Word: normale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just the kind of back-and-forth game which the final score indicated. But the relatively normal final score proved to be misleading, as the two teams put on an exhibition of unconventional scoring...
...another dysfunctional-family Thanksgiving drama, this time with a little incest and crises of identity thrown in. Josh Hamilton plays a troubled fellow who brings home his supremely normal fiancee (Tori Spelling, who's surprisingly good in this sugar-cookie role) only to confront the ghost of his past in his sister, "Jackie O" (a delightfully demented Parker Posey), who sports an obsession with the JFK assassination among her myriad kooky charms. What makes this setup more than just a gimmicky grab-bag for originality is its success in mixing the familiar and the disturbing in the composition...
...without a few rocky points. Concerns about China's human rights record and a growing trade imbalance make it unlikely that Zemin's visit will produce any major new initiatives. Instead, both sides are presenting this as an opportunity to establish normal relations...
...fundamental implication seems to be that people are not responsible for what they do but are victims of their uncontrollable chemistry. What happened to willpower? To freedom of choice? Is all variation from "normal behavior" a deficiency disease to be corrected by a pill or a combination of pills? DAVID T. CARR, M.D. Richmond...
...dark-house party catered by Noel Coward. A place as creepy as the Pascals' needs a virgin sacrifice, and that would be Lesly (Tori Spelling), a waitress engaged to the young master of the house, Jackie-O's twin Marty (Josh Hamilton). He's halfway between normal and nuts, while Jackie lives in lunacy as if it were the garden room at high tea. Her favorite delusion is that she is Jacqueline Kennedy on the day of her husband's death. She's just a bit confused about the identity of the assassin...