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That's no Mickey Mouse. Farfur, a Hamas creation that resembles the popular Disney icon, preaches worldwide Islamic supremacy and fierce anti-Semitism to children each week on Palestinian television. Although the Palestinian Information Minister suspended Farfur's show, which debuted in April, a Hamas-run station that airs the program has defied the order. One lesson from the show, Tomorrow's Pioneers: after Farfur fails a test, he says, "I'm calling on all children to read more and more to prepare for exams because the Jews don't want us to learn...
...become the default mode of telling them. 2005's Hoodwinked! reimagined Little Red Riding Hood as a crime Rashomon, while this year's Happily N'Ever After sent up Cinderella. Broadway smash Wicked posits that the Wicked Witch of the West was misunderstood. This fall Disney (et tu, Mickey?) releases Enchanted, in which a princess (Amy Adams) is magically banished by an evil queen to modern New York City, where she must fend for herself, parodying her princess foremothers as she goes. (Snow White's Whistle While You Work scene is re-enacted with vermin and roaches...
...vaunted security precautions were barely in place. A photographer and I strolled into the square without anyone checking our bags for weapons or bombs. Having covered massive demonstrations in Lebanon over the past two years, I couldn't help but think that Hizballah would never have run such a Mickey Mouse protest...
...right this time." That sense of seriousness is pervasive, and Edwards' response to it--his specificity on the issues--is a gamble that may well pay off. "I like the way he dives into issues," said Terry McGrane, a Waterloo machinist. McGrane's wife Mickey agreed but in classic Iowa fashion said she's still shopping. "Maybe Clinton," she said. "But I want to hear her details...
...Padilla; and Ascherman Professor of Economics Richard Freeman. The discussion focused on several aspects of the Puerto Rican economy, including real estate, heathcare, and education. The final panel, “Branding Puerto Rico,” debated how the island should be presented to other nations. One panelist, Mickey Espada, director of the “Branding Puerto Rico” initiative, showed commercials that the island’s government had produced in the 1990s to attract American tourists. The clips used slogans such as “Puerto Rico USA” and “Explore...