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...goes in this movie: Pinocchio has a cross-dressing secret; Joan Rivers does inane fashion commentary on the red carpet leading to a palace shindig; a dash to rescue the Princess is interrupted by corrupt cops who plant an illegal drug--Yikes! It's catnip--on Puss while tabloid TV covers the bust. The most basic Shrek joke--satirized modernity intruding on fairy-tale romance--is played in 100 variants, some of which will sail over the heads of the littlest kids in the audience (there's plenty else to keep them giggling) but will be very gratefully received...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Honeymoon Is Ogre | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...went right before me and vomited all over the erg,” said McDaniel with a laugh. “And they didn’t have time to clean it up so they put this catnip type stuff down and I had to erg right in that…Alex is what we call a puker...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE COMMISH: Stroking Below The Radar | 4/22/2004 | See Source »

...when the race moves to more amenable turf for a moderate: South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, North Dakota and others. John Edwards and Joe Lieberman have similar dreams and much more polished campaign styles--but the notion of a four-star antiwar general from the South is catnip to the Democrats. The knee-jerk redoubts of West Los Angeles and the Upper West Side of Manhattan are in mid-swoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Little Spark In Clark | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...1960s [Oct. 6]. But the most captivating actress to play Catwoman in the Batman shows was the incomparable Julie Newmar. No one else could hold a paw to her. Please give credit where credit is due, along with a saucer of warm milk and a sprig of catnip. Wayne Harrison Loganville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...actor; his technique is out front for all to applaud; his dark psychic energy can lead viewers to admiring him rather than understanding the character. That's why roles that allow him to strut his rough anxiety--as in Dead Man Walking and Sweet and Lowdown--are his catnip. Brooding, conflicted, R-rated character studies like Mystic River and 21 Grams: these are natural Sean Penn films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Penn Method | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

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