Word: made-for-tv
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...perhaps ironic that Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz opens with a man's release from prison, and chronicles the difficulty he encounters in adjusting to the outside world. After taking part in a 15-hour marathon showing of the 1979 made-for-TV miniseries, one can certainly relate to protagonist Franz Biberkopf's temporary detachment from reality...
American media saturates the Spanish airwaves. During siesta time, I would watch Mr. T beat the bad guys on "The A-Team" and relive "Growing Pains" with Mike, Ben and Carol Seaver. In fact, the people of Spain have elevated cheesy American sitcoms and made-for-TV movies to the rarefied status of telenovelas. And the more crime and sex, the better: These decade-old American exports are invariably about a wife driven to infidelity by her husband's extramarital affairs; she takes a teenage lover, convinces him to murder her husband and, of course, mayhem results...
...film does have moments when it reminds you that it is, after all, a made-for-TV movie. The dialogue can get cheesy. In an early scene, Wallace's mentor, Governor "Big Jim" Folsom (Joe Don Baker) warns him: "It's almost like your connection to the folk is all you feel gives you any personal meaning. Like it's all you really feel you are yourself." And, unfortunately, those are just the moments when the background music swells. But Sinise manages to keep the story on track...
Though a comedy specialist, Tarses now has to do everything from scheduling made-for-TV movies to (despite her fear of public speaking) giving talks to advertisers and affiliates. Yet she rejects the notion that she's too inexperienced for the job. "I was at NBC for eight years. I was exposed to every aspect of what a person in the job that I have now does. There have been many people prior to me in this job at various networks who had far less direct experience in all aspects of programming...
...child. The child, Abel, had a constellation of mental and physical disabilities caused by the fact that his mother drank heavily during her pregnancy. Part memoir, part medical investigation into fetal-alcohol syndrome, especially among Native Americans, The Broken Cord was a best seller and became a 1992 made-for-TV movie. It also sparked congressional hearings into the syndrome and brought awareness of the dangers of drinking during pregnancy to a mass audience...