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Movies: Dolemite Is My Name Books: Little Weirds by Jenny Slate Music: What You See Is What You Get by Luke Combs Lifestyle: How to choose the right health plan Macau Daily Times | Edition 3412 | 08 Nov 2019 THE30 years after REMAINS OF THE WALL he walls of the Bornholmer Huette pub years after the Berlin Wall fell and communism were last painted in 1973, a light beige that collapsed, not everything has improved. has gradually cracked and darkened into a “It was a simple life then. Today, everything’s so Tcaramel brown from decades of cigarette smoke. complicated you collapse under the weight of it, The “Huette,” as regulars call it, has been in Ma- and there’s always new regulations, new rules,” tthias Gehrhus’ family since 1954 and he doesn’t he said. plan on changing it any time soon. Its Spartan “There was never a problem with money,” styling recalls the days when it was a meeting Gehrhus added, noting that life’s necessities place in communist East Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg were taken care of, even if travel abroad was neighborhood, somewhere you’d go to catch up restricted. with an old friend over a cheap beer. “Sure you couldn’t check out the world, but in Gehrhus, 50, was born into that world and the last 30 years I still haven’t checked out the doesn’t want it back. But he also understands the rest of the world,” he said. feelings of many former East Germans that, 30 CONTINUED ON X3 X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer DDIE URPHY SHINES E M PHOTO AP IN VULGAR, HEARTFELT ‘DOLEMITE’ or the amount of cursing, 2008 at age 81). It makes sense vulgarity and nudity in “Do- that the script comes by way of Flemite Is My Name ,” it might screenwriters Scott Alexander come as a surprise that it’s ac- and Larry Karaszewski, who tually a rather sweet and heart- did something similar for the felt film. “Dolemite” is not here cult filmmaker Ed Wood. to shock and scandalize. It’s Directed by Craig Brewer simply a loving, R-rated portrait (“Hustle & Flow”), “Dolemite of Rudy Ray Moore, a nobody Is My Name” transports you who had the guts to believe in to Moore’s 1970s Los Angeles, himself when no one else did, thanks to Ruth E. Carter’s evo- featuring a killer comeback Ed- cative costumes and Clay Gri- die Murphy performance. ffith’s production design. The- The self-proclaimed “Godfather re’s nothing terribly interesting of rap,” Moore was an Army about the way it’s told, it’s just a veteran, standup comedian, straightforward underdog story musician and born performer with a big beating heart. who in the 1970s came to ni- Murphy plays Moore with a wi- che prominence for his rhyth- de-eyed eagerness we typically mic and raunchy Dolemite act. only see on screen in much you- That character would beget both nger characters. He’s constantly Eddie Murphy plays lead role in “Dolemite Is My Name” standup albums and the 1975 told no or to stay in his lane. Blaxploitation film “Dolemite,” Even his friends (Craig Robin- many no’s he’ll have to over- of “The Front Page” with Jack problem? None of them really “Some people walk around a low-budget production (repor- son, Mike Epps and Tituss Bur- come to get an album made and Lemmon and Walter Matthau, know how to make a movie. with their own personal spotli- ts say it cost around $100,000 gess among them) look at him then released. And we haven’t wondering what the appeal is. But they do their best which is ght,” Murphy’s Moore tells her. to make) that made some $10 with that kind of half-pitying/ even gotten to the cult classic So they decide to make so- often funny and always endea- The same could be said of Ran- million at the box office. half-supportive smile that will movie yet. mething that they want to see ring. dolph, or Moore himself and But it’s almost irrelevant whe- leave the audience wondering While it’s a joy spending time (kung-fu, nudity and action Aside from Murphy, who eases it’s a lovely thing to have a very ther you know Moore’s name if this is just a big dreamer who with Moore as he ascends in the are a few of the requirements). back into stardom seamlessly, good film like “Dolemite Is My well, and how he inspired the might not actually make it. comedy world, the film really Moore scrapes together money, the other standout performan- Name” to show off both. likes of Dr. Dre and Snoop But he has an eye for talent and kicks into gear when he gets the friends, acquaintances, some ce comes from Da’Vine Joy Dogg, or are learning about him at a low point borrows some idea to make a film one night strangers (a playwright played Randolph, a Tony-nominated “Dolemite Is My Name,” a Netflix for the first time: “Dolemite Is material from a local homeless after he and his buddies decide by Keegan-Michael Key, and stage actress who bursts off the release, is rated R by the Motion My Name” is just a good piece man about a larger-than-life to see a movie — something actor D’Urville Martin, played screen as comedian Lady Reed. Picture Association of America for of entertainment. And it’s the character named Dolemite, and, funny — and are left scratching by Wesley Snipes) and a few Moore “discovers” her one ni- “some sexuality, full nudity and kind of film that will help his finally he’s got people’s atten- their heads at a packed showing film school students and sets ght on tour as someone with brief language.” Running time: legacy live on (Moore died in tion. But there are still many, of Billy Wilder’s 1974 remake off to make a feature. The only presence. 118 minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES SAMPLE A BIT OF JENNY SLATE’S NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP FOR IMAGINATION IN ‘LITTLE WEIRDS’ COUNTRY SINGER LUKE COMBS enny Slate is an artist in the broadest sen- record. As the title track suggests, Jse of the word. You may know her as a “What You See Is What You Get,” AP PHOTO AP comedian, an actress, or a co-creator of PHOTO AP Combs is speaking directly to a short films. She lends her matchless voice working class crowd with an ave- to several animated films and even writes rage Joe attitude about his own children’s books. If you look at her body of life, even as he has become coun- work, you would categorize her as a funny try music’s next big star. human being. He has a creative flourish with “Little Weirds” diverges in an entirely dif- vowel harmony in “Lovin’ On ferent direction. Instead of laughing at her You,” stringing together similar embarrassing stories or learning what it’s sounding words in a syncopated like to be a performer on “Saturday Night style that’s a little like rapping, Live,” you should prepare your psyche to but slower. “I like a two-door old dig deeper. Adjust your expectation of a run- Ford, wood board back porch, -of-the-mill memoir and ready yourself to three chords and the truth,” with drop straight into Slate’s imagination. an emphasis on the “or” sound. Slate writes about love and heartbreak, li- He twirls around words in his ving and dying. Although these topics are North Carolina drawl, like “Long relatively relatable, the creative approach of neck, ice cold beer never broke each essay is abstract. Her ability to paint a my heart,” with his larger than life meticulous mental picture with nothing but vocals matched with a stomping words on a page can only be described as Luke Combs, “What You See Is What You Get” (River House drum rhythm that sounds unique gifted. As a result, we join her in her dreams, Artists/Columbia Nashville) among so much smoothness of in the body of a mouse, various states of dea- mainstream country melodies. th and meeting the dark-haired man. ot many artists break out on their first Combs, at the top of a new class At times the essays feel like sporadic record, but Luke Combs did it without of neo-traditionalists in country music, has streams of consciousness torn from random Nmuch fanfare, dropping an album two years clearly learned a lot about writing solid honky pages of Slate’s diary. At other times, the ago that has spent 50 weeks on top of Bill- tonk boogies from studying the catalog of language is so flowery, you need to read it board’s country chart and tied the all-time re- Brooks & Dunn, who appear as featured gues- twice to remotely understand where Slate is cord set by another country sensation, Shania ts on his song “1, 2 Many.” going. What else would you expect from a Twain. Combs should be less worried about a sopho- woman who celebrates all the little weirds Combs has fed his rabid fan base with a de- more slump than making more room for all in her life? “Little Weirds” (Little, Brown and Co.), luxe re-release of his debut album and a fou- those platinum plaques. Lincee Ray, AP by Jenny Slate r-song EP before putting out this sophomore Kristin M. Hall, AP 08.11.2019 fri NEWS OF THE WORLD David Rising, AP 30 years after Berlin PHOTO AP Wall fell, East-West divides remain CONTINUED FROM FRONT rents woke him up to tell him despite having an East German PAGE what happened, he grumpily chancellor for 14 years.