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He spearheads food drives, and disarms a racist "troublemaker" (Billy Bob Thornton) with show-stopping bravura.
Maslin calls Leonardo DiCaprio's performance as a bratty bad boy actor "show-stopping," and most other critics agree.
sang Paul Lynde (and recalls Andrew Milner--you know, in his quiz response; he wasn't actually in the movie) in Bye Bye Birdie 's show-stopping musical number, "Kids," a look at teen-age life every bit as insightful as anything on the WB (if you can accept Paul Lynde as Ann-Margret's father).