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...shuffling plan of earlier this year, which sliced a mere 1% from federal spending and 5% from the deficit. Forbes isn't asking citizens to give up anything to solve a collective problem. He leaves that to rivals like Dole, whose more responsible approach earns them the Forbes sobriquet "dour sourpuss...
...Forbes' message, though, that is drawing crowds on the stump. "Everyone's anxious and frustrated as the economy transits to a new era," says Forbes. "But, like the people, I'm still optimistic. The other guys come across as dour sourpusses. That's why things like my flat-tax proposal are catching on." But it's not just the flat tax. In California last week, Forbes' audiences were clearly taken with his ideas for reforming Social Security. "Everyone knows it's going kaput," Forbes said. "I'd leave it as is for those who'll retire in the next...
...SEEING IT: Shucks, there's something down-home and friendly about that good ole boy Lamar. Alexander is in desperate need of breaking through the clutter. The ad is designed to feature him as the easy-listening alternative to his shriller, more dour rivals. He's banking on his likability, trusting that voters have forgotten that he was the first Republican to go negative months ago. Another problem: his schoolteacherish diction seems designed to appeal to fifth-graders, and they can't vote in primaries...
...worth saving? Dour sci-fi satire always has this message: I have seen the future, and it sucks. In this teeming hellhole (lots of clatter and clutter), madmen get the best lines, and a heroic time traveler hardly stands a chance. Intent on both dazzling and punishing the viewer, Gilliam gets lost in creepy spectacle and plenty of old film clips (notably Vertigo). But at the sight of three giraffes crossing a city bridge, you'll think of a more recent movie. A bad one. In its frantic mix of chaos, carnage and zoo animals, 12 Monkeys is Jumanji...
...from the director of that brilliant dark-side retro-futuristic vision, Brazil. But this film is no Brazil, says Corliss: "Intent on both dazzling and punishing the viewer, Gilliam gets lost in creepy spectacle and plenty of old film clips." Ultimately, 12 Monkeys has the same message of all dour sci-fi satire, Corliss concludes. "I have seen the future, and it sucks...