Word: romanticization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BIG. In this gentle fable, a twelve-year-old gets gonads overnight, and Tom Hanks proves himself the prince of '80s romantic comedy.
Trouble is, he knows this, and so do the people who help him make movies. His new one, Cocktail, has no reason for being other than to market the Cruise charm like a cheap celebrity perfume. Act I: See Tom strut as a Manhattan bartender for whom mixing drinks becomes...
But if there were one, would the crowds go? In the U.S., Braque is not a sexy painter. Americans prefer their artists to be overreachers in the short run, romantic heroes or doomed saints in the long. Braque was neither. Apart from youthful enthusiasms for boxing and fast cars, his...
Lib and Randy shared a few things in common, including, it is often suggested, a strong romantic entanglement. "It is a great partnership" is as far as Randy will go to characterize the relationship. But Hatcher, fortyish, is as close to her boy now as she was way back in...
Whether or not Olmos makes good on his pledge is almost beside the point. Ever the optimist, he shoots high rather than low, striving for the stamina of the long-distance run. "Every morning, I try to say a thanks just for waking up," says Olmos, who neither drinks nor...