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...Bill Murray is on hand for a brief master display of slapdash comedy. But "Space Jam, directed by Joe Pytka, is mainly about the wonder, the grace, the supernal niceness of its live-action star," notes TIME's Richard Corliss. "The film could have been a gleaming showcase for cartoon wit. Instead it's an 87-minute commercial peddling sainthood for Michael Jordan...
...Find a cartoon character. Happily, by 1996, the caricature of 1994, the Angry White Male, had gone on Prozac. Unhappily, he was replaced by the ubiquitous Soccer Mom, who was treated even more simplistically. After all, no one followed the A.W.M. to the grocery store to watch him buy his six-pack. But pundits rummaged around in the S.M.'s sock drawer for clues to how she would vote and wondered whether her choice of oversized minivans was a sign of male envy, like those huge shoulder pads in the power suit...
...MOST POPULAR CARTOON CHARACTERS AMONG SIX-TO-11-YEAR-OLDS...
...character is still important in deciding who should be President; a campaign shouldn't be turned into a Sunday school picnic where money, religion and politics are off limits. But neither the candidates, who have similarly flawed histories, nor the press, which reduces moral subjects to cartoon dimensions, is well positioned to weigh one man's soul against another's. Dole has had a free ride for several weeks. But beware. There's time for several more news cycles and rules changes without notice. Clinton could decide to defend himself so that any victory he has contains an element...
...raucous comedy does not let up. The play has vast reserves of Saturday morning cartoon antics combined with the smug humor of Saturday Night Live. Though the action is struck in a loud key, the actors aren't obscured or overwhelmed. As Jackie, Lane Burgess is convincing and endearing. She succeeds at the difficult task of humanizing Jackie the icon, adding flesh and blood to the mysterious outline produced by pop culture. Roberta Kastelic is also memorable as Christina (Coke can-in-hand) Onasiss. Her character introduces a dark touch to the second half of the play as she terrorizes...