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<title>
Dec. 31, 1990: Show Business:Most Of '90
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Dec. 31, 1990 The Best Of '90
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
SHOW BUSINESS, Page 45
MOST OF '90
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<body>
<p> Most Star-Mangled Banner. Even George Bush didn't have to
read her lips to know that Roseanne Barr's televised rendition
of the national anthem before a San Diego Padres baseball game
was a foul bawl. It was not only screechy, it was scratchy too.
</p>
<p> Most Overexposed Underachiever. Bart Simpson, the caustic
cartoon kid who starred in a hit prime-time series, got his
bug-eyed mug on everything from T-shirts to key chains. Bill
Cosby, eat his shorts.
</p>
<p> Worst Synching Feeling. Milli Vanilli, who won a 1989 Grammy
Award for Best New Artist, had to admit not only that they
didn't sing live onstage but also that it wasn't their own
voices on their albums. Goodbye Grammy. As for their earlier
boast that they were better than Bob Dylan and the Beatles?
Well, sure--as dancers.
</p>
<p> Toughest Test for Civil Libertarians. Comedian Andrew Dice
Clay flaunted his street-punk misogyny so outrageously that his
concert film was withdrawn by 20th Century Fox and his
appearance as host of Saturday Night Live prompted two women
performers to walk out. Meanwhile, liberals defended to the
death his right to say things they wish he'd just shut up about.
</p>
<p> Fastest Rush to the Mainstream. Rap music began as something
def from the ghetto, got sanitized by b-boys like M.C. Hammer
and Vanilla Ice, and quickly became a we're-so-hip cliche even
on TV commercials. As they say, it's not comin' correct.
</p>
<p> Worst Thing About Feeling Good. Two touchie-kissie-sweetie
movies, Ghost and Pretty Woman, won worldwide success. Audiences
who had tired of muscling in on the macho antics of Arnold and
Sly instead cozied up to a couple of lame femme fantasies with
morals no more profound than Shop Till You Drop (Pretty Woman)
and Kiss the Corpse (Ghost).
</p>
<p> Most Overleveraged Spin-Off. Donald Trump's securities were
revealed to be guilt-edged when he went public with an illicit
dividend, model Marla Maples. Ivana's projections for a divorce
settlement plummeted when the Donald's teetering real estate
empire had to give credit where credit was due. Principle was
lacking all round. Interest dwindled.
</p>
<p> Worst Talk-Show Host. Saddam Hussein paraded his hostages
before cameras for propaganda purposes, and as he smiled and
stroked children's heads, made John Davidson look like Mr.
Sincerity.
</p>
<p> Most Out-of-Tune Experiment. Steven Bochco's musical series
Cop Rock, with soft-shoe gumshoes and gospel jubilation in the
jury box, was found guilty of being off key and sentenced to
oblivion. So much for the networks' new spirit of innovation.
</p>
<p> Least Protective Protectionism. Actors Equity nearly saved
one job for an Asian-American actor at the expense of 29 others.
When the union balked at letting an English actor repeat his
role as an Asian character for the Broadway run of Miss Saigon,
the producer threatened to cancel. Equity saw the light, but is
now fighting the producer's pick for female lead.
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