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Article: `Spice World': Pop's Girl Group On a Very Flat Note
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 23, 1998
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"Spice World," the Spice Girls' mistake masquerading as a
movie, is so bad that it makes the Village People's "Can't Stop the
Music" look like "Citizen Kane." Vanity, thy names be Emma Bunton,
Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Adams,
or, more familiarly, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Scary Spice, Sporty
Spice and Posh Spice.
Unwisely, the Spice Girls, who play themselves, have tried to
model "Spice World" on the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" and "This
Is Spinal Tap," forgetting that the Beatles were talented and
"Spinal Tap" was funny. And, unfortunately, "Spice World" director
Bob Spiers is no Richard Lester or Rob Reiner, despite having the
"Absolutely ...
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