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...real frights. Moreover, we don't even really care when the high school jerks finally get what they deserve. The evil jocks and cheerleaders are certainly horrid--for example, the guys think videotaping the girls' derrieres is a productive extracurricular activity--but the antagonists are far too cartoonish to truly be resented...

Author: By Daniel A. Zweifach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Having a Bad Day | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...SHOW The Secret Life of Desmond Pfeiffer: Cartoonish show about Lincoln's butler that drew protests from African-American groups

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 25, 1999 | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...Celebration will have to enter the real, non-Disney world, which will most likely seem both strange and scary. Celebration is a more extreme example of what Disney has done to Times Square in New York: it uses its own cultural power and prestige to turn public spaces into cartoonish playgrounds. Disney may have changed sordid Times Square for the better, but Celebration is taking...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: A Mickey Mouse Regime | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

...sure how it would be received. Buffett's success came with a devil's bargain: he would be a cartoonish entertainer, not an introspective balladeer. Among his better recent work is a musical based on Herman Wouk's Caribbean novel, Don't Stop the Carnival, but the show never made it to Broadway. And though his concerts deliver moments of beauty and power--a song called One Particular Harbor gets people dancing but with tears in their eyes--they also deliver mindless ditties like Cheeseburger in Paradise. "The set I'd like to do is all ballads," he says over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Rockin' In Jimmy Buffett's Key West Margaritaville | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...reminiscent of Broadway ballads. Although "Close" has a grabbing opening guitar line, it soon is overtaken by whininess and sounds too much like it should be sung on the Great White Way, not at a grunge concert. "No Time for Waiting" also feels like a showtune--it is too cartoonish, with no reality to its emotions. Perhaps these two songs would fare well as inspirational (read: cheesy) Broadway songs, but for listeners expecting depth, they do not make the cut by a long shot...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Hit Wonders? | 7/17/1998 | See Source »

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