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“Miami Vice,” never heard of it?
Hmm, unusual...Only a small
minority of people can honestly say
they have not heard of NBC’s hit
show. The effects and influence are
everywhere, from clothing including
T-shirts to celebrations of “Miami
Vice’ similar to the one held
recently at the local Woodlands.
Why is this show so popular,
especially with the younger set of
TV viewers? The actors who por-
tray Tubbs and Crockett, Philip
Michael Thomas and Don Johnson,
are somewhat appealing, and the
plots range from average to above
average. The producers of the show
are many, Michael Mann, exec.
prod.; Ed Waters, supv. prod.;
Liam O’Brien, consult. prod.;
Ricahrd Brams, co-prod.; John
Nicolella, Mel Swopes and George
E. Crosby, prod.
Their talents have certainly been
recognized as ‘‘Miami Vice” won
the People’s Choice Award for
FAvorite New Television Dramatic
program, and was also applauded
by the editors of TV GUIDE maga-
zine ‘as the Best-Looking New
Series. Part of the program’s suc-
cess can be attributed to the trend-
setting styles; in fact, Philip
Michael Thomas (‘‘Tubbs’’) just
recently started his own line of
fashion designs.
However, the chief strength of
“Miami Vice” lies in its unique
integration of pop music into the
action format of the series. On the
basis of this, the creators of the hit
program not only want to maintain,
but enhance its TV viewing audi-
ence. They hope to feature new
songs by popular artists as Eric
Clapton, Glenn Frey, an Chaka
Khan during the 1985-86 season. Not
only that but severasl musicians,
such as Phil Collins and former J.
Giels Band vocalist Peter Wolf,
have even entertained the idea of
making guest appearances on the
series. In fact, a record album of
music derived from ‘Miami Vice”
has even been released on the
market.
Continuing in the limelight,
“Miami Vice” garnered the most
Emmy nominations of any series
with 15, giving NBC the highest
network total with 125. “Vice” was
nominated as outstanding dramatic
series, Don Johnson (Detective
Sonny Crockett) as lead actor in a
drama series, and Edward James
Olmos (Lieutentant Martin Castillo)
as best supporting actor. Paul
Michael Glaser and Lee H. Katzin
‘were nominated for outstanding
directing in a drama series, and
Anthony Yerkovich for outstanding
writing. The show also won two
nominations for cinematography,
film editing, and film sound editing,
among art direction, music compos-
ition, and costume design nominees.
“Miami Vice”, often referred to
Host family
IS sought
The Dallas Chapter of AFS,
American Field Service, is cur-
rently looking for a host family in
the Back Mountain area to house a
foreign exchange student from Dec.
15 to the end of the school year. The
student, Inci Turkoglu, is an 18 year
old girl from Bornova, Turkey. She
is presently living with the Steven
Batory Family, Dallas, and is
attending the Dallas Area Senior
High School.
Families interested in the unfor-
gettable experience of this type of
cultural exchange should contact
Mrs. Donald Flick, 675-4390, for
more information.
Correction
by its fans as the hottest show on night, 10-11 p.m.
TV, can be seen on the local NBC (Debbey Wysocki is the entertain-
affiliate, Channel 28, on Friday ment writer for The Dallas Post.)
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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
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