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...that meticulous drudgery pays off in a sparkling finished product. Park and Peter Lord and the hundreds of other genial obsessives over in Bristol have crafted some of the loveliest comic films since Chaplin's. Creature Comforts, Park's day at the zoo with talking animals, and his short films with Wallace the cheese-loving suburban inventor and Gromit his mutely heroic dog, can match any animated films of the past 20 years. But the process cannot be delightful. Most American animators would say it's daft, all that precision-toying with clay, when, these days, computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Clay to Computer | 11/3/2006 | See Source »

...unclear whether Sov will look to sell herself as Grime’s breakout U.S. star or a tiny, female, even more annoying version of Eminem. I hope it’s the former; the last thing we need is another rapper beefing with Triumph the Insult Comic...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: Lady Sovereign | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...conducted inadvertently by the government of Kazakhstan. It first threatened legal action against Baron Cohen, then took out a somewhat unsuccessful four-page tourism ad in the New York Times ("The country is home to the world's largest population of wolves"), and finally gave up and invited the comic to visit. Baron Cohen is considering the offer as the ultimate opportunity to conflate his made-up character with reality. "I would absolutely love to go," says Borat director Charles. "Even if we got shot down on the tarmac, it would be a good way to go. That's pretty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Borat Make Funny Joke On Idiot Americans! High-Five! | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...committing suicide in Buffalo would be redundant”) to Emerson senior Anna Haas’ cold, over-sexed valium user.These caricatures are too endearing to be offensive, though, and they’re frequently fun. In a few instances, cast members transcend their own roles to great comic effect.Kevin Barlowski, a senior at Emerson, is one of these cast members. There is a big difference between telling a funny joke and being funny, being a source of humor rather than a conduit for it. As Richie, Barlowski’s humor came straight from the spleen (the funniest internal...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Actors Kick Over Shortcomings in ‘Chorus Line’ | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Boston Ballet’s revival of “Don Quixote” is a fluffy, lighthearted romp that forgoes a sense of plot in favor of character, allowing the superb technique and humor of its dancers to shine through. Fortunately, the dancers’ energy and comic bravura compensate for any lack of emotional impact in the ballet. The Boston Ballet opened its 43rd season last weekend with “Don Quixote,” which runs Oct.19-29 at the Wang Theatre. Last performed by the company in 2003, “Don Quixote” boasts...

Author: By Claire J. Saffitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Quixote' a Fluffy Romp | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

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