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The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan saw its last major war in 1865, when Bhutanese troops wielded rhinoceros-skin shields in a skirmish with the British Army. Since then the mountain nation has been so tranquil that a few years back King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ordered the dismantling of the...
Plimpton’s Exeter record was marred by disciplinary troubles, including one incident in which he was caught at night while “carrying a stuffed rhinoceros head into the Assembly Hall,” Lamont said.
Endangered-animal protection is largely a foreign concept in China. Some 40% of the rhinoceros horn poached in Africa winds up in China, where pharmacists tout its restorative powers. The same disregard goes for many of China's native endangered species. "If I could find a good way to cook...
They settle on the movie’s yang, Smoochy, a big purple rhinoceros. Smoochy is the creation of the idealistic and utterly naive Sheldon Mopes, acted by Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X). Randolph naturally finds Mopes’ usurpation of his life intolerable and psychotically sets about...
Smoochy’s strength is not in its originality, however, but in its execution. In fact, the movie’s self-awareness, especially in its capacity to shock the audience, is its forte. It knows that children’s television characters have been lampooned before. A reflection...