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...celebrity endorsements sold cars, hybrids would be flying off dealers' lots. But with their oddball designs--critics dubbed them "clown cars"--the first generation of hybrids barely dented the consciousness of car-buying Americans. According to one survey, most Americans still think the batteries in hybrids have to be plugged in to get recharged. (Wrong. They are rejuiced automatically as you drive.) No wonder only 20,000 of the 17 million automobiles sold in the U.S. last year were hybrids...
Three first-years also cast seductive spells: Daniel A. Spitzer ’05 as Autolycus, the rural rogue, Alexander N. Kanter ’05 as the humorous Clown, and Matthew J. Corriel ’05, the composer of the show’s original instrumental music all turn in impressive work...
What do you get when you cross a rainbow-clad clown, midgets, a Barney-like purple rhinoceros, murder and plenty of mayhem? The result is Death to Smoochy, a pitch-black comedy directed by Danny DeVito (The War of the Roses, Matilda). This caricature juxtaposes its yang—children’s television, complete with its Barneys and Teletubbies—with its evil counterpart yin—the industry’s dark underside, with its deception, fraud and, yes, homicide...
...despite its dark nature, Smochy’s sideplots lack originality. There have been corrupt children’s television hosts in the past; just look at Krusty the Clown on “The Simpsons.” Jokes about killing Barney and other stuffed characters have existed for years. Furthermore, the love/hate relationship between Mopes and Wells certainly has its precedents, reaching as far back as Shakespeare’s Benedick and Beatrice. Jokes about the Irish, mentally ill and phallic symbols all are not particularly new or groundbreaking either...
...have the ringmaster, and sometimes he'll come and he'll throw you out. Why? Because even if you're the star of the show, a clown should never be glamorous. It's never about himself. A clown should never come out and say, "Look how beautiful I juggle, or look how great I am on the trapeze...