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...been cleared for others to assume power. That episode, the arrest of the radical "Gang of Four," took place four years ago. Last week the Chinese leadership announced that the gang is going on trial, and thus it appeared that the final act of the drama would soon unfold. TIME Peking Bureau Chief Richard Bernstein reports...
...legendary film desecration of Portnoy's Complaint. Next to Serial, Portnoy seems like an earnest failure. Not only is McFadden's cool point of view lost, but so are her satirical targets. Though Serial is set in the present-day San Francisco suburbs, it might as well unfold in '50s Dubuque. Most of the characters are whining, repressed squares who, at heart, disapprove of free sex, drugs, divorce and teenagers. For some reason, they are all trapped in Marin County against their will. When, after 90 long minutes, some of them flee, the film makers are overjoyed...
...bound to be slightly melodramatic, but this cast manages to avoid it somehow. The problems, however, include a few weak stage blockings, causing overcrowding in the corners of the stage. The white vs. black costume motif molds the opera into a fairy tale rather than allowing it to unfold like a mystery...
...maneuvers, lower and lower in order to test the equipment. Both suffered four crashes, but General Dynamics clearly came out the worse. Two of its missiles slammed into some isolated California scrubland during overland flights, and one started a small fire. On another faulty flight, the wings failed to unfold and the missile plunged into the Pacific like a rock. Boeing's flops were far less dramatic: two stemmed from communications foul-ups with the chase planes, one from programming errors and one from engine failure after 2½ hours of intricate maneuvering...
...period detail and acting, Palmerstown is well produced, but it is full of stereotypes and padding. The many repetitive confrontations unfold in the prosaic manner of a high school civics class. The black characters are all saints, as they are not in other Lear and Haley shows, and the whites are generally either fire-breathing racists or pure-hearted liberals. There are also too many sentimental scenes that show the two young heroes frolicking in brotherly love on sunny fields. The results are so tame that not even a last-minute medical crisis can arouse any excitement...