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...Pupil would seem to be a thriller that hovers somewhere between tolerable and entertaining. Scenes in the style of Stephen King, normally complex and intriguing, are here sickening. The ethics of making Dussander (a former SS officer) the interesting character and his strident accusers the bland and vapid ones are, of course, also questionable. This said, Ian McKellan may be given credit for giving the masterful performance one expects of him. Todd Renfro's acting (as the boy who discovers Dussander) is generally bland and flat, more appropriate to a sitcom, or an after-school special, than the thriller that...
Musically, one might criticize the Cardigans for their lack of originality. Admittedly, it does seem somewhat faddish and even artificial for them to embrace the trendy electronica sound after every other band and their mothers have already dressed up as techno gear-heads. Dusky distortions on tracks like "Marvel Hill" sound a lot like vintage Portishead and the guitar-driven "Starter" disturbingly suggests an even catchier Aimee Mann impersonation...
...start his new one-man show, Much Ado About Everything. Indeed, it's a wonder that they are let in the building--Mason realizes his audience is virtually 100 percent Jewish and tailors his comedy appropriately. Sure, he occasionally delivers the universally appealing punch line, but even those seem unintentional--Mason knows his audience and boldly refuses to make his comedy broadly palatable. A gutsy approach but one that pays off in spades...
...been letting his mouth motor along completely unrestrained: "Clinton would just as easily kill as Hitler would. He has no conscience," he said in a recent interview without explaining himself. As a result, the press has labelled him an "equal opportunity offender," a title he doesn't seem to mind. In Much Ado About Everything, he doesn't give a hoot about political correctness or being temporarily offensive, as long as it produces the all-important laugh...
...guilty rule no longer applies. Now, you're innocent until proven guilty and even after you're proven guilty, you're still innocent." And as for President Clinton, he simply makes references to the "sex maniacs in Martha's Vineyard" and gets the obligatory laugh. Many of the jokes seem old, and it's entirely possible that Much Ado About Everything is a recycled mishmash of Mason's past shows. But he's still an engaging comedian (despite his limited focus and his tendency to speak at a whirlwind pace...