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[275] 05-07-96
   THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR. Page B07. 212 words. "Host
Pat Sajak Not on Par with Jack Paar" By R.K. Shull.
   COMMENTARY: Q&A about Lucy Lawless. The writer does
not consider Ms. Lawless' prior HTLJ & XWP work
"noteworthy".
   Ms. Lawless had done the short "Peach", the TV movie
"Rainbow Warrior", and episodes of THE RAY BRADBURY
THEATRE, and BLACK STALLION, and HIGH TIDE, to name a
few.
   EXCERPT:
   ...Warrior Lucy
   Dear R.K. Shull: I have been watching Xena: The
Warrior Princess, which stars Lucy Lawless.  I would
like to know if she has acted in any other series or
movies that I can see? - K.R. 
   Dear Reader: Lucy, 28, is a native of New Zealand,
where her series is filmed.  She hadn't had any
noteworthy credits when she was hired in 1994 to be the
guest villainess in a couple of episodes of Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys, also filmed in New Zealand. 
This led to her role as Xena and a series of her own...


[276] 05-07-96 
   NOTE: Lucy Lawless made #8 on the top ten who's
beautiful list on the website Pathfinder.  It was
carried by the Associated Press.


[276a] 05-07-96
   AP ONLINE. Financial. 614 words. "Financial pages"
By Joyce M. Rosenberg.
   COMMENTARY: Lucy Lawless made #8 on the top ten
who's beautiful list on Pathfinder.
   EXCERPT:
   ...CYBER BEAUTY CONTEST: Users of different on-line
services have very different ideas of who's beautiful,
according to People magazine. People polled users of
its online sites on CompuServe and Pathfinder, and
asked them who they would put on the
magazine's list of the most beautiful people. On
CompuServe, the top 10 were, in order: Brad Pitt,
Sandra Bullock, Mel Gibson, Jennifer Aniston, Cindy
Crawford, Sharon Stone, David Duchovny, Antonio
Banderas, Mariah Carey and Pamela Anderson. On
Pathfinder, the top 10 were: Gillian Anderson, Teri
Hatcher, Mitch Pileggi, Kevin Sorbo, Duchovny, Claire
Danes, Geraint Wyn Davies, Lucy Lawless, Alicia
Silverstone and Gary Cole....


[276b] 05-07-96
   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Business News. 464 words. By
Joyce M. Rosenberg
   COMMENTARY: Reprint of XMR276a
   

[277] 05-10-96
   THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR. EXTRA;  Pg. D07; 307 words.
By R.K. SHULL.
   COMMENTARY: Q&A on where XWP actors hang out. Mr.
Shull was rather curt.
   EXCERPT:
   ...Not local
   Dear R.K. Shull: On WGN cable I watch Hercules and
Xena.  I have never seen any of these people here in
the United States.  They are great. - G.F.
   Dear Reader: And no wonder.  Those shows originate
in New Zealand, where the casts hang out....


[278] 05-10-96
   THE FRESNO BEE. Page E8. 663 words. "Old News Is Bad
News for KAIL Viewers" By Lanny Larson
   COMMENTARY: XWP was mentioned in passing as
appearing on the local station KAIL.
   EXCERPT:
   ...* The United Paramount Network (UPN) supplies
KAIL first-run, prime-time programs three nights a
week. No longer does KAIL have to take second-line
syndicated shows just to fill slots: it can cherry-pick
with the competition. 
   As a result, such national ratings successes as "The
Journeys of Hercules," " Xena" and Montel Williams'
talk show are on KAIL. And so is UPN's "Star Trek:
Voyager."...


[279] 05-10-96
   THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. Friday. Page F57. 5633
words. "Pop hit startles Planet Soul" By Cary Darling.
   COMMENTARY: A passing mention regarding the Do Luca
soundtracks for HTLJ and XWP becoming available.
   EXCERPT:
   ...Hercules on disc
   A few people have called, wondering if the music for
the hit syndicated series "Hercules: The Legendary
Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess"  much of it
Irish-flavored folk music is available to buy.  Varese
Sarabande, a label that specializes in soundtracks, has
released the music from "Hercules" and plans to release
a "Xena" soundtrack as well...


[280] 05-10-96
   XENA MEDIA REVIEW. No. 6. 12 pages. 4563 words.
Edited by and annotations by Kym Masera Taborn.
   COMMENTARY: A world press review of coverage on XWP,
Renee O'Connor, or Lucy Lawless. Covered the dates 09-
03-95 to 09-08-95 and the annotations XMR034-040.
Contained the initial month of production; toy
announcements; HTLJ references; and more O'Connor
reviews outside of XWP. Contained a brief introduction
which whined about the editor's spider bite.  
   Back issue available from http://xenafan.com/xmr


[281] 05-10-96
   THE EVENING POST (Wellington). Page 8. 523 words.
"The Chairman of the Board Sits it Out" By Phil
Wakefield.
   COMMENTARY: In an article about HTLJ, Jim McNamara,
a president of MCA, was quoted as saying "The
international acceptance for Hercules and Zena is far
greater out of the box than it was for Star Trek." 
   The article misspelled Xena as "Zena."
   The article also mentioned that Japan was the last
big audience hold-out for purchasing an air license for
XWP and HTLJ.
   EXCERPT:
   ...HERCULES: The Legendary Journeys has become MCA
TV's biggest-selling show since Miami Vice.
   The distributor has been astonished by worldwide
demand for the filmed-in-New Zealand fantasy hit and
its sister show, Xena: Warrior Princess. 
   "The international acceptance for Hercules and Zena
is far greater out of the box than it was for Star
Trek," MCA distribution chief Jim McNamara told The
Hollywood Reporter.
   They've been bought by virtually every key
territory, with the last holdout, Japan, expected to
sign a deal shortly....


[282] 05-11-96
   THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. TV Time. Pg. F01. 860 words.
"Super Swashbucklers; Hercules and Xena Are Regulars;
Beastmaster Appears Worthy of a Series" By Marion
Garmel
   COMMENTARY: A promotion for a local channel's
showing Action Pack's XWP, HTLJ, and the Beastmaster
movie, "Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus".
   The reviewer called Xena a "proto-feminist" with "a
tongue-in-cheek campiness with a '90s sensibility".
   This review also observed that "What makes these
adventures special is the way they handle modern
problems in ancient settings.  Just as the original
Star Trek confronted contemporary social issues in
analogous situations on far-off planets, Hercules and
Xena confront contemporary social issues in analogous
situations in ancient, mythical lands."
   This aspect of XWP had been inferred in earlier
articles, but this is the first time it was so bluntly
put. 
   EXCERPT:
   Tired of abused wives, girlfriends, children,
husbands?
   Take a break from network TV.
   Come with me to a land of myth and legend, where
gods play with the lives of men and superheroes protect
the innocent.
   In fact, there are three such places you can visit,
all part of the syndicated Action Pack from MCA TV,
carried here by WNDY .     Two are one-hour adventures
already on the air and the third is a two-hour movie
that has all the signs of becoming a series.
   The ones already on are Hercules: The Legendary
Journeys (8
p.m. Mondays with a repeat at 4 p.m. Saturdays) and
Xena: Warrior
Princess (8 p.m. Tuesdays, with a repeat at 5 p.m.
Saturdays).
   They're both filmed in New Zealand, with lean,
muscular Kevin
Sorbo as a self-deprecating Hercules and New Zealand
beauty Lucy
Lawless as a proto-feminist Xena.
   They share a tongue-in-cheek campiness with a '90s
sensibility
as these superheroes, each with an engaging sidekick,
go about
rescuing innocent people from the clutches of angry
gods,
tyrannical villains and, in the case of Xena, men who
mistreat
women.
   Now comes Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, a
two-hour movie
that premieres at midnight Friday on WNDY.  It's the
third
Beastmaster film for Marc Singer - a brawny fellow with
enough
wrinkles to prove he's no callow hunk.  The other two
were feature films.  This one is made for TV...
   ...What makes these adventures special is the way
they handle
modern problems in ancient settings.  Just as the
original Star Trek confronted contemporary social
issues in analogous situations on far-off planets,
Hercules and Xena confront contemporary social issues
in analogous situations in ancient, mythical lands.
   Hercules became the highest- rated show in
syndication in its
second season.  Xena is a character spun off from three
of Hercules' highest-rated episodes...
   

[283] 05-12-96
   ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS. Page 2H. 518 words. "Cannot
Stop Herself from Becoming Her Mom" By Jennifer Howk 
   COMMENTARY: A woman in a remembrance of her mother,
compared her mother to Wonder Woman and Xena.
   Yet more evidence that Xena is becoming a part of
the popular culture mythologies.
   EXCERPT:
   ...Ah, my mother. Wonder Woman. Xena. Nothing short
of a deity. Child of the '60s; Kerouac disciple. She's
tootin' good at everything (and very, very generous)
but she's darn tootin' good at maneuvering herself and
her family through the motley of daily crises we all
encounter. A lot of crises, a lot of work. She must
never have read any Grimm, or she'd go Almond Joy on us
and leave
it all to Dad...


[284] 05-12-96
   THE TORONTO SUN. Sunday. TV Magazine. Page TV5. 391
words. "Fans Really Do Love Lucy" By Eli Witmer
   COMMENTARY: In a local Q&A, a reader requested info
about LL.
   EXCERPT:
   Q. I am writing because I am a big fan of Xena:
Warrior Princess and would like to know more about her. 
   Ron, Hamilton 
   A. Lucy Lawless stars in this popular syndicated
series, which is a spin-off of the cult-hit Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys. She is 28 years old, was born
and raised in New Zealand and continues to live there
with her eight-year-old daughter Daisy. She developed
an interest in show business as a child and performed
regularly in school plays and studied singing. She
attended Auckland University where she majored in
languages, opera and drama. After University she spent
some time touring Europe but returned to New Zealand to
take on the role of Xena....
   ...GRAPHIC: photo LUCY LAWLESS with Hercules


[285] 05-13-96
   CALLISTO. Episode no. 22. First release. GUEST
STARS: Hudson Leick (Callisto) and Ted Raimi (Joxer).
CAST: Patricia Donovan (Old Woman), Michael Hallows
(Tall Villager), Ian Hughes (Melas), Kenneth McGregor
(Akteon), Toby Mills (Tall Man), David Te Rare
(Theodorus). CREDITS: Written by R.J. Stewart; Directed
by T.J. Scott.
   AIRING AND RATING INFORMATION: 1st release
(05/13/96): (1) ST: DS9 ranked 8th with 5.3; (2) HTLJ
ranked 13th with 5.0; (3) XWP ranked 16th with 4.7. 2nd
release (09/09/96): Information pending.
   TV GUIDE DESCRIPTION: Xena is once again reminded of
the sins of her past when a malicious female warrior
(Hudson Leick), whole family was killed by Xena's
former army, exacts her revenge on the Warrior Princess
by impersonating her.
   SYNOPSIS: This synopsis is brought to you by guest
synopser, Anita Firebaugh. 
   Callisto is the name of the evil woman Xena must
battle in this all-thrills episode!  Be prepared to
gape in awe at the beauty (and strength!) of the vile
Callisto, made, yes, made! by Xena in her former days
as warlord & evil-doer.  You will shed tears, too -- so
have a hanky handy!  (I could write episode plots for
TV Guide, couldn't I?)
   Anyhow -- Callisto wrecks havoc on all villages, and
tells everyone she is (gasp!) XENA!  Xena finds out
someone is impersonating her and goes off to stop her. 
Xena learns of this from a man whose son is killed by
Callisto (who is played by the man who was the
boyfriend of the leader of the Black Wolves in THE
BLACK WOLF, episode #11).  Off go Xena and Gabrielle. 
They meet Callisto at a village, have a little fight --
Callisto captures Xena's chakram in full flight! and
they have a duel on horseback.  Callisto flees, though
she does inflict some harm on our heroine.  
   During the evening hours Xena and Gabrielle sit
around the fire (joined by the aforementioned avenging
father), and Xena tells Gabrielle about the ravage of
the village Callisto says she is from.  Grab the hanky
here, proud Xenite!
   Then it's off to Delphi, to save the Oracle, which
Xena does, and then a quick chase after Callisto; Xena
wins.  But Xena must battle her own demons!  Her past
has not been erased, has it?  Has she been punished for
HER revenge-fed crimes?  How can she turn this young
woman over to a mob to be hung?  What is the right
thing here? 
   Callisto escapes, taking Gabrielle with her
(Gabrielle dissenters will be cheering when our lovely
red-headed chatter-box is continually referred to as
"irritating" and other like phrases).  Then a fight to
the death!  Xena must fight Callisto while Gabrielle
hangs from a burning rope ... great acrobatics.
   COMMENTARY: 
   1. CALLISTO. I sing of the warrior, Callisto, the
mighty warrior princess' greatest foe. Callisto is no
doubt the most challenging enemy Xena has ever had to
deal with. Callisto only visited Xena once during the
first season, but returned with a vengeance in at least
three episodes over the 2nd season (RETURN OF CALLISTO,
INTIMATE STRANGERS, and A NECESSARY EVIL) and there is
a rumored tangle with Hercules in the cards too!
   2. JOXER. He has only appeared in 20% of the aired
shows, but he is hated and despised and has been cited
as the sign of the end times for Xenadom! He is also
loved and lauded and praised.  It seems either you love
the guy or hate him...there is no middle ground.
Originally conceived of as a way to fill the Salmoneus-
void created by Robert Trebor's wish not to be so
Salmoneus intensive on both HTLJ and XWP, Joxer jumped
into the Xenaverse in CALLISTO. A warrior wannabe who
after being rebuffed by the reformed Xena and barely
found himself alive in Callisto's camp, Joxer has
become a foil for Gabrielle. Gabrielle gets to beat him
up in CALLISTO and to threaten his manhood in TEN
LITTLE WARLORDS. He also gets no respect from others:
Orpheus finds him insufferable in GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE
FUN, Theodorus uses him as a pinata in INTIMATE
STRANGER, and he gets thrown across a room for touching
Xena where she does not want to be touched in
WARRIOR...PRINCESS...TRAMP. 
   3. TED RAIMI. He plays the part of Joxer, and he's
also the brother of Sam Raimi, an executive producer of
XWP. We have been assured it was not an act of
nepotism. Yeah, right. What ever you want to say
guys!!! Just keep on producing XWP and we will believe
ANYTHING! Even that you meant to air
WARRIOR...PRINCESS...TRAMP after RETURN OF CALLISTO!
Seriously, though, we all know that Mr. Raimi needed to
be saved from being associated with SeaQuest the rest
of his life. That's what family is for, right???
   4. THEODORUS. One of the many charms of this show is
its persistence in relating back to previous shows. The
evil Xena in HTLJ's WARRIOR PRINCESS had a lieutenant
named Theodorus. Callisto, the Xena-clone, has a
lieutenant named...(natch), Theodorus. Xena's Theo was
in love with the warrior princess and paid for it with
his life. Again, Callisto's Theo was in love with
Callisto, and was killed by Callisto's own hand.
Callisto really had a Xena-thing -- that's for sure --
even down to Theodori.
   Not to be mean, but Theodorus did not strike me as
one of the better actors on the show. In his defense,
though, I have to admit that his enunciation style was
unique (reminded me of how Bashir talked when he was
possessed by the bad guy during the first season of
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE). I have always wondered
what kind of child actor would be produced if Theodorus
and Rhea from TIES THAT BIND (#20) got together to form
an acting dynasty. 
   5. HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU BEFORE? Ian Hughes played the
part of Melas in CALLISTO and Diomedes in THE BLACK
WOLF.
   HIGHLIGHTS: The ladder fight was inspirational;
having Gabrielle hanging by a burning thread was just
icing on the cake!
   DISCLAIMER: Joxers nose was not harmed during the
production of this motion picture. However, his
crossbow was severely damaged.


[286] 05-14-96
   THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. Page E-6. 641 words.
"Hercules and Xena. A Sort of Mythological Baywatch'"
By John Freeman 
   COMMENTARY: In XMR #17, I wrote an essay called "The
Curse of Baywatch" which explored this strange custom
of comparing XWP to BAYWATCH. In "The Curse of
Baywatch" I made the observation about Mr. Freeman's
article that "The article did express surprise that XWP
and HTLJ were beating the pants off of Baywatch, but
little else analysis was done other than a body part
comparison."
   The article covered more than just the writers
clever analogy between the two shows.
   For the most part, Mr. Freeman supported the show,
calling it a "guilty pleasure." And yet, he put in many
disclaimers of the ilk: "It's all a campy romp,
mindless and foolish and not exactly historically
accurate.  But both shows can be slyly amusing, in a
moronic sort of way."
   He got off on Salmoneus' humorous popular culture
references and Echidna's appearance on HTLJ.
   Mr. Freeman closed the article with a mini-phone-
interview with Robert "Rob" Tapert, an executive
producer of XWP. Mr. Tapert was quoted as saying:
   "We wanted a certain sensuality in the
costumes...but we don't want to be lascivious about it. 
We always keep a very moralistic approach in our
stories."
   Comparing Xena to Hercules, Mr. Tapert said, "We
have far more flexibility with Xena because she's often
tempted to go back to her evil ways.  We didn't want to
make Xena just a female Hercules."
   Regarding the origins of the centaurs, Mr. Tapert
said, "Well, that took centuries of breeding."
   REPRINT:
   Watch just a few minutes of "Xena: Warrior Princess"
and you are likely to suffer the same fate as one of
Xena's many nefarious enemies did in a recent episode.
   Under attack from a vicious, Mohawk-haired marauder,
she deftly jabbed two fingers into the pressure points
of his neck, which rendered him motionless.
   "I've just blocked off the flow of blood to your
brain," she sternly pronounced, standing over the poor
fellow.  "You'll be dead in 20 seconds." 
   Brain-dead, most likely. "Xena" viewers know the
feeling.  It's guilty pleasure of the kind that has
made "Xena: Warrior Princess" and companion series
"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" two of TV's hottest
new syndicated dramas. So hot are both series that
they're now challenging "Baywatch" as the country's
most popular syndicated series (as opposed to those
series aired by the major networks).
   It's all a campy romp, mindless and foolish and not
exactly historically accurate.  But both shows can be
slyly amusing, in a moronic sort of way.
   Not only do Hercules and Xena do battle with
centaurs, cyclopses and a blundering giant who looks
like a refugee from "Jack and the Beanstalk," but they
must wrestle with dialogue that's laughably wooden. 
But, again, that's the dumb-dumb appeal.
   Modern-day phrases
   Such modern-day phrases as "self-actualization,"
"road kill" and "surfing" flow freely from the mouths
of our heroes and their dutiful sidekicks.  Once, a
slick-tongued traveling toga salesman named Salmoneus
tried to enlist Hercules in a "self-improvement"
course, saying: "It helps you fertilize the nurturing
flower within!  And I wanna be the best possible
Salmoneus I can be!" Our hero didn't buy his babble.
   A few years ago, "Hercules" was introduced as the
first edition of Grecian goofiness, followed this
season by "Xena." The two companion series often air as
a back-to-back package, as they do on KTTY/Channel 69
in San Diego. 
   Both series are shot on location in New Zealand, and
thus enlivened with lush scenery, shimmering armor,
snorting horses, thumping music and raging martial-arts
rumbles that fairly pulsate with comic-book violence. 
Plus, in "Hercules," there's a three-tailed
"snakewoman" who's been dubbed "the mother of all
monsters."
   Amid such evil forces, the story lines don't always
make much sense, but that doesn't seem to matter.
   What matters most is that Hercules (Kevin Sorbo, a
bronzed-bodied Fabio look-alike) and Xena (Lucy
Lawless, a blue-eyed lovely) stoutly go through the
motions of being super-action heroes.  And they never,
ever lose.
   Both have considerable sex appeal -- "Herc" with his
long blond hair, rippling muscles and kindly smile;
Xena with her leather skirts, cleavage-revealing
breastplates and mischievous grin.  As on "Baywatch,"
exposed skin is a major priority.
   "We wanted a certain sensuality in the costumes,"
creator and co-producer Rob Tapert said from Auckland,
New Zealand, "but we don't want to be lascivious about
it.  We always keep a very moralistic approach in our
stories."
   Tapert describes Hercules as "half-man, half-God,"
someone with a solid moral backbone whose authority and
judgment is never questioned.  Xena, by contrast, comes
from a far darker past. Seems that in a past life, she
was a murdering harlot.
   "We have far more flexibility with Xena," said
Tapert, "because she's often tempted to go back to her
evil ways.  We didn't want to make Xena just a female
Hercules."
   As for the origins of those half-man, half-horse
centaurs that always pop up in both shows, Tapert said:
"Well, that took centuries of breeding."
   TV REVIEW
   "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" A syndicated
series. 8 p.m. Tuesdays, KTTY/Channel 69. * * *
   "Xena: Warrior Princess" A syndicated series. 9 p.m.
Tuesdays, KTTY/Channel 69. * * 1/2
   GRAPHIC: 1 PHOTO; Heroic: Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules")
and Lucy Lawless ("Xena") portray cartoonlike heroes.


[287] 05-14-96
   NEWS TRIBUNE. Page B1. 794 words. "Hey, Sunshine!
What about Some Spaghetti Sauce on Your Oatmeal?" by
C.R. Roberts 
   COMMENTARY: XWP tied at 9th with FRASIER for
favorite TV show in the "Second Annual Real Poll for
Real People" conducted by C.R. Roberts. 
   EXCERPT:
   Eyestrain - that's what you've given me. I've been
reading your answers to the questions posed in this
column's Second Annual Real Poll for Real People. I've
read your 452 entries - from Buckley, Seattle, Gig
Harbor, Olympia, Roy, Enumclaw, Eatonville, Milton,
Fife, Belfair, Tumwater, Des Moines, Packwood, Bonney
Lake, Auburn, Puyallup, Federal Way, Tacoma and points
betwixt.
   And my eyes are tired. But enough about me.  
   With 15 categories today, and 15 more come Thursday
- here's about you....
   ...Your favorite TV show: "ER," then "Home
Improvement" and "Friends." "Nash Bridges" more than
"Seinfeld." Many "X-Files" and "Murder, She Wrote." Add
a healthy nod to the new "3rd Rock from the Sun." As
many Frasiers as there were Xenas. Several said
"Mystery." A handful of "Star Trek" and "Second Noah."
One "Singing Detective."...



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Issue #21 will contain annotations #288 through #--,
dated from 05/16/96 to 05/31/96.  It is scheduled to be
released whenever I get around to it!

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