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...target audience must be considered. The problem is the album itself seems confused about who that audience is. The colorful artwork of the album's cover is sure to catch the eye of any pre-teen, who make up most of the faithful watchers of the Pokemon TV cartoon, and the first track is the Pokemon theme (by Billy Crawford), again another appeal to younger kids. But the other songs seem to aim at another age group, that of the devoted fans of the new generation of pop that includes the various "boy groups" and artists like Spears and Aguilera...

Author: By Leslie N. Munoz, | Title: ALBUM REVIEW: Pokemon Soundtrack | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...secrets" section that shows the links between the tobacco parent companies and a lot of seemingly unrelated industries. The site has a number of get-involved resources for smokers and nonsmokers alike, as well as snippets of the internal industry memos that suggested targeting minors through give-aways and cartoon characters like Joe Camel was a way to ensure the industry's future...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: A Smoker's Day of Reckoning | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

Hence, Wal-Mart is well stocked in inconsistencies. South Park, the cartoon television series and recent movie, features a funny but foulmouthed cast of characters and an infinite collection of toilet jokes. The South Park video game got to the shelves but not the film. Reason: Wal-Mart's game buyer figured that customers who purchase it are already familiar with the characters. The video buyer, on the other hand, believed that customers associate animated films with movies such as Bambi and not with Cartman and his profane pals. (No doubt the boys would have joyously killed and consumed Bambi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrestling With Your Conscience | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...life can now return to bustling normality. He will continue with his comic-book writing, scripts for Miramax and Warner Bros. (a Superman draft didn't work out) and a prime-time cartoon version of Clerks for, of course, Disney. "It's just rife with irony, isn't it?" he says. "Let's see if we can deliver the PG my mother was always lookin' for." But his biggest project is to enjoy time with his new wife Jennifer Schwalbach, a former writer for USA Today, and their newborn daughter Harley Quinn. "I want to take the next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Can God Take A Joke? | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...that she is. "She is a walking cartoon, a sight gag, and she knows it," says J.F. Lawton, the show's creator and screenwriter of Pretty Woman. "This year she is wearing the most ridiculous things in the world. Half the clothes come right out of her own closet." The show is in the classic giggle-and-jiggle genre. "We have more explosions and babes per minute than any other TV show. We're unapologetic about the sexiness," says Lawton. "But if handled the right way, it's not offensive to women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Babe Tube | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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