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...young viewers. That seems iffy, not because its star was born in the middle of the past century but because its premise was. From her start belting '40s show tunes in the '70s, Midler has been a revivalist at heart, and her hooray-for-Hollywood vehicle is Jack Benny redux, a wannabe I Love Lucy with Midler as both Lucy and Ricky but without the innovation of its forebears. That said, it has the ingredients of a much better show. The writing is sometimes sophisticated, but spotty. Here, there's a wry, if insider-y, one-liner: a weary Midler...
...right, it's Rocky redux. A nobody rises to boxing glory--same long odds, same grizzled trainer, same love interest (called Adrian!). But was there ever a boxing movie that had the two combatants cuffing each other and, when they clinch, one saying to the other, "I love...
...RICKETS REDUX Virtually eradicated by the 1960s, the childhood ailment rickets, a vitamin-D deficiency that leads to soft bones, poor growth and seizures, is making a surprise comeback. In a study, doctors found 30 cases among black babies whose mothers had breastfed without vitamin supplements. African Americans are vulnerable because dark skin inhibits absorption of sunlight, needed to produce vitamin D. Tip for moms: use supplements--breast milk has less than 25% of the vitamin D babies need...
Blocking Woes Redux...
...While Belle and Sebastian fans might equate the trendy British band's tight pin-wheel melodies to guitar-and-drum approximations of electronica rhythms, it really just sounds like the Beach Boys redux. Listen to B&S' 3..6..9..Seconds of Light or the piano on "Seeing Other People" or the guitar on "If You're Feeling Sinister" and then go to the library and check out "Sloop John B." from Pet Sounds. Such musical similarities can't be a coincidence, considering the thematic overlap between, for example, Pet Sounds and If You're Feeling Sinister. In the former...