![]() ![]() ![]() The supporting cast includes DeVito himself, as well as Jon Stewart, playing against type as an evil TV producer, and Harvey Fierstein as a gangster, head of the “roughest of all of the charities. A freeform exploration/celebration of all sounds and their reflections on the everchanging moods instigated by time of day, seasons, the weather, and overall. It’s really just the “Krusty Gets Kancelled” episode of The Simpsons, brought to live-action and feature-length. Meanwhile, the innocent Sheldon tries not to get corrupted by this terrible milieu, as personified by the show’s producer ( Catherine Keener). His instant success drives Randolph to extreme rage, and the subsequent campaign of subterfuge includes everything from on-set sabotage to tricking Smoochy into addressing a Nazi rally to actual violence. It’s really just the “Krusty Gets Kancelled” episode of The Simpsons, brought to live-action He’s soon replaced by Sheldon Mopes ( Edward Norton), a squeaky-clean kids entertainer who plays Smoochy the Rhino, singing in a giant rhinoceros costume. In the film’s first scene, Randolph is caught red-handed in a payola scandal and fired. ![]() Robin Williams, as part of his late-career run of dark roles, played Rainbow Randolph, a veteran children’s TV host in the tradition of Captain Kangaroo, who in reality is a bitter alcoholic. It’s fitfully funny and features a strong cast, but the whole operation just feels disreputable and gross, more often than not. One of the more cynical studio movies of the century so far, it depicted the children’s TV industry as a den of cravenness, corruption, and even mob involvement. Directed by Danny DeVito, and advertised as coming from the veteran actor’s “twisted mind,” Death to Smoochy arrived in March of 2002, 20 years ago last week. ![]()
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