Word: classics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mozart Overture to "Le nozze di Figaro" fits right into the Valentine theme with the opera's classic comedic plot, replete with anticipated marriages, star-crossed crushes, and a character named Cherubino. Like the opera, the overture too is a classic. It is a sweeping, theatrical piece with sudden dynamic changes and deft technical work in the string section, all of which were handled perfectly by the orchestra. The effect produced by the period instruments on a piece normally performed by a much larger orchestra was interesting; the thin, pure sound of the violins juxtaposed with the raw yet perfectly...
...classic Warner Brothers cartoon "Bugs Bunny Rides Again," everyone's favorite wabbit is a bit more wascally than you might remember. In the course of a few minutes, Bugs rolls a cigarette, artfully dodges Yosemite Sam's bullets, and follows a trainload of scantily clad women to Miami. This kind of politically incorrect silliness would never be produced and marketed in the nineties...
...weakest short in the festival is "Carrotblanca," made in 1995. Compared with the other "classic" cartoons, this "Casablanca" parody is tame, functioning more as a showcase of characters than as a pure comedy. The animators were so busy trying to maximize the cartoon's appeal by working everyone--Bugs, Sylvester, Tweety, Yosemite Sam, People Pew and the others--into a tenminute short that the gags are neglected...
Here's to hoping that even though Bugs has been shamefully toned down and forced to play basketball with Michael Jordan, the classic Looney Tunes shorts will continue to be a quick and hilarious break from reality...
...every classic tale, there seemed to be one final step to be taken, one final challenge begging to be faced...