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After seeing Rob Becker in all of his balding, beer-bellied caveman glory, it is extremely difficult to reconcile his stage persona with the sweet, slightly self-conscious voice in which he conducts interviews. He talks much more slowly and deliberately than on stage, but is just as engaging and amusing on the topic of his successful show, Defending the Caveman...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Conversation with a Caveman | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...recent success of Sean "Puffy" Combs and entourage. The beat is simple but infectious and the lyrics resonate with references to cash, female body parts and luxury cars. Some of the lines that Shaggy wails to his female audience include the classic: "Tickle up me fancy with you sweet smelling leather/Smooth like silk you could be rough like a feather." Obviously, these are not some of the most insightful comments on romanticism and relationships between the sexes, but he manages to carry it off without seeming ridiculous or oversexed. Shaggy is a master at setting the mood, and the listener...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rico Suave With a Reggae Twist | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...scarred in their own way, although Jackie obviously more visibly so with her wild fantasies of the Kennedy assassination. For Marty, home represents the insane and the chaotic, even as he is passionately drawn to the seductive charms of his family. He is searching for normalcy shown by his sweet, cookie-cutter girlfriend whose "breath smells like powdered sugar," but he is ultimately unable to realize...

Author: By Kamil E. Redmond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Take a Pillbox Hat and a Social Taboo... | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

...only makes more obvious the fault of the entire movie: a lack-luster script spiced up with more action than compelling plot. This general lack of scintillating language and not wholly original scenes grew even more grating through the stereotypical portrayal of rural Ireland that, in attempting to appear sweet, seemed oppressively imaginary...

Author: By Angma D. Jhala, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Task of 'Matchmaker' Trouble-Free in an Irish Disneyland | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

...when Japan's cargo ships are barred from U.S. ports while its negotiators haggle over $4 million in fines, news of China's generosity will come as a refreshing change to export-hungry businesses. But could this deal be just a little too sweet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing Men Bear Gifts | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

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