Word: lovelornness
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...artists' sketches) lends a stiffness to some of the animation; kids may well complain, "Too many humans!" But there are lovely memory and nightmare scenes that help create a wistful, trystful, tristeful mood. These are lovers who, to win a heart, must renounce their dreams. If there are any lovelorn six-year-olds out there, this is the movie for them...
...album represents a shift away from the comparatively innocent adolescent fantasies of Daydream. Underneath its cool sheen runs a thread of insecurity and loneliness that gives Butterfly a richer, more mature outlook. On the cut Outside, Carey sings of the creeping self-doubt of the lovelorn: "In your heart, uncertainty forever lies/ And you'll always be somewhere on the outside." Says Carey: "I feel more free to put more of myself into my music. There's a lot of real emotion in Butterfly. I lived with it. I woke...
...familiarity of a child's second trip to Disneyland. Its formula heroes (American) and villains (European) aren't a hindrance; after all, this is a monster movie. But what about the dinosaurs? Though they ooze attitude, they have no specific character. Viewers were moved by the lovelorn King Kong, and appreciated the creature's maternal rage in Aliens; but the Lost World beasts are just big, undifferentiated lizards. Memo for the inevitable Jurassic 3: try creating a dinosaur with star quality--with a personality, a grudge or a heart...
...roles are excellently filled by Monica Henderson '99 as Hermia and Elena Schneider '99 as Helena. If the men's roles are supposed to be almost interchangeable, then the women must play off each other's differences, and Henderson and Schneider work well together. Their portrayals of strong but lovelorn maidens, vacillating between sincerity and over-the-top silliness, are perfectly suited to the tone of the comedy...
...Walt Disney Co.). Dealing with controversy isn't usually a TV executive's strongest suit. It's not that there aren't already gay characters on television. There are--so many, in fact (22 as of February, according to the Advocate, a national gay-and-lesbian magazine, from the lovelorn Smithers on The Simpsons to the lovelorn Matt on Melrose Place), that one of Ellen's producers offers the half-joking observation that homosexuals "have become the new stock character, like the African-American pal at the workplace...