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...studio boss, and Walt's nephew Roy Disney, who godfathered a new generation of animators. The Little Mermaid (1989) not only proved that joy could again be a component of movie craftsmanship, it earned $84 million in its North American theatrical release. Last year's Beauty and the Beast outgrossed Mermaid by $50 million and was the first cartoon feature nominated for an Oscar as Best Picture...
Music is said to soothe the savage breast but perhaps in this case the misquote is more apropos. Music does indeed soothe the savage beast in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Based on Gaston Leroux's famous novel, Phantom tells the story of young Christine Daae (Patti Cohenour) whose career as an opera star is launched by the Phantom, a disfigured, masked composer who haunts the opera house. Their story reveals the tragedy and beauty of unrequited love...
Patti Cohenour, who has just returned from playing Christine with the Canadian National Company, is excellent in her role as the singer. The chemistry between Cohenour's tranquil Christine and Gray's stormy Phantom is perfect. These performances make this standard beauty and beast tale touching...
When the noise became unbearable to our already stressed psyches, we moved into the safety of the hallway. We stayed there from about 5 to 6 a.m., until we fell asleep. When the road died down, I was relieved that the beast was gone and the worst seemed to be over. I moved back to bed and slept, physically exhausted and emotionally drained...
...happened -- you will hear that hateful little trump. At the first sound of its intensely annoying whiny hum, faint but frantically high-pitched, you'll hold stock-still, on full alert, hand raised at the ready. And then: splat. One less mosquito to trouble the peace of man and beast...