Word: magic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Show Business story underwent a remarkable transformation. They all began by assuming that Muppets were strictly for kids, but they ended up shaking Kermit's hand, being cautious in the presence of Statler and Waldorf, and avoiding the near lethal karate chops of Miss Piggy. "It's magic," says Reporter-Researcher Janice Castro. "The Muppets have something that is real: straightforward humanity. All of their feelings are right out front. How can you not believe that they are real?" When Castro donned Trashman's costume, she even found herself thinking like a Muppet. Says she: "I felt...
Some beauty-clinic owners are eager to demystify the treatments. Says Czech-born Georgette Klinger, who manufactures and sells 35 products for cleansing alone: "Magic creams don't exist. There is no magic in anything. It is absolutely not necessary to pay $100 - that's just for prestige...
...Perhaps Magic's worst sin, though, is that of viciousness. While there is nothing wrong with violence in movies, there is a great deal amiss when a film exists for the sole purpose of showing gruesome murders. Even in show biz, it is not necessary to sink quite so low to make a buck...
...wrongheaded as this one, it is hard to know which flaws are the most damaging. Perhaps one begins with the lethargic Attenborough, who has managed to miscast the film's central role Hopkins cannot even begin to pass for the New York-bred, borscht-circuit entertainer Magic claims...
...film that abhors humanity as much as nature does a vacuum. It is also a pleasure to see that time is treating her uncommonly well: the new lines on her face only add to her beauty In a movie that otherwise mocks its title, Ann-Margret really is magic...