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[quote name="Jeff Fries"][quote]<a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060720/REVIEWS/60720002">The key to deciphering</a> M. Night Shyamalan's fractured fairy tale, "The Lady in the Water," is to remember that it is rooted in the ancient mythology of Stephen Colbert and "The Colbert Report." It is a warning to Mankind about the dire threat posed by ferocious topiary bears in America today, and a salute to the gigantic, soaring eagle who swoops in to rescue Wet People from pitiless ursine jaws and claws. Colbert oughtta sue.[/quote] Nufff said. Did you see me destroy that joke? It was a choice between modifiers and humor, and humor doesn't pay the word-count rent. [quote]<a href=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/REVIEWS/60620007/1001>When I was young</a> there was a series of books about boys and girls dreaming of the careers they'd have as grown-ups. I can't remember what the titles were, but let's say one was <i>Don Brown, Boy Announcer</i>. Don dreams of being a radio announcer, and one day, when an announcer falls ill at the scene of a big story, he grabs the mike and gets his chance. <i>The engineer nodded urgently to me and I began to describe the fire, remembering to speak clearly. I was nervous at first, but soon the words flowed smoothly</i>. There were books about future coaches, nurses, doctors, pilots, senators, inventors, and so on. I also read the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series, but the "boy announcer" books were far superior, because they were about the childhood of me. <i>I took a deep breath and began. <b>This was the chance I had been waiting for!</b></i>[/quote] From Ebert's <i>The Devil Wears Prada</i> review a few weeks earlier.[/quote]