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Answer to previous puzzle
Kevin Cook
Difficulty Level ★★★★
MONKEYZILLA
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MOVIES
Mockumentary investigates product placement in movies
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — Ever wonder how a certain car, chip, beer, soap, well really just about any product known to man, got its 15 seconds in the movie spotlight? Money, of course, but that's just the price of getting into the game.
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is out to show you all the distasteful bits that go into making manipulative commercials in his new absurdist comic documentary (mockumentary?) "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold."
Or more precisely, "Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," a title that exemplifies the very thin line between art and commerce that Spurlock attempts not to cross while telling all. The pomegranate juice company paid around $1 million for those naming rights, a couple of actual commercials embedded in the movie and major screen time. Despite the transparency and full disclosure, something gets lost as the distance between filmmaker and subject disappears — I think we
Regardless, with Spurlock, irony, slapstick and complete immersion are as much a part of the documentary equation as information. We saw that taken to unhealthy extremes in "Super Size Me." Spurlock comes across as driven more by curiosity and comic prospects than concern or outrage.
call it objectivity.
With "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" Spurlock creates a good time along with some surprisingly salient observations as he tries to keep his balance on this very slippery slope. Although much of the information may seem familiar living as we do in a culture saturated by commercial ploys, there is still a value in having someone remind you of the dangers and downsides.
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The University of Kansas University Theatre and the School of Music present Engelbert Humperdinck's classic fairy tale opera HÄNSEL und GRETEL
Performed in German with English supertitles
featuring the KU Symphony Orchestra, David Nelly, conductor Original choreography by Jerel Hilding performed by members of the University Dance Company
7.30 p.m. April 29 & May 3,5,7,2011
2.30 p.m. May 1 & 8,2011
Crafton Preyer Theatre
Reserved seat tickets are on sale in the KU ticket offices: University Theatre, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-AIRS, and online at kwu.katheme.com. Tickets are $20 for the public, $19 for senior citizens and KU faculty and staff, and $10 for all students. major credit cards are accepted. The University Theatre is partially funded by the KU Student Senate Activity Fee; funding is also provided by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a national agency. The University Theatre's 2010-11 season is sponsored by the KU Credit Union.
HOROSCOPE
KU UNIVERSITY THEATRE
Kansas University
STUDENT SENATE
KU CREDIT UNION
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Spending time reviewing the budget brings power. Discover that positive outweighs negative, and consider future investments. Don't finance another's whim. Romance comes later.
Listen to your partners, and get expert opinions before taking decisions. Be receptive to what they see, as this widens your view, even if you don't see it their way now.
No time for procrastination — do that later. You have hidden resources. Take advantage of them. Use your impulsiveness to your favor, but don't burn any bridges. New data fits.
Today has its ups and downs. Learn to enjoy every second of the good and the bad. Be present. You're attracting the attention of an important person. Wait to make a final decision.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
The pace has picked up at work, and your focus is on productivity. Keep jamming, and discover your own high ideals. An amazing breakthrough in love surprises.
Today is an 8
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Love blossoms and things seem to ease up. Messes can lead to improvements. Let a change occur naturally. Someone close to you gets great news. Celebrate with them.
Today is an 8
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Stay close to your family and loved ones. Work at home if you can, but make sure to get enough rest. Stick to practicalities, and take care of yourself,
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
For the next couple of days you have a golden voice. Don't be afraid to ask for what you want. Generate harmony at home. Speak up for your heart's desires.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Entering an intense shopping phase, but don't go into debt. Inner harmony infuses your efforts. Be on the lookout for a brilliant insight.
You're looking good and teeing fine. Keep shifting things around as conditions move in your favor. Let children inspire. Begin writing or recording.
It's okay to question everything,
and you don't have to find the answer.
The fun is in the asking.
Try not to take things too seriously.
Visualize with creativity.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Your friends really come through for the next couple of days. Tempers might fly, but at the end of the day, love prevails. If you were considering throwing a party, today's good.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Copy, for short
6 Aviv preceder
9 Hallow-een time (Abbr.)
12 Group character
13 Lemieux milieu
14 Pi follower
15 Period of mourning (Var.)
16 Ripa companion
18 Not staccato
20 Staffer
21 Picnic intruder
23 "Xanadu" band
24 Say
25 Abound
27 Rental contract
29 "West Side Story" actress
31 Absolute truth
35 Martin's partner
37 Yon folks
38 Squads
41 Morning moisture
43 Rage
44 Sicilian spouter
45 "Virtue is its own —"
47 Barnum's first name
49 Robber
52 Slithery fish
53 Performance
54 Put an end to
55 Prior to
56 Ball-bearing item
57 Impetuous
DOWN
1 Scale notes
2 Biblical verb suffix
3 Magic potion
4 Wander
5 Orange variety
6 Walk quietly
7 Reverberate
8 Floral neckwear
9 Trip around the world?
10 Berate
11 Copier need
17 Updated
19 Let
21 $ dispenser
22 Traditionalist's foe
Solution time: 25 mins.
24 Gls' entertainers
26 "Call Me Madam" star
28 Nixon's veep
30 Figs.
32 Ancient Greek sculptor
33 Always, in verse
34 Old soap ingredient
36 "— Fideses"
38 Conical dwelling
39 Old anesthetic
40 Doddering, maybe
42 Keep an eye on
45 "The Amazing —"
46 Comical Caroline
48 Chow down
50 Superla-tive ending
51 Tina of "30 Rock"
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REVIEW
Despite promising material, 'Elephants' lacks chemistry
LOS ANGELES — "Water for Elephants" gives off an air of self-satisfaction, and you can see why. What film wouldn't be pleased with having a No. 1 bestseller as source material, an unapologetically picturesque world for its setting and major players such as Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and a superb Christoph Waltz as its stars? What's not to like?
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
There is quite a bit to enjoy in a film that certainly qualifies as broad-based popular entertainment. But because the ingredients are so promising, there hangs over this serviceable project the wish
that it had turned out better still. The absence of convincing romantic chemistry means that the emotional connection that should be this film's birthright is not there.
That spectacle comes courtesy of the 1931 Benzini Bros. circus setting of Sara Gruen's epic romance about a man, a woman and a 9,000-pound elephant.
If things had gone as planned, young Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) would never even have heard of Benzini Bros. But his hopes of becoming a veterinarian with a Cornell degree are dashed, and the Depression-era freight train he hops in despair turns out to house the circus in all its ragtag glory.
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Jacob gets his introduction to circus life from the veteran Camel (Jim Norton), a kindly gentleman who shows him the ins and outs of this self-contained universe. Jacob starts out shoveling manure, but animals soon become his area of expertise.
Jacob can't help but be drawn to the beautiful platinum blond Marlena (Witherspoon), whose liberty horse act is the Benzini show's star attraction. She's grateful to have the benefit of Jacob's veterinary knowledge, but she is also very much married to August (Waltz), the show's magnetic owner and animal trainer.
The turning point in "Water for Elephants" is August's acquisition of Rosie, an enormous beast with a reputation for being "dumb as a bag of hammers." When Rosie brings out August's savage side, it proves an opportunity for Marlena and Jacob to spend quality time together.
The weak link in this melodramatic chain is Pattinson's performance. The absence of chemistry here is especially noticeable.
"Water for Elephants" offers a lot to look at, just not enough to feel.