Word: tales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Christmas season is a traditional time for parents to take their children to the movie theater for a little animated fun. This year Walt Disney has reissued its classic Cinderella, and Filmation is coming out with a sequel to Carlo Collodi's classic tale called Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. Both represent an increasingly rare breed: animated movies made...
...like a babysitter than a dance afficianado. Eight years passed since I had last seen the curtain rise on a snowy night in Nuremburg and watched a petticoated-child journey through the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. And suddenly, this Christmas I found myself listening to Tchaikovsky's tale and thinking of how long it had been since dolls and tutus. I wanted to prove to myself that magic is created by lights and stage mechanics. So one night this week, I went back to see the tree...
...Ladders, and the trappings of childhood you don't retain. The little girl who had seen her first performance of The Nutcracker had been left behind in a flurry of cynicism and years. As I entered the Wang Center, I thought to myself how sexist the once-favorite fairy tale would seem, how archaic, how stupid...
...lawyer and a client then on trial in an unrelated case. This, declared the court, was "reprehensible." Currently in private practice, Turow angrily insists -- with the support of Chicago's U.S. Attorney -- that his decision was both proper and approved by higher-ups. The denouement to this real tale of tattle will take months to unwind...
Dayal Kaur Khalsa introduces a more familiar animal in I Want a Dog (Potter; $10.95). An eager young girl named May has only one wish, a canine of her own. "When you're older," replies an elder, and the highly colored tale begins. May carries a slice of salami, and gets trailed by ten potential pets who just happen to follow her home. The answer is no. Desperately, she goes everywhere with a roller skate on a leash, to prove that she is capable of caring for something besides herself. Along the way, she learns a double moral: the value...