More Taste, Less Overacting

June, 1985

More Taste, Less OveractingAs we are increasingly bombarded by hulking athletes trying to sell us everything from beer to various-sized trucks, we couldn't resist asking our premier film critics to assess the jocks' performances. We persuaded Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to take a break from "At the Movies." Then we locked them in a darkened room in our Chicago headquarters and forced them to watch more commercials than humans should be allowed to view at one sitting. Miraculously, they...