Word: stupidities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They are unbelievably arrogant," says Stephan Engelberger, 24, an east Berlin hairdresser who recently opened his own salon. "They have plenty of money, but they come over here because everything is cheaper. They behave as if everything belongs to them, as if they know it all and we are stupid...
...that as it may, the movie, which Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) eventually decided to direct himself, starts out in a low, ingratiating gear. It looks like a "buddy romp," as Geena Davis, who plays Thelma, puts it. Thelma is married to a carpet salesman named Darryl, who represents everything stupid and stupefying about traditional masculinity, keeping Thelma in a state of near childish dependency. Her best pal, Louise (Susan Sarandon), lives with an oft traveling musician named Jimmy, who is nice enough but suffers from the other great modern male defect -- a maddening inability to make permanent commitments. Both women...
...serious. "To think that he's a no- nonsense guy is nonsense," says his colleague Paul Gray. "When suitably amused, he has an explosive laugh that could shudder a sycamore at 60 paces." Ideas, Morrow believes, are like people: "Some are charming, some are noble, some are ugly or stupid." He helps TIME tell the difference, and that means...
...Letterman, who gave Leno his first sustained TV exposure, was furious at not being offered the job. One source told the Washington Post that Letterman planned to sue NBC to break his contract, making him available for offers from CBS and ABC. Once upon a time, the ringmaster of Stupid Pet Tricks was indeed Carson's heir apparent, Bonnie Prince Dave. But now Leno will assume command over the United Kingdom of Late Night. Letterman gets to keep Wales...
...every horrid neurotic thing the good doctor has sworn to stamp out. But to Leo's family, Bob is the one thing Leo is not. He is available. For stupid fun. For off-the-wall counseling. For generally shaking things up. Murray, with his curious blend of pathos and aggressiveness, is terrific, and so is an acutely uptight Dreyfuss, never once copping a plea for our sympathy. At the end What About Bob? skids into silliness, but not before Frank Oz proves that he's a director with just the mean sense of humor these bland times desperately need...