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...appeal of so many of the fables Stan Lee and his colleagues have spun out for Marvel Comics is their confirmation of what any young reader may have thought about himself as his body changes and his mind reels: I'm a freak. To this Lee adds the fantasy: But your weirdness is a sign of preternatural abilities; you're odd because you're a hero. Spider-Man emits goo from his fingers, and he can fly. The Hulk gets mad and becomes bigger and stronger. Wolverine's Dragon Lady fingernails make him the toughest guy on the block...
...nailed it on the subject of the freak show that is Glenn Beck. But Fox News, the infotainment network, still provides a valuable storehouse of material for Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Melissa Risselada, ST. JOHNS, MICH...
...Athenian men, frustrated and tired of walking around with an erection—illustrated by very realistic dildos—agree to meet with the Spartans to make peace. The Spartans have been having similar issues; “Just as we’re about to get our freak on,” a herald (Aseem A. Shukla ’11) complains, “they talk about our military-industrial complexes.” Finally the Grecian men concede defeat and settle on a hasty treatise. “Lysistrata” managed to stay loyal...
...Treatment remains TV's most satisfyingly cerebral drama simply by talking, over and over, about age-old woes: family, regret, sex, mortality. And Paul's patients echo the four he treated last season: a woman with whom he has a personal history, a confrontational control freak, a troubled student with a secret and a bitterly fighting married couple. But like a successful patient, the show has learned and grown, becoming more reliably compelling...
...usual spit and polish are on display in Monsters vs Aliens, directed by Rob Letterman (co-director of Shark Tale) and Conrad Vernon (co-director of Shrek 2). The movie imagines that in 1950 the government, fearful that the populace would freak out if it knew that monsters actually existed, put a top-secret plan into effect. General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) herded the lot of misfits into X-file confinement. Waiting for Susan are Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), the gelatinous B.O.B. (Seth Rogen), the gatory Missing Link (Will Arnett) and a huge, grubby, voiceless Insectosaurus. It's another band...