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...chords and Scripture. Experts disagree about how deep or lasting those religious experiences are, but simply by reaching out to 13-year-olds, churches are catching up with an idea that reflects both ancient tradition and modern psychology. Thirteen may seem like a rudderless age, especially in the oversaturated pop culture of today, but it can also be a time of deep faith. "The Jewish tradition--along with many others--recognizes that young people at this age are increasingly responsible for their life's direction," says Rabbi Goldie Milgram, author of Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah. "But they also want...
...cute 'n' sexy pop singer decides to become a movie actress, then realizes she is being stalked by a fan who loves her a leetle too much. An adult thriller inspired by the giallo suspensers of Italian director Dario Argento, Perfect Blue deftly translates the live-action shock style into lurid-luscious anime visuals while mulling the notion that celebrity is a stroke of good luck punishable by death. Have creepy fun with Perfect Blue; then move on to Kon's Millennium Actress, another, gentler mix of suspense and movie lore. It's an anime tribute to live-action Japanese...
...Japanese monster movies of the 1950s were one pop metaphor from the only people to have been the targets of an atom bomb. Barefoot Gen is another: a memoir (by writer-producer Keiji Nakazawa) of a boy's life in Hiroshima before and after the blast. Gen, on his way to school on Aug. 6, 1945, must become a man amid the city's charnel rubble. The stench of burning bodies will adhere to you; this is no movie for kids. It does have the awful poignancy of a national nightmare--and in cartoon form...
...Democrats' growing interest in shielding kids from pernicious pop culture comes at a time when the party is increasingly worried about closing the "parent gap"--the G.O.P.'s big edge in support among married parents of young children. The topic will be front and center at this week's conference of the Democratic Leadership Council in Columbus, Ohio, where the party will be urged to support such ideas as requiring cable companies to create family-friendly packages of channels. Attending the centrist group's event, along with Clinton, will be Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh...
...Jeep, I wanna ride it/ Something like my sound, I wanna pump it/ Girl you look just like my cars, I wanna wax it." Kelly likes cars. Kelly likes sex. Kelly likes writing stupefyingly obvious metaphors in which cars stand in for sex. Even people with no understanding of pop music can grasp Kelly's commercial appeal...