Hollywood, perhaps with Marlon Brando as Lear and Woody Allen as the fool. (No, Golan admitted, the two stars had not even been approached to appear in the film -- but then again, they hadn't said no.) In any case, Godard by now should be accustomed to negative responses. His new film, a handsome, typically perverse antidrama called Detective, was booed at ; its gala screening, and as he was about...
...memories of power. They did not enjoy lifetime Secret Service protection and hundreds of thousands of dollars in Government allowances. Ulysses Grant went broke and, dying of throat cancer, spent his last days laboring over his autobiography to make some money for his survivors. By today's rules, King Lear would have spent a happy retirement on the golf course...
Surprisingly, although the songs may have the tone of King Lear, Thompson's non-musical rapport with the audience leans much more to "Monty Python." The night I saw him, he was wearing an outfit that would have made most blush: a turquoise suit with an orange leopard-skin tie slung about his bare neck in something that looked more like a noose than a knot. He even poked fun at his own pessimism by saying. "If we've brought a little doom and gloom into your life, we'll consider it a job well done...
...their children will not know what they are." The prince resides in mansions maintained for him by friendly governments in China, North Korea and Thailand, and often visits Cambodian refugee communities in France and the U.S. He plays his part energetically, but sees himself as a 20th century King Lear, shuttling helplessly between his households. Says he: "If Shakespeare were alive, he would be interested in my destiny...
...once filled with happy families and harmonious relationships. But ever since Archie Bunker squared off against Meathead in Norman Lear's All in the Family, tongue-in-cheek antagonism has become the engine that drives most TV sitcoms--and, in the past few seasons, a spate of lighthearted adventure shows as well. The contours of these rocky relationships have become so familiar that the cliche alarm goes off every time a new one appears. Yet with the right mix of skilled performers, the old formula can yield a pleasing chemistry. Witness three new series debuting during the networks' third season...