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Nice looking fellow. Even features, crinkly eyes, a ready smile, muscles taut from gym work, autumnal hair with a fine early frost. He could be a cousin of his fellow Rocky Mountain resident Robert Redford. Then look closer and find a superhero's face as it might have been drawn by Wallace Wood for a Mad comic- book parody. The jawline, a shade too prominent, entertains the rumor of buffoonery. The smile is one of unwarranted self-assurance. His eye squint seems not to have registered that the world sees him differently: as a preening oaf. With every gesture...
Between these two incidents, Woody Allen offers brief, casually brilliant parodies of radio performers and formats: an inspirational sports storyteller modeled on Bill Stern; a smarmy counselor like Mr. Anthony; and, of course, a superhero for boys, the "Masked Avenger." The slender thread holding this part of the movie together recounts the rise from cigarette girl to airwaves gossip star of Sally White (played with her customary comic poignance by Mia Farrow...
...matter of fact, Harvard (8-2-3 overall, 3-0-2 Ivy) has found a superhero of its own lately in the person of freshman phenom Derek Mills. In just six games, Mills has recorded 10 goals and four assists--and has vaulted into the Crimson scoring lead with 24 points...
With the aid of all these ploys, the major comic publishers now anticipate profits that exceed those of the medium's golden age, the '40s. Income last year reached $75 million, and this year is expected to be significantly better. Money, in short, to make any superhero leap tall buildings for joy at a single bound...
...cheese and an oily olive, pepper and vegetable salad that is the specialty of the city's Central Grocery. But the ultimate hero is the six-foot log made famous by the Manhattan cafeteria- restaurant Manganaro's Hero Boy. Designed to be cut into individual portions for parties, the superhero weighs 22 lbs., feeds "30 hungry men or 40 men and women" and costs $85.95, complete with cutting board and knife...