Word: paperbacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believes, "It's better to view a film in a theater; that's what it's shot for. But to reach people, it's good the VCR is out there. I see first-run theaters as becoming the 'loss leader' for the VCR, like hard-cover books for the paperback industry or a tuna special for the grocery store." Paul Schrader (American Gigolo, Mishima) is even more emphatic: "The times they are achangin'. We should ride the technical and social evolution and speak to the medium most preferred. If the dinosaurs don't like it, too bad for them...
...plot is basically faithful to a the Bible story (see the last bit of Genesis for the paperback version). Joseph is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, and is taken to Egypt, where, in the the first known Horatio Alger story, he rises to the top and ends up saving his now repentant brothers. Mark Meredith as Joseph has a superb voice and just enough of the pretty boy look about him to make his putting on sunglasses look like a scene from Risky Business. The one petty fault with his performance is that he looks too much...
...Square shopkeepers were happy with yesterday's double holiday in the Square. "Usually on Columbus Day people don't have that many places to go, now they have a lot of places to go to out on the street," said Richard Crawley, a clerk at the Paperback Booksmith...
Vintage; 279 pages; $5.95 paperback...
Helio Pena (acrobat) -- Originally from Portugal, Pena has travelled by way of Canada to juggle fire for the kids. He usually performs on Sunday on the raised area in front of Paperback Booksmith...