Word: retreader
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...more influenced by Leonard Cohen and Ramblin' Jack Elliott and other folk people than Dylan. I guess to me he is so realized in himself, he's a cul-de-sac... He did what he did and achieved what he did so fully...there's no real point to retread...
...broadway and musical comedy were all but synonymous. Of late, though, the Great White Way has become a neon-lit recycling bin for tributes (Fosse), revivals (Annie Get Your Gun, Cabaret), retread movies (Footloose) and British imports that were creatively dead on arrival (any Andrew Lloyd Webber show). Yes, Stephen Sondheim still strikes sparks, while a few up-and-comers, especially Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins), show signs of vibrant life. But it's long past time for something really fresh. Contact, the exhilarating dance play by choreographer Susan Stroman and writer John Weidman that opened last week at Manhattan...
...Republicans with his social conservatism but also labor-union Democrats with his insistent immigrant-bashing and mind-boggling trade protectionism. Those within the Reform ranks who support a Buchanan candidacy tout Pat as the man to take the party to "the next level." But to Ventura, Buchanan is a "retread," and to Weicker, Pitchfork Pat's "next level" is the end of the line. "Look at their track record," Weicker told CNN on Monday, referring to the far-right Buchanan ilk. "They took over the Republican party and made a shambles...
...actors do a fine job with what they aregiven. Crystal's role is nearly identical to theone he played in Throw Momma from the Train, buthe performs well enough to make us forget that forhim the film is little more than a retread. DeNiro's acting is occasionally reminiscent of hiswork in The Untouchables, but he milks thejuxtaposition of cruel mob boss and weepy patientfor all it is worth. Joe Viterelli is uniformlyhysterical as the moronic Jelly, all but stealingthe picture from underneath those with highercredit listings. Lisa Kudrow and Chazz Palminteriare given empty pasteboard roles, but they inhabitthem well...
...dirt -- here was an impassioned defender of Bill Clinton that this jury could trust. And be impressed by. "Some of you hate Bill Clinton," Bumpers intoned. "Rise above it... Don't leave a precedent from which we will never recover, and which we will surely regret." In this recyclable retread of a trial, America finally got something worth seeing twice...