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...reveals a cruel world of domination and subjugation that often involves weird forms of violence. "Why is the purple guy having his skin torn off by the orange one," may be a typically unwanted and unanswerable question for a parent. Those without such concerns, however, will enjoy the schadenfreude humor and wild imagination of A.L.I.E.E.N...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Your Mark! | 5/2/2006 | See Source »

...photos, the book's form reflects its fractured content as it swings from detective pastiche to domestic anecdotes to meditations on the role of art. Through it all, Campbell maintains a sharp eye, strong wit and stimulating intelligence. Though not entirely coherent, Campbell's big thinking and sense of humor make The Fate of the Artist well worth enduring the brief moments of head scratching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Your Mark! | 5/2/2006 | See Source »

...dance contest on Planet Discoball in order secure gasoline. But its episodic nature keeps the characters from changing or growing, which will likely try the patience of the Harry Potter set. As an early My-First-Comic, though, Sardine in Outer Space has enough cute art and goofy humor to teach the basics of comic literacy in an entertaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Your Mark! | 5/2/2006 | See Source »

...many lords mistreated by Richard and invades England. Despite the title, the play is more about his rise than Richard’s fall. After Richard died, the action shifted to depicting the consolidation of Bolingbroke’s power, but oddly enough, rather than letting the humor die with the most humorous character, Zalisk amped up the farce. There was a scene of an assassination attempt played as a sitcom, complete with broad mugging, slapstick, and a laugh track (provided by three actors behind a curtain). This scene was amusing and unsettling in its incongruity, but it was also...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nothing Tragic About ‘Richard’ | 5/1/2006 | See Source »

...from Walt Disney’s “Mary Poppins.” The performers casually took advantage of their feathers to crack out light puns—“right-wing politics” anyone? The Classics Club may have gone overboard with crude sexual humor, but they redeemed themselves with cute and clever literary allusions to “Hamlet” and “The Odyssey.” Indisputably, the performers took advantage of a great script. Not only did they articulately roll their tongues around lengthy rhymes chock full of SAT vocabulary...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jazzed, Snazzed, and Up-to-Date ‘Birds’ Soars | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

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