Word: selena
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goes throughout this litigious land. In Wisconsin, Selena Fox, a witch, is fighting local zoning laws so that she may conduct religious ceremonies on her property. In Oklahoma, Lucille McCord and Joann Bell, two mothers, successfully ended school prayer with a suit, then, after Bell was assaulted and her home burned, the women sued again and won undisclosed damages from the school district of Little Axe. In Montana, Donna Todd filed her tax return after typing on her 1040 form, "Signed involuntarily under penalty of statutory punishment." The Internal Revenue Service fined her $500 for filing a "frivolous" return. Todd...
...late afternoon, Olebogeng arrived in Ganyesa, a collection of mud-brick huts about a mile from the highway. Outside one meticulously maintained house stood Selena, Olebogeng's mother. He shook her hand, kissed his sister and playfully cuffed the ears of two younger brothers. Two other brothers who also work as miners were expected at any moment. His father was still in the fields, but neighbors flocked to greet Vincent. "You don't write, and you don't send money," said his beaming mother in mock irritation. "I should be angry, but you're tired, and I'm glad...
...only is this subplot illogical and a waste of time, it tears down all the suspense the MacGuffin is supposed to create. Odell makes ludicrously pointless decisions like having Supergals' roomie the cousin of Lois Lane, or having Selena's exhenchman Nigel (Peter Cooke) a math teacher at Lee's school...
Cooke participates in a completely irrelevant scene that epitomizes the defects in the story line. Nigel, dressed in a grey leather jumpsuit, visits Selena's amusement park hideout, and asks her right-hand woman Bianca (Brenda Vaccaro) to summon Selena Selena appears, both women insult Cooke's suit, and they slam the door in his face...
...long enough to succeed. Hart Bochner plays Ethan, a sort of distaff Lois Lane, with as much quirky nervousness as Margot Kidder brought to Lane. The chubby Vaccarro seems to be the only veteran comfortable with her part, which entirely consists of insults and sarcastic variations on "Gee whiz, Selena...