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TV Forecast: Two Weeks on the Tube
Wall Street Journal;
New York; Feb 7, 1985;
By Martha Bayles;
Monday, Feb. 11, 9-10 p.m. EST, on PBS (PBS air dates and
times vary, so check local listings): "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine
Cosnowski." I expected a few laughs from this comedy about growing up in the
Midwest in the 1950s, written by Jean Shepherd,
a humorist who is popular on public radio, the off-Broadway stage and
college campuses. But I also expected the kind of pseudo-sophisticated
put-downs of Middle America that too often pass for satire in the
above-mentioned milieus. I was wrong, on both counts. This "American
Playhouse" presentation has more than a few laughs, and no put-downs, a rare
and wonderful combination! |
