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...quintessential yuppie drama for the '80s had begun to grow a bit thin and self-indulgent as the new decade dawned. But with its end drawing near and character crises mounting -- a cancer scare, a sudden death -- the show revealed that it was made of sterner stuff. No network series has captured a milieu with such uncompromising fidelity. And Homefront is no substitute...
...quintessential yuppie drama for the '80s had begun to grow a bit thin and self-indulgent as the new decade dawned. But with its end drawing near and character crises mounting -- a cancer scare, a sudden death -- the show revealed that it was made of sterner stuff. No network series has captured a milieu with such uncompromising fidelity. And Homefront is no substitute...
...Jerry Sterner's off-Broadway comedy turned a lot of weary Wall Street players into enthusiastic playgoers two seasons ago. It managed to disapprove of Larry while giving him all the best lines and, in the end, the winning position in a classic '80s confrontation: ruthless raider vs. responsible corporation. Larry's target of opportunity is staid, gently paternalistic New England Wire & Cable. Only one man could possibly be its CEO, and, sure enough, Gregory Peck has the job. His "Jorgy" Jorgenson is as stiff as Larry is slinky, a man who's all stature and no smarts. Luckily...
...there is a moral to all of this, it could be that in today's political climate, men may weep, but women must prove themselves made of sterner stuff...
...Sterner zips the audience from one witty scene to another, and he skillfully weaves the moral of the story into a string of exquisite punchlines...