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East and Southeast Asia these days are capitalism unbound, the "communist" world as America's Wild West, complete with its own snake-oil salesmen and robber barons. The People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam have seen the Wild East, and they like what they...
Among the many loaded and profound messages conveyed, I did find one little gem of advice in "The Ref" particularly moving. Says Gus-robber-man to Jesse-delinquent-suburban-spawn, "kid, you may think running around stealing stuff is fun, but it really sucks." I think that Ted Demme is trying to reach the youth of America in this movie. He really wants to say, "Hey, kids. I know stealing stuff may be fun, but it really sucks...
...harsh to call them the over-the-hill gang. But TV's newest batch of prime-time detectives are, let us say, not the sleuths you'd feel most comfortable hiring to follow an armed robber down a dark alley. Cosby, now 56 and with a No. 1-rated sitcom under his (expanding) belt, not only resurfaced in I Spy Returns on CBS but also played a police crime consultant in The Cosby Mysteries, the first of a planned series of NBC movies. Dick Van Dyke, now an avuncular 68, portrays a crime-solving physician in the CBS series Diagnosis...
...dynamic o the travelling Barrow robber gang is also a fantastic exploration in love, friendship and trust. The trust that keeps the group going and the deceit that is their ultimate demise is a reminder that youth, and excitement (and ultimately any moment) are never everlasting. The viewer realizes the partnership between Bonnie and Clyde is only as strong as fortuitous circumstance allows. "Bonnie and Clyde" bears this "carpe-diem" message in a most vibrant, electric...
...heal, or may be as permanent and insidious as the evil which caused them. It's lucky for them that they have not only each other, but also some good stories to tell. Ironically, it is Zenia who ends up as the unifying thread of their experience. This Robber-Bridegroom, in the shape of a svelte Bluebeard in drag, may be the most delectably detestable character in any novel this year. And that in itself is not a wholly evil thing...