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...closest a sitcom will ever come to perfect pitch (yes, it's on HBO--so much for ground rules). The best drama: Party of Five, a thirtysomething for teenagers and young adults--with all the pluses (honest, abnormally well-crafted writing) and minuses (too much acoustic guitar in the soundtrack) that the thirtysomething comparison implies. And for pure cheese, Melrose Place is indisputably TV's greatest accomplishment--and that's really saying something...
...addition to Disney's trademark soundtrack and profusion of animal sidekicks, "Pocahontas" features an unwavering devotion to the spirit of this legendary story...
Despite its apparent fragmentation, Chelsom's directing soaks the film in an amibiance of insanity and tragicomedy, with the assistance of assorted morgues, haunted houses, circus tents and chorus girls. His unconventional and unsettling angles clutch the viewer in a graphic documentary style. A soundtrack of Bayou blues and French sailor songs as forgotten as the stage acts they accompany complements the screen action, and assures "Funny Bones" a place in the cult film firmament...
...soundtrack throughout the film is comically melodramatic. Extravagant orchestrations played at ridiculous volumes signal every scene shift seconds before it actually happens. Inevitably, when the orchestra begins to from a joyful, blaring, Christmas song to a slow, drippy, sentimental ballad, it's time for someone to get really mushy...
...singles. When a guy like Wonder releases a new CD--his first in four years--we expect a slam dunk. His fans feel entitled to an album of undiluted brilliance, like Fulfillingness' First Finale or Songs in the Key of Life or the soundtrack to Jungle Fever. Or songs of ecumenical funkiness like Superstition or Boogie On Reggae Woman or Signed, Sealed, Delivered...