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Klein, whose firm produces its own ads, is America's undisputed pacesetter in turning out erotic ads and commercials. One of his earliest efforts was a famous--possibly even notorious--1980 jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields and directed by Klein. "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins," cooed the teen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calvin Meets the Marlboro Man | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

The advantage to being a fanatic is that everybody remembers you for your obsession. The disadvantage is that nobody remembers you for much else. Nearly three-quarters of a century after his death, in 1912, Johan August Strindberg looms large in the public consciousness as the theater's greatest misogynist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Obsession Strindberg: a Biographyby Michael Meyer | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

And so he could. After hanging around studio gates for several months, he was introduced to famed Agent Henry Willson. "You're not bad looking. Can you act?" asked Willson. "No," said the young man. "What did you say, feller?" asked the incredulous agent. "I said, no, I can't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Hudson: 1925-1985: The Double Life of an AIDS Victim | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Which ties it to THE GRADUATE (Harvard Square). Mike Nichols' masterwork whips the desperation motif into full-fledged obsession with a strong 60's tinge. It's Dustin Hoffman's first film role and arguably his best as the boy next door seduced by the mother next door who falls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frantically Seeking Desperation | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

Tomlin's most appealing impersonation remains Trudy the Bag Lady, who talks with aliens from outer space and wears pantyhose rolled down as though they were leg irons, but who knows exactly what is going on when she mocks gene splicing and pop art, or explains the virtues of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Let a Hundred Lilys Bloom the Search for Signs of Intelligent | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

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