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...induce a post-Civil War U.S. to surrender its sovereignty to him. But like men in frocks or the doctor's steam-driven wheelchair, it is just a sight gag--a one-shot deal out of which you cannot build intricately sustained comedy. The movie is loaded with this junk, but it has no authentic momentum or satirical viewpoint--and is finally lost to its own desperate, unavailing search for a laugh...
...shortage of anxieties to gnaw at the nerves and churn the gut. How, we wonder, can our children flourish and stay on course with only a few hours a day of parental devotion? How can kids focus on schoolwork when tempted by a luscious smorgasbord of multimedia junk? Hmm, would Ritalin help? Is Austin Powers too racy for a nine-year-old? How about tube tops and platform shoes? Looming larger is a more ominous concern: Will my child's life end in a burst of gunfire and a pool of blood on the cafeteria's cold linoleum floor...
...BEGUN. CAPTAIN JOSEPH HAZELWOOD, 53, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez; after nine years of appeals; in Anchorage. In 1990 a jury convicted Hazelwood of negligently spilling 11 million gal. of oil into Prince William Sound. Hazelwood began his 1,000 hours of community service by picking up roadside junk and working in a soup kitchen...
Even weirder than pure unfamiliarity is the jolt of seeing old things in new places. Packing is the process of looking at accumulated junk and asking, What is this? Why does it take up space in my life? What on earth possessed me to keep my third grade English papers? Why do I have a snow globe collection...
Even weirder than pure unfamiliarity is the jolt of seeing old things in new places. Packing is the process of looking at accumulated junk and asking, What is this? Why does it take up space in my life? What on earth possessed me to keep my third grade English papers? Why do I have a snow globe collection...