"That audience is usually a more discriminating, intelligent audience, and they become much more important on films like 'The Color Purple' or 'Out of Africa' But there are a lot of films that are simply critic-proof" Ivers cited the examples of the "Rocky" and "Porky's" movies and "Stir Crazy" Says Ivers: "The one thing that show does which no other medium has taken advantage of is the opportunity to offer a second opinion. "I'd started looking at the hyperreal paintings-very polished and glossy, like a brochure. " Both Sohmer and Balson, incidentally, were found by David Powell, a San Francisco headhunter hired by Columbia nearly four months ago to look for a replacement for Boone. When Carlo Maria Giulini presented his celebrated version of Verdi's valedictory masterpiece with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, all observers lauded the poetry and the sensitivity of the endeavor.

It may look a bit dated in the mod and cheeky era of Paul Taylor and Pina Bausch, but it certainly has the courage of its own tawdry convictions. Murray Mednick's full Coyote cycle begins its run at the Paramount Ranch on Tuesday, and for the robust of theater appetite and the strong of butt, an entire dusk-to-dawn performance will be given Aug 3. The shifting tempos of "Are You Leading Me On" the relatively straight reggae of "Anxious" and the powerful funk of "Burning Bright" highlighted the concert as much as the group's 1984 debut album, "All the Rage" with the music equaled by hard-edged lyrics. An entertainer like Aristide Bruant was a corpulent egomaniacal bully who entertained Cafe-Concert audiences of slummers by insulting them with streams of rhymed Gallic invective. Viewed straight on, the fencing appears as a haze among the leaves of eucalyptus trees in the grove where the sculpture is located. These days, he spends much of the morning drivetime fishing for bass near Stockton. Although the jury found her civil rights had not been violated, it agreed that Redgrave's career had been damaged and awarded her $100,000 U. S.

The local NBC-owned station had not decided as of late Wednesday afternoon whether it would broadcast the new program or an old edition of Phil Donahue's talk show at 3 p. m. The excellent service is likewise other than you might expect: It is conducted by an extremely well-trained squad of pleasant but no-nonsense waitresses, without benefit of the usual array of maitres d'hotel , captains and busboys The real surprise, though, is Arzak's food. It is white, slightly oval in shape and measures 64 by 25 inches. The most prominent films in this discounted bunch are "Pinocchio" "Dumbo" and "Robin Hood" Selling for $79. 95, "Pinocchio" is currently a big hit. El Centro Ave, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p. m, Sundays at 7 p. m, through March 2 (213) 462-0265. David Blair's staging of 1968, never a paragon of stylistic virtue, has been picked at, pecked at and appended by a disparate succession of well-meaning hands: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Elena Tchernichova and now John Taras.

Both Ethiopian Marxist Chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam and Tanzanian Socialist President Julius Nyerere-chairman of the Organization of African Unity-welcomed the chance to chat with the man who indelibly etched such immortal lines as "Come mister tally man, tally me banana" forever into the American consciousness. The festivities are titled "An International Celebration of Puppet Theatre" and in both global scope and quality the strongest echo is that of last summer's Olympic Arts Festival-albeit in miniature. Young David (the very fine Ian Sears) takes him on primarily because of the challenge to the honor of the Israelites"There is no God in Israel" It's a cry which no one in the outnumbered army of Saul, the king jealous of young David, will answer. The second eldest sister's house has unexpected stained glass panels in its pine walls; it is already looking Westward.

"Second Serve" is a smash and so is Vanessa Redgrave. At this point it's too early to tell"At Warner Bros, the holiday mood was outright jubilation over the resiliency of the comedy "Spies Like Us" which has taken in a healthy $33. 5 million in its first 24 days at 1,700 theaters, and by the dramatic improvement for "Purple" "We are talking about a movie with no big names (with the exception of the director) based on a book with limited exposure" said Warner Bros Distribution President Barry Reardon. Still, the irony wasn't lost on someone close to the picture, who noted that elsewhere-in places like Canoga Park, Glendale, Bel-Air and even MacArthur Park, "everywhere but beneath that sign-permits came through. . Her career as a producer includes work on "The Mike Douglas Show" NBC's short-lived midday program "America Alive" and, until she left it in November, the syndicated talk-show series "America" The series, which premiered in September, died after four months of low ratings. Compared to his peers' eventual development, Mueller was conservative. "We have to produce tunes that are magical, yet stay within the budget limitations imposed upon us.