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There was other news, you know. And in case you're thinking that nothing this year could have been of greater significance than The Election, you may be interested to learn that in the year of the now famous Hayes-Tilden mess--of which no one took note until two months ago--Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Brahms finished composing Symphony No. 1 (op. 68), Renoir painted Le Moulin de la Galette. And Hilarion Daza was made President of Bolivia. And a juvenile reformatory was founded in Elmira...
...example, might pick the response of radio's Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who, when asked about her statement that gays and lesbians represent "a biological error," said, "We have vaginas and penises." I could not agree more...
Looking for amazing? Indiana's Bobby Knight was fired after 29 years of behaving toward his players like Stalin in a bad mood. Bobby's loyalists pleaded for Indiana to give him one more chance, so that he could actually kill someone. Believe it or not: vast numbers of citizens are reading a new translation of Beowulf; Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Woody Allen were not in the news every day; the homeless were not in the news, either, giving rise to speculation that they must have disappeared. Also, Clarence Thomas is a Supreme Court Justice...
...impossible to say, at least until the DVD comes out. For the moment, we have a perfectly coherent, handsomely rendered couple of hours, animated in particular by Damon's good performance--shrewd, innocent, angry, wistful and, above all, likable. Maybe this movie might have been more. But it could easily have been a lot less...
...here's the story of a thinks-he's-hip fellow amusingly vexed at losing his identity. It could be called Dude, Where's My Karma? The cast, especially Spade (we keep wanting to call him David Snide) and Warburton, give bounce and sass to a script full of clever ideas. You won't find the emotional grandeur of The Lion King here, but that's O.K. Emperor doesn't aim too high or strain too hard; it is at ease inhabiting its pretty, miniature realm...