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...syncopated dance music) and vallenato (a sweet, accordion-led genre). There are also futuristic flourishes: electronic beats, turntable scratching and tape loops. Luz Azul (Blue Light) is a song of hope directed at Colombians: "Let the emotion of the music penetrate you/Let the discord slide past you." Another track, Fantasia, is more overtly political, comparing American international influence to the tyranny of the Roman empire. But some of the best numbers are unabashed, almost old-fashioned, love songs. On El Album, Echeverri sings of a passion that haunts like a photo: "As I save the negatives/I can reproduce...
...researchers at Harvard's School of Public Health studied 74 animated movies made between 1937 and 1999, counting and categorizing the acts of violence, the type (comic or malicious) and the wide variety of weapons used, from Mickey's broom in Fantasia to the swords in Mulan. The researchers suggest that a G rating may no longer be sufficient to reflect the content of animated movies. The study highlights the explosion of video watching among very young children, and should spur parents to monitor even the animated films that their youngest children watch...
Disney's animated Fantasia is famous for its whimsical interpretation of dreams, images and music. Starring Mickey Mouse, it's just the kind of art that opens the eyes of children. Luckily for parents, it's rated...
Sinister acts included Uncle Scar slaying Mufasa in The Lion King and Mickey Mouse attempting to axe the water-carrying broom in Fantasia...
...TARZAN and SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT It can be plausibly argued that there were more good cartoon features made in the U.S. this year than there were live-action films. Disney alone had Tarzan (its snazziest and most affecting feature since The Lion King), Fantasia 2000 (a rhapsody of sound and light) and, via Pixar, the deft, ingratiating Toy Story 2. And what can we say about Trey Parker's very un-Disney South Park that the film itself didn't sing in four-letter words and the cleverest original movie score in decades? Just that it's devilishly...