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...reproving a lack of originality and a non-convergence with the present moment. “A combination of an old-fashioned gastarbaiter model and a rather narrow personal story,” says Tanjga, “did not succeed in reflecting either the tragic or the comic side of the dilemmas of Serbian emigrants in the world, especially not of those in America today...
...real heroes are their plucky tykes, Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara), who are forced to save the day when mom and dad tumble into the clutches of evil. In one respect, Spy Kids shares a clear kinship to Rodriguez's previous films though its breezy, comic-book inventiveness-the playful "kids-save-parents" concept is every bit as paper-thin as the simplistic "he-came-to-settle-the-score-with-someone-anyone-everyone" setup that drives Desperado. And Spy Kids is nothing if not a culmination of Rodriguez's starry-eyed fascination with slick, vivacious gadgetry, moving...
...standard Arsenal chant, you almost expect as much. The peppiest song is probably “The Day That Thatcher Dies,” and I don’t think the band is trying to be ironic, which may or may not be disturbing or ingeniously comic, depending on how you view the band...
...prefer the word "comix" for reasons both practical and theoretical. Take this sentence: "I like comics." Even in the context of an article on comic books I can't abide the semantic confusion with comedians. More importantly, I would argue that significant differences still exist between the vast majority of titles in this art form and the few that I strive to cover in this column. But the difference no longer has to do with what the works depict. Violence and sexuality appear routinely in many books that I would not describe as "comix." The definition of the word...
...Finally, if your teachers or your editors or your readers take you to task, drag out your American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition (1992) and point them to the reference: "Com-ix... Comic books and comic strips, esp. of the underground press. [Alteration of comics, pl. of comic...