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...point had been to illustrate the seamy underside of Washington rather than Hollywood--nobody would have said anything. The backroom deals, the corruption, the slime of Captial Hill, i.e., the stuff that made Woodward big-time--that's okay for public consumption, the more so since Woodward and sidekick Carl Bernstein took that gloss off politicos for good with their reporting on Watergate in the early 1970s...
There is plenty more in store for Indy, Willie and Indy's pre-teen sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) before the end of reel one. A hairbreadth escape through the bustling back streets of Shanghai! A scarifying ride in a pilotless plane! A midair bailout in a raft that bounces them onto a steep mountain slope for a wild toboggan ride off a cliff and into a raging river whose rapids carry them to ... But you get the idea. An army of professionals-439 listed in the credits-has set the narrative motor purring in high gear...
...Games have been greatly tarnished, they remain significant as an expression of international cooperation and individual courage. We can only hope that the leaders of Russia, the U.S., and other nations, seeing that the Summer Olympics cannot be manipulated for significant political gain, will leave them alone. Meanwhile their sidekick, the Winter Olympics, squeak on by content in and saved by their own limitations. While they may never play on as grand a stage as their summer counterpart, the Winter Olympics may prove a much longer running show...
...past 15 years, Maggie Briggs has chased sirens as a hard-boiled reporter for the mythical New York Examiner. But she and her beefy sidekick, played with vulgar charm by Kenneth McMillan, have been lured into the newspaper's revamped Modern Living section, home for stories about boutiques and Mexican restaurants. "Walter," she recalls, "I saw my first dead body with you." Replies Walter: "Good times can't last forever, kid." The sassy and seasoned Pleshette could do credit to any town and role, but of all the show's fixtures only she seems credible. The hyperthyroid...
ROBERT LUDLUM NOVELS have always possessed an element of predictability. You've read one, and you've almost read them all. Throw in a worldwide semi-omnipotent conspiracy to take over the free-world, a desperate, haunted and isolated protagonist, a romantic interest, a trusty sidekick and you have all of the elements of a Ludlum thriller. Usually, the book contains a thrilling array of plot twists that leave you gasping for air. But not this time. Never has the predictability of a Ludlum novel nor the lack of conviction or joy in spinning a good tale hit the reader...