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Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams), the beloved kid-show host, is ruined and then fired when he's caught taking bribes. His re-placement is the title character, a fuchsia-coated rhino under whose skin lurks the politically correct, morally perfect but terminally nerdy Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton). Naturally, the axed ex-host wants to off his sweet-souled successor. There's probably a tight, funny comedy lurking in that premise. But DeVito has turned the film into an expressionistic epic in murderously bad taste, all frenzy and feckless subplots, mostly involving ghastly gangland figures. A lot of good actors (among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Death To Smoochy | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...focuses on patient satisfaction rather than physical health or well-being. She fields complaints—and the occasional compliment—from patients and works with the UHS staff to correct problems...

Author: By Katherine M. Dimengo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cannon Cures UHS’ Ills | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

...chance that the reparations movement will do more harm than good, because the central change is educating the public about the here-and-now effects of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Edley, who advised former President Bill Clinton on race matters. “We must correct the widespread view that, because landmark court decisions and legislation occurred 40 to 50 years ago, the legacy of color caste is only about history...

Author: By Svetlana Y. Meyerzon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Group May Sue Harvard for Slave Reparations | 4/3/2002 | See Source »

...about this organization, she never would have consented to lend her name and voice." The film's lawyer responded that "the inflammatory accusation that certain people affiliated with the film" are in an organization that discriminates against gays is "without foundation." The filmmakers have a chance to prove him correct by recruiting RuPaul for their next documentary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 1, 2002 | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...said professional wrestling, you get partial credit. The correct answer, of course, is chess. The governing body of world chess, led by its eccentric president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has launched an all-out campaign to remake this most elevated of intellectual exercises into a fast-paced, high-stakes spectacle suitable for prime-time television. In the process, Ilyumzhinov is either rescuing chess or dragging it down to the level of Tonya Harding vs. Paula Jones, depending on your point of view. In the highly political, deeply petty world of top-rung chess, nothing is black and white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knights & Knaves | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

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