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...Frighteners" has all the coherence and interest of a story breathlessly told by your three-year-old cousin whilst making machine gun noises. But while you can blame your cousin's drool-filled narration on his still-burgeoning neurons, it would take quite a bit more to excuse the hundreds of people who doubtlessly contributed to the perpetration of this movie. If "Independence Day" showed us how to make good, clean, mindless fun, "The Frighteners" reminds us how to spend millions and insult the intelligence of millions without entertaining anyone...
Consider the current enthusiasm for Colin Powell. It has become obvious in the past couple of weeks that the few top Republicans who are not running for President themselves are drooling to have Powell as the party's presidential nominee. They were starting to drool when Powell's political views were almost completely mysterious. They are still drooling now that Powell's views on many issues turn out to be moderate to liberal...
That is, of course, unless you're one of the idol-worshipping fans who drool all over their poster-puttied magazine pin-ups of androgynous lead singer Brett Anderson, in which case all of the songs on the album will take on a deeper sensual connotation. If you're not one of the die-hard few, however, you might be just a bit put off by the continual lyric references to dogs, daddies, pigs, and heroin(es). While the meandering melodies and melancholy rhythms of the songs are innocuous enough, the incessant darkness of the lyrics is distracting and almost...
...University of Michigan. "It began with the McMartin Pre-School case and continued with Woody Allen. There has been a feeding frenzy, in which the ordinary presumptions of innocence are not applied. The allegations are treated as evidence." And the public reacts with wide eyes and a bit of drool at the corner of the mouth. "The public gets to be puritanical and voyeuristic at the same time. Their attitude is basically, 'This food is terrible, and there's not enough...
...drool over the alluring brochures. Ah, the pristine beaches. Elegant cafes. Spectacular mountain scenery. It all sounds great. Then you look at the fine print: the beaches are in the poverty-racked Gaza Strip, the cafes in bombed-out Dubrovnik, the mountains in war-torn eastern Turkey. They have got to be kidding...