European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday july 31,1987 columns today s crossword a to hum month for Hollywood by Russell Baker it has t been a Banner month for movies. Heartburn it s hard to eel interested in these people. They think exclusively about themselves. Real people Don t do that do they that s Why even the dullest real people have interesting problems. For interesting movies you need people Wilh interesting problems. Watching these heartburn people nukes i he viewer keep visiting the refrigerator pausing in route to Check the baseball game on radio. A room with View this movie is to pretty that finding fault Wilh it makes you tee Ike an enemy of an but the truth is it does t Slick to your rib. Three weeks later you can t remember what it was All about. It s too easy to make pretty movie nowadays. If the molten of this one bad bad to film it in Black and White using painted scenery in studio hey might have struggled harder to bring . Forster s difficult characters to life. It s not easy wifi Forster but Why tackle High literature if you re afraid of trying to bully it into movie material Fri Metal a com this movie is something else which is sports Wriler Lingo meaning unique an abstract meditation on humanity s passion for Mur Dering itself. The rewards of being a Marine you get to see the world meet interesting people and kill them somebody says. However enough already with the technical expertise in fake blood and Gore. Remember Bogart. Cagney and Robinson gelling shot they winced clutched their vests where the Bullet went in and you knew it was fatal. Movie bullets nowadays Are merciless. Big chunks of the shot party explode in geysers of blood. Here s another instance of High Lech Craft skills distracting in this Case by disgusting the audience. Ettner Gantry of it s lop drawer and Burt Lancaster is Socko is Elmer but does it have to go Ronall night it s Tad to see a Good movie Wear out ill Welcome and Tince this one was made in i960 the movie that Doten l know when to quit has become commonplace. Why have americans become so afraid to go to bed that they willingly listen to guests drone on Long after the cat has been put out the Mosquito coast Fine Book Lousy flick. Any to mat Barbie has expensive tastes Byar Buchwald 1 have nothing against toy companies. In their own Way they bring happiness to the hearts of our Young ones and they Jive employment to thousands of peo ple All Over the country. But when they try to bankrupt me i feel 1 should speak out if my situation is duplicated around the country every father who has a daughter Between the Ages of 4 and 12 is going to have to apply for Relief. Our 7-Ycar-old daughter requested four month Sago a Barbie Dell. As As far As i m concerned one doll is just like another and since the Barbie dolt Cost Only v10.95,1 was Happy to Obi Ige. We brought the doll Home and 1 thought nothing More of in until s week later my daughter came in and said Barbie needs a Negl so does your Mother i replied. Bui there i one in the Catalon for Only 110," the cried. It t perfect Tor what Catalon the one thai came Wilh the 1 grabbed the Catalon and much to my horror Dis covered what the Sellers of Barbie were up to. They Al you have the doll for j 10.95, but you have to buy clothes for her at an average of j12 each. They have about 200 outfits from ice skating skirts to Mink jackets Sod a girl s status in the Community is based on How Many outfits the his for her Barbie Dou. The tint time 1 took my daughter to the nothing store i spent 120 on a dress for her and $4 to outfit her Barbie doll. A week later my daughter cams in and said bar Bie wants to be an airline so let her be an airline it wardens 1 said. She needs a uniform. It s Only $8.50." i gave her the js.50. Barbie did t slay a stewardess Long. She decide she wanted to be a nurse is. Then a Singer in a nightclub 15then a professional dancer 112. One Day my daughter walked in and said bar Bie s lonely. She wants who is Ken she showed to the Catalon. Sure enough there was Ken the same size As Barbie with Crew Cut hair a Vinyl plastic Chest and movable arms and legs if you Don t gel Ken my daughter cried Barbie will grow up to be an old we went out and bought Ken $11.95. Ken needed a luxe do 118.95a Raincoat s9a Terry cloth Robe and an electric razor 19tennis togs $6pyjamas is and several sin blk breasted suits 149. Prilly soon we had put up 1600 to protect our original 110.95 investment. Then one evening my daughter came in Wilh a shocker. Barbie and Ken Are getting married who s paying for the wedding they la need a House to live in. Here s Barbie Stream House she said. Thirty seven ninety five i shouted. 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