European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Time for magic to present truth on his aids virus Andy Rooney i done to have his Home address but id like to Send a letter to Earvin a magic Quot Johnson. Dear magic you Don t know me and i Only know you As a fan but i think its of for me to Call you that. Even though your Mother still Calls you Earvin she must admit that a magic Quot is a pretty Good nickname for anyone with the unbelievable athletic skill and Good natured Charm that you have. But in a not writing to flatter you even though flattery Hasni to seemed to have gone to your head the Way it has gone to the Heads of some sports superstars. In a writing to ask you to Tell us the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about How you got aids this is no time for any one to be engaged in Uhlie relations of and kind. I know they say you Don t have aids Yon have the virus that causes aids but to most of us that s splitting hairs the Story we Veall been hearing has been that if you. Magic Johnson can get aids anyone can get it. If this is True we should certainly know that. If it is not True we should know that too. Do you think it s True or did you do some things an Ordinary person would t do Are there some things you did you wish you had t done what arc they Tell us. Magic because this aids thing is too serious for us to play around with. You told or. David to at the Aaron Diamond aids research Center in new York that you think you got it a Messing around with too Many women. If that s True would you consider saying to the Young men who idolize you that promiscuity even with someone of the opposite sex is wrong and often dangerous would you want to say there a no such thing As Safe sex with strange partners would you be willing to say that it would be a Good idea if no one had sex except with the person to whom they re married or at least singularly devoted that would allow for homosexual relationships. If you did get it from a woman its going to change the thinking of a lot of people including researchers. Up until now the experts have thought that it was very unlikely that a Man would contract the disease from an infected woman even though it was relatively easy for a woman to get it from an infected Man. You re the Only one who knows the intimate details of your life and you should share the Lewis not afraid to push her act a Cape fear indy John Horn a entertainment writer it May be the most unsettling movie scene this year and it does no to involve Hannibal a the Cannibal Lecter zombies under the stairs or the murderous doll from child s play Iii. No blood spills in this disturbing episode from the otherwise bloody thriller Cape fear. The 10-Minutc scene is All about menace and innocence and it is galvanized by the performances of Robert do Niro and Juliette Lewis. Lewis plays the rebellious 15-year-old daughter of a lawyer who withheld evidence in his defense of rapist Max Cady de Niro. Cady a psychopathic Wrath has flamed for 14 years in jail. Once freed he sets out for revenge targeting lawyer Sam Bowden Nick Nolle his wife Leigh Jessica Lange and their daughter Danielle Lewis. In the film s most disturbing moment Cady poses As a sympathetic drama teacher to lure Danielle to an abandoned High school theater. The audience knows the danger but Danielle wanders unafraid into the auditorium actually curious to meet this substitute instructor who was so considerate on the Telephone the night before. He smokes marijuana offers her a puff. He makes sexual advances she does no to Retreat. She figures out that he a not a teacher but instead is stalking her family. She does no to run. Its spooky. Lewis says its the Best work she has done in what is already a varied career. Quot after the scene i told director Marty Scorsese and Bob a god that was so fun a a she said in an interview. A that was the Only scene in be Ever done in six years where i be Felt that Type of univ Artof City studio Juliette Lewis plays teen Ager Danielle Bowden. Satisfaction and that Type of excitement and fun. �?o1 tried to fill Danny out As Best i could make her As real to a Young girl As i could. She a so innocent. That a what a scary. Some people ask me a what made her attracted to evil a and there was nothing like that at All. A she was oblivious. This Guy was letting her speak looking at her As an equal and she was drawn to that. Its total innocence. And that a what scared people evil and innocence. People hurting animals is More frightening than adults being Lewis who a 18 but appears younger in person and on screen is hardly As innocent As the Cape fear character she plays. She left High school three weeks into her freshman year to establish her career and went to court at age 14 to have herself declared an adult. She lives with her 27-Ycar-old Boyfriend of two years actor Brad Pitt Thelma and Louise. And while her locally bred vocabulary is cluttered with endless a to Zallys Quot a likes Quot and a you knows a she with us. I saw some kid quoted in the los Angeles times who d heard a Rumor you re Gay. He said he did t Cate what you were you re still his hero. Everyone feels that Way about you Magie. Your fans Don t eare whether you re Gay or not. It has been known for a Long while that every Man has some female characteristics and every woman has some male characteristics. One of the things that makes each of us different is the degree to which males Are female and females male. We All have some of both it s nothing to hide. It s important for you to Tell us the truth though because every time the Public and medical science gel sent Down a wrong Road it takes millions of dollars and years of Lime for them to get Hack on the right track. We need to know everything we can learn about aids its wrong for anyone who knows something about it that the rest of us done to know not to Tell us. Or worse mislead us. Perpetuating late information is Only going to prolong the number of years it takes to get to the Bottom of the terrible mystery of aids. Every Dollar wasted this Way takes from the Money going to other medical research Oil such diseases As cancer. So Lay it on the line. Magic. Just Tell us the truth and we ii believe you. You be always been honest. Sincerely Andrew Rooney my Mother always called me Andrew Tribune Media services Andy Rooney is a former Slars and stripes reporter seems savvy grown up fast. The daughter of actor Geoffrey Lewis double Impact the great Waldo Pepper her credits include the television projects too Young to die a family for Joe i married Dora and the wonder years on film she has appeared in National lampoons Christmas vacation and crooked hearts in which she plays the narcoleptic daughter of a troubled family. She will Star in next years that night adapted from the Alice Mcdermott novel. A a she a a major Talent Quot said Dale Pollock the producer of cram cd hearts. Quot she does no to even realize How Good she is. She s the most talented newcomer around. And an incredibly natural its a profession to which Lewis has aspired since she was it a i went to about three weeks of High school a she said. Quot i moved out of the san Fernando Valley to Hollywood. I just wanted to move a the Valley is a very sort of teen age land a very weird scene. I wanted to focus on my profession. So i went to a Tutor and studied Lor the proficiency test a an equivalent of a High school diploma. She passed at age 15. Quot it does no to mean in a going to Stop educating myself. It just Means i m not going to do it in the structured Public school weird Way of schooling. Fin just trying to establish my career. It was to Start life now rather then when in a 20. And i Felt sort of like ready for that Quot i done to know any other kids that have done it like me. I always have this problem that i might sound arrogant. But its just she says Scorsese allowed her to create the character. She was 17 when it was filmed. A Danny was written As your Standard generic teen Ager. The script was the front. And i just filled in All the Little stuff in a Young girls mind. I was allowed to do that. Most directors who arc not Brilliant like Marty would always stifle me. They would Tell me not to do this not to do that. A a they re used to mediocre stuff and they done to want anything Loo real. Its scares them or cafes says Capo fear has been delayed from appearing an tis circuit until Al least late february because of the Berlin him Frosli Val december 8 1qri1 Cir Nadaf a Page
