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May 15, 1989: Critics' Choice
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
May 15, 1989 Waiting For Washington
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 11
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<p>TELEVISION
</p>
<p> GORE VIDAL'S BILLY THE KID (TNT, May 10, 8 p.m. EDT). Turns
out he wasn't such a bad kid after all. The author of Burr and
Lincoln re-examines the legendary Western outlaw (Val Kilmer)
in a made-for-cable movie.
</p>
<p> RAY CHARLES IN CONCERT WITH THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET (PBS,
May 12, 9 p.m. on most stations). Such Charles classics as Hit
the Road Jack and What'd I Say provided the inspiration for
Peter Martins' ballet A Fool for You, being presented Live from
Lincoln Center.
</p>
<p> ROE VS. WADE (NBC, May 15, 9 p.m. EDT). Background viewing
for Supreme Court watchers: Holly Hunter (Broadcast News) plays
the Texas woman who sued to terminate her pregnancy in this
docudrama about the landmark abortion case now under review.
</p>
<p>ART
</p>
<p> MASTERPIECES OF IMPRESSIONISM AND POST-IMPRESSIONISM: THE
ANNENBERG COLLECTION, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Fifty prime
paintings by artists from Van Gogh and Cezanne through Gauguin
and Braque, acquired over the past four decades by publisher
Walter Annenberg and his wife. May 21 through Sept. 17.
</p>
<p> TIMUR AND THE PRINCELY VISION: PERSIAN ART AND CULTURE IN
THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington. The reigns of the legendary warlord
Timur (known as Tamerlane in the West) and his successors
produced some of Islam's finest paintings, ceramics, carvings
and other works, all richly sampled here. Through July 6.
</p>
<p> MASTERWORKS OF MING AND QING PAINTING FROM THE FORBIDDEN
CITY, Cleveland Museum of Art. The show's 76 treasures, lent by
the Palace Museum in Beijing, consist mostly of painted scrolls
from China's last two imperial dynasties (1368-1644 and
1644-1911). Through May 21.
</p>
<p>BOOKS
</p>
<p> COLLECTED POEMS by Philip Larkin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux;
$22.50). The pre-eminent poet of his time, Larkin died in 1985
at age 63. This collection includes works previously unpublished
or unavailable in book form, and documents the triumph of a poet
who found his style by lowering his voice.
</p>
<p> CITIZEN WELLES by Frank Brady (Scribner's; $24.95).
Anecdote and scholarship are nicely balanced in this new
biography of Orson Welles, whose roller-coaster career in stage,
screen and radio covered the spectrum from classics to
commercials.
</p>
<p>THEATER
</p>
<p> ARISTOCRATS. Brian Friel's depiction of a gilded Irish clan
in decline, sensitively acted off-Broadway, is the best play on
view in New York City and merits comparison with Chekhov's The
Cherry Orchard.
</p>
<p> IMPERIAL BELLS OF CHINA. The clang and whir of hypnotic
musical instruments, the swish of dancers' 6-ft. sleeves and the
rainbow splendor of ceremonial robes are explained by Gregory
Peck's recorded narration in this imported spectacle now touring
the U.S.
</p>
<p> MINAMATA. The premonitory 1948 pollution tragedy in a
Japanese fishing village inspired the images in this harrowing
multimedia alarm at the Los Angeles Theater Center.
</p>
<p>MOVIES
</p>
<p> LOVERBOY. Delivering pizza in Beverly Hills offers all
sorts of erotic opportunities -- and comic ones too -- in this
cheeky romantic romp. Patrick Dempsey has the charm and director
Joan Micklin Silver the knack to bring off a modern farce in the
classic style.
</p>
<p> SCANDAL. It's all here: the loveless romances of Christine
Keeler with a Soviet spy, a Jamaican drug dealer and John
Profumo, Secretary of War in Harold Macmillan's Cabinet. This
express tour through swinging London plays like News of the
World headlines set to early '60s rock 'n' roll.
</p>
<p> MISS FIRECRACKER. Holly Hunter reprises her stage role as
a lovelorn orphan determined to win a beauty contest. Mary
Steenburgen and Alfre Woodard also shine in Beth Henley's
comedy about the danger of holding on to youthful dreams and
the liberating effect of letting them go.
</p>
<p>MUSIC
</p>
<p> LOUIS ARMSTRONG: THE HOT FIVES & HOT SEVENS, VOLUME III
(Columbia). Young "Satch" at the peak of his force and creative
genius. Featuring Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory and Earl Hines, these
16 digitally remastered sides from 1927 and 1928 spearhead the
latest batch of releases in Columbia's outstanding Jazz
Masterpieces series.
</p>
<p> PHOEBE SNOW: SOMETHING REAL (Elektra). Real is right: ten
raw and lyrical bits of musical autobiography from one of the
'70s' best singer-songwriters. On the evidence, she should be
flourishing in the '90s too.
</p>
<p> MADONNA: LIKE A PRAYER (Sire). The title track is creating
all the fuss, but this is a fine pop album, with a couple of the
best tracks ('Til Death Do Us Part and Promise to Try) sounding
as intimate as a confessional. Memorable from start to finish,
and danceable throughout.
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