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Meanwhile, Kuwaitis will continue enjoying a new pastime: the daily 15- minute radio program that recounts tales of the Iraqi invaders' stupidity. Three weeks ago, a roomful of Kuwaitis dissolved into laughter when the announcer recalled the troops who stole computer screens thinking they were TVs, and then wondered why...
TONI CHILDS has done something tougher than just make another terrific record here. She has beat the jinx. Her debut album in 1988, Union, was one of those comet-like appearances that occur more frequently in pop music than they do in the firmament, leaving the listener simultaneously dazzled and...
TV has often looked for inspiration to the world of comic books, usually superhero juvenilia like The Flash or The Incredible Hulk. But TALES FROM THE CRYPT is a different kettle of rotting fish. Based on the seedy old E.C. horror comics, each half-hour episode is a ghoulish black...
At its best, Naked Hollywood puts a human twist on the familiar tales of Hollywood mass production and megalomania. One sequence tracks the relay team of writers hired by producer-director Ivan Reitman to massage the script of Kindergarten Cop. ("I felt he was somewhat written out," says Reitman of...
Imperials are not the only ones to offer beguiling short stories this season. The long-neglected art of yarn spinning is robust again, in three fine collections. Joan Chase's Bonneville Blue (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 226 pages; $16.95) contains 11 poignant tales. In one of the finest, Elderberries and Souls...