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...terror war jokes, but one can see them stretching for news stories that don’t relate to the attack (the start of moose-hunting season in Maine, anyone?). “Weekend Update” guests have also addressed the attacks: Darrell Hammond’s Jesse Jackson explaining that he had been contacted by the Taliban when they left a hang-up on his machine and he *69ed them was easily the high point of the first episode. Tracy Morgan said that he now favored racial profiling, particularly for dudes with their heads all wrapped up that...
Everything that made Michael Jackson a success—the irresistibly compelling dance numbers, the unique vocal stylings—is briefly paid homage to and is just as quickly discarded. This is clearly meant to be the rebirth of a new Jackson, distinct from all that has come before. As critics continually delight in pointing out, it has been 20 years since Thriller, 20 years since the King of Pop rocked the world. The intervening years for him were a struggle to prove that he could do it again. Formulas were trotted out and repeated; the world changed...
Invincible comes then as a welcome relief for sore ears. Today’s popstars grew up on Jackson, and even today slavishly imitate him and ape the onstage actions of his glory days. Jackson’s recent albums, such as Blood on the Dance Floor, sounded less like Jackson and more like an imitator, a wanna-be vainly trying to recapture that old magic...
...immediately recognizable the world over. It is a high-pitched, slightly feminine sound that approaches every note and every line in an incredibly mannered fashion. A forced exhalation and exuberant yell (“Ahh...woo!”) are his trademark sounds. And, for the most part, Jackson does away with all of them on Invincible. He demonstrates considerable vocal range, maturity and honesty. Emotions no longer struggle to filter through the mannerisms; they are laid bare in their entirety. Jackson strips away his image to reveal a new vocal crispness that conveys far more than ever before...
DIED. FRANK CRAIGHEAD, 84, renowned grizzly-bear researcher; in Jackson, Wyo. At a time when bears were thought to be nothing but trouble, Craighead and his brother John followed the animals around Yellowstone National Park for a dozen years, showing in the process their importance in the ecosystem. The Craigheads' work inspired a generation of biologists and conservationists...