Word: cinderella
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...done well so far. Now it must prove it can play with the big boys: Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Italy. But getting even halfway to the final would be further than anyone but these Cinderella soccer kids expected. Today, Colombia. Tomorrow ... the World...
...house or a spouse. For Lise, a six-year-old from Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, the demands are simpler. She wants three dolls, among thousands on display in the huge, sumptuous Disney Superstore on Paris' Champs Elysees. Lise and her mother are in delicate negotiation. Maman suggests either the Cinderella doll or a pair of less expensive figurines; Lise wants it all. This time Mother wins. But they'll be back for more. They always come back...
...only is Barnes a lame imitation of Tom Hanks' Cinderella rise to success in "Big," it's simply boring. We have seen the stock success scenes from Hollywood so many times they need only be alluded to in freeze frame and we can visualize the rest. There are the tailors and manicurists fussing, next the journalists hounding, and, of course, vapid models fawning. We at least deserve a sign announcing this tour through recycled film footage so we can get popcorn from the lobby before the feature resumes. At times we detect a glimmer of original satire in this sequence...
...after knocking off North Carolina in the "Elite Eight," the Bulldogs made it to Albuquerque, N.M. and the Final Four against another Cinderella in Wolf(pack)'s clothing, N.C. State. Jim Valvano's sixth seed would have lost in the first round but for the poor foul shooting of Pepperdine, but they were still around to knock off the Bulldogs and set up a matchup in the finals against Akeem (before the "H") Olajuwon's Houston Cougars, generally regarded as the best team in the country at the time...
...years pass. Mui (now played by Tran Nu Yen-Khe), a beautiful young woman, is sold to a handsome pianist (Vuong Hoa Hoi). Cinderella finds her Prince Charming, and an aristocrat is ennobled when he falls in love with a pretty peasant. Every fable deserves a happy ending...