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...scriptwriting that sustains Being There is missing from Electric Horseman. Willy Nelson, the singer, has the best line in Electric Horseman. Sunning in a cafe near Caesar's Palace he plans to get "a bottle of tequilla and keno girl who can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch." Nelson wrote that himself and the slick script of this Hollywood romance rarely matches the rugged quality of his improvisation. Indeed the film suffers from the same slickness and image-mongering that it purports to criticize...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Against Culture Shlock | 1/4/1980 | See Source »

...from Albequerque. That's right--New Mexico. No, she doesn't drink tequilla. Her name's Ellen Hart...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Just a Quick Jog ... to the 'Pru' | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

There were certainly no chickens in the ring. Napoles, who is called "Man-tequilla" because his style is "smooth as butter," owns the best knockout record (47 in 69 bouts) in welterweight history. He and Lewis shared the bill with World Bantamweight Champion Rubén ("Mister K.O.") Olivares and Jesús ("Little Poison") Pimentel, who staged a fast and furious slugfest before Olivares beat Pimentel into submission in the tenth round, scoring his 63rd knockout in 69 fights. Both men are typical of the host of hungry little fighters, most of them from Latin America and Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mentor of the Mighty Mites | 12/27/1971 | See Source »

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