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Flynn must confront Dellinger's evil henchman. Master Control Program (MCP), a Wizard of Oz-like being who has taken over the whole system, Several programs have tried to overthrow MCP, but they have all been captured and are being kept hostage...
...fingering you. You're going to the gas chambers with the rest of the sheenies." Annie, a bisexual, swings one way with her .22 pistol, feared by criminals and customers; Michael, the "Fearless Faggot," smokes joints to cover the aroma of gun oil. Only Richard, the electronics wizard, can compute the risks and consequences of a world where dealers and customers, police and victims, live outside...
...spoil one of the film's pleasures, its gratification of the child's delight in wondering "What comes next, Daddy?" It is enough to say that E.T. stands securely in the company of some classic children's stories, from Peter Pan to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With the crucial help of Screenwriter Melissa Mathison, who was present every day on the set, Spielberg has infused comic and dramatic tension into a story in which, one comes to realize, there are no villains. Everyone is nice, and the conflict comes from a taffy pull between good...
...some famous-and forbidden-lines were John Irving, 40, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 64, Donald Barthelme, 51, Erica Jong, 40, E.L. Doctorow, 51, Calvin Trillin, 46, and Frances FitzGerald, 41. But perhaps the most impassioned protester was Actress Margaret Hamilton, 79, who in the 1939 film version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz brought to life the character of the Wicked Witch of the West. Last week Hamilton did it again by reading from the original L. Frank Baum children's favorite, which was banned by the Detroit public school system in 1957 for its overly "negative" outlook. "Book censorship...
...neighborhood called Little Italy." Glance at the evening paper and you will not see a young couple walk through a "Japanese garden" filled with blank-faced nisei standing in planters. Raid the fridge and you will miss the visit Sergeant-Lieut. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) pays to a shoeshine wizard who knows everything about the Underworld-and about life after death, open-heart surgery and the fate of the Dodgers' pitching staff...