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Finally, proof of what one has suspected all along: fear, dread, worry, pessimism, anxiety and other neurotic traits are all normal. It's the sanguine, confident people who are the weirdos.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OEDIPUS, SCHMOEDIPUS | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

More important, his characters are not the usual musical-comedy creatures. They are your basic Woody Allen folks, a family of upper-middle-class Manhattan strivers--liberaloid, neurotic, mildly dysfunctional. Mom (Goldie Hawn) numbers among her causes prison reform. So, naturally, her eldest daughter (a wonderfully surprising Drew Barrymore as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THEY SORTA GOT RHYTHM | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

So, fine, I can wait for the shuttle or call the escort service. Maybe I should. Sometimes I simply like to walk. The shuttle can be crowded and hot, and it never seems to come when I need it. The libraries are over-heated and my head becomes cluttered with...

Author: By Sarah Jacoby, | Title: Why I Should Feel Safe To Walk Alone | 11/19/1996 | See Source »

Sixty years ago, no one needed hope; the screens teemed with movies about women. Strong women, saintly or desperate ones, but always smart. Greta Garbo drove men to their doom; Barbara Stanwyck did the same and went along for the ride. Carole Lombard traded quips and punches with her co...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LADIES WHO LUNGE | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

An almost-Seinfeld without the defining dark snap or subtext, Ellen has always centered on DeGeneres and a coterie of grating, too-unkempt-for-their-age pals and hangers-on, but the cast and creative team have undergone major overhauls since the show's beginnings. The current characters have little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: LOOKING FOR AN OUT | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

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