I look down to a meadow in Central Park and see tiny muffled moppets frisking around like children in a Dutch painting. |
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Set in the prestigious New York Ballet School, the film follows a group of eager young moppets who make the grade to get into the academy. |
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The students are adorable, with just enough backbone to keep from melting into icky Hollywood moppets. |
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No snot-nosed moppets are gonna be ringing my bell this Halloween. |
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Occupying a parallel universe are the seven adorable Dwowns, a septet of moppets in big ears, arresting clown garb and multicolored fright wigs. |
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They can also recall the kitschy, wide-eyed moppets of Margaret Keane while evoking Paul Klee and the ancient instinct for human portraiture that feels emotionally real but isn't realistic. |
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A few months ago, I attended my daughter Josie's kindergarten open house, the highlight of which was a video slide show featuring our moppets using iPads to practice their penmanship. |
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Bureaucratic busybodies in Bethesda, Maryland, have shut down children's lemonade stands because the enterprising young moppets did not have trading licences. |
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