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...essence, Deep Throat is part slapstick comedy, part carnal carnival: it's a burlesque routine (Harry Reems' Doctor Schnorrer routine) wrapped around a sideshow freak stunt (Linda's routine). And the movie -maybe all of porno chic -wouldn't exist if Chuck Traynor hadn't shown Damiano a bedroom trick his wife Linda could do. Which, putting it starkly, was to work a penis not only into her mouth but down her throat. Call it glottal fellatio...
...various supporting cast members give memorable performances as well. Ciaran Hinds as John Traynor, Guerin’s inside source, effectively conveys a sense of struggle as he finds himself torn between his loyalty to Guerin and to the world of crime, while Gerard McSorley as drug lord John Gilligan delivers a chilling performance as a ruthless, calculating criminal...
...unpaid taxes before other creditors are reimbursed; 20% of a troubled firm's distributable assets are now earmarked for suppliers. Yet some question the move toward a "rescue culture." "This is a combination of a rogues' charter and a lawyers' delight," says Nicholas Hood of U.K. insolvency firm Begbies Traynor. "There'll be a high number of unscrupulous debt counselors bouncing firms into administration where it's not necessary." You can almost see the lawyers getting in line. When Payoffs Don't Pay A German court ordered Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann to stand trial for alleged breach of trust...
Witness to the Execution (airing Sunday, Feb. 13) is not flawless, but it is a shrewd and timely examination of TV sensationalism, which is not the same thing as being sensational. Jessica Traynor (Sean Young), the top program executive for Tycom Entertainment, a pay-per-view operation "somewhere in a 500-channel television universe," is searching for a blockbuster programming event. "We're in trouble, Jess," says her boss (Len Cariou). "Movies don't work; screen's still too small. Sports is dying. The sex boom is over. Where the hell are we going...
DIED. Roger J. Traynor, 83, influential chief justice of the California Supreme Court who served for 30 years on what was widely considered the nation's most aggressive and progressive state court; of cancer; in Berkeley, Calif. Appointed in 1940 and named chief justice in 1964, he wrote more than 900 opinions, many of which boldly abandoned precedents and, especially in expanding criminal defendants' rights, anticipated later federal court rulings...