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SPOILS OF WAR In Michael Weller's poignant memoir, off-Broadway and briefly on it, Kate Nelligan gave the performance of the year as an Auntie Mame mom, mingling furtive boozing and strutting glamour, dignity and desperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Best of '88: Theater | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...Karen, you're not eating," says the concerned mother to her undernourished daughter. An edgy family discussion ensues over dinner. "You look too thin, if you ask me," says Mom. "Mother," replies Karen Carpenter, "how can anybody be too thin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Pulp Message of the Week | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...than to convey the clash between two impassioned, tragically irreconcilable points of view. Karen Carpenter takes the more familiar didactic approach. Message No. 1: losing weight has its limits (or, you can be too thin). Message No. 2: such an illness can often be traced to the failings of Mom and Dad. A psychiatrist who has examined Karen chides the senior Carpenters for making her feel inadequate and hiding their love. Mom bristles, but in the last scene finally utters the magic words "I love you." In the final shot Karen is seen walking toward the camera, beaming. Message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Pulp Message of the Week | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

Most Graceland visitors are not crackpots who claim that Elvis is really alive and hiding out in Grand Rapids, Mich. They are simply vacationers, many of them on their way to Florida, whom Graceland communications manager Todd Morgan characterizes as "Mom and Dad and the kids stopping off in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memphis The Mansion Music Made | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...more men really expect their wives to cook as to make love? Well, a group of 100 men is small enough that it may be subject to sampling errors. A larger group would certainly have said "make love" more frequently and would likely have included such answers as "replace Mom," "iron my shirts" and "have large litters...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Slanting the Answers | 12/15/1988 | See Source »

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