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UP FOR GRABS PAT STULL/IHily Ne«u» De Niro, and Are Part of the Most Wide-Open Oscar Race in Years. page 4A 2 A Thursday, February 20,1992 ■ c o re The Or Hook Visits the Anaconda

ohn Lee Hooker was bom in N ow in his seventies, Hooker is still ac­ Clarksdale on August 22, 1920. tive. Last year he was inducted into the His father was a minister and little Rock and Roll Hall o f Fame. In October of John Lee’s first taste o f perfor­ 1990, a tribute concert was held in his Jmance was at church. His stepfather,honor W ill at Madison Square Garden. Among Moore, gave him lessons and intro­ the performers on the bill were Bonnie duced him to blues giants Charlie Patton, Raitt, Joe Cocker, , Huey Lewis and Blind Lemon Jefferson and Albert Collins. « whenever they stopped to see Clarksdale. Hooker has also had a recording renais­ With this background, is not surpris­ sance in the past few years. In 1989, he re­ ing that Hooker hit the road to become a corded The Healer with guest appearances bluesman when he was 14. Eleven years la­ by musicians Raitt, Thorogood, Robert ter, he was discovered in Detroit by a talent Cray and Carlos Santana. Hie won a scout and given the opportunity to record. Grammy and the video for his duet with The single that came out o f that session, Raitt, “I’m in the M ood”, received substan­ “Boogie Chillen,” was a huge hit for tial airplay. 1989 also saw Hooker sing on Hooker. It leapt to the #1 spot in the Bill­ Pete Townsend’s album project Iro n M an. board R&B chart in January 1948 and Hooker’s newest album, M r. Lucky was stayed for four and a half months. The song released 1991 and, like The Healer, Mr. became Hooker’s signature work and Lucky features cameos by well-known marked the beginning of a recording career rock musicians — Santana, Cray, Chuck that spanned five decades. Beny, pianist Johnnie Johnson, Keith Ri­ Other hits followed, including what is chards and — who play aiguably his best and definitely biggest alongside on old classics and new material. tune, “Boom Boom.” The song, released in With the exception of B.B. King, no 1962, has been covered by artists as diverse blues artist has done more to expose mod­ as The Animals, Mae West and Bruce em mainstream audiences to the blues. Springsteen. Hooker himself did a version John Lee H ooker is, simply put, an o f it for The Blues Brothers in 1980. Other institution. songs include ‘^Crawlin’ King Snake,” John Lee Hooker will perform at the “Dimples,” “ I’m in the M ood,” “John Anaconda Theatre on Saturday, Febru­ L’House Rent Boogie” and “One Bourbon, ary 22. Call 685-5901 for more Legendary guitarist John Lee Hooker, now in his seventies, One Scotch, One Beer,” the last two of information. continues to record new material. His latest album is called Mr. which were most recently covered by —Tom Cahill Lucky, and Hooker proudly wears the title on his license plate. Geoige Thorogood. Tales: Extreme Ski Bum's Dream Come True

here isn’t a bit of “downhill” skiing in the film mountainside. Calling this technique “ extreme” skiing Tales From die Snow Zone. Instead, there are seems to be an understatement 60-degree cliffs, 14,000-foot peaks, 3,300 vertical- Any serious skier will be boggled by the few opening foot race courses and glaciers that skiers and shots. And, once the movie is in full swing, their mouths T snowboarders fly down at literally breakneck speeds. will be watering for the slopes o f any resort within driving James Angrove and Jon Long, the producers, confess distance. that Tales From the Snow Zone was “the ultimate ski fan­ Snowboarders, unlike in other recent ski flicks, are not tasy and (their) best ski footage ever.” Believe i t This is a overlooked in this film; instead, they are shown diving film that should make Warren Miller throw away his cam­ down the steepest slopes o f Chamonix, Jackson Hole and era in hopeless . This is a film with more powder Tahoe along with the die-hard skiers. In Whistler, Canada, than Tammi Faye’s face. This is a film for the hardcore ski three snowboarding gods tear up a monstrous quarter pipe, bum. filmed with fantastic aerial shots that will leave the audi­ Tales From the Snow Zon e combines incredible skiing, ence breathless in disbelief. tastefol humor, beautifol, panoramic views, and even in­ Long and Angrove emphasize the fact that these people cludes music that appeals to the film’s young audience — are not in this film for the fame, money or publicity. Look­ something that Warren M iller overlooked. Hot, energetic ing for any chance to hit the slopes, they often work as dis­ tunes from INXS and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, for exam­ hwashers in the lodge just so they can ski all season. The ple, add to the excitement of the visuals, involving the audi­ men and women in this film jump off cliffs for their own en­ ence in the adrenaline rush o f extreme skiing. tertainment, for their love o f the sport and the thrill o f From locations like British Columbia and Alber Glacier, danger. the skiers and snowboarders in Tales invent a new form of skiing— “heli-extreme skiing.” For instance, Trevor Peter­ Tales From the Snow Zone does not show beginners son and Eric Pehota, with a reputation for descending any falling or kids snowplowing down bunny-slopes, nor does slope, are flown by helicopter to a remote area. They then it include cheesy narration. It is a film dedicated to the sport climb the 60-degree, 1,500 foot slope to discern the skiing o f skiing and snowboarding, and to the people who thrive conditions. On the way down, any wrong turn could create on the life o f a ski bum. an avalanche, and sweep them uncontrollably down the Tales is at the Victoria on Feb. 18 and 19. —Jenn Myers 2$. 2JL 2$. 2$. JÇ. ■ MUSIC REVIEW £ £* A . m At the Anaconda . . . y i S . W T & Don't Try This at Home man About Poetry. With £ Billy Bragg subjects ranging from love * to the desperation o f man, £ It's a softer Billy Bragg the singer/songwriter fo­ After months of toil and * this time around. cuses on real human prob­ £ The British rocker, lems, even addressing sex­ £ known mostly for political ual awareness in his light­ years of need, S.W.A.T. anthems like “ Help Save hearted “ Sexuality.” £ the Youth of ” and W magazine is ready to be “Waiting for the Great Bragg is a thought- * £ Leap Forwards,” has not provoking musician to say abandoned his raw, guitar- the least. While other folk/ borne. * based trademark sound. rock musicians are deliv­ Rather, on his latest re­ ering pretentious, whiny | Tu esday February 25 go to * lease, Don’t Try This at can also be heard in “You lyrics, Bragg offers his lis­ H om e, Bragg introduces a Woke Up My teners an honest assess­ slicker, more polished stu­ Neighborhood.” ment o f the world around * your newsstands and pick g dio effort Bragg is a master at him. Appearing at the Previously equipped combining music and so­ Anaconda Theater Wed­ £ up you r Nexus. If you don’t % with only an acoustic gui­ ciopolitical statements. It nesday Feb. 26, his show tar, Bragg incorporates a is on these grounds that should highlight well the you will lose. heavier drum beat, violin Don’t Try This At Home boldness that pervades his and even a a la succeeds the sociological music and, more impor­ R.E.M.’s Peter Buck. The ends o f early , in­ tantly, his character. Read every word o f distinct wailing o f Buck’s cluding Workers Playtime * S.W AT, Thank us later. % counterpart Michael Stipe and Talking to the Tax- —Melissa Lalum n- No kidding. Mark it down. * ( « TAPE MEASURE

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rotesters at the with the same backhanded have ample amounts of 1983 Academy attitude with which they testosterone. Awards ceremony have dismissed the entire Only one woman has ever Pgreeted nominees Academy Award proceed­ been nominated in the Best entering the Dorothy ings. But this time, there is a Director category — Lina Chandler Pavilion with real issue at stake. Of Wertmullerforthe 1976 film signs that relayed their im­ course, the worthiness of Seven Beauties. portant message. her direction is very subjec­ The other branches o f the Score — 1927-Present, tive, and a strong case can Academy do not suffer a si­ Best Director Nomina­ be made for any of the five milar problem. Women are tions: M en — 273; men who were nominated. now regularly nominated in Women— 1. While all deserving o f the the screenplay and editing They also carried posters honor, there is no real ex­ categories, and it was just of their forgotten heroine. cuse to leave Streisand off two years ago that Zanuck Barbara Streisand was rep­ the list again. accepted the Best Picture resented only by her like­ This is especially unfortu­ Oscar for producing D riv ­ ness; the director and star of nate in a year of films in ing Miss Daisy. Women , recipient of five nom­ which a record number of rarely are scrutinized in l \Ê\æ S 88888® i I I 888881 l 88888* ifH i J ? W\ inations but none for the women were behind the other categories because of woman most responsible camera. With Streisand at their gender — the awards 1 4:00 - 6:00 PM i • « d for its success, stayed home. the helm of Tides, Jodie are given based on merit I The Academy has always Foster directing L ittle M an alone. played the game o f politics Tate, Martha Coolidge’s But Streisand is a victim with its nominations and Rambling Rose, Lili Fini again. Perhaps she will have awards. The days following I I \ c O U S \ J i ^ s the announcements o f both are usually marked by anger VI RAP artists at who or what wasn’t hon­ ored, rather than the Streisand was not and films who were. nominated for Best But the controversy never n RAGTIME lasts. Who were the five Best Director, despite Director nominees in 1983, the fact that her named instead of Strei­ sand? H ie protesters them­ film, star, and the selves have probably forgot­ film's screenplay ten. The game is a vicious were. cycle — eveiyone knows that the controversy will happen again next year, so nobody pays much atten­ Zanuck’s Rush and A g­ to be the one to suffer so tion to it now. nieszka Holland’s Europa that female directors in the H But what happened to Europa, there were a num­ near future can quote the Streisand— and all working ber o f worthy candidates. “Barbara Streisand Inci­ women — on Wednesday But Streisand’s work was dents” as justification for morning should not be clearly what the Academy equality. grouped together with dis­ loves — beautiful design, On March 30 o f this year, ...... appointment over other nice pacing and the requis­ protesters will again greet snubs. Streisand was not ite feel-good tone. the nominees entering the nominated for the Best Di­ If this is not enough for an ceremony. Something will E l U b b I rector Oscar, despite the Oscar nomination, then it have to change, sometime. fact that her film, The appears that the institution­ Streisand, Foster, Collidge, X Prince of Tides, her star, alized that keeps Zanuck, Holland and many ' a llip o lli Nick Nolte, and her film’s Streisand and her female other women are going to directed by screenplay were. She was colleagues out will con­ continue to direct features. even nominated for the Di­ tinue. The Director’s EL rector’s Guild Award two Branch o f the Academy, The Academy has just gi­ (director of Dead Poet's Society & Witness) weeks ago, and was a con­ which chooses the Best Di­ ven them a purpose. NV > tender for the Golden rector nominees, is a boy’s ngs at 8 & 10:30 PM Globe Award last month. club. Membership requires Score — 1927-Present, R h Tickets: $3 students/$5 general But no Oscar. more than a camera and film Best Director Nomina­ There are those who will school degree. To be eligi­ tions: M en — 313; dismiss this controversy ble, it seems, one must also W om en— 1. The Artwork of

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4 A Thursday, February 20,1992 j u p p a i ; Best Picture Award Goes to.... B ia u t y á | d Let the Games Begin The Oscar Nominations Kick Off a Month of Speculation and Disappointment Bv Brian Banks

here were a few Foster w ill win, if only by tively, Boyz N the H ood di­ the only acting nomination firsts, a few sur­ process of elimination. rector John Singleton re­ from that film, surprising prises and one very How can they give Davis ceived his first nomination, considering the presence o f notable snub in the B est the award and not Saran­ as did Demme and Ridley Academy-darling Kevin nominationsT for the 64th don? And vice-versa. Be­ Scott (Thelma and Louise). Costner in the leading role Annual , sides, which one was People weren’t very im­ and a number of well- announced Wednesday A c to r Thelma and which was pressed with the made-for- known actors in supporting morning in . Louise? Midler got the to­ Oscar look of , so Le­ roles. Barton F in k’s M i­ The Best Picture nomina­ ken singer-turned-good- vinson probably won’t chael Lem er and City Slick­ tion for Beauty and the actress nod, and Dent’s win. Singleton and Scott ers’ also were Beast marked the first time nomination was deserving don’t stand a chance, honored. an animated film has re­ but still surprised many. simply because the Best The ensemble piece Fried ceived the honor, despite 50 Nick Nolte Foster is well-liked by Director award has never Green Tomatoes placed years o f classic moviemak­ many, she’s won before gone to a filmmaker whose only one o f its four stars in ing from the (Bugsy) and she starred in a hit mo­ film was not even nomi­ the acting categories, Jessica Company. vie Oh yeah, now she’s di­ nated for Best Picture So Tandy for Best Supporting But the name expected to (Cape Fear) recting too. that leaves Demme and Actress. She will compete make histoiy in the Best Di­ , director Stone Stone has won twice against Rambling Rose’s rector categoiy was missing. (The o f Bugsy, before, and will subject Diane Ladd (the mother of Barbara Streisand, whose Silence o f the Lambs) (JFK) and Jonathan Demme millions of viewers to a Dern — the first time work behind the camera on (The Silence of the Lambs) "The government is telling mother and daughter have was Nick Nolte (The Prince o f are the front-runners in the a terrible lie” speech if he been nominated in the same strong enough to earn her a Tides) Best Director categoiy only wins, so D em m e’s chances year), The Fisher K ing’s Director’s Guild Award because their films were are good. Mercedes Ruehl, T h e nomination and the film it­ Robin Williams (The Fishe$ also nominated for Best Pic­ Bugsy placed two of its P rin ce o f Tide’s Kate Nelli- self a Best Picture nod, was ture. Levinson and Stone actors in the Best Support­ gan and Cape Fear's Juliette not named, (see commen- r , * King) ; have won before, for R a in - ing category — Harvey Lewis. r tary, page 3A.) man, Platoon and B o m on Keitel and . Kingsley and Keitel w ill The controversy oversha­ the Fourth of July, respec­ JFK’s got cancel each other out, Ber­ dowed the Oscar perfor­ to the producers), Beatty vorite here, the benefactor ner’s reward was the n om i­ mances o f Bugsy, JFK and was nominated in the Best o f years o f hard work in the nation, and Jones is out be­ The Silence of the Lambs. category. business, a nice role with cause the Academy doesn’t The three films, leaders in Joining him were four plenty of emotional range usually like to honor ac­ total nominations, joined Hollywood veterans. An­ and a nice reputation in tors who play suspected Beauty and the Beast and thony Hopkins, who played the business. It also helps presidential assassins with The Prince of Tides in the the memorable Hannibal that he overcame a homosexual ties to the hunt for the Best Picture Lecter in The Silence o f the problem — good PR . underworld. Oscar. Lam bs, Nick Nolte, the tor­ The Best Actress category Palance will be the reci­ The race is boiled down mented husband and father features both Thelma and pient of the traditional to one sim ple fa c t— Bugsy in The Prince of Tides, Louise, as and “Old and Never Won” has the fewest knocks Robert DeNiro, the chilling received award (see Tandy in 1989, against i t JFK is too con­ ex-con out for revenge in nominations. , D o n A m eche in 1985, etc.). troversial, The Prince of Cape Fear and Robin W il­ the FBI agent in pursuit o f a Tides has no director up for Geena Davis {Thelma and The Best Supporting Ac­ an Oscar, Beauty and the tress award could go to any Louise) of the candidates, but the Beast had to overcome tre­ The race is boiled dozen to one simple fact mendous odds fust to get Laura Dern (Rambling fact that Tandy won two nominated and The Silence — Bugsy has the fewest knocks against i t years ago hurts. Lewis is o f the Lambs was released a Rose) still a teenager, and the year ago. The last non-fall Jodie Foster (The Silence Academy doesn’t want its or winter release to take liams, the homeless man killer in The Silence of the highest honor being used home the Big One was An­ with a quest in The Fisher Lam bs, Laura Dem, thè gfthe Lambs) as a doorstop in a nie Hall in 1977. K in g , rounded out the sexually provocative teen in dorm. That leaves Ruehl, Warren Beatty, Bugsy’s categoiy. Rambling Rose and Bette Bette Midler {For the Boys) Nelligan and Ladd. Any of star and one o f its produc­ Beatty, Hopkins, De- Midler, the performer who IJSusan Sarandon (Thelm a them could take it, but the ers, could pick up two Os­ Niro and Williams had entertains troops through money here is on Nelligan. cars. In addition to the Best better get their fake smiles three wars in For the Boys, and Louise!) Heck, she had to wear age Picture award (which goes ready. Nolte is the clear fa­ were also nominated. makeup. Best Best I Best Supp. Director Supp. Actor Actress

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f | i he aftermath o f the W ar hits UCSB Friday night when the dramatic arts department presents the documentary play S till Life. Written by Emily Mann in 1978, this Obie Award­ winning play tells the story of a 's struggle to cope with the war’s aftermath upon his re­ turn home. Mann edited the play from over 140 hours o f interviews with a Vietnam vet, his wife and his mis­ tress, and the dialogue is ex­ tracted from their exact words. Directed by visiting fa­ culty member Frank Con­ don, S till L ife tells the story of Mark, a Marine veteran (BFA acting major K. Mi­ chael Healey) who has trou­ ble adjusting to life at home (Above) Angela Perry, K. Michael Healy, and Meredith McKinn star in Still Life. (Below) Healey makes a statement. after spending three years in combat in Vietnam. The play is structured around Mark’s own testimony as in­ tertwined with that o f his wife Cheryl (BFA acting se­ nior Angela Perry), and his Written in Stone mistress Nadine (graduate student Meredith The Dialogue In the New UCSB Drama S till Life Should Sound McMinn). Sitting amid a Realistic. It Comes From Actual Interviews With Vietnam Vets. backdrop o f Vietnam slides, the three give compelling narratives of their lives, Bv Karen Skanderson his one dark secret don said. to do something. ... I feel talk directly to the audience, Condon was drawn to the Condon, a 1967 graduate that theater is extremely im­ instead o f to each other. As­ play for its documentary ap­ o f UCSB, said that his in­ portant in society,” he said, sistant Director Jason peal. “ I like the fact that you volvement in the play was adding that, when done Loewith said the complexity can’t deny something that’s partly rooted in the reaction well, political theater can be o f the play made it a chal­ (Writer) Emily not just written by a play­ he witnessed o f UCSB stu­ potent lenge to put together. “S till Mann edited the wright, but written by real dents to the Persian Gulf Perry, who portrays a L ife is a challenge because play from over 140 people,” he said. War one year ago. Accord­ troubled wife and mother it’s a mixture o f fact and fic­ Aside from this aspect, ing to Condon, who exper­ incapable of coming to tion,” he said, adding that it hours of interviews Condon was attracted to the ienced the anti-Vietnam terms with Mark’s behavior, was difficult to maintain the with a Vietnam vet, play because o f the impor­ riots in Isla Vista in the ’60s, was also drawn to the play reality of the interviews in his wife and his tance o f the issues it deals the recent protests made for its documentary style. playtorm. Loewith said that with. “I have to be moved to him think that things ha­ “These are three very real the need to make the heavy, mistress... do a play,” he said. “ I don’t ven’t changed much. He people,” she said, adding sometimes controversial, just do them. I have to feel said the presentation of S till that documentaries are subject matter relevant to strongly about what the L ife is important because more difficult to act in than students who are more fa­ play’s about” the Persian Gulf War standard fiction because it is miliar with the Gulf War S till L ife deals with the seemed to cure the idea o f terial. He said that political hard to relate to the logic be­ than Vietnam provided an connection between post- the “Vietnam Syndrome,” theater, as a medium, can hind the actual people and extra edge. traumatic stress disorder quelling fears that the Un­ open people up to new ideas there’s no room for inter­ Still Life will be pre­ amounting to a portrayal o f and domestic violence, and ited States could not win a and present them with con­ pretation of fictional sented in the Studio Thea­ how Mark’s involvement in tackles the effects it has on war. temporary issues in a fresh characters. ter Feb. 21-22 and Feb. a war abroad translates into both those who suffer from Much of Condon’s previ­ and assertive way. “Theater, The play takes on a un­ 25-29 at 8 p.m. and on Feb. a war at home. Ultimately it and their families. “ It’s im­ ous work consists o f do­ to me, must be very power- ique confrontational na­ 23 and 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets the confessions and lamen­ portant to see (the violence) cumentary and American fill,” Condon said. “ It must ture, setting the characters are available at the Arts tations lead Mark to reveal for what it really is,” Con­ cultural and historical ma- move us to think. M ove us in a situation where they and Lectures Box Office.

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Most are loosely 726-C Anacapa St. ome time ago, a re­ bers that allowed lead singer based on events that Despite the changes, the (behind Polar Bear 9 cord producer sat Margo Timmons’ voice to occurred on the Junkies’ album still works, and Salvage C o.) in a smoky office shine on past albums such “ Backlash ’90” tour. Tow ­ should be fairly enjoyable and said, “ You as and nes Van Zandt, who opened for Junkies fans. However, 962-2066 S In in their effort to maintain know, those Cowboy Junk­ . for the group during the Off'Street poking ies are good, but their music their place are several up­ tour, also contributes two originality, the Cowboy m front of the stare is just so dam depressing! beat songs which still fea­ songs. Junkies are straying danger­ Monday-Saturday We should change that” ture the country-bluesy ously close to the pit of com­ lOam-Hpm And so, with near godlike sound, but definitely in a Highlights include “Tow­ mon mediocrity into which power, the producer more pop tone. nes Blues,” chronicling a so many young bands changed the style o f one o f Margo Timmons crap game as the tour bus plummet the country's most popular The majority of the tracks cruises east, and “ If You college bands. on the album were written by guitarist Michael Tim- Were the Woman and I —Ross French Back to Basics Essential, Not Dental Dear Kristen, Rush M y roommate just left Essential for Rio. 15 members of The Pogues his host family will The guitar ability o f Eric Clapton has never been called Island Records ¡ p f g meet him at airport! I'm into question. Through stints with the Yardbirds, Derrick The songs on this and the Dominoes and Cream, he transformed his playing may be “essential” for any Pogues dilet­ off to the Amazon into an art. In his lengthy solo career, he has added style to tante, but the collection is far from tomorrow. Archbishop his substance. definitive. Desmond Tutu just Too often, however, his albums get loaded down in com­ Essential documents the output of the boarded the ship. Can't mercialism. 1989’s Journeyman had many great moments, Irish octet since their first LP with Island believe w e w ill spend but also had that studio-manufactured sound usually re­ in 1988. That album, If I Should Fall 10 days crossing the At­ served for Clapton’s imitators. From G race W ith G od , stands as one o f lantic hearing him lec­ The Rush soundtrack is all-new Clapton, the first origi­ the decade’s most powerful and vital Ir­ ture on South Africa nal work in three years. Unlike with Journeyman, Clapton ish exports. It signaled the growth o f the is under no pressure to fill a CD, cut a track in three mi­ and talking informally band’s rough swagger into a swaggering nutes, and market a few hits. Rush — whose sounds were professionalism that got them seats on at dinner and on deck. used effectively in the recent film — marks his return to eveiy Top Ten List in 1988. soulful guitar, to the days when he could pick up the instru­ Five o f the 14 songs on Essential are Com Am or, ment and just play. from this seminal album, the rest being would be highlighted, but without that Brian taken from more recent releases. Unfor­ counterpoint things just aren’t as It is clear from the album’s song arrangement that this is tunately, the later material starts to pale interesting. P. S. Glad to hear you not meant to tear up the charts. The first seven songs are all in comparison to their earlier work. Welcome additions (both from 1988) got your application for instrumentals used to score the film. Only the final three While still fast and catchy, the last two include a cover of “ Tonk Wo­ Semester at Sea by call­ tracks have lyrics, but Clapton does not let the words get in LPs have moved away from the band’s men” and the obligatory never-before- the way o f what his fans pay good money to hear. Even on released re-mix (in this case, “Yeah, ing 800-854-0195. Send punk roots. The selections from 1989’s “Tears in Heaven,” which is as mainstream as Clapton gets Peace and Love, in particular, seem too Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah”). But the real it in now ! on Rush, the slow guitar work curies the same force as in polite for their company. disappointment is the lack o f even a the tracks without lyrics. This album gives Clapton a This should be the Pogues Essential, single photo o f Shane MacGowan’s den­ vs chance to let the instrument be the star. VoL II. If put in the context of the band’s tal work anywhere in the packaging. origins, the style o f the recent material —Alex Maclnnis —Brian Banks I FILM REVIEW Unabashedly Triumphs in World seedy television producer Cassidy and “Laveme and W ayne*m W orld, Starring Mike neously. The arguably bril­ film. Myers, Dane Carvey, Donna Dixon, (Rob Lowe). Basically a se­ Shirley’’ would find funny. liant provides and Rob Lowe. Directed by Penelope ries o f campy gags, the film Yes, the humor is o f lowest amiable support as the no- Sphceria. AT THE GRANADA 3 This flick, from director »SUNDAY THEATRE AND CINEMA TWIN. keeps its audience enter­ common denominator. But lipped geek Garth Algar, but Penelope Spheer (D eclin e « P I C A tained with constant refer­ that’s the same unabashedly stays relatively in the of Western Civilization A post-modem joyride ences to M TV culture, in­ base comedy that made B ill background. Pts. I & II), and producer RED RUM into the almost surreal ado­ cluding a “Clapper” com­ 2/26 WEDNESDAY and Ted’s Excellent Ad­ The film’s biggest faults, Lom e Michaels (“Saturday lescent psyches o f Wayne mercial and a special venture such an entertain­ however, lie in the dol­ Night Live”), might be just () and his appearance by a member o f ing picture. And, when most drums between truly funny the thing for those seeking a dweeby pal Garth (Dana the 72 cast of us are stressed and parts. These are the points 2/27 THURSDAY movie that doesn’t demand Carvey), Wayne’s W orld is Does guest star Alice searching the cable stations where, not unlike many very much from its audi­ RAIN____ I both better than B ill and Cooper wax philosophical? for that rare “ Land o f the “ ” skits, ence. Laugh now, because 2/29 SATURDAY Ted’s Bogus Journey and Sure. ” rerun, this is what we things seem to slow to an in a few years the trendy, FUNGO MUNGO even features an Ugly Kid Is there a requisite ’70s want And they give it to us. uncomfortable crawl as they adolescent humor of The Upbeat Joe song. TV show reference? Indica______Mike Myers is character­ try to pass off lame and un­ Wayne’s World might not The much-hyped flick O f course! istically great as Wayne original material as pro­ be funny anymore. follows Aurora’s favorite In fact, Wayne’s W orld Campbell, eking out that foundly humorous. 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