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...disappointing. It’s overly literal, for one thing (watch as children open their eyes right when lead singer Win Butler commands the listener to “lift those heavy eyelids”). And it sort of plays up the “cheer up, because life is beautiful and children are our future!” aspect of the song to an overly sentimental degree. But the decisions to put the whole thing in the soft focus of a dream and imbue percussionist Richard Parry’s drumstick with an unearthly light all give an overwhelming...
...knows? Perhaps CBSA would become a meat-market the likes of which would make the folks at hahvahdparties.com cheer and the administration of Bob Jones University cringe. After all, that must be the ultimate goal of any program that promotes diversity in the United States: not ticking off right-wing lunatics, as much fun as that is; but interracial and intercultural dating and marriage...
...happy family," Camp Director Bobbi Zeno tells her flock in a keynote address. The girls emit a Babel of cheers. With that, U.S.A.'s handpicked cheerleader leaders--six Chippendaley boys and ten short-skirted girls--flapjack into view. The assembly lets out a Menudo-worthy squeal. "Hey," shouts one instructor. "If ever you feel the urge to shout or scream, remember: You're in cheer-leader camp. Go for it!" The congregation roars...
Even rain could not dampen the good cheer last week as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother celebrated her 85th birthday. Accompanied by her daughters Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, the birthday girl started her various celebrations at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, where the organist ended the service by striking up a rousing Happy Birthday. The next day, the traditional 62-gun birthday salute was fired at Hyde Park and the Tower of London. But the best present came when the Queen Mum got her long-standing wish to fly aboard the Concorde. During her nearly two-hour specially...
...Hackman's work is subtly alive to all the complexities of his character and his situation, and his path is strewn with good supporting actors. One cannot help offering a chortling cheer to a movie that throws demographic caution to the wind in order to celebrate geezer power. --By Richard Schickel