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...chair.) Though Carrey tried valiantly to up the ante on the gross-out schtick, the movie just never rose above its cheap tricks. Remember, Mary succeeded because of its pacing - in between the astounding sight gags, the Farrellys toyed with an ultrasweet romantic comedy that offered all kinds of weird nuances in Cameron Diaz' title character. Not only does Renee Zellwegger have zero personality as Irene, but the entire movie is one frenetic fart joke without even an instant of relief. And what's with the 'sticking [insert various objects here] up an ass' gags? The creators of the infamous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movie Warp Up: A Review of Summer 2000 | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...Weird laws still on the books...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In the (K)now: A Pop Culture Compendium | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...Philadelphia, had seized his wife and given her a kiss like the one that Al Gore planted on Tipper in Los Angeles, the screams of "yuckkkkk!" in the media would have been loud and prolonged. The Kiss (allegedly so endearing when performed by the Gores) would have been deemed weird and gross - a flashback to the incorrigible frat boy slob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W.'s Ordeal by Oprah | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

...slightly weird, in any case, that presidential candidates have to submit to ordeal by Oprah. It makes one wonder whether it is George Bush who's dumb, or something in the culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W.'s Ordeal by Oprah | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

...restricted to the over-60 set, it might be fun to watch. But instead it's young people jogging and pretending to walk. And that looks really, really stupid. Even Debbi Lawrence, a world-record holder in the grueling 1,500 m, knows her sport is a little weird. "It looks funny, it feels funny, and it wasn't an Olympic sport when I started doing it," she says. Which was probably at 13 months. She adds, however, "If we stop comparing it with other sports and stop feeling inadequate, respect will come naturally." The first step in ending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: This Is Sport? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

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