![]() ![]() However, the voice could equally be that of an adult, because who can’t look back upon teachers or other early mentors who gave of themselves and offered their pupils so much? Indeed, some of the self-aware, self-assured expressions herein seem perhaps more realistic as uttered from one who’s already grown. This gentle ode to a teacher’s skill at inspiring, encouraging, and being a role model is spoken, presumably, from a child’s viewpoint. 3-8)Ī paean to teachers and their surrogates everywhere. Still, Everitt (Mean Soup, not reviewed) has written a hugely amusing play on words that the youngest of children will appreciate and understand. The dialogue is more precise and also more witty than the Matisse wannabe paintings: Disappointingly, Daisy doesn't really eat the programs, just the TV itself, and an opportunity to add humor is lost in the ubiquitous smiling pig who's featured in every scene but never seems particularly surprised at-or alarmed by-his extremely strange friend. When she's done, she sheepishly burps ``a show on channel 9'' but quickly recovers in time for dessert: the rest of the house. ![]() She begins with Channel 2 and Channel 3, moves on to the ``news at six'' and ``all the shows with talking heads,'' complements these with a few ``toothpaste ads,'' and finishes up with the remote control. ![]() ![]() When Daisy Lee says she's going to eat a TV dinner ``instead of peas, instead of soup, instead of rice, or something nice,'' she means it literally. ![]()
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