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From: kbb@faron.UUCP (Kenneth B. Bass)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: An Early Frost
Message-ID: <387@faron.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 10:26:53 EST
Article-I.D.: faron.387
Posted: Mon Nov 18 10:26:53 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Nov-85 06:33:48 EST
References: <801@whuxl.UUCP> <805@whuxl.UUCP>
Reply-To: kbb@faron.UUCP (Kenneth B. Bass)
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Summary: 

In article <805@whuxl.UUCP> keith@whuxl.UUCP (TITUS) writes:
>> I thought it was reasonably well done; for a prime-time TV movie it was
>> quite impressive.  The characters were believable and not overdone (well,
>> Michael & Peter's $1,000,000 apartment was a bit much), and Victor's lines
>> were hilarious!
>   
>     AGREED!  While I think the characters in this and many of these
>     movies are entirely plausible, the settings that they take place in
>     (million dollar condos, doctors, lawyers etc... are in general 
>     unrealistic.  Where are all the real people??  If the set were in
>     NJ, (my home state) 3/4 of them would be hairdressers, airline
>     attendents, or retail salesmen!  Not bad professions but a little 
>     bit more normal in Jerseyana.
>
>
>Keith Titus
>Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ
>

One of the goals of this show was to show that AIDS *isn't* a hairdresser's
disease.  Even yuppies can get it.

Just a passing thought.


			"It ain't necessarily so"
			ken bass
			linus!faron!kbb