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...with their incessant demands for money and favors. One major distraction has been a feud between children of his late first wife Marie- Antoinette and those of his second, Bobi Ladawa. Another has been rivalry between Bobi Ladawa and her identical twin, a widow whom Mobutu took as a mistress some years ago and with whom he promptly had several children. Though such behavior has roots in African tradition, it has led to raucous family turmoil that represents a significant drain on the time Mobutu devotes to statecraft...
...Roots (Roots: The Next Generations, all but forgotten, aired in 1979), but it is a fitting bookend. It is based on Alex Haley's account of the other side of his family, namely his paternal grandmother, who was the illegitimate daughter of a white plantation owner and his slave mistress. When Haley died last February, he was in the process of dictating the story to screenwriter David Stevens. Stevens has now fashioned it into a six-hour drama that John Erman (An Early Frost) has directed and CBS, with much fanfare, will present next week...
...through Off the Ground, his best and brashest record since the 1973 Band on the Run. His tendency toward sentimentality is held in check by boisterous guitars and lyrics that raise an activist banner against animal abuse and social intolerance. The quirky orchestral embellishments on Golden Earth Girl and Mistress and Maid recall the Fab Four's psychedelic phase, while C'mon People, with its heartfelt appeal to "get it right this time," evokes the Utopian sweep of Golden Slumbers and Hey Jude...
Actor Mark S. Cartier does a strong job as the beleaguered Lord Edgar and Jane Twisden, the housekeeper with a secret to hide. His Jane is a perfect re-creation of the archetypal matron devoted to her house and to her mistress...
...crippled groundskeeper Nicodemus Underwood, the master's new mistress Lady Enid and Alcazar the entrepreneurial Egyptian tour guide, Diego Arceniegas is also very strong. He plays Nicodemus with just the right combination of threatening coarseness and pathetic awkwardness...