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INSIDE Coasting today 2E DearAbby2E Horoscopes 2E Calendar 3E Comics 4E TV5E NEWS-PRESS SECTION LIFESTYLES EDITOR: AMY BENNETT, 335-0236 (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. 5 p.m.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1998 i i iiii'i rrw Tt "ITT'utxf nmiT'nw-Birii wmmmmt Who is scariest of all? A rogues' gallery of famous villians Respect age of innocence' MYGROWING-UP world as a kid was small and round. I was at the mercy of the calen-dar. Besides just enduring all those times when I was waiting for school vacations and Christmas to roll around, I knew there would be a few jjbreaks in the annual cycle. I I knew there would be Mother's, Day and Father's' but what I thought'was --'Vs really neat 'V 0 fa 'i iwum was Children's Day.

It was special because Bobby Corson and 1 1 sat in the front row at church with a bunch of other kids. The minister pointed us out as II -J I ro i Ami 'V7 WILLIAM MORROW Relationships Photos courtesy of Disney DOWNTOWN DISNEY: A shopping village with the biggest and best array of all things Disney. SPORTS SPECTACULAR: Disney's Wide World of Sports pleases spectators and participants. By JACK GARNER Gannett News Service Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) and John Carpenter's original "Halloween" (1978) were the first and best of a simplistic and particularly gory form of horror called slasher flicks. With this weekend's opening of "Halloween: H20," if you're confused about which guy wears the hockey mask or which one uses a hook, you're not alone.

Here's a scorecard to help you keep track of slasher movie bad guys: Mother a a Mrs. Bates Her films: Four "Psycho" films. Her look: A tall, gaunt, elderly woman in a simple ankle-length dress and shawl, with her salt-and-pep-i per hair tied into a bland bun. Her M.O.: She wields a' wicked knife, especially wheni her nervous grown son, Norman, expresses any inter-' est in a woman. Her excuse: Norman is her baby, and she has nobody else to help her run the Bates Motet Michael Myers His films: Six of the seven "Halloween" movies.

His look: Hulking build; plain white mask, with slits showing jet-black eyes. Unruly hair sticking out around the edges of the mask. Blue jeans. (The original mask was a William Shatner "Star Trek" mask, painted white, with the hair removed.) His M.O.: Primarily slices and dices with large butcher knives. Sometimes lifts person off the ground with his stabbing motion, and holds them there while they die.

He's obsessed with killing his remaining sister (Jamie Lee Curtis); most of the many other victims simply got in the way. His excuse: He's an amoral psychopath, who may also be a druid demon, aka, the boogey-man. Jason His films: Nine "Friday the 13th" films. His look: Similar to Michael Myers, but with a distinctive hockey mask. His M.O.: Lots of variety, but mostly stabbings of all sorts.

He targets nubile, over-sexed teens, especially when they go to summer camp. Kevin Bacon was one of his first victims. His excuse: They're here, I'll kill 'em. See SLASHERS 6E Birth of 'Halloween' 6E The Mouse dynasty proves there's more to Orlando than just theme parks By HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA staff writer Df you're going to Orlando especially the area around Walt Disney World you have to go to the theme parks, right? Well, not necessarily. Despite the fact that the theme parks, including the new Disney's Animal Kingdom, are Disney World's raison d'etre, the A tttc? i i i ism ts.

nv-i VM Family outings in 'i r- folks with the big ears have dreamed up plenty more to occupy visitors to their fantasy world. And, like the theme parks, those MORE INFO For information on tickets, times and locations for any Walt Disney World attraction, call (407)824-4321. America's future, but I was mostly fixated on the present, including the benefits of Children's Day. For all I knew, it was a national holiday. Maybe, I thought, the schools, the banks and post offices would be closed in honor of children! Well, if they weren't, they should have been.

I just knew that kids are important. They deserve grown-ups high regard and respect. That's why when I read recently about the guy who 20 years ago took his two little girls, moved away and changed everybody's name, I was mad because of his lack of understanding of the way kid's minds and souls work. He lied to them (is there ever any "good" reason for such a gigantic and they believed him. They thought their mother was dead.

Those little girls trusted him because he had the power of the parent, who, in the kid's mind, is all-wise, all knowing and always right. Kids are so impressionable that parents' words, positive or negative, are firmly planted in their little brains. If the parent says offhandedly, "You'll never amount to anything," the kid dutifully grows up to fulfill the prediction, without realizing the source of hisher predicaments. My advice to parents is to open their own eyes to this "age of vulnerability" and be very self-conscious about the seeds they are planting while child-rearing. Ignorance about this vital wisdom is why children have trouble later on, including blaming themselves for parents' problems.

It's hard for a kid to go against the parents' utterances about "the way things are." By the time they are teen-agers, some can overcome a lot of obstacles from one or two generations back. But what they received when they were vulnerable is nearly indelible. I recommend earlier preventive measures. It is better that parents read the warning label that comes with every kid: "Caution, this child has a soul. This child will believe everything you tell himher.

This child will trust you even when you are wrong, criminal or off the wall. This child looks up to you as a model of the perfect parent." Parents who understand vulnerability will have the sensitivity to realize their own powerful and influential status in their child's fragile world. William Morrow is a Lee County marriage and family therapist. Write to him at News-Press Lifestyles, P.O. Box 10, Fort Myers, FL 33902.

every night, with gospel brunches on Sundays. During our visit on a recent weekend, the lines on both Saturday and Sunday evenings were stretched out the door and around the corner. Kathy Cleary of Tallahassee said she was amazed at the crowds of people at the restaurants many of whom she said were local residents. "Doesn't anybody cook anymore?" Cleary marveled. A prominent new feature of Downtown Disney West Side is the five-story DisneyQuest, the new interactive, virtual-reality arcade.

Visitors also can enjoy a safari ride back to prehistoric times, drive a car maze into caves, pose for a See ORLANDO 3E the only place at Downtown Disney to have fun into the wee hours. Disney West Side is home to the South Beach-themed Bongo's Cuban Cafe, created by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, which is open until 2 a.m. (we guess Disney's trying to fix it so visitors really have no reason to go to Miami), and Wolfgang Puck's Cafe, open until midnight. Touch of blues The two have been joined at Disney West Side by the House of Blues, which also serves until 2 a.m. The New Orleans-themed restaurant Dan Akroyd is the celebrity connection here serves Delta delights such as jambalaya and etouffee to the sounds of live blues or jazz or or country offerings are continually evolving, continually increasing.

A case in. point: Downtown Disney, once known as the Disney Village Marketplace at Lake Buena Vista. The shopping village with the biggest and best offering of all things Disney is still there as Downtown Disney Marketplace, but it's been dwarfed by its newer siblings, Pleasure Island and Downtown Disney West Side. Evolution Pleasure Island may be old news by now, but it, too, continues to evolve. For example, if you haven't been in a year or two, you may be surprised to find no reference to the venerable Empress Lily and the truly excellent restaurants it housed, notably the Empress Room.

But the Lily's still there, rechristened Fulton's Crab House. Lunch and dinner are served, with seafood flown in daily. And Pleasure Island no longer is Daring 'Petia' shows Tchaikovsky as tormented genius World premiere performance of life of Russian composer unveils a funny, heartbreaking tale IF YOU GO WHAT: "Petia," a world premiere play by Ray Hamby, winner of Theatre Conspiracy's first play contest. It's produced by the company for the New Arts Festival. WHERE: Foulds Theatre, Lee County Alliance of the Arts, 10091 McGregor Fort Myers WHEN: 8 tonight and 2 p.m.

Sunday; 8 p.m. Aug. 13-15; 2 p.m. Aug. 16 TICKETS: $12 for alliance or New Arts Festival members; $14 for everyone else.

For reservations, call 278-4422. by Steven Lepley blends perfectly. There's not a weak link in the cast. But some scenes stand out like the one where Tchaikovsky tells his brother and his nephew of his intention to marry. Sparks seem to fly as Michael McNally (the composer), Robert Black (the brother) and Greg Benedict (the nephew) interact.

Jennie Hollander makes Von Meek strong and proud. In fact all the players play their parts with gusto and sensitivity. The only thing wrong here is that Hamby didn't know when to stop the play could have been 10 minutes shorter. And one wonders why we didn't hear more of Tchaikovsky's brilliant music. REVIEW see; that his benefactor, Madame Von Meek, didn't see.

"Petia" forces us to see this side. In the sanctuary of his home we see the tormented genius, so consumed with his music at times that he ranted and raved about his head falling off. Hamby did a powerful job of weaving together the different sides of Tchaikovsky's personality, much of it through correspondence between the composer and the benefactor. It's all based on historical facts. And Hamby is lucky Theatre Conspiracy is the first to stage his Play-Director Bill Taylor keeps the scenes flowing effortlessly.

Lighting a homosexual. The men can't stop laughing. And the opening night audience for the world premiere performance of Ray Hamby's "Petia" couldn't stop giggling. It's a daring show, deliciously funny at times; heart-breakingly tragic at others. It's about the life of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russia's most celebrated composer who created the soaring romantic music for such masterpieces as "The Nutcracker," "Swan Lake" and Romeo and Juliet." Yet there was another side to Tchaikovsky that the public didn't By MAUREEN BASHAW News-Press staff writer The two inebriated men loll together on the chaise lounge, their shirt tails hanging out, their arms and legs draped over each other, laughing hysterically.

Their idol, the celebrated genius composer, is telling them he will marry for the sake of appearance. Naturally there will be an understanding. Naturally the marriage won't be consummated. There won't, in fact, be anything natural about this marriage because as the two well know, the composer is QUICK FIX "TV VW 4 In shallow dish combine Vi cup tangerine orange juice with garlic, soy, black pepper, 2 teaspoons tarragon and 1 tablespoon olive oil. Marinate the steak for 15 minutes.

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