"A feeding frenzy seems inevitable!" As the kick-off parties are getting under way, the blogosphere is aflutter with buzz. Lacking any actual news, the advance coverage is getting breathless. Variety has a special section up ("New landscape in Park City!"), GreenCine's David D'Arcy sorts films by subject matter, David Germain sees more politics than usual ("a veritable soapbox!"), and USA Today offers an entirely politics-free tip sheet. Kenneth Turan speaks of "Mardi Gras North," but it's Anthony Kaufman who has the harshest label: "Suckdance!" he announces, before backpedalling a little. ("Dishearteningdance" didn't quite have the same ring to it.) Cinematical is rather more generous: "Naysayers will say Sundance is moving towards the mainstream; I'd counter that the mainstream is moving towards Sundance."