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...Duchovny’s oft-soused scribe as it does to Parker’s pot-dealing mother of two. Fundamentally, these series are clever dramatizations of what is really the commonest of phenomena, one dignified by the greatest of American playwrights (cf. Willy Loman) and immortalized by the deftest of contemporary lyricists (cf. Rick Ross’s “Everyday I’m Hustling”). These are people, blemished in ways that particularly appeal to those aged 18-34, who are quite simply trying to get by. This new wave of Showtime shows is divorced...
...DIED. Ferenc Puskás, 79, Hungarian soccer star whose girth and ungainly gait earned him the nickname the Galloping Major, a moniker that belied one of the deftest and deadliest strikers in the sport's history; in Budapest. Described by former England manager Ron Greenwood as a "roly-poly little fellow" who looked as if he "did most of his training in restaurants," Puskás was an unstoppable shotmaker, scoring 84 goals in 85 matches for his national team. In 1953 he starred in one of soccer's most famous contests: a surprise trouncing of England that debuted...
...American innovations as the Wright Brothers’ aeroplane prototypes, the moon-shot program of John F. Kennedy ’40, also a former Crimson editor, and microchip technology, Kerry said he would lift current administrative restrictions on embryonic stem cell research—and, in perhaps his deftest segue, tied this into the convention’s theme of an optimistic party on the brink...
...shorts from the 40s and 50s don?t sound like the names of enduring works of cinematic art. But they are, as surely as Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng were among the great comedy directors; as surely as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are two of the deftest farceurs to grace the movie medium. Now, on a four-disc DVD set, ?Looney Tunes Golden Collection,? the magnificent menagerie lives again, pristinely restored. Any fan can argue with the choices - why not more Clampett stuff? where is Tex Avery!? - but not with the hours of cogent analysis and interviews...
...Duck Amuck, Wabbit Twouble, Fast and Furry-ous, Feed the Kitty. These titles, of Warner Bros. cartoon shorts from the '40s and '50s, may not sound like those of enduring works of cinematic art, but they are--as surely as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are two of the deftest farceurs to grace the movie medium. Now, on a four-disc DVD set, Looney Tunes Golden Collection ($64.92), the magnificent menagerie lives again, pristinely restored. Any fan can argue with the choices (Why not more Bob Clampett stuff? Where is Tex Avery!?) but not with the hours of cogent analysis...