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...languishes for 20 years in a cruel dictator's prison. A wife passes that time in exile, faithfully awaiting his return. We know what's supposed to happen when he's released: a period of adjustment (serio or comic, according to taste) and then a triumphant assertion of true love's unconquerable power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: FRESH OFF THE BOATLIFT | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

...actors do their best to maintain some sort of serio-dramatic tone throughout the play. Without a strong script and meaningful character development, players are forced to rely on exaggerated gestures and movement to get their points across. Perhaps overemphasizing Merlyn's innocence, James Patterson, as the title character, remains wideeyed and blank-faced during most of the play. David Travis as Theloc, Merlyn's Obi-Wan Kenobi-like guru, manages to make the best of the show's most preposterous fortune-cookie-like lines. Sometimes, however, Travis, in an effort to maintain some sort of credibility for his character...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Awkward Adolescence | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

...masters of the martial arts -- are already the biggest animated adventure act to hit television since Ghostbusters cartoons. Kids adore their hip and slightly naughty sense of humor ("Let's haul shell out of here"). "I like Michaelangelo because he's a smooth dude, a party animal," says Michael Serio, a 7-year-old fan from East Haven, Conn., describing his favorite of the four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Lean, Green and on the Screen | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

...first, says Joe Serio, former Florida director of the American Association of Retired Persons, retirees often oppose fiscal measures needed to deal with Florida's problems. "But," he adds, "after a while they notice the long lines of autos wherever they go and the difference in the quality of the libraries from where they came from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida's Growing Pains | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...LEATHER BOYS. Motorcycling, teen marriage and homosexuality complicate the life of a serio-comic British strumpet (Rita Tushingham) whose young husband prefers to spend all his evenings out with the boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Jan. 7, 1966 | 1/7/1966 | See Source »

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