Word: stitching
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...country's 2.4 million surfers are female, and the percentage of women surfing every day has more than doubled in the past three years. "We've come a long way since Gidget," says Board-Trac managing director Marie Case. Hollywood has picked up on the trend; Disney's Lilo & Stitch and Universal's Blue Crush, both of which celebrate female surfing, may make riding the waves even more popular...
...article about Disney's Lilo & Stitch, Richard Corliss mentioned that the movie includes "half a dozen Elvis Presley songs for Mom and Dad" [MOVIES, June 24]. Pardon me, but I think he meant Grandmom and Grandpop! Elvis died before I turned four years old, and I'm the mom of two young Disney fans who are as out of touch with Elvis as I am! JOANNA BELL Lutherville...
...moment, New York doesn’t seem to worry that much about its nakedness—perhaps it can’t afford to in a way that would really be worth the anguish. The only stitch of clothing I see are the two men in camouflage fatigues who are walking in the opposite direction. Maybe they aren’t even real soldiers, or maybe they’re off duty—they seem very relaxed. One of them warns me to look out—I have wandered into the bike lane, and a Bianchi...
...situations. (In tribute, the film has Nani open a business called Kiki's Coffee House.) But after a lag in the early sister scenes, Lilo reveals its own very American verve and wit, along with a smart story sense that marks the best animated features, traditional or computerized. When Stitch makes his appearance in a Vegas-Elvis silver sequined outfit, the 'plexes should erupt in delighted laughter...
Traditional animation has already seen a tentative revival with DreamWorks' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Lilo & Stitch is lighter, bouncier, loads more fun. So let's predict that this new Disney film will be an old-fashioned, hand-drawn hit. If traditional animators are not to be the modern equivalents of monks creating illuminated manuscripts--craftsmen in a world whose technology made their skills anachronistic--it had better be. --By Richard Corliss