Word: ruthlessness
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Under his ruthless direction, the recruits learn to overcome feelings of compassion and to make their rifles their greatest friend. They are trained so that one day they will learn to shoot as well as Lee Harvey Oswald on Texas mass murderer Charles Higgins, both of whom the drill sergeant believes were part of the great brotherhood of Marines...
These are days of outrageously good fortune for Bette Midler. First came a string of three hit movies -- Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People and Outrageous Fortune -- followed by the arrival of a new baby, Sophie. Good luck continued to bloom for the Rose last week as she became the top prize winner of the first American Comedy Awards. La Bette clinched four of the trophies: best actress in a motion picture, funniest record or video, funniest female performer and lifetime achievement. Robin Williams was next in line with three awards. In addition to Midler, lifetime awards went...
William Johnson, Cabot House. What makes a man a man? Just ask pre-med William Johnson. "There is no greater thrill," says Johnson, "than to defeat your enemy, to have your way with his wife and daughters, and take his property." Eschewing public service in favor of ruthless empire-building, Johnson sweeps down from the Quad on his tough Mongolian Steppe pony every day to attend biology and chemistry classes...
...talent at all. But I would make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something." Instead of Shakespeare, though, she is preparing yet another comedy, Big Business, in which she and Lily Tomlin play mismatched sets of identical twins for Ruthless People Director Jim Abrahams. And in the haze of hope, a musical biography of Ina Ray Hutton, '40s leader of her all-girl band. And maybe a remake of Gypsy, with Bette as Mama Rose. Possibly even a Divine Miss M movie. But for now, no albums or concert tours...
...Bette at all, we guess. But why should she not do what she does uniquely well? Perhaps because Hollywood just now does not care to see the blowsy, pug-beautiful singer, alone and proud on the screen. Instead it wants a Bette Midler like the woman she plays in Ruthless People: bound and blindfolded and sending out comic danger signals. Illuminating these undemanding comedies uses about one green fingernail's worth of her gift...