Word: shanghai
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still learning. A couple of years later she appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, unleashed a flurry of four-letter words and spent the next few months trying to repair the damage. Meanwhile, her bumpy movie career--which has wavered between big roles in bad films (Shanghai Surprise) and smaller parts in an occasional decent one (A League of Their Own)--got even bumpier. In 1993 she starred in Body of Evidence, a steamy courtroom drama that bombed with critics and audiences. She complains that the script was changed so that her character, a sex-obsessed vixen on trial...
...Jianzhong, head of China's film bureau, and Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi have each visited the U.S. and complained about Kundun. These kinds of culture clashes won't go away soon. "They don't have any idea what will happen once they become part of the world market," says Gere. "Russia learned how countries just can't pick and choose what they want to see--after MTV and cable TV come in, it all comes in. You can't hold back a flood...
FREED. YAO WENYUAN, about 65, believed to be the sole surviving member of China's infamous "Gang of Four"; after serving all of a 20-year sentence for inciting violence during the Cultural Revolution; in Shanghai...
...market access, even though this violates a 1992 trade agreement. Since 1994, for instance, American-built cars have faced illegal 100% duties in China, which caused a reduction in sales from 40,000 in 1993 to 4,700 last year. In response, General Motors recently entered talks with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. to build more than 100,000 mid-size cars a year, employing Chinese workers. Other U.S. employers such as electronic giant Motorola and computer-chip manufacturer Intel have also felt compelled to shift American jobs to less productive employees in China in order to gain a relaxation...
Blikk: Perhaps not. But as to your film, in trying to bring your reputation along a rocky road, can you make people forget the bad explosions of Who's That Girl? and Shanghai Surprise...