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Other segments demonstrate the highly developed technique of the gross-out, featuring copious vomit, blood, genitals, and disembodied organs ("Can we have your liver, then?") They mesh oddly with the more detached, sardonic skits which are this film's major departure from previous technique. The knack for inspired nonsense remains--no other sensibility could mock Catholicism through the spectacle of rows of nuns. Busby-Berkeley-style, caroling that "Every sperm is sacred." But the addition of an explicit theme quiets the ridiculous proceedings somewhat, leading the film to a previously avoided mass-appeal glossiness. Distributed through Universal Pictures, Meaning...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Fishing for an Answer | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

Though they come from different ends of America, and hold down different ends of the line, the pair's styles of play mesh seam lessly, much to the dismay of opposing ball carriers and quarterbacks...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Pat Fleming and Joe Margolis | 11/19/1982 | See Source »

UNFORTUNATELY, THE TWO elements--the plain story and the theatrics--never quite mesh sufficiently. The success of Pippin is basically proportional to the amount of time the Leading Player stays on stage. When the musical is at its most stylized, it works best. In numbers like "War is a Science." "Simple Joys," or "On the Right Track," the music sparkles, the lyrics are clever, and the staging is amusingly effective. It's when it strives for simplicity and sincerity that Pippin falls a little short. Songs like "Corner of the Sky" the leitmotiv for the whole musical, are just...

Author: By Jean-christophe Castelli, | Title: Holy Roman Angst | 11/11/1982 | See Source »

...Though the firm uses a direct-sales approach similar to Avon's, Company Founder Mary Kay Ash has concentrated almost entirely for the past 19 years on skin-care products, as opposed to cosmetics-style makeup. Consequently, the firm now finds itself in a timely and profitable mesh with the American healthand-fitness craze. The company has also built a large and loyal female sales force by offering big money to top sales directors ($30,000 to $40,000 a year in bonuses and commissions), along with such incentives as diamond bumblebee brooches and pink Cadillacs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shake-Out in the Skin Game | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...That's basic to America, the opportunity to make choices." Inmate Marion Chaney does not make lame excuses. He has four more years to serve of his fifth Texas prison term. "If I am dumb enough to get in here again," he says from behind a wall of steel mesh, "boy, I'll tell you, I'll deserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are Prisons For? | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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