Word: suburbanitis
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Then why is Lee Iaccoca popping up on TV again, flashing his patented proud- paterfamilias smile? Because Chrysler customers have begun to notice that something is different. The new Jeep Grand Cherokee (base price: $19,000) is / an instant favorite of all those suburban Indiana Joneses. The Viper, a politically incorrect, 10-cylinder roadster ($50,000), is the most sought- after sports car in years. And thanks to a redesign, the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan ($14,600) have held on to their 50% share of the lucrative minivan market...
...style, Destiny is everything Kramer has heretofore claimed to detest -- a nonrealistic memory play, crosscutting between the present in a high-powered AIDS clinic and Ned's childhood and adolescence in bourgeois-Jewish suburban Washington. The guilt he endures, the abuse, the rejection by even well- meaning relatives -- above all the preposterous but persistent demand by his parents that he lead the life they envisioned -- are all part of almost any gay adult's personal legacy. If not always richly detailed in the writing, the moments are staged by Marshall Mason with unusual power. As the younger Ned, John Cameron...
Consenting Adults misses a suburban, satirical target...
...kind of clubhouse deal that irked even diehard Redskins fans, also known as taxpayers. 'Skins owner Jack Kent Cooke and Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder schemed to build a new football stadium in suburban Alexandria, for $160 million of Cooke's money and $130 million in public funds. Cooke would get his name on the building -- and the lion's share of the revenues. But with public outrage mounting, Wilder backtracked, asking Cooke for $40 million in concessions to keep the plan alive. Cooke's answer...
YUPPIES IN PERIL. AGAIN. THIS time it's Richard and Priscilla Parker (Kevin ; Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) who are lured away from their narrow suburban patterns of getting and spending, both financial and sexual. The seducer is their next-door neighbor, Eddy Otis (Kevin Spacey), abetted by his wife Kay (Rebecca Miller). First Eddy masterminds an insurance scam to help the Parkers out of credit-card debt. Next he encourages a spot of highly improbable wife swapping. Can violent crimes -- and false accusations leveled at poor, increasingly bedeviled Richard -- be far behind...