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Word: elvises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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QUENTIN TARANTINO, master of shoot-'em-up films, is trying suture-'em-up TV. He directed the May 11 episode of nbc's ER. The show is called "Motherhood," but the director of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction hasn't gone totally wholesome. "This is the most skin anyone's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 8, 1995 | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

Undeniably Elvis is king, but the Onion Weaver's Puppetry reveals him to be a prophet and cultural icon in a way few other media could. Using a multi-level multimedia approach, we guffaw at the professor puppet's scholarly analyses and the confessions of Elvis' sideburns. The live Blue...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'Elvis' Speaks! Thank You So Much | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

Some of the puppets are better made than others and the "stage" managing and tech could be more clean, but none of that really matters. It is a puppet show after all, and the amazing things that can be done with puppets overshadow any technical glitches. One of the Weaver...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'Elvis' Speaks! Thank You So Much | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

It is a rare parody that is reverant while poking fun--the Weaver's treatment of Elvis attains just this precious harmony. Like Elvis' fabulous songs which accompany the piece, it is at once moving and laughable with a beat you can dance to.

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'Elvis' Speaks! Thank You So Much | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

From the voting box on the program for the Young Elvis Pez or the Old Elvis Pez, until long after the spectacle of a curtain call, Elvis makes you smile. The production is witty, creative, and even informative. There's nothing at Harvard quite like the Onion Weavers--no one...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: 'Elvis' Speaks! Thank You So Much | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

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