Word: lads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tarzan yell might seem the most superficial accessory, but the filmmakers see it as a key to the drama. They never let us forget that the lad is isolated, unaware of his origin and his destiny--and aware that he is unaware. He places his palm against Kala's paw (hands are a major motif in the film) and knows that his mother is different; or, rather, she is the norm, and he the outsider. Africa is his metaphor: the lost continent is his identity. Always he asks, Who or what am I? Where do I belong...
...young lad insisted, and I gave him these words, slightly edited, with which I will end this exposition...
...came here not only as a wide-eyed lad, but as a wide-tied lad," Heimert says, referring to the difference in Eastern and Midwestern tie size that branded him a stranger to Cambridge...
Moses (voiced by Val Kilmer) is a cunning lad, forever getting his pal Rameses (Ralph Fiennes) in trouble with dad Seti, the Pharaoh. At first Moses seems only incidentally vexed that his fellow Hebrews have been enslaved to help build the pyramids. But he gradually achieves an ethnic identity and flexes some vengeful muscle, thanks to a divine ally--a force as implacable as Clint Eastwood in a really dark mood--who, when bid, will kill each Egyptian firstborn male...
...moral is as old as South Pacific: you've got to be taught to hate. Derek's father makes racist remarks, so the liberal-minded lad turns into a neo-Nazi; then Derek sees his beliefs are wrong, so skinhead Danny does too. It's nice that today's kids are so easily swayed by their elders. Or is it? Monkey...