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Scorsese and De Niro have been here before: in the good brother-bad brother melodrama of Mean Streets, in the story of a troubled Taxi Driver searching for his blond goddess, in the musical tragedy of two big-band musicians playing king of the hill in New York, New York. And they have faced the same narrative challenge - how to build their vignettes of domestic brutality to a satisfying climax - without ever quite solving it. From the moment Raging Bull introduces its three main characters, the moviegoer knows all there will be to know about them. Jake is the loner...
...must have played I Just Can't Stop It at least a half dozen times before even beginning to zero in on the lyrics--they whizz by so quickly. "Mirror in the Bathroom" eloquently mocks self-possession, while the protagonist in "Click Click" is like Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver. Suck on this: "Open your mouth/Slide the barrel in/If you don't like it/Just don't do it again." Great poetry! This fascination with power also runs through such songs as "Hands Off ... She's Mine" and "Big Shot," which throws darts at our leaders and points...
...apply the maximum pressure that is sensible before making any concessions). Why Reagan showed no knowledge of that policy, developed by all free nations who have combatted terrorism, is part of the sad riddle of his limited appeal. All in all, the spectacle may have been better entertainment than Taxi but that is not good enough to encourage the prospects of survival in this world...
...Suzanne Somers. Blame it on anything you want; there's plenty to go around. As the new TV comedy series finally slink into view after the actors' strike, an ominous trend becomes evident. The witty humanism of the best '70s shows-Mary Tyler Moore, MASH, Taxi-has given way to jokes built around bustlines and pratfalls. Out goes the humor of social complicity, of reasonably mature characters; in stomps the japery of sexual humiliation, in which grimly aggressive caricatures swat each other with gag lines. Mary Richards' chic office wear is declassé; this year...
...most visible sign of how the war has affected the Iranian capital of Tehran is the disappearance of the maddening, noxious traffic jams that once clogged the city from dawn to dusk. As a result of gasoline rationing and restrictions on privately owned cars, taxis and buses travel at speeds previously unimaginable. Said Abbas Tavakkol, 38, a taxi driver: "It's wonderful. I wish gasoline rationing and the ban on private driving remain in force forever." Retorted his passenger, an elderly man pressing an attaché case against his breast: "It is a good thing God does not grant...