Word: barts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bart Simpson, we trust, is prouder than ever of his pal Michael Jackson. When he recently ceded some Fox network airtime so that the new Jackson video Black or White could debut in style, there was a great outcry. The video was violent! The video was dirty! Michael's moves would incite kids to unspeakable acts of autoeroticism and social outrage! Perfect. Bart and Michael, soul mates forever...
...that the commotion has died down and the album been released, one thing must be said: Michael sings better than Bart. Dances better too. But Bart has the edge in humor. Dangerous lacks only the Simpson sass to make it a dazzler. As it is, the album is merely terrific...
...Lush, sentimental sounds continue through the next two tunes before things settle back to the hard rhythm of Black or White. It's a virtuoso performance. Michael may wear his heart on his sleeve, but a fair portion of his soul, it seems, is still back in church. Sorry, Bart...
BLACK OR WHITE (Fox, Nov. 14, 8:30 p.m. EST). Michael Jackson's new video -- the first from his latest album, Dangerous -- has its broadcast-TV premiere following an episode of The Simpsons. Bart himself co-stars in the 11-minute film, directed by John Landis (Thriller...
While maintaining Aristophanes' Greek setting, Cabranes replays music from the prologue throughout the show, introduces a male and female chorus (Bart St. Clair and Faith Salie) to represent each gender as a whole, and peppers the dialogue with apt Shakespearian references and 20th century colloquialisms...