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...they are closely related to the influential Chamorros, who were the leading aristocrats on the side opposed to Somoza in the 1979 revolution), they play a considerable role rebuilding the country that faces constant terror from U.S.-sponsored contras. Their lifestyle and demeanor are accessible to the average Yankee viewer, yet their politics have been slandered from here to high water by the average Yankee president, Ronald Reagan. American audiences are compiled to rethink the issue...
ROCKY IV contains few elements of a traditional film. Instead of a movie, Stallone has created a visual and aural experience design to bombast and overwhelm the viewer's senses. All the blows have been amplified and run through some electronic thingamajig to produce a sound much akin to a pack of wolves attacking a square mile of sheet metal. Clips from the earlier three movies fly past with the incredible rapidity of a flurry of Marvin Hagler haymakers to the pounding strains of "Burning Heart" by Survivor. The audience has to weather flashing lights, smoke, flags, flying drops...
...spiritual quest after Susan, a debauchedly primal nymphet played by the debauchedly primal Madonna. Dewitt thinks there is something inherently fishy about equating nature and primal being with a rock star whose love handles are as big as her breasts, but the film nonetheless satisfies the teen viewer's instinctive need to have his lifestyle of Fritos and junk jewelry vindicated on film. Natural primacy as a pair of Capezzio flats? Forget...
...premium channels. The two largest such channels, HBO and Showtime, actually posted a net loss in subscribers during the first half of 1985, the first such drop in their history. The solution, many pay-cable executives are deciding, is to supplement movies with original programming that can generate viewer loyalty. Translation: more series...
...equally sentimental scenes for the "actual" characters. In the most implausible sequence, an American actress offers herself as the prize to the "winner" of the debate between the novelist and the journalist. Even after this conscious retreat from political complexity, Map remains lively and provocative. Yet it leaves a viewer with the sad sense that its author shrank from the dangers of attempting a genuinely great play...