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...hours watching the work of Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-head) and Matt Groening (The Simpsons). The four main characters--Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny--have grating voices and feeble minds and show no aversion to scatological humor. The title, South Park, refers to the setting, a small hamlet where teachers are dolts, the mayor's first move in times of crisis is to call her personal stylist, and the school cook, in the show's wittiest turn, often breaks into imitation Barry White songs for no apparent reason...
Cohen is famously high-minded, a writer of poetry and fiction, and the general has his courtly side as well. Shelton, 55, grew up on a farm near the North Carolina hamlet of Speed (pop. 100), where he met his wife Carolyn in the fifth grade; their home life is said to be "rock solid...
...screen. Very big screen. It's a wave of nostalgia for those who lived through the '50s and '60s; a new experience for those accustomed to the economy-size compartments of mall movie theaters. And what films! They've already played "Lawrence of Arabia" and Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet." Still to come are "My Fair Lady" and "The Last Emperor...
...more recent "Hamlet" also looks great in 70-mm showing, though the extra screen size isn't quite as crucial to a film which, despite some lavish and breathtaking cinematography, centers primarily on the expression and delivery of the actors...
...series isn't without its share of technical glitches. There were a number of reel "jumps" and discontinuities in "Lawrence"--due, perhaps, to the sheer age of the reel); and more frustratingly, occasional sound lapses in "Hamlet" (if there's anything that absolutely shouldn't have sound problems, it's a Shakespeare film). This is also not exactly paradise for people who hate crowds. To get a good seat, you need to come early and wait in a line reminiscent of a Disney World ride; but once seated, you need to wait until the theater is filled to capacity...