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...bouts, explains, "In wrestling, you've got to have good guys and bad guys." Blanchard has run matches around the state for more than 20 years. "We're selling entertainment and excitement," he says, gesticulating with large, powerful hands. In fact, wrestling's heroes and villains are the same as those in the real world, ebbing and flowing with the tide of world events. "We've seen Iranians after the hostage crisis, Russians, Germans and Mexicans with headdresses," says Blanchard. He mentions current Texas favorites: "Tully the Kid," "Wahoo" McDaniel, "Abdullah the Butcher," a gallery...
Implausible as they may be, Nolte and Williams (the Forces of Good) ally against the System, with Judd Hirsch as Evil Force I and Lee Grant as Evil Force 2. Hirsch is anti-typecast as a former idealist corrupted by the System, and it hampers his performance as a villain. Hirsch reeks of integrity, even while trying to lie, cheat, and bluff his away around Williams and Nolte, though the part of head witch suits Grant very nicely...
...villain should be in sales. From FAO Schwarz in New York City to Talbot's Toy land in San Mateo, Calif., the invasion by pint-size plastic and metal robot figures is well under way and just may be the hottest toy trend ever. Yes, trend and trivia buffs - ever. Tonka Toys reports well over $100 million worth of orders for its Cy-Kill and 29 other GoBots since they were introduced last January. If Tonka can fill those orders, GoBots will easily overtake last year's $60 million worth of Cabbage Patch Kids. And Hasbro...
...efforts, NBC has come away with an engrossing view of life in the Soviet Union. Among the fascinating glimpses: citizens at a cemetery in Leningrad, where mass civilian graves of World War II dead are marked only by the years; a spy thriller on Soviet TV in which the villain is an American CIA agent; a portrait of the Muslims, who because of their high birth rate will soon outnumber ethnic Russians. "We've tried to give a different look at the Soviet Union without prostituting ourselves," says Bonn. "Our reports are different but honest...
...himself played) deserves this fidelity. Is TartufFe an obvious rogue and Orgon therefore a buffoon who should know better? Or does Tartuffe maintain at least a hint of plausible sincerity? The latter approach enhances the play's tragic and cautionary dimensions; the former affords broader comedy and a villain to hiss...