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Nov. 19, 1990: Critics' Voices
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Nov. 19, 1990 The Untouchables
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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CRITICS' VOICES, Page 24
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<p> ART
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<p> RICHARD POUSETTE-DART: A RETROSPECTIVE, Indianapolis Museum
of Art. Overshadowed by such contemporaries as De Kooning and
Pollock, the pioneering Abstract Expressionist Pousette-Dart,
74, is here done belated and handsome justice. Through Dec. 30.
</p>
<p> THE WANDERERS: MASTERS OF 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN PAINTING,
Dallas Museum of Art. The Wanderers spurned the Moscow Academy
and took their work to the Russian people in the form of touring
shows, which became rallying points for social change. This
exhibition gathers some 100 of their canvases, most never before
shown or even reproduced in the U.S. Through Jan. 6.
</p>
<p> MUSIC
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<p> RUBAIYAT, ELEKTRA'S 40th ANNIVERSARY (Elektra). If a
company has to give itself an anniversary toast, this is an
intrepid--and often amusing--way to do it. Thirty-eight
current Elektra artists (from Tracy Chapman to Metallica) polish
up some tunes from Elektra's past and take them out for a
Sunday drive. Surprise is constant on this 2-CD set,
satisfaction frequent, and transcendence (as on Jackson Browne's
version of First Girl I Loved) available on request.
</p>
<p> BRENDA FASSIE: BRENDA FASSIE (SBK). An American debut album
with heavy credentials, having more to do with politics than
music. Fassie and Nelson Mandela claim tribal kinship, but the
first fleet sounds of the African-inflected,
dance-floor-destined opening cut blow away any notions of
obligation to genealogy, or to conscience. All on her own,
Fassie's just fine.
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<p> THE ISAAC STERN COLLECTION, VOLS. 1 & 2 (Sony Classical).
These boxed sets, spanning the years 1946 to 1958, can serve as
the foundation for a violin concerto library or as a reminder
that, though he has de-emphasized his playto pursue benevolent
causes, Stern is one of the truly great violinists of the
century.
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<p> MOVIES
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<p> WHITE PALACE. James Spader and Susan Sarandon bring so much
intelligence and redeeming prurient interest to this
May-September romance that the movie is almost over before you
realize it's just another story of rich boy falling for poor
woman. Say this, though: when it's hot, it's hot.
</p>
<p> JACOB'S LADDER. Vietnam vet Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is
seeing things: whirling heads, killer cars, villains everywhere.
Is he a conspiracy victim? Or is he dead? And if so, will any
moviegoer care? Adrian Lyne's revved-up spook show plays like
a Twilight Zone episode on steroids.
</p>
<p> HIDDEN AGENDA. This contentious melodrama blames British
intelligence for everything from political murders in Northern
Ireland to sabotage of the Wilson and Heath governments. But
even conspiracy buffs may find it hard to be stirred by Ken
Loach's dour direction. Paranoia deserves better than this.
</p>
<p> TELEVISION
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<p> COP ROCK (ABC, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. EST). Steven Bochco's
much hyped experiment seems doomed unless the ratings pick up.
Catch it while you can: the station-house drama is compelling, a
few musical numbers have clicked, and the rest of the fall
season is a bore.
</p>
<p> IT (ABC, Nov. 18 and 20, 9 p.m. EST). Childhood friends
return to their hometown to battle an evil force that takes the
shape of a clown. TV rarely ventures into real horror, and this
clunky mini-series based on Stephen King's novel shows why.
There are more shudders in an average episode of Twin Peaks.
</p>
<p> WALL STREET WEEK WITH LOUIS RUKEYSER (PBS, Nov. 19, 10 p.m.
on most stations). TV's longest-running business-news show
celebrates its 20th anniversary with an hour-long special.
</p>
<p> THEATER
</p>
<p> TWELFTH NIGHT. "Journeys end in lovers meeting," Feste
sings, defining in a phrase all stage comedy. Fans have the
choice of journeying to fine productions on either coast--Riverside Shakespeare's traditional staging in New York City or
La Jolla Playhouse's innovative yet respectful one in
California.
</p>
<p> SUBFERTILE. The biological clock is ticking, loudly. You're
nearing 40. Your wife wants a baby, but your sperm count is
lower than your I.Q. What to do? Abetted by a talented quartet
of supporting players, actor-dramatist Tom Mardi rosian has
fashioned a frequently hilarious narrative from his own mid-life
fertility crisis. At Manhattan's Playwrights Horizons.
</p>
<p> BOOKS
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<p> UNDER GOD: RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS by Garry Wills
(Simon & Schuster; $24.95). Conservatives find Wills too
liberal, and liberals complain that he is too conservative. Thus
this book should displease everyone--except millions of
churchgoing Americans, who do not have to read it because they
know what Wills takes more than 400 pages to point out: the U.S.
remains an avidly religious nation.
</p>
<p> A HOLE IN THE WORLD by Richard Rhodes (Simon & Schuster;
$19.95). An autobiography of modest dimensions but classic
proportions about growing up in the Midwest with a wicked
stepmother and a see-no-evil father, and how the author and his
brother were saved when they went to live on a farm for orphaned
boys.
</p>
<p> TOP-CLASS TENORS
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<p> A concert of the century, like a heavyweight fight of the
century, seems to come around every decade or so, but last
summer's knockout at the Caracalla Baths in Rome might merit the
title. There, ranged amicably before the picturesque ruin, were
the three leading tenors of our day--Luciano Pavarotti, Jose
Carreras and Placido Domingo--singing everything from opera
arias to pop songs, fronting two Italian orchestras led by Zubin
Mehta. Now comes the record, THE THREE TENOR CONCERT (London).
Back from his bout with leukemia, Carreras sounds fit in (among
other things) an aria by Francesco Cilea and Agustin Lara's
famous Granada. The reliable Domingo chips in with a sturdy E
lucevan le stelle from Puccini's Tosca. But the winner and still
champion is Pavarotti. Whether the King of the High C's is
letting 'em rip on his British pop-chart hit, Nessun dorma (from
Turandot) or O Sole Mio, Pavarotti's Sunday punch is still
without equal.
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<p>By TIME's Reviewers. Compiled by Andrea Sachs.
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