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...Twist the Hair opens at 9:15 p.m. with The Plain Janes and the Bon Savants playing at 10:15 and 11:15. T.T. The Bear’s Place. 12:15 a.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster or at the door, $9. (DFH)Babaloo. Babaloo is releasing their latest CD, Babaloo International, with an 18+ alternative rock concert, partying, and dancing. Also featuring Pressure Cooker and Lady Enchantress. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. Tickets available at The Middle East box office or from Ticketmaster, (617) 931-2000, $15 general admission including free CD. (ABW)Balafonist Neba Solo. Harvard?...
...movie seems to have all the right parts: a top-dollar cast, writing crew, and animation budget. But it regrettably squanders all of it. Its few attempts at trite comedy give a well-assembled cast no direction or boost of energy. That the writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (responsible for A League of Their Own and Parenthood) couldn’t give good material to Robin Williams and Mel Brooks doesn’t bode well...
...have all the right parts: a top-dollar cast, writing crew, and animation budget. But it regrettably squanders all of it. Its few attempts at trite comedy give a well-assembled cast no direction or boost of energy. The fact that the writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (responsible for A League of Their Own and Parenthood) couldn’t give good material to Williams and Brooks doesn’t bode well...
...Pixar's popping pastels or the warm browns favored by DreamWorks in Antz and Shrek, Robots goes for a color scheme that is cool, muted, instantly aged. Director Chris Wedge wants the eye to concentrate on the gags he and his writers (including veteran comedy craftsmen Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel) have stuffed into the film, like the glancing mention of a woman whose "dream is to end world rust." This will keep adults amused while the kids focus on Robot City's highway system, which is like a theme park designed by Rube Goldberg...
Note: EDtv isn't copycat filmmaking, exactly. The Howard film--written, with their usual comic clarity, by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel--is a version of the 1994 Quebec farce Louis 19, le roi des ondes. But Hollywood, temporarily bereft of original ideas, has become fascinated by its power to create and corrupt. It looks at O.J., Monica, the rubes and rhubarbs on Jerry Springer and asks, with a mixture of self-accusation and self-awe, What have we done...