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...country, is overrun by wild turkeys these days, and not all of them are running for President. A quarter-century ago there weren't any wild turkeys here and only a handful elsewhere in the East. I had seen some in Missouri, on an outing with a clever fellow who made turkey calls out of condoms and bits of wire. But from Maine to Florida, and in most of the rest of the country, they had been shot out in the early 19th century. Now, as a result of state restoration programs, more than 4 million wild turkeys flourish around...
...satisfying sci-fi epic. But some people believe, or hope, that it may be genuine--evidence of an alien life form on earth, conceivably connected with the report (and alleged government cover-up) of a UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Professional skeptics find the film a clever or clumsy hoax. Others believe it's real, but not from Roswell. The UFOlogical combatants duel it out in magazines and on the Internet while poring over the footage with an intensity not lavished on any home movie since the Zapruder film...
This review is not the cry of a prude. Frankly, we don't care if a joke's funny as long as it's dirty. But in switching writer-directors, from the first film's Tom Shadyac to Steve Oedekerk, Carrey lost a clever farceur and got what Ace would call a la-hoo-za-her (loser). The star plays more than ever to himself; the cast stands around starched and embarrassed, like white-tie judges at a wet-T shirt contest. Wearying, stupefying, dumber than dumb, When Nature Calls would be a career ender for Carrey--except that...
...combination of self-conscious cuteness and sitcom timing that seems to have migrated, Ebola-like, from Burbank to Broadway. But while Nicky Silver gives in too often to the temptation of cheap laughs, topical references and ironic mugging, the play is ultimately redeemed from its worst moments by a clever and genuinely surprising treatment of sexuality and its most famous pitfall, the Oedipus complex...
...Skirts" achieves what most current plays, much less most student productions, rarely even attempt: a serious, clever examination of a difficult topic, which doesn't fall over itself in the search for laughs. More than any Harvard show in some time, the acting and direction never let the script down; it is an impressive achievement and a satisfying night of theater...