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...been a loyal fan of Lynn Johnston's comic strip "For Better or For Worse' ever since I started reading newspapers. I've suffered with her cartoon family through puberty, braces, glasses, a new baby, and teenage smoking. No matter what the problem, be it loud music or alcoholism, Johnston has proven herself a competent, sensitive writer on a wide variety of family issues...
...first gay character to appear in a major syndicated family comic, Lawrence is naturally the focus of much controversy...
Well, maybe it is. But I don't want to debate morality and theology. Neither does Lynn Johnston. No matter what your opinion of homosexuality may be, this comic strip teaches its readers that homosexual teenagers are kids...
...pressure. Other strips have shied away from such controversial issues. In discussing previous topics as anorexia and teen-age smoking. Lynn Johnston has proven herself a tactful, well-informed writer, and I can think of no one better to address this issue. If, indeed, the propagandizing effect of this comic strip is to be protested, remember that groups opposed to gay rights haven't ever offered to do anything but condemn the good intentions of others...
...otherwise kittenish and cloying Broadway debut of Mary Steenburgen, an Oscar winner for Melvin and Howard. But the real joy is watching fellow film star Robert Sean Leonard (Dead Poets Society, Swing Kids) as her coltish adolescent admirer. He brings quiet reality to the most extravagant talk and gawkily comic gestures and makes one think the play should be called, after him, Marchbanks...