With the huge success of Sylvester Stallone`s ”Rambo,” this might be considered the age of the superhero. But, says London`s You magazine, you can`t take all these muscle guys too seriously. In its view Roger Moore is
”licensed to blow-dry” and ”portrayed 007 as a rather superior hairdresser.” Mark Hamill of ”Star Wars” is an ”interplanetary goody-goody.” And Arnold Schwarzenegger is nothing but a ”a mountain of muscle and leopard skin.” Even Christopher Reeve`s ”Superman” is zapped for wardrobe problems: ”(He) dresses silly.”
Robert Davi, one of the adult ”bad guys” in ”The Goonies,” admits that grown-ups get a bad rap in the film. At their best, they`re ineffectual. At their worst, they`re downright evil. Davi thinks it`s a sign of the times. ”There was a time in our society, pre-Kennedy, when kids grew up with
`Father Knows Best` images surrounding them that weren`t truthful. Now, we`ve gone too far the other way. But what`s positive about this is that it says to the child, `Look at your parents, your teachers, all adults as human beings. They`re not perfect, but they`re not all bad, either.` ”
Billy Joel may be a big shot now, but he was not always greeted like an uptown guy. He once ”caused a minor scandal when he jumped on a table during a 4th-grade lunch period and started doing his version of Elvis Presley`s
`Hound Dog,` ” writes Jeff Tamarkin in ”Billy Joel: From Hicks-
ville to Hitsville.” ”Unfortunately, Billy`s teachers were not impressed and cut short his first public performance. `They said it was because I was shaking my hips like Elvis,` Billy later recalled, `but who has hips in 4th grade?` ”
REPLAYS
”Thousands upon thousands of persons have studied diseases. Almost no one has studied health.”
–Adelle Davis
”It`s no longer a question of staying healthy. It`s a question of finding a sickness you like.”
–Jackie Mason
”I am just a simple doctor. All I wanted to do here was to found a small hospital.”
–Albert Schweitzer
