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...Rocket to Russia go up in foul-smelling smoke. But Soles breaks into the principal's office and, with the P.A.'s aid, turns Lombardi into "Rock and Roll High School." The kids go wild, the Ramones break into "Do You Wanna Dance," and in a scene of mayhem they rip the school apart--in the end actually blowing...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: A Lot of Pounding | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...acts of sedition and treason. The group attempt to evade responsibility for its actions by stating "warning--do not read these words while listening to this record," but we know what they want. Such malefactors can and should be prevented from spreading their devil's gospel of riot and mayhem among our children...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Memos From Turner | 9/19/1979 | See Source »

...Mayakovsky wrote into the play, Sellars does not overcome the audibility problems inherent in theater in the round. As the actors careen about the stage, whipping out their lines, each section of the audience gets to hear a few words, but no one hears the entire sentence. While this mayhem may be intended to suggest the decline of human sensitivity and individualism, it succeeds only in depicting the decline of good diction...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Full of Sound and Fury | 8/3/1979 | See Source »

...growth of a mutant monster that stalks the forest. The creature, which looks like Smokey the Bear with an advanced acne condition, then proceeds to rear its ugly head in a few dimly lighted and cloddishly edited murder scenes. Somehow the human race survives this halfhearted apocalyptic mayhem. The reputations of Frankenheimer and company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Doomsday | 7/16/1979 | See Source »

...Hollywood to answer a Variety ad that seeks "all frogs wishing to become rich and famous." He collects many of his Muppet pals along the way-Fozzie, the apologetic bear: Gonzo, the not quite turkey; Miss Piggy, the karate queen in the lavender gloves; Dr. Teeth and his Electric Mayhem band; Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, the melon-brained mad scientist, and his twittering assistant Beaker. A human villain tries to kidnap Kermit to shill for his chain of French-fried frogs' legs restaurants. When things look black, Kermit says in despair, "All I can think of is millions of frogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Green Blues | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

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