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10.04.2015 fri AP PHOTO Macau Daily Times | Edition 2288 | 10 Apr 2015 ROYAL YACHT OF HAWAII RECOVERED A THOUSAND ARTIFACTS FROM THE 1820S A shipwreck chaser found artifacts from the first luxury ocean-going yacht built in the United States in 1816, which sunk 191 years ago off the Movies: Get hard Hawaiian coast. The discovery Books: A scourge of vipers by bruce desilva will shed more light on the Music: What's real by waters history of the 1820s X3 Wine: The heart of oak Food: A zen state of mind X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer pe, teaching him how to fight ET ARD PLAYS and encouraging him to prac- 'G H ' tice oral sex on men. AP PHOTO The first yields some laughs WITH STEREOTYPES as the 6-foot-3 Ferrell uses the diminutive Hart as a barbell. But forced sex isn't WITH MIXED SUCCESS funny, no matter who's doing the forcing or the gender of the parties involved. "Get hile the stereotypes he has ever met — and asks Hard" traffics in other crude Win "Get Hard" may be for help to prepare for 10 humor involving more than gross exaggerations, its cha- years in maximum security. one look at Farrell's naked racters live in the real wor- Darnell has no jail experien- tush and a tiring amount of ld: A place where the chasm ce, but he agrees because he puns on the film's title. between rich and poor is vast needs money to buy a home Darnell knows one real ex- and growing; where black in a better school district for con, his cousin Russell (an men are disproportionately his little girl. ultra-charismatic Tip "T.I." jailed and white-collar crimi- When Darnell's wife, Rita Harris), whom he turns to for nals often evade punishment. (Edwina Findley Dickerson) actual help for James behind In this comedy from first- — the film's only voice of bars. James hits it off with time director Etan Cohen, reason — asks what he did to Russell and his gangster pals James (Will Ferrell) is a Los give the impression he had a when he shows them how Angeles millionaire hedge- criminal record, he replies, "I they can "liquidate two bri- fund investor whose life of was being black." cks of cocaine" into hedge indulgence and ignorance Darnell's pre-jail prep class funds to make more money. is interrupted by a surprise includes transforming his "Wall Street, man. Those are prison sentence for fraud. student's Bel-Air mansion the real criminals," one gan- He turns to the guy who into a pretend prison, the gster says. runs the company car wash, household staff gleefully be- Right. This is supposed to be Darnell (Kevin Hart) — appa- coming its guards. Lessons a parody of the One Percent. rently the only black person include getting James in sha- The film is guilty of occasio- Kevin Hart, left, and Will Ferrell appear in a scene from the film, "Get Hard" nally underlining its jokes is that satire, or is it racist from the Colosseum-like like this. James even uses the and classist? grandeur of James' Bel-Air AP PHOTO phrase "teachable moment" James has two female love home to the magnetometers after a heated racial encoun- interests, one white and one in front of (fictional) Lower ter — and not ironically. black. The black woman does South Central elementary Stars and producers of "Get more twerking than speaking school. The country really Hard" defended the film af- on screen. Does that satirize does have a prison problem, ter its premiere at South by a racist and sexist stereotype, jailing more of its citizens Southwest last week, where or reinforce it? than anywhere in the wor- some viewers and critics cal- It's tricky territory to tread, ld, black men at six times the led it racist and homophobic. and "Get Hard" doesn't rate of whites. So when does satire become always get it right, but in a One of the biggest leaps here an expression of the very sen- nation where racial and eco- is that a wealthy Wall Street timent it hopes to ridicule? nomic divides are growing scoundrel would be facing James' initial bias against bla- issues, it deserves credit for hard time. cks is overt. He's afraid of Dar- trying. The film stays afloat "Get Hard," a Warner Bros. nell when they first meet, and on the goofy charm of its release, is rated R by the Motion openly assumes he has been to two leads, a great soundtrack Picture Association of America jail because of his race, citing with music from Nicki Minaj, for "pervasive crude and sexual the statistical likelihood. That T.I. and The Pharcyde, and an content and language, some gra- can work as satire. undercurrent of truth. phic nudity, and drug material." But when Darnell misses all Los Angeles is a real reflec- Running time: 99 minutes. of James' literary references, tion of economic disparity, BOOK IT tTUNES BRUCE DESILVA DELIVERS ANOTHER WATERS' SOPHOMORE ALBUM, OUTSTANDING MYSTERY 'WHAT'S REAL,' IS REAL GOOD dgar Award-winning au- potential new law, Mulligan ormer Port O'Brien front- Ethor Bruce DeSilva de- finds himself surrounded by Fman Van Pierszalowski left AP PHOTO livers another outstanding untrustworthy informants AP PHOTO the alt-rock outfit in 2011 and mystery featuring his Provi- and people who want him out promptly formed Waters, ho- dence, Rhode Island, investi- of the way. ping to gel with a fresh band gative journalist Liam Mulli- Mulligan is a wisecracking and begin anew. They came gan in "A Scourge of Vipers." bulldog. However, with work out strong with "Out in the Li- Mulligan's life and job are and his personal life making ght" that year. in shambles. His new boss it difficult to concentrate on Now, Waters' sophomore re- at the newspaper is a trans- cracking the case, he might lease, "What's Real," is where plant from another state who not be able to escape unsca- the going gets good. Real good. is completely clueless about thed this time. Waters bristles with energy how Rhode Island or the city The city of Providence comes throughout the album, with of Providence operates. Mulli- it to vivid life, and the cast of Pierszalowski poetically ques- gan has to shuffle his boss' in- quirky characters makes "A tioning his inner drive on the competence with staying one Scourge of Vipers" a perfect powerful "Rebel Yell" and sin- step ahead of someone who read for hard-boiled mystery ging about new friends and doesn't like him sticking his "A Scourge of Vipers" (Forge fans who also enjoy dashes of turning a positive corner on nose where it doesn't belong. Books), by Bruce DeSilva humor. What makes the story "The Avenue." He also works The governor has a bold exceptional is that while all of "What's Real" by Waters (Vagrant Records) himself into a fine frenzy on the plan to solve the state's bud- this is happening, DeSilva, a lead track, "Got to My Head." get woes by legalizing spor- handle the transactions. Some retired Associated Press wri- Pierszalowski's written and brought to life a near-perfect blend of big power pop ts gambling. The chaos that would grease the palms and ting coach, forces the reader with "What's Real." There's enough straight-ahead guitar for rock purists to admire, erupts involves gambling foes bribe state legislators for their to examine the ramifications yet it's laced with melodic hooks to make the songs linger, thankfully, in the mind. who don't want the govern- votes. of how politics and money "What's Real" showcases a strong up-and-coming band at top form. Waters deserves ment meddling to those who When major crimes occur don't mix. every clap it's about to get. would prefer private interests that seem to tie in with the Jeff Ayers, AP Ron Harris, AP Paul Schemm, Quarzazate 10.04.2015 fri FEATURE Lisa Ann Capozzi, AP museum in Hawaii is pre- HISTORY paring to open a treasure- trove of artifacts from the Ashipwreck of a royal yacht sunk off the island of Kauai 191 years ago. Richard Rogers, a Hawaii shipwre- Artifacts lost in ck chaser, worked with scientists from the Smithsonian Institution to dredge up the findings from the ship owned by King Kamehameha shipwreck 191 years ago II, also known as Liholiho, the se- cond king of Hawaii. “We found gold, silver, Hawaiian poi pounders, gemstones, a boat returned to Hawaii whistle, knives, forks, mica, thin- gs from all over the world, high- and low-end European stuff. Every bit of it is royal treasure,” Rogers said. AP PHOTO Rogers volunteered his time aboard his research vessel, the Pi- lialoha, over a five-year period in four-week intervals from 1995 to 2001 to retrieve the treasures. “It’s all pickled and nice and rea- dy to be displayed,” Rogers said. “There are over a thousand artifacts. We did our homework and this find is invaluable because it all belonged to the king. It is a fabulous window into the 1820s.” Rogers said the king’s belongings were buried in 3 meters of water and 3 meters of sand. His favorite discovery was a trumpet shell. “I found it under a bunch of sand and carried it onto the deck. This was in 1999. I blew it and it made the most beautiful sound going out over Hanalei Bay,” Rogers recal- led.