Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CHRISTMAS WISH] Spiritual child has natural appeal on Feast of Nativity...
...anti-IRS hysteria, only 5,000 taxpayers nationwide called in advance for appointments, and there were not a lot of drop-bys. Perhaps more will come in April. For now, however, it seems the generous offer to spend your Saturday with an IRS agent doesn't hold that much appeal...
...artifacts like the best-selling Bible Code and an X-Files episode about a golem, the Jewish proto-Frankenstein monster. Publishers are turning out dozens of titles on subjects ranging from arcana to kids' Kabbalah. Most intriguing, mysticism is increasingly viewed as the answer to what United Jewish Appeal officer Alan Bayer calls "a hungry, thirsty, bottle-of-water-in-the-desert need for connection with transcendent meanings" among ordinary Jews. Concludes Brandeis University professor Arthur Green, a scholar and advocate of mysticism: "For nearly 200 years, Western Jews tried to hide Kabbalah under the rug. Now it's been...
Many of the new shows seem to have been created according to very different expectations. Take Channel Umptee-3, which is intended to appeal to children as young as two. The premise is that an ostrich, a snail and a fantasy creature called Holey Moley are operating an underground television station. Old black-and-white film footage is spliced into the show, and static often appears as if a channel were being changed. "This is a show I wish I had as a kid," says Jim George, who created Channel Umptee-3. "I thought, What if there was a show...
Shows for preschoolers must appeal also to another demographic--the parents who end up watching them too. It's paradoxical, but the truly childish programs may actually be more appealing to adults than those that are lively and sophisticated. The rhythm, look and attitude of Channel Umptee-3, for example, are extremely familiar. You've seen all the moves a million times, and watching the show you enter a state of reflexive TV consciousness. The pace and tone of the more simplistic programs, on the other hand, is very unfamiliar, which makes them oddly fascinating. More effectively than a minimalist...