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igns of Age: Representing the day I will look like the women depicted, Older Body” and “Forgotten saggy breasts and all. W indow Pain Dreams: Art After Eighty” are the What’s important, though, is that these Debi Finestone previews 1SIue Window two latest exhibits down at the Santa Barbara exhibits bring the issue of aging into the Contemporary Arts Forum. Both exhibits open. They confront your fears and miscon ou’ve just been in share a common purpose in persuading the ceptions of getting old bv having them stare vited to a swanky view er to you right in the Manhattan dinner Y face as a big simply think party, hosted by Theatre and redefine black-and- UCSB. Thispartyis thepre- Reality Bites those general white photo mise of the group’s upcom- , ized notions graph. These ing production of Craig Lu that we all have images are cas’ “Blue Window.” of getting old powerful — the But that’s only the surface and looking layer of the play, explains older body sur- old. rounds you Director Tom Whitaker, These two once you step “It’s really about all the char bodies of work inside the gal acters taking some kind of depict older lery. Its redun step forward in their lives, people in non- dancy brings and about how even though Conventional acceptance, and we feel alone, we are all con scenarios as soon the older nected.” By doing this, the well as everyday body does not play explores the themes of life. Donnigan seem so fore is o la tio n and ages. Its about young peo C um m ing’s ign. These peo connectiveness. ple. It’s about relationships. carried by it,” he said, “and portraits of ple could be One of the features of this I think everybody would get to know the characters 80-year-old your grandpa play that interested W hi probably like to go to a party over the course of an model . Nettie rents. You taker is the way Lucas played for an evening,” he said. evening.” Harris were don’t have to with dialogue and timing. “I think it’s a good piece “Blue Window” will be probably the immediately “It’s almost like music, the for people who have seen a performed Nov. 14-15 and most riveting, accept them as way the voices go against lot of theater and people 18-22 at 8 p.m., Nov. 16 and with his por a new ideal, just each other,” he said. who haven’t seen very much 22 at2p.m . and Nov. 16 at 7 trayal of Harris standing upon a bathroom contemplate age and the fact that one day Whitaker thinks that theater at all,” Whitaker p.m. Tickets are $14 for sink wearing nothing but a sweater. She is so this will be you. “Blue Window” will appeal said. “It’s a modern, general admission and $10 little that it makes you contemplate the This exhibit runs through Jan. 18. Admis to a college audience for a straightforward story with a for students and senior citi shrinking that older people encounter. My sion is free, and for more information call number of reasons. fresh approach.” zens. There is no late seating own superficial vanity was provoked by these 966-5373. “The characters are not Whitaker urges the audi in the Performing Arts works, forcing me to think about how one — Tami Mnoian that far from [students’] ence to enjoy it however they Theatre, so get there early. 2A Thursday, November 13,1997 Daily Nexus DAILY NEXUS Sleazy Listening With Tony Bogdanovski, your man of the evening i ------1 You walk into a crowded room and are saxophonist spawned the Zeitgeist responsi READERSHIP POLL greeted by a warm glow. The ghost of ci ble for a wide spectrum of instrumental cov garette smoke hovers peacefully amid a flus ers, some with a gende twist, of the day’s po \ tering crowd, as cocktails of all colors float pular tunes. “Quiet Village” itself has been by. Leopard skin, shark skin, mink; every covered by hundreds of artists, adding to the animal is here, only now modified to a simp scene a bit of Alanis Morrisette’s irony, ler form after a run-in with the textile don’tcha think? industry. Composer Martin Denny became Bax It’s merely seconds later that the sounds ter’s prodigy and quickly snatched away the capture you inside an auditory web of emo exotica crown. His unique blend of Afiro- tion. These are strange sounds, but still, • Cuban, Hawaiian, bongo-soaked mood-jazz O N E G R A N D PRIZE suited to fit your individual mingling needs. quickly topped the charts. The band was as You turn to a tipsy figure on your left. eclectic as the sounds it created, featuring One Night Deluxe “Catchy but minimalist, don’t you think?” prospective ’60s exotica icon Arthur Lyman (llW u ) Mil im u Accommodations in No answer, but an arousing smile and the oddly realistic bird calls of Augie Sierra Summit! compensates. Colon. S nOUIRlDEBSfl Now die tunes change course, veering into And the masses wanted more. Flights left & Two Lift Tickets full swing with the explosions of drums, daily and tickets were only the price of an Sponsored by for Two Days strings, trumpets and theremin. This wave of LP. Exotica became the antidote for Cold Warren Miller Ski Films Worth of Skiing! anomalies is just beginning to evoke the W ar paranoia, a safe way to step outside the coming to Santa Barbara same desires you spent the past workday try white picket fence without changing your November 18th and 19th ing to suppress. Clasping onto the stem of politics or even your pants. Taking some RULES your drink, you wonder “Where the hell am thing foreign and reinventing it in America I?” became all the rage. 1 Open to all readers How often do you read the Daily Nexus? The fortunate followers of the current re- W e didn’t stop there. Next we went to the EXCEPT employees Daily Weekly Monthly Never moon for our records. Hell, all the exotic is of the Daily Nexus. interest in the eclectic background music of What are your favorite sections: (circle up to 3) the past would be in heaven. In case you ha lands on Earth had already been probed by 2. Must fill out survey News Opinions Sports ArtsWeek ven’t been to the record store in the past two the late ’50s, and the audiences were getting IN TOTAL and deposit Weekend Connection Coupons Daily Friday it in the sealed box in years, there has been a subtle but effective re restless. A grocery shopper could now Special Sections Classifieds AP Wire the Daily Nexus surgence in lounge music and culture. scramble their cerebral cortex into sci-fi other______Advertising Office by 3. What are your favorite features? (circle up to 2) 10:00am Tuesday, Dilbert • Doonesbury Rubes November 18,1997. Horoscope Crossword Police Report 3. Winners will be Weather UC Briefs Campus Comment chosen at noon on This Week in UCSB History World News Tbesday, November other______- 18,1997 and will be notified by phone. 4. What is your favorite Daily Nexus Comic? Mr. Gnu Clive and Cabbage One Fine Day 4. Winners must provide The Occasional Adventures of Stonerman photo identification in order to receive thejr Where do you pick up your Daily Nexus ? 5. prize. 5. * 5. No photocopied ' 6. Is the Daily Nexus your source for Campus News? ballots accepted. Yes No 6. One entry per person, 7. Is the Daily Nexus your source for local and national please! news? 7. 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Mimes have never been ready scored over 8130 mil Under the recommenda very popular in this country, lion worldwide and a whole tion of Grierson Gallery well except in San Francisco $125 million in its first curator David Langley (Pe (but that’s a topic for week alone in the U.S. ter MacNichol) a represen another day). How often has It is Atkinson’s largely tative from the London Na Hollywood made money off physical character, irregard- tional Art Gallery is re a joke about a mime? How quested to open a historic art many times have you seen purchase at a Los Angeles some comedian like, ooh museum — the painting let’s say, Bill Murray punch a » t * . “Whistler’s Mother.” What sallowy mime and laughed Langley doesn’t know when your arse off about it? he requests a renowned Make no mistake, mimes scholar to speak at the art are a great punch line. We’ve work opening is that internal laughed ’dl it hurt a t the affairs at the London gallery skinny, pale-faced, man-in- are at work, resulting in the-box wimps for years. We sending one (unqualified) bullied them. W e pushed Mr. Bean. them down and all they Selected by the Grierson could do was throw on a sad staff, as what they believe to face. But now they’re laugh be the premiere guest for the ing back. As ‘‘Bean’’ rakes in with Special Guests art opening, out of a presti millions of your hard-earned gious list of contenders in American dollars, the mimes are having the last cluding Jon Bon Jovi and .M eat Loafs butt, Dr. laugh. less of a few vocal mumbles (ahem) Bean comes across Rowan Atkinson, the be and The C annotis loved, quirky, little English that endears him to us. His the sea for “Whistler’s
Television news. Full of integrity or full of deal. Max gladly accepts this responsibility and rfianages to set up a live T v interview shit? This is the question that director Costa lues. INTo'v. 1 8 Gavras’ latest offering, “Mad City,” attempts with Sam in exchange for a pair of hostages. to answer. This interview not only captures the na 7:30 & 10:00 Dustin Hoffman stars as Max Brackett, a tion’s attention, but its sympathy for Sam’s $3 Stu. $5 Gen once-famous network news reporter, whose sad-sack story as well. While Max’s career on-air blunder several years soars and Sam reaches cult- back sent him from the Big figure status, Max’s old Apple to the middle of no nemesis, network anchor ^ i c © u s t i c H © u r i i i t h , € H u b ... where. In this film, the role Kevin Hollander (Alan of the middle o f nowhere is Alda) tries to steal the story played by Madeline, Calif. out from under him. The But little does Brackett longtime rivals engage in an know that a routine assign unethical duel for control of ment to the local museum the story, using Sam as their will be his ticket back to the pawn, leading up to the lm (¡h S fiiiBM network. film’s climactic standoff. While at the museum, Ultimately, “Mad City” is disgruntled ex-security a very well-made film that \a / “Just everything would be light. You know, light beer, light chips, lots of different lights. People would have to bring flashlights u e & light rock. Anyway, anything with light in Two guys outside Davidson Library. An • ^ » ■actual dialogue: “Sounds cool.“ “That’s what I say.” “Any night of the week there’s a damn’70s ■party, ’80s party, disco party. Same shit, al lways. Know what Justin and my party would e?” “Hu h r r- “A light party.” . . , . . I “You mean light as in hefty or light-lights?” — Gavin Austin | 4A Thursday, November 13,1997 Daily Nexus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ s il v e r g r e e n s ^ ^ ^ Picture this: the Hub illuminated by blacldights while “The most essential part is the way people are going to get candy-eating ravers dance to progressive house and jungle educated. There will be three screens with video and film ex music bumpin’ over the speakers. Sound exciting? Then join cerpts from movies and TV shows about what type of social in the fun at “Adam Bomb Inside.” [and] political issues UCSB students turn their faces away The Nov. 21 Associated Students dance — AKA “rave” from, she said. “There will also be a petition and postcard — is appropriately named after the Garbage Pail Kid Adam campaign for financial aid.” Bomb— an example of the internal explosion resulting from The “rave” will be an opportunity for students to leam of keeping issues bottled up inside. This clever mascot serves to the Advocacy Agenda and its goals while having fun, accord invite students and community members to partake in alter ing to Haady Lashkari, organizing director. native modes of activism and to learn about the “advocacy” “The actual Advocacy Agenda never really gets out to stu issues the University of California Student Association will dents, so the dance rally is an opportunity to invite all the stu champion this year, explained Felicia Perez, rally coordina dents to come together and educate students,” he said. tor and A.S. external vice president of statewide affairs. Though most of the event goodies have been provided by “I’ve been calling it a political dance rally. It’s kind of a either students or the university, the not-for-profit “rave” has VOUA D-flILM 4I0A0SC0K 3 M HUM (. EUKti To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April IS) - Today is a 5-An older woman has an excellent idea around breakfast time. If you follow her advice, you can get the funding you need. Later this evening, there is a conflict. Nothing’s turning out the way you wanted. Don’t despair. Everything’s OK by tomorrow afternoon. Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Today is a 9 - You and your partners see things from very different perspectives. You can easily find enough to argue about to stop all forward motion. Don’t do that Instead, have a friendly discus sion, in which you discover a workable solution. Relax and get creative. Gemini (May 21-June 21) - Today is a 5 - Even the simplest task will take twice as long as usual And somebody’s leaning on you to get it done by yesterday. Don't freak out. If you can keep from getting scattered, you'll get more done in less time. Just take one thing through to completion. Then go on to the next. Cancer (June 22-July 22) - Today is a 9 - Even if there are serious matters umesohed, people are mote likely to think them owr today, instead of acting RAVE, meaning Revolutionary Action Via Entertainment,” dipped into the A.S. budget for promotional costs, Perez impetuously. This is better all the way around Authority figures are in a better mood, too. The anxiety level has simply decreased. It’s about time. she said. “It stems from our wanting people to be educated said. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 5 - Do something nice for your sweetheart about the [UCSA] Advocacy Agenda issues without having “The money earned will go to buy more canned foods. this morning, just because he or she asks for it. Later this evening, you'll see a typical march, so that’s why it’s a dance rally— dancing for [The rave] costs a little over 11,000. All the films are done by a wall of resistance looming ahead again. It’s not that you can’t do what’s required. It’s that you don’t want to. Postpone it until tomorrow. It’ll wait. political change.” students and the water [to be given out during the rave] is do Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Today is a 9 - You could get quite a bit accom And entertain they will, by featuring two “well-known” nated by the UCen,” she commented. “The pre-production plished today. While you’re at it, why not set a goal that’s a little further out than you’ve ever tried before? You've got the support of friends and DJs, Theo and Jason, as well as political henna tattoos and is costing us, rather than the whole event.” loved ones. If you have a good partner, you'll do even better. You may massage booths — all for $3 per person or less, added Briah And now the question you’ve all been dying to ask— don’t even foil in love. Tannler, rally committee member and A.S. off-campus rep. most “raves” insinuate a slew of ecstasy and other mind Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Today is a 3 - Don’t do anything today without thinking it over. A scholarly friend can help. He or she can give you infor “There’s three ways you can get in. It’s free if you wear the enhancing drugs? Well, not this one, Perez said. mation you need. You have enough money, but not too much. You could Adam Bomb Inside’ T-shirt that’ll be handed out around “There’ll be no alcohol served and it’s a drug-free event. have too little pretty easily. You’re going to have to stick to a budget. Stop campus, or pay IS for two people or $3 for one, or you can fighting and just do it We’re hoping we provide enough multi-stimuli to prevent bring two cans of food and get in,” she said. “Since Thanks Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) - Today is a 9 - People can be pretty stubborn the need for drugs,” she said. D o o n e sb u ry BY GARRY TRUDEAU YOU KNOW, P EA R L, (O H E V 1 CONFESS IO NUE HAP B U T NOW THE YEARS HAVE FLOWN WEHERE GROWYNG UP, HOFFR/P FEELINGS TOWARP B/ANPNONE OF THAT MATTERS HOW HATEFUL/ (HELL, l YOU WERE ALWAYS m e YOU. I WAS SO VERY/JEAL ANYMORE. 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Come to Daddy, is how Marilyn Manson jealous. trends all the rage and elec You would think that ever, plagued by a few awk While Gavin Rossdale I I ”X 17” • Brite Hue Paper • SO copy minimum * tronic music being the latest with such big names at ward moments of, in lay underwater may seem appe thing, it seems like putting tached to this project (Dr. man’s terms — elevator aling to the average Bush out another soundtrack of Dre, Trackmasters, Nas, music, that truly do no jus fan, Cold's use of distortion F lyers .64 each songs, remixes and music in etc.) it would not only be lyr tice to the other tracks, or for may be a bit too much for spired by “Trainspotting” ically original and techni . 8.5” x 11” • 20# Color Paper • 50 copy minimum that matter to James’ previ those who like the quick fix offer expires 11-16-97 would be simply a for-profit cally tight all around, but ous works. All in all, this Bush provides. Neverthe copying • binding • laminating • computer rentals venture. And oh, how easy it also plain entertaining. But would have been a great less, distortion works well full color print & c o d v • scannino • tvnecettmn take a quick look at the cover maxi-single instead of a with this album, and Cold and the played out pseudo fluffed-up EP. able to produce a style that movie theme (e.g., the Fu- — Robert “I really dig works for their faster songs gees’ “The Score” or Sadat Posh-Spice!” Hanson like “Give” and “Go Away.” X’s “Black Cowboys”) be There are also a number of comes a dismal prelude to an slow tunes to appease the album that’s just not quite melancholy masses. LET’S PARTY! cohesive. Although laden with re The trademark West verb as well, the result is a Coast flavor of Dre’s pro seemingly is to say that ab truly pleasing piece of mor ducing definitely comes out Trainspotting #2 — or bidity a la Alice in Chains. through strong, but only a so you would think After a while, Cold stops few times does it actually In fact, though, the col Various Artists / L iv e From sounding so congested, and complement the track, as lection of tracks that make 6A: Great Musical Perfor could easily earn its place in opposed to forcing it to con up this second soundtrack to mances From *Late Night an everyday CD collection. form (like on “Firm Family” the most fashionable film of With Conan. O’Brien ” / — Natalie Belfor in which Dre actually raps). last year is as integral to a Mercury There is no new ground be Trainspotter’s record collec ing broken and all around it tion as having the remixes to How someone as unbear ROCK nieeVVL feels like something’s miss Underworld’s “Born ably unoriginal as 311 can ing. Save yourself some time Slippy,” on vinyl. Not since make it on a compilation THURSDAY NIGHTS and money and just invest in More Dirty Dancing has a with the likes of Ani DiF- Nas’ first album. Now that’s 9:30 pm - Midnight second collection of music ranco, Elvis Costello, Bjork, dope. —Dan NZA from the original film been David Bowie and Squirrel Various Artists / Urbal $ 5 9 $ 0 • tapes ."SS?T-shirts so welcome. Nut Zippers is mind- Beats: The Definitive Guide b e s t ^ t y g g f With this collection you baffling. to Electronic Music / ffrr can spend over an hour at But then again, so is the home with your mates living reason why Conan O’Brien If I were going to put JOIN US & KTYD’S DAYNA BIRKLEY the “Trainspotting" life, try is still on the air. together a compilation of AS SHE ROCKS THE LANES ing to figure out that Under Beating fellow late-night dance music a year ago, these world’s “Dark and Long” talk show bantercrs Letter- are the .songs I would have was used during the film’s man and Leno to the punch put on^V.'lri fact, l think I Tuesday Nights baby sequence, or that Aphex Twin / Come to by releasing his compilation did make this compilation. “Temptation” by Heaven 17 Daddy ! Sire of performances first was a H m m m ... PER GAME scored thatpart of the film in smart marketing ploy. Put- “Poison” by Prodigy? 9pm-Midnight which Begbie gets off with a Richard D. James is back , ting hot critical faves, artists Yeah. girl who’s really a guy. with his latest EP, Come to like DiFranco and Soul “Bloc Rockin’ Beats,” by ORCH/D BOWL Mindless, wasted hours of Daddy. Here James creates Coughing, on the CD was a the Chemical Brothers? fun await with a record an odd and seamless juxta smart move as well, after all, Sounds about right. 5925 Calle Real, Goleta vorth every thrifty penny. position between his brand what writer wouldn’t want “Higher • State of Con Hwy. 101 at Fairview • 967*0128 — Jolie I. Lash #2 of drill and bass techno and to name-drop DiFranco as a sciousness,” by Josh Wink? hard-rock pop-sheen. Un personal favorite (she’s the Check. like his previous efforts, hot thing now, as if you “Bom Slippy” by Under Feeding Frenzy. Friday. mainly Ambient Works and I didn’t know). world? Like I could forget The Weekend Connection. In the Nexus. Care Because You Do, a grea Throwing popular mod that!?! ter sense of human intimacy em rock flavors Jamiroquai, Goldie? Everything But Cake and even 311 on the the Girl? Orbital? Future Great Lunch Special! is expressed through a All Your Favorites At All Time Low Prices multitude of vocal loops and CD was also good thinking, Sound of London? The phrase samples. These ele probably selling a bunch of Orb? Portishead? Crystal 2 Extra Large Slices, copies on the backs of those Method? Got ’em. Nas Escobar, Foxy Brown, ments work to produce a ______Salad, chillingly frightful mood names alone. Maybe if this album pre AZ and Nature / 716« Firm : But in the end, isn’t L ive sented by Urb came out a presents... All-uou -can-drink 9oda The A lbum / Aftermath throughout the entire al bum. The three different From 6A just another way to year ago it would be cool, but Rubes $3 99 Though probably one of mixes of the title track are by fatten the paycheck of a man now it just seems like a waste By Leieh Rubin Tune In Here For Tomorrows Specialll the yeaf s most highly antici far the strongest, each cen who already has an unusually of 13 bucks. pated hip-hop albums, the tering upon totally different large head anyway? — the definitive Jolie I. latest collaboration of East elements of the song, linked — Jolie I. Lash Lash PRET? T l$ { a * izaSOK io L e F k f f - ? / o a is tri ZO % $Ayih/te OV <0h/riKI hOLlt>Ay TOVkS Council Travel CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange God whips up the first batch of primordial soup. 903 Embarcadero Del Norte Isla Vista * (805) 562 8080 ~ ------Woodstock’s Pizza 928 Emb. del Norte 968-6969 6A Thursday, November 13,1997 Daily Nexus IdGSR j SUGG StudteAiti Capitol’s “Ultra-Lounge” series takes the most accurate stab at recreating lounge’s Spiritually dead OA ueaA em pty? LOUNGE Mmm ■ Continued front p.2A heyday for the listener, with extensive liner * m Game feed y a u A ¿ o u t! of dough into its stereo systems. W hat better notes by R.J. Smith, cheesy photos and Wesley Foundation Mmm way to test the capabilities of your speakers plenty of cocktail tips..Best of all is the actual ^SjCickoff ‘97-’98 than to run “Binga Banga Bongo” or the music, and since Capitol hoarded all the Moog version of “Quiet Village” through great names — Sinatra, Dino, Denny, Bax Barbecue-Open House Good one’s woofers? ter — almost 20 differently themed discs are Saturday, Nov. 15 - 3:00 pm The Weekend Now you might be saying to yourself, “I available. Taking into account the subdivi The grey cabin 892 Camino del Sur would very much like to run some of this sions of the genre, the “Ultra-Lounge” series Connection. lifoijnoidlnfo. call University Church 968-2610 lounge hoopla through my woofers too.” best represents what the music is all about. In Friday’s Nexus. Here you must proceed with caution. The Live Auctions On The Internet! ¿ F R E E Membership! Auction Sales M Secure Transactions > Great Prices! Where You Set The Price You Will Not Be Let Down! A actioning: Laptops! PC's! Software! Peripherals! Hi-Tech! Much More!! www.auction-sales. com Specialty Shots lounge aficionado realizes there is a bumper this series of reissues run a close second. For crop of music available, but only certain re a taste of more bizarre artists like Ken Nor- cords will suffice. dine, this is pure ear candy. An active hi-fi listener will attack the re Then there are those “lef s stick a bunch of cord bin of any local thrift store with no re washed-up artists on one CD because they morse. Two-dollar LPs beat the heck out of don’t sell independently anymore” comps. any high-priced reissue, leaving it as bruised Rhino and Sequel have both put out medio-' as the gin in a bad martini. Be selective. A ere collections titled “Music for a Bachelor1 s fancy cover may look nice on the wall of your Den” and “The Easy Project,” respectively. dorm room, but bad taste is not something Avoid these cut-and-paste, unorganized you should wear on your sleeve. novelties at all costs. For the tropical cocktail party, or simply a And if you want to go as far as not stoop relating evening abroad, any Martin Denny ing to the level of your “uncool” parental un or Les Baxter with Bas Sheva is mandatory. its, Stereolab, Shig and Buzz, Man or Astro- The ventures alsq have an exotic covers al man and Combustible Edison all provide a bum, so you don’t have to limit yourself to sonically and harmonically richer alternative big bands or even small combos. to butt-rock. For those who feel lounge is The modem playboy or playgirl knows just pansy music that reaffirms the status : that for any other cocktail-themed occasion, quo, I leave you with this: Richard Marino, Terry Snyder, Perez “Rebellion is reactive. The aesthetic to Prado, Dick Hyman and J.G. Esquivel are which I subscribe is creative. It in fact stands all possibilités. There are endless instrumen in fundamental and profound opposition to talists in the genre, all with their own spe the status quo.” cialties. In this case, you might want to do — Thee Millionaire (Combustible things the Gen X way and purchase one of Edison). those trendy but convenient compilations. Drink accordingly. He’s on a mission so secret, even he doesn’t know about i t 2 fori ONE COUPON Bill MUHflAY IS he Man who Knew loo little I». mini rara» 'H in m tir J im m m sam iraiKDiijÄivs HOMO UHM ™WI1 HIM H O N Ml "ME www.rwwreggncy.com/thtnan 2 fori ONE COUPON OPENS NOVEMBER 14TH EVERYWHERE! Daily Nexus Thursday, November 13,1997 7A VHI á "I'd love to kiss you q but I ju st washed 8 “Starship Troopers,” Paul Verhoeven’s (“Total Recall” film c f all time. People are mangled and splattered in every and “Robocop”) return to ultra-violent sci-fi films, is a pretty conceivable way. my hair." good juxtaposition of camp and ultra-violence. But surprisingly, an anti-war aesthetic rises from the car The “plot” follows Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) as he nage. Intermittently, hilarious World W ar II-like propa joins the mobile infantry to impress his high school ganda news clips give updates on the war with the bugs, —Bette Davis sweetheart, starship pilot Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards). which grimly trivialize much of the subject matter. Consider CABIN IN THE COTTON Dizzy Flores (Dina Meyer) in turn follows Johnny into the how a vet says, “Mobile Infantry made me the man I am to < 0 C n O 0 > infantry because of her secret crush on him, and Carl (Neil day,” with his missing legs and fake hand. And it’s funny to Patrick Harris, yes, Doogie Howser) joins military intelli see Johnny rise through the ranks, not so much with his ta gence. But who really cares? lent, but because his superiors keep dying off. More interesting than the lobotomized characters are the Unfortunately, “Starship Troopers” doesn’t bring its un t f x n c o variety of evil bugs. We get to see arachnids that can chomp a forgiving violence away from the extras. After a certain man in half, tanker bugs that spit lava, and gargantuan bee point, we realize that the main characters will never die. 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