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...opposed to voice overs (an anchor narrating a videotape). Last summer, even in Chicago, which is recognized as one of the country's strongest local markets, viewers could have watched reports on "Flashdance chic" in the city; a camera and a reporter followed a few unsuspecting women who wore oversized sweatshirts...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: The Nations Muzak | 9/22/1983 | See Source »

What's all this fuss about Doonesbury anyway? I for one have no idea who Uncle Duke is, and I don't really care. I've tried reading Doonesbury a few times--it wasn't easy getting past that over-stylized and repulsive artwork--and I found it to be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Riddance | 1/11/1983 | See Source »

Two explanations are heard. One is the reassuring personality of whoever is the viewer's favorite anchorman. The second is the visual appearance of actuality-even when what is shown on television is an edited, or staged, reality. Reuven Frank, the crusty, capable veteran news producer at NBC, regrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: Trusting the Deliveryman Most | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

In this stark, scalding and implacable drama, John Osborne draws up a balance sheet of a personal hell. His lawyer anti-hero Bill Maitland (Nicol Williamson) is "irredeemably mediocre," and incorrigibly self-destructive. He indulges in lacerating sado-masochistic diatribes, pops pills and suffers interminable hang overs. His joyless office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Dangling Man | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

The dead weight of the 1980 presidential campaign has fallen away, and Americans, no matter how they voted, seem to be walking with that little bounce in the spirit that comes when an ordeal is over, a decision finally made. The evening hour, for example, seems unaccountably more pleasant; the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Stop the Endless Campaign, Please | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

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