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...rifle. The relatives dared the government to take Elian by force. Finally it came to that: a predawn raid that produced dueling images--a terrified Elian cornered in a closet, a happy boy with his father (at left, after their reunion, with crumbs around his mouth from a pre-cartoon-watching snack of toast). It is tempting but inaccurate to say politics simply overrode love in this case. Elian, it was clear, didn't lack for people who loved him. And love makes us do stupid things...
Homer Simpson--best known for his role in Fox's cartoon series--received write-in votes for both the council presidency and vice presidency. In addition to Homer, Simpsons characters "Dick Butkis," Waylon Smithers, Montgomery Burns and "the comic store guy" also got votes...
This feature-length cartoon writhed for four years in development hell (or, as they say at Disney, Development Heck) before its title was changed from "Kingdom of the Sun," its scope narrowed from spectacle to intimacy, its tone altered from the dramatic to the brashly comic and all but one of its songs scrapped. There were other ominous signs: Disney didn't blanket the TV air with commercials; and Spade, in a recent visit with Jay Leno, was loath to mention his new movie. All of which meant, in the end, nothing; the film is a funny, breezy romp. Emperor...
...Miller's 1932 view of a downtown temple in L.A. over which floats the apparition of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist and sexpot, flanked by figures of Venus, her lover in a straw hat, and little top-hatted putti clutching sacks of dollars like teeny refugees from a Popular Front cartoon of bosses...
...just look at Harvard students, or even college students. "The Simpsons" has a widespread age appeal. The cartoon side of the show attracts younger viewers. But unlike most cartoons, "The Simpsons" has a "high level" of comedy and parody that keeps old viewers tuned in. Watching Homer trip over the curb can be funny to a nine-year-old, watching him trip with Gerald Ford is funny to anyone who knows anything about Gerald Ford. Essentially, viewers are weaned on "The Simpsons." They are hooked at a very early age, and keep coming back. Every time I watch a rerun...