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When Spacey was a guest host on Saturday Night Live, the writers had him croon a Sinatra tune while subtitles quipped, "Kevin Spacey plays psychos...because he really is a psycho." He loved the skit, hated the media's typecasting. "Some of these films explored certain areas of how we treat each other that I find horrific, and that's why I wanted to do them," he says, practically seething. "But I have 16 years of work behind me, so I reject the notion that that's the only way people view...
...eyebrows are raised, then, when a single gal named Linda (Natalie Canerday) takes Karl in as company for said Frank (Lucas Black), her son. If this were a Hollywood movie, Karl would be hit by a beam of light, Babyface would croon a Tender Ballad, and Karl's newfound ability to learn Sanskrit in an hour would have Linda begging for more...
...Discipline, Discipline. The Clintonites have been studying Ronald Reagan's successful 1984 re-election effort. One lesson: Keep command and control in the White House the way chief of staff Jim Baker did it (deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes is overseeing things from the West Wing). Another lesson: Croon along with Ronnie's song of optimism (the effectiveness of that approach is underscored by candidate Steve Forbes' success). Every week for the next few months, Clinton plans to reprise themes from the State of the Union. This is the Reagan model for staying on message. Says Stephanopoulos: "The President...
...album is a bit of a mystery. Nevertheless, this uppity anthem has lost none of its punch, as it tells the story of a man drinking and drugging a woman off his mind. Hardly the portrait of a healthy relationship, the tune is a perfect setting for Hooker to croon the lyric, "sitting here drinking/ getting stoned/ yeah, yeah," with all the conviction of a man who has lived and sung the blues for more than fifty years...
Forever Plaid. Indefinite run. In Stuart Ross's tribute to the "guy groups" of the '50s and '60s, the Plaids, a semi-pro harmony group killed on the eve of their first big-time gig, have come back form the dead to croon their tunes. Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington St., Boston. Call 357-8384 for more information...