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...potential audience for shows marked with the scarlet letter. That means advertising revenue will go down. What's more, a violence label may scare off many advertisers and thus cause programmers to steer clear of provocative shows. "The thing nobody is taking into account," says Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, "is that there's going to be a V-chip warning on Homicide, NYPD Blue, Law & Order, ER, Chicago Hope--any of the adult dramas that deal with real-life substantive issues. Once that happens, you are going to have a television landscape that's far, far different from what...
...networks and advertisers learn to live with a V rating, producers might find themselves liberated--able to produce even more adult fare, secure in the knowledge that children will be shielded from it. Which could, of course, lead either to more sophisticated adult fare or sleazier entertainment. Says Wolf: "If all these shows have warnings on them, you could have a situation where producers are saying to standards people at the networks, 'I've got a warning. I can say whatever I want. I can kill as many people as I want...
Honoring the Roman god of fertility, Lupercalia celebrated the wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, providing the luckier brother with the martial vigor to found a great city on the body of the unluckier brother. The holiday celebrated not only unrestrained sexuality but the martial spirit of Romulus' descendants in wild days of drinking, games and orgies. Greeting cards were not required...
...anything, the actual story is compelling. A group of extremely handsome teen-aged boys (Jeremy Sisto, Balthazar Getty, and Scott Wolf, among others) go on a voyage from the Caribbean to the Galapagos and back on a boat manned by cool teachers (John Savage and Caroline Goodall) and a studly, charismatic captain (Jeff Bridges). While learning discipline and the finer points of ocean sailing, they also study their ABCs. And of course, they discover friendship, sex and alcohol. Unfortunately, disaster ensues. A freak storm sinks the boat, killing four, and the coast guard blames the father figure. You can guess...
...cast does a great job with their roles, even if they are shamed by their lines. The boys are good actors, especially Getty as the angry rough-and-tumble greaser. Scott Wolf does an excellent Tom Cruise imitation. And Jeff Bridges is a perfect father figure. Too perfect. The script sinks any hopes the characters had of being deep or moving. Todd Robinson, the screen writer, is living proof anyone can get a job in Hollywood. The script is trite ("Oh, the power of the wind!") and too ambitious ("Today I finally understand Homer: the journey's the thing...