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Ever since we heard early, feverish reports about the appearance of Dr. Manhattan's "massive and uncircumcised" wang in Watchmen, we here at Vulture have been anxiously waiting to see how America's top film critics would address the issue in their official reviews of the film. While we were mildly disappointed that A.O. Scott of the New York Times completely omitted any mentions of it from his review (we can only assume that he wasn't impressed), Vulture is pleased as punch to report that other big names like Anthony Lane and Roger Ebert have taken the issue head-on (sadly, terrible pun intended). Follow along after the jump to check out the (mildly NSFW) reviews.

• "Last and hugest is Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who is buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn star left overnight in a meat locker." — Anthony Lane [NYer]

• "Why does he even bother to make love with Laurie Jupiter? Not for his own pleasure, I'm convinced. And not to father a Little Manhattan, either, because as I understand his body he would ejaculate only energy. Could be fun for Laurie, but no precautions needed, except not to be grounded at the time." — Roger Ebert [Chicago Sun-Times]

• "... Flashing a few yards of giant blue wiener ... [Dr. Manhattan's] interests had turned to physics and Mars despite his giant blue penis." — Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

• "[Dr. Manhattan is] a glowing superhero who spends much of his screen time showing off his iridescent blue penis ... Snyder battled with studio chiefs to keep the film long, R-rated (earned not only by bone-snapping fights and some torrid superhero sex but by that unforgettable blue penis)." — Geoff Boucher [LAT]

• "Not so Dr. Manhattan, who came by his glowing blue full-frontal nakedness through an industrial accident that forced the defence department to remove its '237 days without a scientist irradiated' sign. He doesn't show much emotion but is clearly waiting for someone to look at him askance: 'What, you never seen a cerulean penis before?'"

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The vigilante hero of the comic-book film adaptation “Watchmen” (opening today) is named Rorschach and wears an inkblot mask. But do psychologists still use the Rorschach test? Yes, an article says; it’s “second in popularity only to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory among professionals in the field.” But those aren’t genuine Rorschach inkblots on the mask in the film; in fact, “the official Rorschach images are still under copyright in some countries

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Fifteen Kenosha Unified School District employees will be formally honored for exemplary service and significant contributions to the educational community on Monday, March 16 at a Recognition Awards Dinner. Additional awards for Business in Education, Parent in Education, and Friend of Education also will be presented that evening.

The school district honorees include 2008-2009 Elementary Teacher of the Year Helena Boles, Somers Elementary School; Middle School Teacher of the Year Shari Perrine, Washington Middle School; High School Teacher of the Year Karen Wambold, Harborside Academy; and Special Area Teacher of the Year Margo Zoerner, Nash Elementary School. Belinda Grantham, Head Start Administrator at Cesar Chavez Learning Station, is Administrator of the Year.

Ten employees earned Distinguished Service Awards. They are:

Shirley Ade, Educational Assistant, Somers Elementary School; Pam Bauer, Secretary, Somers Elementary School; Michelle Burns, Teacher, Southport Elementary School; Eileen Coss, Accounting Manager, Educational Support Center; Virginia Fennema, Social Worker, Brass Community, EBSOLA and Whittier Elementary School; Kip Keckler, Instructional Technology Specialist, Washington Middle School; Page Kessler, Technology Teacher, Indian Trail Academy; Mary Tobin, Special Education Teacher, Jeffery Elementary School; Judy Vanderford, Physical Education Teacher & Consultant, Jefferson Elementary School and Sharon Willis, Teacher, Southport Elementary School.