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...great cultural icons of this decade. That isn't meant to be a comment on Austin Powers himself. Quite the contrary, it is my belief that in his good-natured, if somewhat inept, international man of mystery, Mike Myers has found one of the greatest and most sustainable comic characters in memory. Myers as Austin Powers has that rare ability to make us laugh before he even says a word, and it is a laughter that comes without a hint of cynicism or meanness. Indeed, it is Powers' unending cheerfulness and excessive eagerness to please that makes him so appealing...
Needless to say, this is film about many things. Mostly, it is about a year in the life of Lester Burnham--father, neighbor, self-hater. Because Lester is played by Kevin Spacey, we can see embers glowing behind his eyes even in the darkly comic early stages of the film when he has hit rock bottom: disdained by his harpy wife (Annette Bening), despised by his daughter (lovely, sad-faced Thora Birch) and distant from his own passions. The highlight of his day, Spacey tells us, is a quiet masturbation session in the shower. "It's all downhill from there...
...Then he joined the Chicago Tribune as a reviewer-columnist. One night he met the young Midler and said, "You're very funny. You should talk more onstage." He began honing Midler's concert banter. One gig led to another, and voila, a playwright was lost, a quick-draw comic artist born...
...that Vilanch is about to become more-than-almost-famous, we wonder: Who will be the comic wind in his wings? Who will be Vilanch's Bruce Vilanch? And one other thing--those testimonials that Midler, Williams and Lane give in Get Bruce! Did Bruce write them...
...users can be extremely annoying was a masterpiece in "irritating humor" [BUSINESS, Aug. 23]. I laughed till I cried. Quittner really sized up the situation and even gave a reasonable solution--a hypothetical electronic jamming device that would knock a phone abuser off-line. It was great having a comic break during my workday. And, yes, I do have a cell phone. SANDY MASON North Fort Myers...