Word: victorians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fresh take on the company's SimCity3000 franchise--you still play God, but now you run (or ruin) the lives of those itty-bitty folk who live in your computer. Crafty adults will like Wrebbit's jigsaw puzzles: fit the pieces together onscreen to create a Bavarian castle or Victorian mansion, then explore the finished building in 3-D. Austin Powers goes head-to-head with Dr. Evil in Berkeley Systems' newest addition to the cheeky You Don't Know Jack trivia series. And in keeping with the latest trend in the toy business--coupling hardware with software--Mattel will...
...dryer-lint variety either. We're talking sparkly, ethereal fluff here. Costumes by Academy Award winner Gabriela Pescucci and a setting under the Tuscan sun bake Titania's World in a glittery glow. Hoffman's only departure from The Riverside Shakespeare is his decision to set the romance in Victorian Italy--a transposition that further enhances the plot of romantic confusion. As the frilly dresses and neckties come off, the characters wander into a timeless forest netherworld, where sparkle is queen and the sprites are anything but virginal...
...does manage some Shakespeare in Love-style gritty subplots. For all its dedication to the original version, Hoffman manages to imbue this retelling with a number of strangely random eccentricities. From pixies who bear distinct resemblance to Madonna and E.T. to a scene in which a catfight descends into Victorian female mud-wrestling, the film tosses enough curve balls to satisfy those who miss their Stoppard...
Reid is right to warn against a return to the societal stigmas of the Victorian era, but she does Harvard and women a dangerous disservice to claim that modesty fuels rape. The magazine selection at Out of Town News needs to be worrying us a lot more than women in turtle necks...
Reid is right to warn against a return to the societal sigma's of the Victorian era, but she does Harvard and women a dangerous disservice to claim that modesty fuels rape. The magazine selection at Out of Town News needs to be worrying us a lot more than women in turtle necks. The writer is a resident tutor in Mather House. LAWRENCE P. MORRIS April...