Cutting It Short

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Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack $12.98 Lea Salonga, best known as the voice of Jasmine in Aladdin, steals the show here as the title character in Disney’s Mulan. The former star of Miss Saigon adds touching elements to the feature, especially on introspective numbers such as “Reflection.” Unfortunately, the voice of Donny Osmond, relegated to anthems such as “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” doesn’t really enhance the story line, a saga set…

Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne) $29.96 Swan Lake became an unexpected popular hit when radical choreographer Matthew Bourne took Tchaikovsky’s traditional ballet by the scruff of the neck and reworked it with a myriad of modern influences and themes to astonishing effect. Seldom have the dark psychological riptides at the heart of so many classical ballets been so brilliantly exposed. The Prince (Scott Ambler) is a wretched and diss…

Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake [VHS] $24.97 Swan Lake became an unexpected popular hit when radical choreographer Matthew Bourne took Tchaikovsky’s traditional ballet by the scruff of the neck and reworked it with a myriad of modern influences and themes to astonishing effect. Seldom have the dark psychological riptides at the heart of so many classical ballets been so brilliantly exposed. The Prince (Scott Ambler) is a wretched and diss…

Bichon Frise (puppy cut / short hair cut) (Love is being owned by) Door Sign 5”x10” $7.99 Bichon Frise (puppy cut / short hair cut) (Love is being owned by) Door Sign 5″x10″: This new made in USA: Love is being owned by your breed sign will brighten up your day. Made of durable MDF fiberboard. Size is 10″ x 5″, and 1/4″ thick. Hanger is 1/4″ jute cord securely fastened to the back. The sign is not weather resistant and is intended for indoor use only. Great Gift idea for any dog lover….

Joe Dirt $6.99 Another of those cut-and-paste comedies from Adam Sandler’s production company starring one of Sandler’s erstwhile Saturday Night Live colleagues, The Adventures of Joe Dirt finds the magnificently caustic David Spade emasculated by a sentimental script and shapeless, haphazard cutting. Spade plays the title character, a white-trash orphan in search of the parents who abandoned him at the Grand Ca…