Word: girls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This girl screamed and said her wallet was stolen," Benoit said...
...adult themes of mortality and immortality. "It deals with dying and abandonment, issues we all face," says Jeup. "Woody's choice is between his friends and immortality." Everyone had a say about plot and characters. The two female producers, Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson, insisted on a strong girl character--something lacking in the original. Joan Cusack signed on as the voice of Jessie the Cowgirl and turned the character into a showstopper--one with a lesson for Woody. "She knows what it's like to be abandoned. She's been jilted," says Jackson...
Onto the song. You know the one. That Jackson 5-esque number, the one with the chirpy girl and the raspy guy. They put some rap in it. Yeah, that's right. Two rap breakdowns: same beat, different vibe. Don't worry, the rest of the song was the same, a direct translation from album to club. But think about it. If Len could do that to their radio smash, imagine what they did to the rest of their songs. Just imagine...
...stuck around). But for some reason--even the experts can't explain this one-- she's still making albums. And people buy them! Why??! Every song is the same! Every album is the same! They even have the same titles! "Dreamlover" -- "Heartbreaker," "Fantasy"--"Honey," "Butterfly"--"Rainbow"--"Daydream", etc. The girl is so afraid to go out a limb and try something new that she's even sampling herself--"Heartbreaker," like "Fantasy," borrows liberally from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" (Test: sing "Fantasy's" verses to yourself and then sing "Heartbreaker's" verses. See?) And worst...
...Yuppie girls get all the glory in the media, if you really think about it. We get Lifetime, an amazing "Just for Women" network that unabashedly flings Golden Girls episodes and Tori Spelling TV movie, stuffing in as many shameless Kim Alexis Monistat ads, and sunny "I have a secret" girls in a series of Tampax commercials. The mere presence of the chick-flick and its never-ending range - from "Single White Female" to "Notting Hill" salutes American women with both cheerful and turbulent visions of womandom. From girl powerful Fiona Apple to woman powerful Oprah Winfrey to Polident powerful...