Word: vader
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Surprisingly, the many critics of the President's so-called "Darth Vader" speech misinterpreted its real function. They have focused solely on the text of the speech to prove that Reagan has not changed his positions on the social issues "as if a president, outside of a great national crisis or clear factual evidence, would be likely to do a public about face and antagonize a large portion of his constituency. What they have failed to note is that in reality. Reagan has done little to further these causes. Not even the symbolic value of having a president who supports...
...BEEN DUBBED the President's Darth Vader" speech: in front of the National Association of Evangelicals. Ronald Reagan outlined America's divine mandate to combat the Soviet Union, the "focus of evil in the modern world. "He called it "an evil empire," and declared that he and his fellow Christian warriors "must terrify and ultimately triumph over those who would enslave their fellow...
...lawyer for the archdiocese (James Mason, who can give to a three-piece suit more menace than was radiated by Darth Vader's armor) suspects that the doctors blundered. On his recommendation, the archbishop offers Frankie's client $210,000. "When they give you the money it means you won," says his old legal mentor Mickey Morrissey (a gallant old wreck superbly played by Jack Warden). But Frankie, without consulting his client, decides to try the case and bring the guilty doctors to punishment...
First on the list of any armchair shopper should be a new armchair. The Hexhedon PC1 (Neiman-Marcus) may look like Darth Vader's helmet, but around the black leather reclining seat the sybaritic unit includes such accessories as a miniature Sony color TV, a stereo system with color transposer for both interior and exterior light shows, a "thermos faucet system" to supply a flow of beverages, a wireless telephone and "whisper" exhaust fans. Price: $32,000. If a desire to work should suddenly take hold, the relaxing executive can unsnap the 18-karat-gold clasps of a black...
...period pieces have a responsibility to adhere to the problems of contemporary society, then films about the future share the burden. The future will not be as simple as the black-and-white world of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. If we continue to believe that it will be--vainly hoping that "The Force" will be with us--then we are indeed doomed to the barren landscape that swallows the blade runner...