21.   Keanu Reeves handles his first genuine adult romantic lead with tempered finesse.

22.   Most traditional operas call for a tenor to play the romantic lead, but the opera world has been slow in accepting blacks in that role.

23.   Newcomer Berling at first seems miscast as a romantic lead, but finally emerges as an engaging-enough hero.

24.   Once the romantic leads end up in the bedroom together, they announce they want each other several times, then romance each other with the lights on.

25.   Robert Taylor and Joan Fontaine were the romantic leads, and Elizabeth Taylor played Rebecca, a fiery and honorable Jewess facing medieval prejudice.

26.   She handled romantic leads in a couple of Shirley Temple vehicles, then moved into primary focus with other Zanuck-built stars.

27.   She has seldom played conventional romantic leads.

28.   That men can continue to play these romantic leads continues to amaze.

29.   The male romantic lead has evolved, however.

30.   The romantic leads are two young rebels named Galileo Figaro and Scaramouche, who are being hunted by the Ga-Ga Police and the Killer Queen.