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"The 60s are, let's face it, a dark stain on American history," Roberts says to a TV interviewer in one scene.
The irony is that the rest of the movie effectively give the lie to Roberts' proclamation. It's a paean to the '60s and an indictment of the '80s. It's a tribute to idealistic caring and muckraking investigative reporting and a giant dis to Wall Street, greed and image...
Robbins, who also wrote and directed the movie, plays the evil Roberts with a kind of tongue-in-check delivery. The lyrics Roberts sings once again tell the story: "My mother was a fry cook, my father was a peacenik."
A contestant in a beauty pageant where Roberts makes a campaign appearance proudly wears the banner, "Miss Three Mile Island."
Celebrity novelist Gore Vidal, as incumbent Democratic Pennsylvania Senator Brickley Paistle, is an effective, though more serious, counterpoint to Roberts. In a televised debate, Paiste defends child care, health care, "Sacrifice," while Roberts urges a tax cut and decries "wasteful social programs."