The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri (2024)

April 1, 1998

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The Kansas City Stari

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Kansas City, Missouri

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Wednesday, April 1, 1998

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58

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P-12 The Kansas City Star Wednesday April 1 1998 Yo-Yo Ma and many talents give Bach six dubious hours REMOTEPatrol By Aaron Barnhart Suzanne Somers plays an alcoholic mom in the made-for-TV movie' Laui tat" (8 pm USA) -but wait better than you think Yes we have to put up with Partners in the project are a pair of ice skaters a dance troupe a movie maker a Kabuki artist a landscape architect and a long-dead graphic artist not to mention Bach himself in the form of actor Tom McCamus It rtiay be as one critic has called it most pretentious television of the Even one of the conspirators dancer Mark Morris says want to do this great music but perfect Yet it may also be what classical music needs to draw viewers and listeners and Lord knows it needs all the help it can get The series opens with Bach on ice as skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean glide about in no apparent relationship to the Sixth Suite did for ice skating what Bach did for the says an impressed Ma both worked in strict forms and through that were able to find unbelievable freedom and depth of Platitude such as this is standard for verbiage that runs throughout the programs Most distressing in these six hours is total neglect of the one thing most essential to a proper appreciation of music: silence There is almost never a moment that allows the ear to relax recover and prepare itself for what comes next (Star critic Scott Cantrell made similar remarks after an an all-star concert featuring Ma with Emanuel Ax Isaac Stern and Jaime Laredo in February at the Folly) Suzanne Somers and Chad Christ Ma went bluegrass with country fiddler Mark and bassist Edgar Mayer and he played Astor Piazzola for Sally film He also has walked down and visited And now Ma puts six new mergers on the market one focused (somewhat fuzzily) on each of the suites for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach cold-turkey routine think the woman was kicking heroin) but otherwise the emotions and relationships in this film ring true Chad Christ is the teen-age son who has shouldered his habit all these years he rebels once she sobers up and realizes she need him as a crutch Selma Blair is his girlfriend and Robert Desiderio the new man in life A story of redemption with many lighthearted moments and few treacly ones Tribune Media Services By WES BLOMSTER Scrtpps Howard News Service Equal amounts of cello and cheek went into the making of Ma: Inspired by six one-hour programs slated to air in pairs on three evenings on public television The season obviously suggests the image but that only increases its validity: Yo-Yo Mas craze for crossover has become a cross to bear both for the superstar himself and for those who have long regarded him as the outstanding cellist of his generation Ma got together with Bobby McFer-nn to record and Wynton Marsalis took the cellist along to Tan-glewood to tell kids what great music TALKShows Good Morning America (7 am on CD The competent child Mimi Rogers in the stock market 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90210 (7 pm on ffi Brandon (Jason Priestley) has pursued journalism for a while but he gets the chance to discover whether he really has the right stuff in this new episode as he goes on an assignment with a veteran reporter Elsewhere Donna (Tori Spelling) has to decide whether to cohabitate with Noah (Vincent Young) and Steve (Ian Ziering) has big doubts about his newest girlfriend 3888 (CC) The Nanny (7 pm on Robert Vaughn reprises his earlier guest role as Maxwell's (Charles Shaughnessy) father but not for long The elder man dies and though the bulk of his estate would seem destined to go to Maxwell destined instead for a secret love child (Maria Conchita Alonso) 6130 (CC) Spin City (7 pm on Overwhelmed by the effects of a visit from the pope the mayor (Barry Bostwick) becomes determined to make himself a similarly revered figure in the eyes of his constituency in this new episode He drives Mike (Michael Fox) to distraction with his efforts to be more than a mere mortal 1994 (CC) Mark Russell (7 pm on The political one-liners and song parodies are sure to make mention of the scandal involving President Clinton apd Monica Lewinsky as well as the steps taken to ensure Saddam cooperation with peacekeeping forces 28265 (CC) Star Trek: Voyager (7 pm on In an encore of last finale which concludes an hour later with the story that opened the current year former regular John Rhys-Davies guests as master inventor Leonardo da Vinci who appears to Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) as a hologram 48604 (CC) Mary (Jane Curtain) tries to break up (Kristen Johnston) date on Rock From the at 8 tonight on Channel 41 NewsRadio (7 pm Bill (Phil Hartman) finds himself committed to a psychiatric ward after a dispute with police While he's in custody he finds a fast friend in a patient former Night crony Jon Lovitz 889064 (CC) Smart Guy (7 pm on WGN TJ (Tahj Mowry) acts a bit too smart for his own good in this repeat as his open questioning of one of his teachers (Jack Blessing) creates classroom problems that only Floyd (John Marshall Jones) can rectify 55468 899333 (CC) Chicago Hope (9 pm on The time arrives for Dr Grad (Jayne Brook) to give birth in this new episode but nothing goes as planned Dr Austin (Christine Lahti) with whom strained relations at best is enlisted to coach her through the delivery Meanwhile Dr Wilkes (Rocky Carroll) treats the child of a spousal-abuse victim (Carol Huston) whose husband (Robert Vito) is searching for her 64062 (CC) Law Order (9 pm on The identity of a young woman's killer is a particular mystery to Briscoe (Jerry Ofbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) in this new episode The fact that she died in her own bedroom in the aftermath of a party complicates the investigation since the suspects are numerous That poses problems for McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Ross (Carey Lowell) 911401 (CC) Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is profiled on "The Ufa aad Times of Jeff Foxworthy: The Pletiaiun at 7 tonight Noon Sesame Street Today at noon on Ch 19 A 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