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PRINCE has appeared in three movies in his short cinematic career which have run the gamut of praise (or lack of praise) depending on how much music he performs on the silver screen...
...acting in Dragon runs the gamut. The character of Mattie is handled adeptly. Though she sometimes stumbles on lines and can be soppy at emotional moments, Choi really conveys the portrait of the girl who's made it, a glitzy woman who turns her cultural heritage to profit. Mattie's brother Johnny (Yongjin Im) has fabulous lines like "Cantonese sweet 'n' sour goes straight to your scrotum, but Im is at times overly theatrical. And his accent does not exactly match those of the characters of his brother Johnny or his parents...
Chatting in her trailer between scenes, Close expresses hunger for more roles like Alex, which she considers a breakthrough: "The first woman I've played who is out of control, who emotionally runs the gamut -- the first real, full-blooded role I've had." She adds that Attraction has also liberated her personal style. "Now I can wear that black leather jacket from the film, or those slinky, low-cut things," she laughs, "and feel really good about myself...
...fact that each in his or her own way has somehow seemed to betray the public trust: Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, Michael Deaver, Ivan Boesky, Gary Hart, Clayton Lonetree, Jim and Tammy Bakker, maybe Edwin Meese, perhaps even the President. Their transgressions -- some grievous and some petty -- run the gamut of human failings, from weakness of will to moral laxity to hypocrisy to uncontrolled avarice. But taken collectively, the heedless lack of restraint in their behavior reveals something disturbing about the national character. America, which took such back-thumping pride in its spiritual renewal, finds itself wallowing in a moral...
They saw Elvis Costello write himself into the Harvard history books by offering an electrifying three-hour performance which ran the gamut from tearful ballads to the tearfully ridiculous, all the while poking fun at the peculiarities of American pop culture...