Word: demons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...racy double entendres on The Golden Girls, network TV on Saturday night is a pretty tame affair. Twist the dial a few notches, however, and there's mayhem aplenty. One evening a few weeks ago, a man was impaled on the handle of a hay rake by a wolflike demon that had risen from hell at the behest of a satanic cult. A couple visiting an art gallery wondered why the sculptures of terrified people looked so unnervingly lifelike. (Any guesses?) And Freddy Krueger, the razor-clawed maniac from the Nightmare on Elm Street films, was back...
...think long and hard before opening markets any further. In coming months Japan and the U.S. are to start talking about changing Japan's arcane retail-distribution system, which American businessmen perceive as a primary obstacle to getting their goods into Japanese stores. The L.D.P., hardly a speed demon in trade talks, will now be forced to move even more slowly, both to protect itself politically and to accommodate the strengthened voice of the protectionist J.S.P. Hiroshi Nukui of the Socialists' policymaking board gave Washington a hint of what lies ahead. "We value U.S.-Japan ties," said Nukui...
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE. This biopic stamps demon rocker Jerry Lee Lewis as a feral innocent in a time warp, instead of a sexual threat for Middle America. Dennis Quaid inhabits Jerry Lee with a nicely calculating recklessness, and Winona Ryder is hypnotically enigmatic as the singer's nymphet bride...
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE. This bio-pic stamps demon rocker Jerry Lee Lewis as a feral innocent in a time warp, instead of cottoning to the sexual and class danger he held for Middle America. But Dennis Quaid inhabits Jerry Lee with a nicely calculating recklessness, and Winona Ryder is hypnotically enigmatic as the singer's nymphet bride...
...time Great Balls of Fire alleges the demon rocker made that remark, plenty of people argued that for him the trip represented no more than a return to his roots, a visit with the home folks...