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...passionate kiss I've seen in American politics, a faces-moving kiss, a full-body-contact kiss, a Parental Advisory Label, get-a-room kiss that may well have involved tongue. Coming from a man who doesn't seem to clear his throat in public without a triple-vetted script, this was a fascinatingly private...
...convention. He evoked the Clinton years as one enormous watermelon patch - and in truth, the eating has been pretty good. Clinton proved, effortlessly, that he is still the most seductive guy in the Democratic party, almost too bright a star, considering that he is being written out of the script and the understudy is supposed to take over...
...conventions for the better part of the year, touted the same array of causes they paraded through the streets in Philadelphia, the overall mood has been far more tense here in Los Angeles. Protesters say they are ready for the worst; police, apparently following a well-rehearsed script, will only tell reporters, "We're here to protect life and property." The open exchange so many reporters and delegates enjoyed with the Philadelphia cops has vanished, and in its place a tight-lipped silence has fallen...
...films for 156. They're too mature to fiddle with bra straps or play with pastry. Besides, Eastwood is a gentleman of sorts, so--except for displaying the four men's naked butts, which is quite an archaeological sight--he will embarrass neither them nor us. Directing from a script by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner, he finds fresh breezes in familiar vectors: the residual rivalry of Frank and Hawk, the tensions between the ancient astronauts and the modern ones, the impact of decay and disease on minds that are still bright, wills that are still strong...
...Gore is reportedly excited about his trip to L.A. - aides say he's been loosening up since he named Lieberman as his running mate, making jokes at events, even straying from the script on occasion. The vice president is only too aware that this is his big moment; he's poised to make an uncharacteristically aggressive move toward independence. It's a heck of big shadow that's overwhelmed him these last eight years, and it will take an act of unprecedented strength to escape...