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...primary goal of this film is humor, there aremany attempts to communicate to the audience “important” but worn-out moral messages throughout the movie. Even though this goal is an admirable one, the scenes with more tension seem false and disjointed from the comic relief that allows the story line to progress. Kingdom Come’s happy ending ensures that everyone’s problems are solved, and that each Slocumb learns an all too-convenient lesson, making the ending seem a bit forced...
Josie and the Pussycats combines the fast, furious feel of a garage-band single with the frenetic kinesis of a music video. The film updates the comic of the same name, tracking grrl-band Josie and the Pussycats as they get caught up in success. The movie’s main target of attack is mass consumerism (boo Abercrombie!), but it also gets in smart jibes on boybands (the show’s spoof boyband, Du Jour, has a hit single named “Backdoor Lover”), “Behind the Music” and other aspects...
...weekly column in the London Independent, Bridget Jones and her Diary quickly became a literary phenomenon as her obsession with her weight, alcohol and cigarette consumption and desire to land a man struck a nerve with women the world over. A comedic combination of both Ally McBeal and the comic strip character Cathy, it was inevitable that Bridget eventually find her way from the page and onto the big screen...
American executives seeking insight into Japanese business culture should pick up a comic book. The thick volumes of cartoons called manga are highly popular among the office-worker class known as salarymen. While manga have long dealt with crime and romance, one of the best-selling topics now is business...
DIED. MAUDE RUTHERFORD, 104, the "Slim Princess" and Cotton Club singer and dancer who claimed to have introduced the Charleston to Broadway in the 1922 all-black revue Liza; in Atlantic City, N.J. Despite her considerable talent, Rutherford, who worked with Josephine Baker, was usually cast as comic relief, never the star...