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CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES On the verge of recapturing her true love, tragedy strikes. No soap opera would dare make a character as unlucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 29, 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...devotion to her son, she has forgotten the body language of adult affection. When a doctor speaks to her kindly, she can express her gratitude only by clumsily hugging his face. But she's great at crying: in one scene, her tears squirt perfectly down both cheeks, like the soap mechanism on windshield wipers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MAD ABOUT HER | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Dartboard mourns the ending of "Real World VI: Boston," the latest installment in MTV's voyeuristic soap opera. Though we weren't able to watch every episode (due to the lack of cable TV in our dorm rooms and, perhaps, the business of our own real worlds), we were able to keep up with the adventures of Montana, Syrus, Genesis, Elka, Jason, Kameelah and Sean by catching the occasional show over the summer and Thanksgiving break and, of course, by reading the media reviews of the show the Boston Globe summed up as "generic and unmemorable." Generic, sure. After...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: FAREWELL, MTV | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...actors are incidental; their characters are well-developed and are as well-known to the audience as soap opera faces, for Scream fans. Most are unimpressive, although Jada Pinkett proves again how far one can get by bubbly dramatic readings of a script...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Scream 2' Goes One Step More Meta, But We're Reaching Saturation | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...reconcile the moral dilemma of shared toothpaste with my ingrained compulsive ways? I ask my roommates for help. "Give it up," they say. Is it that easy? They begin a training program that includes jumping on my bed daily, borrowing my clothes and using my soap. "We'll cure you in no time," they assure me confidently, scattering dust bunnies around the room. I cringe at first; such annoying girls! What horrible friends! I question the health of our relationship. But the dirty life becomes easier with each passing day, and the state of my room and the germ level...

Author: By Bonnie Tsui, | Title: BrushWorks | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

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