Time Out Magazine No 939 August 17-24 1988 Robin Williams John Dowie Astounding Tales Comics

Time Out No 939 August 17-24 1988

14 FUNNY PECULIAR 
John Dowie takes personal experience and everyday paranoias to the extreme with his painfully honest comic routines, the latest of which opens this week. Malcolm Hay spoke to the man who some people find hard to swallow. 
18 ROUND ROBIN 
A decade ago an alien called Mork who came from Ork met Mindy and captured our hearts. Robin Williams's latest film, 'Good Morning, Vietnam', has established his rapid-fire wit as a sure-fire hit. Steve Grant met him. 
22 RED LIGHTS Chinese films like 'Yellow Earth' signal 
a new cultural revolution and dump on the propaganda movies of the old guard. Tony Rayns spoke to director Chan Kaige about political disillusionment and artistic triumph. 

24 ASTOUNDING TALES 
Comic books are shrugging off superheroes and flexing their political muscle with tales of the CIA, the Third World and prejudice on our own streets. Dominic Wells shelves any doubts as to the power of the medium. 
123 SELL OUT 
Consuming Views: Tania Alexander changes colour; News: Andrew Tuck has seconds to spare, Helga St Blaize-Molony on Bermondsey property, and new shops; Food: Geoff Andrew's extended wine-tasting tour and where Bridget Woods eats healthily; Active: Tania Alexander gets into the spirit of Holistix; Travel: John Collis and Luke Kelly Dublin back in Ireland. 

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