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...insulting level of metaphor is sustained not only in the script but also in some of the direction. Men in large white spacesuits wander in and out during set changes, accompanied by billows of mechanical fog. These creatures are the exterminators sent by the government to ward off the plague of red spiders that is reported to be approaching the city. Later, a large red spider is lit and throbbing above carnival dancers in a comical dance scene that probably was meant to be erotic. These and other elaborate ploys, while potentially meaningful, are more likely to make you giggle...
...earth may move, little rabbit, but now quake-zone residents can sleep safely, according to Hollywood special-effects designer Jon Ward. He has developed the "Los Angeles Earthquake Bed." Built of steel tubing and 16- gauge steel mesh, the 600-lb. bed, he says, can even withstand a collapsing roof. Peace of mind costs...
COPY DESK: Judith Anne Paul, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Barbara Dudley Davis, Evelyn Hannon, Jill Ward (Copy Coordinators); Minda Bikman, Doug Bradley, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Barbara Collier, Julia Van Buren Dickey, Dora Fairchild, Judith Kales, Sharon Kapnick, Claire Knopf, Melinda J. McAdams, M.M. Merwin, Anna F. Monardo, Maria A. Paul, Jane Rigney, Elyse Segelken, Terry Stoller, Amelia Weiss (Copy Editors...
ADVERTISING SALES: Headquarters: John Heyd, Hugh Wiley (Directors); Mike Ward Atlanta: John Helmer (Manager) Boston: Don Jones (Manager) Chicago: Kathy Kayse (Manager); Tim Derr, Randy Holloway, Linda Isaacs-Ausman, Tim Schlax Dallas: Matt Turck (Manager) Detroit: Jeff Cornish (Manager); John Wattles Los Angeles: Tom Ott (Manager); Lisa Bentley, Brett Wilson New York: Dick Raskopf (Director); Peter Krieger, Maureen McAllister (Managers); Rick Anderson, Laurie Benson, Bruce Beresford, Peter Britton, Mike Callahan, Joan Campo, Chris Carter, Russ Harden, Tom Kealy, Bruce Kostic, Lisa Lockley-Martinez, Dave Thomas, Teri Wagner San Francisco: Fred Gruber (Manager); Jay Howard Washington: Hal Bonawitz (Manager...
COPY DESK: Judith Anne Paul, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Barbara Dudley Davis, Evelyn Hannon, Jill Ward (Copy Coordinators); Minda Bikman, Doug Bradley, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Barbara Collier, Julia Van Buren Dickey, Dora Fairchild, Judith Kales, Sharon Kapnick, Claire Knopf, $ Melinda J. McAdams, M.M. Merwin, Anna F. Monardo, Maria A. Paul, Jane Rigney, Elyse Segelken, Terry Stoller, Amelia Weiss (Copy Editors...