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Ultimately, the figures and scenarios in Walker's mysterious, melancholy art don't provide the instant recognition that stereotypes require. Although she may toy with stereotypical tropes like hair texture as a signifier of race, close attention to visual detail distinguishes her subversive and exploratory project from an uncritical parroting of racial cliches...
TEACHING AN OLD TOY SOME COOL NEW TRICKS...
...parents alike marveled at the computer-generated antics of Buzz Lightyear and his floppy rival Woody. But that was child's play compared with the technological high jinks Pixar is cooking up for its upcoming Disney movies, A Bug's Life (due this fall) and a sequel to Toy Story (1999). Next on the 3-D animation studio's plate are convincingly rendered humans, the first of which appears in an imaginative short called Geri's Game. Director Jan Pinkava used powerful new software tools to create the skin and facial expressions of an old codger battling his alter...
...Percentage of international toy revenue represented by the U.S. market...
Sources: Office of the Vice President, Greeting Card Association, Toy Manufacturers of America