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New York Times Review July 25 1990
In ''Molloy,'' Mayin Bialik is Molloy Martin, a precocious youngster who, after the death of her mother in New York, has moved in with her father and his new family in Beverly Hills. In no time at all, it seems, she has snagged a job appearing on a children's program at the local public television station. A New Yorker to the bone, Molloy is commited to innumerable social and environmental causes. Her new family is pure California, preoccupied with bikini waxes, body rubs and scalp massages. ''Molloy'' has the courage of its stereotypes.
Ms. Bialik, who appeared in the Bette Midler movie ''Beaches,'' looks a bit like Barbra Streisand auditioning for the Margaret Hamilton role in ''The Wizard of Oz.'' There's no denying she's energetic. That's helpful, because ''Molloy'' and its cliches will need all the energy it can get. Very nearly walking off with the show is Molloy's older step-sister, Courtney, played to a bubble-head fare-thee-well by Jennifer Aniston.
Did Molloy mention the greenhouse effect? ''Get real,'' says Courtney, ''I don't talk to gardeners.'' And what really makes people happy? ''New shoes usually do a lot,'' she confides. On one level, ''Molloy'' asks what is important, and what is frivolous? This sitcom is all too eager to endorse the frivolous.
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