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...COLORED MUSEUM (PBS, Feb. 1, 9 p.m. on most stations). George C. Wolfe's off-Broadway satire of black racial stereotypes makes its TV debut in a Great Performances production starring Danitra Vance and Loretta Devine...
...hard to imagine what the owners of Cleveland's abandoned 76-room TraveLodge motel must have thought when Sister Loretta and Sister Donna announced that they wanted to buy what they called a "notorious cathouse." "Sister Donna and I had about $1.98 between us," recalls Sister Loretta. But the two nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph had other assets, acquired during years of working to help the poor against heavy odds, that they leveraged into a remarkable deal. They managed to raise the $270,000 purchase price from banks, churches, government organizations and James Rouse's Enterprise Foundation -- plus...
Dack is short for Dacron. His brothers are Rayon and Orlon. They are among the neighbors Clea finds when she moves to a Vermont village and discovers that this seemingly idyllic countryside is filled with -- gasp! -- polyester. Down at Casa Loretta, they feature Spam burritos and Hawaiian pizza. The local postmistress steams open love letters, the Avon lady writes bad romance novels, and the sheriff makes pronouncements like "If you're not normal in this country, you get put in jail." Such rural New England cliches make Newhart seem like subtle satire, but Alther recycles them with such a tone...
...Selleck, lounging on the set of his movie An Innocent Man, talks about why he seeks diversity in his film roles. Loretta Swit fights back tears as she receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. L.A. Law's Susan Ruttan reminisces about her days as a secretary. The fluffy show-biz features may be numbingly familiar to anyone who has ever watched Entertainment Tonight or read PEOPLE magazine. But this batch has been packaged in a way that could be groundbreaking. They are part of Persona, the most ambitious new entry in a small but blooming field...
...believe me, think back to the 1988 campaign, when country singer Loretta Lynn told a campaign audience, "I'm for George Bush 'cause he's country...