Word: shells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ultimately, it is the muddled storyline that detracts most from the movie. To their credit, the adapters have tried to follow Andersen's tale quite closely, paying attention to such details as Thumbelina's walnut-shell bed. However, because of their effort to incorporate everything as well as adding their own touches, the audience never "gets to know" the myriad of characters who traipse across the screen. Thumbelina herself seems unable to stay focused for more than a couple of seconds, and can't seem to decide whether she wants to go home, find Cornelius, or run away and join...
...thing that makes these musicals so horrendous is that, despite their circus-like choreography, childishly spectacular special effects, ostentatious costumes and sets, scores worthy of John Williams and embarrassingly inane lyrics, people shell out upwards of 50 bucks a ticket and get all gussied up to go see them. For some reason that I fail to comprehend, these events get away with masquerading as high culture. In this video age, does anything that appears in a theater automatically deserve that appellation? Even someone dressed up as a cat named Rum Tum Tiger...
Using a shotgun shell loaded with six slugs, Raju fired. So well hidden were the hunters, Raju says, that he had no fear of the tiger's turning on them if the shot missed. It did not; it hit the animal under its shoulder. Mortally wounded, the great cat tried to run but, after 20 yds., collapsed. The poachers skinned it on the spot...
...what you'll pay for a pitcher of Foster's (including tip) at the Crimson Sports Grille. It's also what you'll pay Pizza Ring some evening when you and your suite-mates decide you can't live without the Super Price Blaster Special, or what you'll shell out for a ticket to a movie at Loews and a large bucket of buttered popcorn...
...bravado. These guys have it made. They're also in credibly stylish: they started bringing back the '70s way before anyone else thought it was hip (check out their seminal video for "Hey Ladies"). Next time you see a crowd of kids in cool old-style sneakers (Gazelles, Shell-Toes, One Stars) remember that we can thank the B-Boys in large part for this wonderful fashion trend. There's some new magazine that has a picture of Mike D standing in front of an old sports car wearing suede Pumas and a gorgeous red velour Lacoste shirt! I could...