MERYL STREEP
Just as Sigourney Weaver and Gena Rowlands have proved by earning Oscar nominations for their adventurous-yet-dramatic roles in, respectively, Aliens and Gloria, actresses need not be confined to solemn character studies or foreign accents to rouse the audience.
Streep will join the ranks of overpaid stars like Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis when some smart studio executive has the guts to cast her in the same type of movie-movies that still rule the worldwide box office--and when she has the guts to star in Diehard III.
S.C. DACY
Los Angeles
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