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Article: Reviews of `Banzai,' `History Detectives,' `Queer Eye for Straight Guys'.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2003
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Byline: Hal Boedeker
The brazen "Banzai" luxuriates in silliness, political incorrectness and celebrity ridicule. The satire mocks not only Michael Jackson and Todd "Willis" Bridges but also the revered Princess Diana, represented as a "paranormal, plastic doll of justice."
The Fox show's lunacy is so fast-paced and far-fetched that it leaves you dazed initially. That confusion either will give way to annoyance or delight at the show's audacity.
Delight is the likelier response to this send-up of Japanese game shows. "Banzai" comes packed with exuberant narration, bright graphics, loopy sound effects, zany games and urgent commands to "place ...