Word: superman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...superman myth is reinforced by the fact that he can "push a button" and destroy large swaths of the globe. But that is a wholly unused and wholly unusable power. In reality, the American President is one of the least powerful chief executives in the West. He cannot even pass his own budget, a minimal attribute of governance...
...free-associate: Andy Warhol and what? Close your eyes. Do silver-and- rosewood tea sets come to mind? How about a Superman Touch-Tone phone or a frontal photo of a naked Yul Brynner? Allow your imagination to wander across Eskimo bone masks, prehistoric pottery and World War II medals. Try these: 18- karat-gold nail scissors and wooden merry-go-round horses...
Five years ago, Wayne Gretzky, the Superman of ice hockey, called it a "Mickey Mouse organization...
ALTHOUGH Tom Hulce dominates the film with his exceptional portrayal of Nicky, Ray Liotta gives a reasonably competent performance as Gino. Liotta avoids the potential trap of making guardian angel Gino seem like a Superman by portraying an easy frustration with Nicky's mistakes. While Nicky pathetically begs forgiveness for some stupid mistake, Gino mercilessly continues to scold his brother. Liotta is best during emotional scenes, but his acting suffers whenever he is separated from Hulce, particularly in scenes away from the inner-city world Nicky and Gino live in. Fortunately, most of Liotta's scenes are emotional encounters with...
...ready to fight these forces of the 82nd Division because the Superman was defeated in Vietnam and will again go out of Nicaragua defeated if it lands here with its bombers, helicopters or whatever it brings," Ortega said two days...