Word: sainthood
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...also did the McDonald's TV spot that cued the film, too often stands slack-jawed before the wonder, the grace, the supernal niceness of his live-action star. The movie could have been a gleaming showcase for cartoon wit. Instead it's an 87-minute commercial peddling sainthood for Michael Jordan...
...slapdash comedy. But "Space Jam, directed by Joe Pytka, is mainly about the wonder, the grace, the supernal niceness of its live-action star," notes TIME's Richard Corliss. "The film could have been a gleaming showcase for cartoon wit. Instead it's an 87-minute commercial peddling sainthood for Michael Jordan...
Life after sainthood can be trying, if not bizarre. Consider the case of scruffy humanitarian BOB GELDOF. Not so long ago, he was beating big odds and bigger egos to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief. Now he's just another celebrity with an absurd divorce settlement. PAULA YATES, Geldof's flamboyant wife of 10 years and the mother of his three children, is pregnant with the child of Michael Hutchence, lead singer of INXS. After bitter feuds over who would get what, it was decided that for now Yates would move back into Geldof's home and Geldof into...
Certainly, the commitment which Francesca shows in remaining with her family even after discovering the love of her life borers on a sainthood that may be easy to find unrealistic...
...goal: the naming of saints. The church assumes that a saint will be active after death; that once in heaven, he or she responds to the prayers of the devout by persuading God to help specific sufferers down below. God responds with miracles; and proponents of a candidate for sainthood must prove to Di Ruberto's satisfaction that their nominee is responsible for one or more...