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Yesterday's LAT Metro Section conveys a cautionary tale: beware of flying bovines.
It was Rudyard Kipling, incidentally, who in his poem The River's Tale, promulgated the origin of Teddington in the quotation in the title of this article.
His tale is said to transcend the simplistic views of the mogul as either Horatio Alger success story or venal monopolist.
Some like it: a "foxy, snotty, enjoyably trashy update," says Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly . Others find the idea of such young actors in this tale of sexual intrigue and betrayal ridiculous: "The liaisons here aren't dangerous, they're incongruous" (Jami Bernard, the Daily News ). Critics are either entranced by the youngsters' acting or find the whole concept of fresh-from-the-WB kids as Vicomte De Valmont and Marquise De Merteuil "faintly ridiculous" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). (This site has links to information on all the film versions of the novel, as well as sound clips and photos.)
The Sony-Columbia deal is a cautionary tale, even though larger lessons are not Griffin and Masters' forte.