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Paul Brock, the hero of Avery Corman's THE BIG HYPE (Simon & Schuster; $19), is a low-profile writer and family man transformed by a Manhattan show- business promoter into a national phenomenon. The money is swell, but Brock wants to cling to his artistic integrity as if it were an old sports jacket. Corman (Oh, God!) has a light comic touch that allows Brock to have it both ways and remain an appealing character. A bit of fantasy is also disarming. Corman works in guest appearances by film and literary stars, including the reclusive J.D. Salinger, who says, "Sometime...
Shamateurism is finally over. With professionals competing, will ever more glitz and hype prevail...
...course, the first film was no work of understatement, with its elaborate sets and the piled-on effects. The original Batman generated more hype than most presidential elections, and merchandisers produced more crap to accompany the 1987 release than Matt Groening has been able to spin off of his Simpsons series...
Unfortunately, Batman Returns has all of the hype and none of the meat. It was so embarrassingly bad that my Batshoes are in exile in the bowels of my closet. I hope Converse doesn't touch the sequel--any movie that McDonald's Seizes for a Happy Meal theme is not worth Chuck Taylor's time...
...trouble began even before the marriage. The 1981 royal match between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, a touchingly pretty aristocrat of 20, needed no hype. It really was a picture-perfect wedding. The sheltered bride- to-be blushed and gazed with ardor at her proud fiance. She had little to say for herself, nothing much at all in the way of experience, accomplishment or taste. But the press spotted its new idol. Diana quickly became an international obsession. Before the girl reached the altar, her distraught mother had written the Times of London to complain with poignant naivete that...