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Fuzzy language and fuzzy thinking were always among Carlin's favorite topics. He marveled at oxymorons like "jumbo shrimp" and "military intelligence," and pointed out the social uses of euphemism: "When did toilet paper become 'bathroom tissue'? When did house trailers become 'mobile homes'?" He reminisced about his class-clown antics and Catholic upbringing in the rough Morningside Heights section of New York City. He took on all taboos, even the biggest one, God. How could the Almighty be all-powerful, mused Carlin, since "everything he ever makes ... dies...
...Monkey (Jackie Chan) - are showily displaying the fabulous skills they have honed under the stern eye of their teacher Shifu (Dustin Hoffman). Then, through plot contortions even more acrobatic than anything the Furious Five have demonstrated, Po is declared the new kung fu hero. Shifu is aghast: this clown can't be taught anything. Yet Oggway believes that the accident that dropped Po out of the sky was no accident at all. The roly-poly panda is the one chosen to battle the evil master Tin Lung (Ian McShane), who'll be breaking out of prison any moment...
...very complex characters. The most interesting of the lot is the fanatic British colonel, all of whose actions stem from one trait: conscientiousness carried to the point of mania. Alec Guinness plays him with deft stiffness. His torture scenes are appropriately ghastly, and he resists the temptation to clown. William Holden gives his usual performance as a soldier who escapes from the prison camp and returns to blow up the bridge. Jack Hawkins and Geoffrey Horne are his fellow commandoes, Sessue Hayakawa is the blustering Japanese commandant, and all of them are unexceptionable...
...love on Memphis’ Beale Street, a jazz epicentre. Lovelorn Duke Orsino’s court has been turned into a jazz nightclub, complete with alcohol, dancers, and music. A live jazz quartet will be featured onstage, providing music during transitions and the songs of Feste the clown. The similarities between the Twelfth Night holiday from which the play derives its title and the 20s inspired Bolman to update the setting in order to present a fresh take on the play. “In much the same way that the Twelfth Night holiday was a final, wild, last...
...grace “It’s a Fine,” while nothing but an acoustic guitar keeps Green company in “Be My Man.” Nothing is off limits: a gospel choir makes occasional appearances, as does the sproingy sound associated with clown cartoons. Green churns out diverse, cheeky ballads at an almost alarming rate, with only one of the album’s twenty songs reaching the three-minute mark. Though it may not provide the most cohesive listening experience, the album’s variety means that there?...