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Word: mashugina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...misadventures of a character who can be described as a combination of Charlie Chaplin and Woody Woodpecker. Indeed, there is a definite cartoonish quality to the silly, frivolous and mischievous schtick Atkinson perpetrates. Also cartoon-like is the inconsequential, episodic action; the audience can sit back and enjoy the mashugina machinations without bothering to worry about property damage or hurt feelings. There is a universally appealing joy in watching Atkinson interact, child-like, with the world around him and doing most of it destructively. Attaching import to his actions ruins...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big-Screen `Bean' Doomed by Weak Plot | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

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