Word: staging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LAST WEEK'S surrealistic nightmares from the jungles of Guyana have once again put the issue of religious cults squarely in the center of the American stage. In a way that the scattered rumors of mind control and depersonalization among Moonies and Hare Krishna devotees could not, Guyana deaths have focused U.S. public attention on the cults and on the question of what the cults are all about, why people join them, and what import this movement has for our society...
...brought in other stars and, more important, other investors. But now, reported one of his friends, Agent Jay Kanter, Brando felt he should play Jor-El "like a green suitcase." "A green suitcase?" asked Donner. "Yes," said the friend. "Marlon wants to put a green suitcase on the sound stage and let his voice come...
...only dignity in the film comes from Ellen Burstyn, who skillfully recreates her stage role. Playing the part originated by Charles Grodin, Alda gives a surprisingly weak performance: his usual warmth is vitiated by too many shrill farcical tantrums. Still, it's hard to blame an actor for this debacle. The only way to win playing Same Time, Next Year is to refuse to play...
...clean air, pure water, safe products, healthy workers and employed minorities. An alliance of liberals and conservatives now protest that regulation is excessive and the benefits are not worth the price. They have found an ally in Jimmy Carter, who promises to battle regulatory excess as part of his Stage II anti-inflation plan. And not a moment too soon. "Our regulatory system," asserts Assistant Commerce Secretary Jerry Jasinowski, "is out of control...
Jack Gauthier's 100-yd. freestyle victory set the stage for fellow freshman Raikula, whose superb 1:53 performance in the 200-yd. backstroke gave Harvard first place as well as a new pool record. The Crimson's Geoff Seelen grabbed second in the backstroke...