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...crowd was especially enthusiastic when a "fight" broke out during the scrimmage, although the participants' grins and repeated punches that caught only air made the scuffle seem about as realistic as a WWF wresting match...
...WWF-inspired "Showdown" graphic promised punchiness. But panel weakened with lopsidedly conservative guests. Points for pushing Senator Hatch into his most agitated state of the night...
...must be taken to the men's room by their fathers. Another worry is the use of drugs. Steroids aren't as prevalent as they once were, but the abuse of painkillers has become a problem. WCW says it administers both regular and random drug tests. McMahon says the WWF used to test extensively, but that became too costly, so it now tests only when there are signs of abuse...
...arrogance, black leather and shades. At the same time, the narratives in wrestling have become more complicated than Icelandic epics. The plots involve different factions of wrestlers in each organization who are trying to dominate the others, amid constant betrayals. "We're storytellers," says Vince McMahon, owner of the WWF. "You can't just throw wrestlers out there to wrestle. That's not what an audience wants...
...opening shots of Mulan, a strange and beguiling new breed of Disney animated feature. This is, in part, a war movie that understands loss, desolation, death. Power and discipline are the motifs here: bending your will and others', bending the system while working within it. The villain, a crazed, WWF-style hulkster named Shan-Yu, has no comic irony softening his brute trapezoidal lines. He's just an evil machine with vampire teeth. The Wall, the vast plains and hills, the Forbidden City itself, all cringe at his shadow...