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...That farcical gangster on the set of low-budget TV shows is all the more lovable because he's the deadly gangster of big budget glossy feature films. In Japan, where no one wants to lose face, to have the aplomb to make fun of yourself is almost transcendentally bitchin'. "I suppose my film persona is somewhat a reaction to my stand-up routine," says Beat. His own acting style, he says, is influenced by the traditional stagecraft of Japan's noh theater?long, intricate courtly dramas written to entertain the royal family a thousand years ago. "A noh mask...
...much easier to throw. "Anyone can throw the Aerobie incredibly far with amazing accuracy," assures seven time world frisbee champion Scott Zimmerman on the packaging. In fact, someone once threw the Aerobie 1257 feet--a bit far for a catch don'tch ya think? The Aerobie comes in three bitchin' neon colors, each providing a wicked flashback to the late 80s. On a lark, spoil yourself with the new Aerobie Superdisc ($10.99) with its "soft cushioned edge" and its dope "spoiler for stable flights...
...course, in certain less-focused instances, rage can also earn you a bitchin' toothache, as Thomas has experienced. "It's all better now, though," he said. "I could brush yesterday morning without excrutiating pain...
...never really figure out Mia, despite her witchin' and bitchin' and eventual tearful communion with a former kindergarten classmate (James LeGros, in a quirky if slender role) over a book whose title, "The Scream of Rabbits," might just as well have replaced the equally incomprehensible "Myth of Fingerprints." No less unfathomable is Scheider's stony-faced patriarch, who offers no clue to any of his actions or offenses against his children. Danner gets next to nothing to do as the sensible, yet oddly passive mother; and Kerwin's Elliot, a psychotherapist with no apparent therapeutic skills, remains a mere cipher...
...Casper's executive producer, Steven Spielberg, in E.T. and Poltergeist, Always and Jurassic Park. The new film is sprightly enough to conceal its subtext from censorious politicians. But children, who dwell in fear at least as much as in innocence, may get the message: that it would be cool, bitchin', totally awesome to join the Dead Kids Society...