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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Mutk in Talking with OPRAH WINFREY By Frank Sanello Oprah Winfrey produced and stars in The Women of Brewster Place a hour that airs Sunday March and Monday March on ABC TV Based on the best selling novel by the drama focuses on the lives of seven black women living in a bigcity tenement Winfrey s previous film roles in elude The Color Purple which earned her an Oscar nomina and Native Son A native of Kosciusko Miss Win also hosts the No talk show in TV syndication She began her media career as a TV reporter and local news anchor in the South In 1984 she took over a flagging local talk show in Chicago In 1987 the show debuted nationally and soundly trounced the main competition Donahue in the ratings Here 35 yearold Winfrey talks about her famous diet the NAACP and guests she refuses to have on her talk show Most of the blacks on TV are in comedies Was selling The Women of Brewster Place to the network a tough selP A Not only because it was a drama but because it predominantly dealt with women In fact all three net works turned it down at first One complained it was too whatever that means The men In The Women cf Brewster Place are not very sympa After the negative portrayals OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey McQuain In golf tee up places the ball on a peg to begin play I think I ve got this game down and then I tee up Try panjandrum for a pompous or pretentious official Among the words for self important people drum is a grand choice Theres someone I know who says things like He dont and She Thats wrong isnt it A He dont and She don are ex amples of nonstandard English but don expect the speaker to change overnight Dont is a contraction of do not the third person singular contrac tion is doesnt Even In contractions a verb does agree with its subject doesnt it Use query for a question or doubt Notice that it starts like question and you II have no doubts about query OUR LANGUAGE ADVICE The food company offering a ready to- receives the AdVice Award for this week Heady de serves its hyphens because the phrase appears before the noun it modifies The hyphen before cereal though is a mistake Instead serve a ready to- cereal STAR SPEAK Oprah Winfrey of black men in The Color Purple did that bother you Aim concerned about the image of black men but there are black men who do abuse their families just as there are white and brown men who do This is just one story It not sup posed to be representative of all black men The press reported that the demanded to see the shooting script of Brewster place and you flat out turned them down A Nobody has the right to tell you how to do your work The first protested The Color Purple then they protested when it didn I get P FRANK J SANELLO more Oscars Do you have any other projects in the works A Roots author Alex Haley is working on a book about Madame C J Walker She started a line of cosmet for black women and was the first millionaire black woman I try to read as many black authors as posst ble to develop as TV and film scripts bought Kafir Boy and Beloved amused by the whole celebrityfame trip and teamed not to be controlled by it Oprah Winfrey by Tom Morrison I called her right I read it But all pen pieces I d like to play a more con Georgetown Figure Skating Club presents their 27th Carnival JustCruisin at the Georgetown Memorial Arena Saturday April 1 1 30 pm 800 pm Sunday April 2 1 pm GUEST SKATERS ATURED TICKFTSALtS Arena Mondays March 6 20 5 8 p Wednesdays March 8 29 5 8 Arena Fridays March 3 10 31 Sunday March 5 11 30 am 2pm PRICES Children S3 50 Unden Sr Citizens S3 50 Sal Matinee Only Mezzanine 00 Adults ALL SEATS RESERVED GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY MOUNT GEORGETOWN EVERY FRIDAY log PRIME RIB OF BEEF Garlic Bread and Salad Included Passport WifWim temporary role Something sexy with my clothes on I also like to do comedy I m very funny which is something a lot of people don know Does it bother you when your talk show is lumped In with the tab TV shows A Gloria said criticism of tabloid TV is demeaning to women because these shows are devoted to women s issues A lot of women are interested in say the fact that a lot of women are deserted by their bands If that s tabloid TV so be it What topics you refused to cover on your show A I don care what Jim and Tammy have to say I don are if Elvis is alive I ve decided nev to do another show with the Klan or I started out thinking every body should have free speech but 10 into the show on Nazis I realized this doesn t help anybody it just encourages the guests to go out and kick blank How do you cope with all the at on you get in press especially about your dieting A Yesterday I read a headline that said Oprah Risking Life to Stay on Diet My mother called me up wanting to know if it was true I amused by the whole celebrity fame trip and I learned not to be controlled by it What the press writes can destroy you I used to call or write journalists who criticized me Cosby said when it stops bothering you you 11 know you grown up Why did you open a restaurant Id Chicago New restaurants have a dis failure rate A Everybody including BUI Cosby told me don invest in res But I m not doing it to make money not that I want to go broke But was just doing it as a fun ven lure And I have a great partner Richard Melman He created the in credibly successful Ed Debevic res chain Q Have you put on weight since go ing off your fast A No Actually I a couple of pounds lighter since I stopped fasting HISk CINEMA 2 8 ACADEMY AWARD NQM3 BESTFKmjRE BHST ACTOR BEST SCREENPLAY U S I r HOFFMAN CRUISE RAIN MAN 3RD GREAT WEEK Evenings at 00 20 m Sat Sun Matinee at CINEMA 3 3RD EXCELLENT WEEK adventure