Word: romanos
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...United Sates is also bound together by a federal tax code, something that “Euroland” decisively lacks. Interest rates have profoundly different effects depending on the tax rates in the areas where they apply. This has led Romano Prodi, the President of the European Union, to complain that as long as the EU does not have a standardized tax policy it will be “like a soldier trying to march with a ball and chain around one leg.” Joschka Fischer, the German Foreign Minister was rather more revealing when he said...
Touchstone’s advertising campaign for Chris Kattan’s newest movie poses the question, “Who is Corky Romano?” And though I hate to sound philosophical, the movie itself begs the question, “Why should we care?” It is by no means hilarious, the characters are one-dimensional, and there are no ridiculously crazy plot twists. Furthermore, there is no real apparent thought behind the movie, the punch lines or the characters...
...Corky Romano? As played by “Saturday Night Live’s” Kattan, Corky is an aspiring veterinarian who zips down the street in a yellow sports car embellished with the welcoming bumper sticker, “Free hugs, one size fits all.” Though not moronic by any measure, Corky lacks common sense and is naive to the ways of the world. His innocence is cute, and his incessant grin begs you to just run up and pinch his little cheeks. And aside from the standard problem of trying to put an overfed...
...come into play? Pete and Paul (Peter Berg of “Chicago Hope,” and Chris Penn of Rush Hour), Corky’s brothers, have come up with an elaborate and ingenious scheme. They plan to infiltrate the FBI and steal the evidence against Papa Romano, and they need Corky to be the sacrificial lamb. While this crazy plot seems enough with regard to typical comedies, Corky Romano takes it a step further. In order to pull their plan off, Pete and Paul intimidate a computer hacker into making Corky a new identity with...
...bewilderment—but not from the ingenuity of the plot (for there was none) nor from the excellence of the cast’s acting (which are mediocre at best). You’re bewildered because you’re wondering what exactly the point was behind Corky Romano. In fact, don’t go to the theater at all. Such a pointless and meaningless movie is better suited for rental...