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...myself or stop, gesticulating, for the light at 48th Street, and make a scathing, irrefutable point to, um, myself. It could be worse--Tourette's syndrome, for example. Tourette's sounds awful; this just looks crazy--or maybe a third of the way there. People in the street flick me a glance...
...characters in their movies. Steven Spielberg was so nervous on the set of Jaws that he put celery in his pillow at night because he found the smell soothing. When he initially screened Star Wars, a disheartened George Lucas felt it would be considered just another kiddie flick. And The Exorcist's director, William Friedkin, became almost demonically possessed himself, foaming at the mouth and throwing objects...
...Godzilla is strictly buyer beware. So stay away from the late ?60s stinker ?Godzilla?s Revenge,? an excuse to repackage old Godzilla footage in a new and spectacularly stupid story that is of interest mainly as an early exercise in shovelware. And we?ll withhold judgment on the new flick except to note that if the big guy makes Matthew Broderick p?t?...
...recorded voice at the start of the adventure encourages you to "Grow eyes!"; there are dozens of shy creatures--Waldo-beasts, if you will--waiting to be discovered by the visitor who is visually acute. Look hard for the gray elephant trying to tuck herself behind the grayish rock. Flick a peek to one side and catch a pair of two-ton white rhinos who seem to have sleepy-mean eyes to butt the tram (hatari!). And don't miss the gawky East African crowned cranes off to the right. The driver turns on a radio, a sweet Swahili tune...
Resurrecting the famed dance programs of Radcliffe years past can't be in a flick of the bunioned toe, but a few years of concentrated effort might help. And the past couple of years has seen a fairly sustained interest in...an attempt. But it's valiant, as memories of past organized summer dance programs worm their way into our heads. Of course, you've probably heard most about one big extravaganza, but first thing's first: metaphysics...