n the surface, it looks like That's the way the debate over the a classic political show state's homeless village plan is being The Wolf in down. On one side: The portrayed. But there are too many Smokey state government with a loose ends, unasked questions and heart, aggressively slash disquieting hints to accept this inter bythe Sheep's Clothing ing through a jungle of red pretation at face value. I can't help tape to build a series of asking, "What's wrong with this pic "viIJages" to shelter the homeless. ture?" Sea Is the state'shomeless plan a On the other: An array of appar Earlier in the summer, the gov 3 ently selfish property owners, ernment that cares aboutthe home frontfor development interests? NIMBYsout to protect_allthat they less sent in police and bulJdozers to illlllllllB have accumulated in their own take care of families whb had the By Ian Lind backyards.
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public discussions of the controver their neighborho�s or on land use Continuedfrom Page 1 sial plan and refusingeven to appear laws, while they pointedlyignore the Not your audacity to build their own shelters publicly or to be photographed. whole speculative real estate system near the beach at Anahola without Most ominous, in the long term, that has benefitedpolitical insiders in the benefit of charity. I remember are the increasing number of com Hawaii foryears. standing in my living room watching ments from the state's homeless And, of course, don't forget that everyday the scenes broadcast from Kauai, coordinator, Bob Stauffer, hinting the Reagan and Bush administrations news paper
awed by the contrast between the that the plight of the homeless is pulled the plug on federal housing state's homeless "plan" and its attack going to beused to justifysubverting aid and also gave us the S&L and on people trying, however inele existing land use, planning and zon HUD scandals, which siphoned bil Honolulu Weekly gantly, to solve the housing problem ing laws that have helped to prevent lions of dollars out of residentialcon A new independentnewspaper tnat specializesin for themselves. unregulated urban blight. struction and into the pockets of investigative reporting, consumer�oriented My mind started to spin again at In order to help the homeless, politically connected crooks. the more recent sight of state offi Staufferhas said, we may just have I can't help feeling that the pro features, arts and entertainmentcoverage and cials arguing that the housing emer to give up the hope of "keeping the posed homeless policy has a lot in political commentary. gency demands sacrifices from country country," along with the common with Enomoto's bogus neighborhoods and communities, planning requirements, zoning and PACs: Get together some develop Available free every Wednesday at the while in the next breath proposing land use restrictions that have long ers and others with common inter following locations: to reduce the "affordable" require been the target of developers' wrath. ests, hide them behind some nice ments placed on the builders vying There is something maddening sounding names and then see how for the right to build a part of the about politicians anq,smug bureau much can get done beforethe public Downtown Gallery EAS Kokua Co-op YWCA Richards Street McKinley Car Wash Taniguchi Mart new suburbia. crats who seek to blame the housing figures out the scam. • Ron's Place Records Hawaii Hawaiian Graphics Concern grew when it was crisison people whoare protectiveof Croissanterie Jelly's Comics and McCully Bicycle and announced that the adviser serving Bravo Expresso Books SportingGoods as the "brains" behind the homeless Che Pasta Paul Brown's McCully-Moiliili Heidi's Delicatessen Honolulu Academy of Library plan is a developer of commercial Ian Lind's 10 best ways to Dillingham ArtsTheatre Marco Polo Apt. Bldg. buildings and mini-malls, a crony of Transportation Cafe Sistina Kaimuki the governor who bought into the contribute to the homeless crisis: Building Honolulu Club 7-11 (3105 Waialae inner circle of politics through a pat @ Keep selling Hawaii homes to Hemmeter's multi-million dollar Bishop StreetCafe Building Ave.) ternof campaign contributionsthat, Grosvenor Center Interlude Books Columbia Inn Japan. Kahala home so they can see a real Russell's 7-11 (1695 Kapiolani Che Pasta at best,skates on the edge of legality. house. This adviser, developer Tom 0 Finish building the w� of mil (TamarindPark) Blvd.) Pillbox Pharmacy 8 Give the City Council's hon Russell's Kahala Movie Museum Enomoto, was one of the architects lion-dollar condos across Kakaako. orary country club memberships to (Grosvenor Center) Bravo Expresso Gecko Books& of a scheme toset up a seriesof sham (So it won't do anything for the Russell's Frame Shack Comics homeless. Lighten up!) homeless families. (Amfac Center) Subway KaimukiLibrary political action committees bearing Beef Bowl Kakaako 7-11 (3546 Waialae public interest names like the 0 Arrestthe homeless and then use 8 Build even more stuffat the air Waterfall Gallery Cardio Club Ave.) Accountable GovernmentPA C, the the fact that the prisons are full to port. A Little Bit of Saigon Columbia Inn ChaminadeUniversity Aloha PAC, the Government show we're tough on crime. 8 Build another freeway so that Ramsay Gallery Pink's Garage W•d Warehouse WatchdogPA C, and the Love forthe City ArtWorks HawaiianBagels FrameShack @ Build more stuffat the airport. architects and engineers can kick Gateway Gallery Fisher Hawaii Chowder House Land PAC. In fact, the PACs were back campaigncontributions to politi Krung Thai Restaurant Kapahulu Liquor Collection fundedby developersand intended to 0 Hire the governor'spress secre cians who talk about the homeless. 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Ocean AffordableArt Worth Framing. Is the South-East Oahu Coastline 10% offcustom & do,it,yourself Destined to be a National Park? framingwith the purchase of a poster or print. Smokey by the Sea FRAME+SHACK Windward 1247-A Ward 317 Kamakee Stadium Ka/u.zla introduced a resolution stating that tourists. Mall KailuaRoad Warehouse Street Mall Mall Betsy Reynolds the areashould be considered forthe Not all politicians agree that this 247-1911 261-3141 523-8866 521-2288 488-8584 735-5000 national park system. The resolu area should be a national park. Both his month a team of re tion cited the area's scenic grandeur, Gov. Waihee and Mayor Fasi are searchers fromthe Depart outstanding geological formations, officially opposed to the project. ment of the Interior's diversity of scenic and scientificval One city official, who wished to National Parks Office in ues, and the factthat its configuration remain anonymous, said, "Creating Denver, Colo., will finish allows for effectivemanagement. In a national park would only add phase one of a two-part March of 1990, the state House of another layer of bureau-crap to an study designed to assess the Representatives passed a resolution already congested problem." He cultural, natural and recreational requesting a study on the feasibility described the effortto turnthe area resources in three areas along the of including the shoreline in the into a national park as a political southeastern shoreline of Oahu (see national park system, and allocating move designed to give credit to map). Phase one of the study will $250,000 for the study. Later that Akaka, Felix and Abercrombie and determine if these areas are of year, the resolutionwas introducedas said he couldn't understand why the national significance. If they're a bill to the U. S. Senate by Sens. state would consider giving land to judged to be, they may be incorpo Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye. the federalgovernment without giv rated into a national park. The park, The study began in early 1991. ing the city the necessary funds to tentatively titled Ka Iwi National Now that it is becoming more of a effectivelymanage the area. He said Park, would start at Koko Head, reality, the park is beginningto gen the needed money is being spent on swing over to Hanauma Bay and erate controversy. the study instead of the problem. wrap around to Makapuu Point and Management of the area - cur The Officeof Hawaiian Affairs Rabbit Island. It might go even fur rent and future - seems to concern says it foreseesonly problems if the ther to include Waimanalo Bay, and those involved with the area the federal government gains control of possibly Kawainui Marsh, Mount most. At a recent hearing in the area. Lynn Lee of OHA points Olomana and Maunawili Stream. Honolulu, the state criticizedthe city out that past federal land manage Once phase one of the study is Department of Parks and ment has never been to the benefit completed, the public will have a Recreation's management of the of the Hawaiian people. ''This is not chance to review the document and area. But the state also admitted that in the best interest of the Hawaiian discuss their views at a series of very little money had been appro community," she said. workshops that will be held at the priated for the area's management. And there is a potentially huge end of October. Doug Cornell, the And when the leader of the federal stumbling block that has hardly been team leader forthe Ka lwi shoreline government'sresearch team, Cornell, looked at to date: The areas being project (which is based in Denver), was asked how management would considered forinclusion in the park said that he would like to encourage change in this area if it became a are now managed by at least 12 dif public participationin the workshops national park, he said he could not ferentagencies and are owned by at FRY& CO. and hopes to use the neighborhood foresee any significant changes. least that many organizations, includ Bishop Trust Building boards to facilitate that. Phase two "The major change I would see ing Bishop Estate and the Depart 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 802 of the study will involve incorporat with the National Park Service com ment of Hawaiian Homelands. Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 ing the public's comments into the ing in would be a much stronger Whether this area should become document and suggesting various emphasis on interpretation," said America's next national treasure Phone (808) 531-6726 management alternatives. Cornell. Meaning that the under the Departmentof the Interior Fax (808) 521-1367 The proposal to make the Ka lwi Department of the Interior intends will be discussed at the workshops shoreline into a national park has to providenational park visitors' cen next month when the public comes been examined at all levels of gov ters, complete with displays and out to share opinions, ask questions ernment. It began back in 1989, brochures,an actionthat would make and demand answers. • Providersof confuientialinvestment when City Council members John the area even more appealing to Henry Felix and Neil Abercrombie ii advice for global Stocks, Bonds, and 1J 11 FuturesManagement. \1 II J ii 11 11 l •I I I I I I I I COFFEE MANOA I I MANOA MARKETPLACE • HONOLULU, HAWAII I I A place to unwind ... relax ... Collect scattered thomJhts. Bay I Visit with friends ...A place with �ood coffee and tea. An espresso bar with sweet treats ...The place to be. l Open 7 days a weeR. I mil� At Manoa MarRetplace (\ Between Woodlawn & East Manoa Roads N 1 I September 11, 1991 • H_QJJOlulu Weekly• 3 l
1�'"" . ,:"'·:,· . .:-'='• --�.Jl umo is in the eye of the arts of jujutsu and judo. In the 16th tor in the pairings; there are no beholder. What to Ameri century, professional sumo first weight classes in sumo. Some of the cans may appear an irate appeared on a limited and not very most dramatic matches are those in shoving match between well organized basis; it evolved whicha relatively short, wiry rikishi two patrons of Weight rapidly and by the end of the 18th defeatsa colossal opponent by sheer Watchers is to the Japanese century, professional sumo had technique, will power and skillful an oasis of relatively entered its firstGolden Age. use of the forcesof gravity. unchanging tradition, values and The present-day profession of images. For the Japanese, sumo is sumo (as opposed to the amateur as much a way of life as a sport. Its sportof sumo), with its divisions, history spans over two millennia. rankings, prizes, rituals, etiquette, The sport stands in direct contrastto stable systems, etc., has come a long TIie11urnamenlS There are six official tournaments Japan's increasingly Westernized way since the days of "street-comer of 15 consecutive days each, held modern culture. Baseball's phe sumo" about 300 years ago. around the country at approxi nomenal popularity notwithstand mately two-month intervals il'lg,sumo is truly the national sport throughout the year. of Japan. The best-known wrestlers Matches begin early in the morn are huge celebritieswho are hounded ing with the lower division bouts, by the m_edia and begged to sign which are devoid of all but the most autographsand posefor photographs perfunctoryritual; the audience con everywhere they go. The perpetual sists mostly of coaches, relatives of group of breathless fans waitingout the rikishi, hardcore sumo fanatics side the dressing room fora glimpse and people determined to get the of their sumotori heroes is likely to most for the price of admission. include housewives and stooped old At the upper makushita level, the men as well as giggling schoolgirls purificatory salt appears forthe first and worshipful little boys with tiny time.In mid-afternoon,the juryo rik cameras and autograph books. The Hierarchy You know how it is. You tune Rankings within sumo divisions are ishi enter the arena and mount the Television coverage of tourna determined by how well a rikishi has dohyo. They perform a nonchalant in to Channel 13 every couple ments and traveling exhibitions of little ritual that involves clapping sumo generate massive audiences, performed at the most recent tour of months and see a lot of nament. There are six divisions in their hands, hitching up their aprons and there are numerous sumo mag and raising one hand. They then mammoth, scantily-clad men azines, which all sell well. sumo, plus an unofficial "debut" division (mae-zumo ). launch into their allotted three with Jetson hairdos pushing They are, in descending order: minute routines which involve each other around. Someone Makunouchi Division The First throwing salt (to purify the ring), is throwing rice. "Why?" you Class ("within the curtain") raising their legs and stamping (shiko, a warm-up exercise that is wonder. A third man, tiny by Juryo Division Contenders ("ten also supposed to drive devils from comparison to the others, is in ryo men") the ring), squatting and clapping (to Makushita Division The Second attract theattention of the gods),turn the middle. He looks like a Class (''belowthe curtain") ing their extended palms up (to indi priest but acts like a referee. Sa1di1111neDivision The Third Step cate.that they are unarmed), wiping Which is it? Mammoth A picks their bodies with tissues (more rit Jonidan DivisionThe Second Step ual purification), rinsing their mouths up Mammoth B by his loincloth Jonokuchi DivisionThe First Step with water and spitting (all rikishi and forces him out ofthe ring. The highest division of sumo, are world-class long distance spit You're informed by a subtitle makunouchi, is complex. At the very ters), glaring,slapping their mawashi on the screen that Mammoth top are the yokozuna,or grand cham- (loincloths) in an aggressive man pions. Next come the ozeki or cham- ner, throwing more salt, tasting a bit A has just won by "Yorikiri." The HI.story forluck and crouching at the mark in Histories often describe the first pions. Next down are the sekiwake. What? All you really know is sumo match as an epic mythologi- Some rikishi (wrestlers) make a a preview of the charge to come. that peoplefall down a lot. cal struggle waged between two career in the juryo division, while The psychological warfare that gods. Apocryphal accounts aside, others travelquickly to the more rar goes on before a match involves a Since for the next two weeks, the first match in recorded history efiedheights of makunouchi. Others lot of sustained eye contact and KHET will bebroadcasting took place in 23 B.C.; the winner work their way up to makunouchi, aggressive posturing, as each rikishi from the Aki BashoTokyo was also the sole survivor of the findthe going tootough and fall back tries to psych out his opponent. bout. (In the earliest days of sumo, it into juryo again (rikishi who habit Despite the warlike confrontation, sumo tournament, we present, was not uncommon for a sumotori ually go up and down in the rank however, the behavior of rikishi on "EverythingYou Always to lose both the bout and his life.) ings areknown as "elevator rikishi"). the dohyo is, virtuallywithout excep Wantedto KnowAbout Sumo." As the centuries passed, sumo In thejuryo division, it is not uncom tion, totally sportsmanlike, dignified, became more refined.By the eighth moo to see matches between the courteousand non-egotistical.Sumo century, it was performedat shrines young stars of tomorrowand 15-year is far removed fromthe spectacle of and at the Imperial Court. Sumo's veterans who are sl(ding toward vaudeville and acrobatics that is evolutionparalleled that of Japanese retirement. known as professional wrestling in By Patricia Sayuri politics and the military, however, so All sekitori (wrestlers from the America. by the 12th century the relatively makunouchi and juryo divisions) The form of the makunouchi effete tradition of court and shrine fight 15 bouts during each touma matches is the same as for juryo, Illustrations sumo had beenreplaced by a rougher ment. The rikishi in the four lower except that fourminutes are allotted form of "warrior sumo." This mar- divisions fight every other day, for forthe preliminaries. tial or samurai sumo is today con- a total of seven matches. The rela Rudolf Helder sidered a forerunner of the martial tive size of the rikishi is never a fac- 4 • September 11, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly the winner forces his opponent to tice and tournament bouts is made order to avoid injury, and the forma step backward out of the ring after of approximately 10 yards of mate tion of a strong, persistentand hum s�curing a belt hold or positioning rial,which is wrapped and securedin ble character. A typical session of his arms under those of his opponent the back. The rikishi wear nothing keiko (practice) will include such and th_en forcing him to the edge. under the mawashi, but the cloth is exercisesas matawari(Chinese splits, Oshi-zumo uses a thrustingattack wrapped to protect their vital parts. as practiced by ballet dancers and to drive the opponent fromthe ring; martial artists: legs out to the sides, such a match may begin with tsup chest flat on the ground, adductor pari,or open-handed slapping, which m�s�les screaming with pain); teppo The Rules throws the opponent offbalance and The Lile (hittmg or pushing against a wooden The loser of a sumo match is the rik leaves him vulnerable. Sumo is a full-timejob. The six offi postwith the open palms);ho ppingin ishi who first steps, falls, flies or is cial tournamentsaccount for90 days a squattingposition; and shiko(alter pushed out of the ring, or who of the year; most of the rest of the nately raising and stamping the legs, done by the hundreds).An increasing to�ches the ground inside the ring year is spent trainingin Tokyo or on with any part of his body except the The Referee tour to widely scattered parts of number of sumotoriare trainingwi th soles of his feet.The latter rule was Everythingabout the gyoji (referee), The Spoils Japan, giving exhibitions of sumo freeweights. Each winner is handed an envelope Most people envision sumotori as dramatically illustrated by a match from his stylized voice to his cos that contains 60,000 yen ($400). for people who might otherwise �gantic, huge-bellied human pud that took place a few years ago tume to his role in a sumo match, is 'f!1esecash prizesare commonly pro never get to see their national sport between Ozeki Takanohana and part of a centuries-old tradition. The "live" at all. In addition to the regu dings, but this body type is seen less vided by corporations whose names and less in modem sumo; rikishi are Hawaii's own Takamiyama. The career of a gyoji followsa hierar appear on the banners the yobidashi lar tournaments, there are usually gyoji (referee) declared Ta kanohana chical pattern defined by the level exhibitions of sumo on the week realizingthat the ideal bodyfor sumo (announcers) carry aroundthe dohyo is a large, firm stomach; strong, the winner but the judges reversed on which he is permitted to offici before the match, an advantageous ends followingtournaments held in his decision after photographs ate, his footwear(the lowest-ranked Tokyo. They tend to include comic heavy legs and hips; and muscular, deal forthe corporation since vast well-developed arms. Many sumo revealed that the tip ofTakanohana's go barefoot, the highest wear split television and live audiences often sumo, and exhibitions of drum-beat loosenedtopknot touched the ground toed socks and straw sandals), the ing and singing by rikishi and pro tori are_ actually extremely strong, have an unobstructed view of the fit, flexible athletes and their enor a millisecond beforeTa kamiyama's color of the tassels on his fan and on banners. The gesturethe rikishi make fessionalentertainers. ?and. M y observers feltthat giv his headgear, the style and color of There are also a number of annual mous bellies are, to the touch more � over the envelopes (a chopping like sandbags than jello. ' mg the wm to Takamiyama was an his costume and on and on. motion with the open hand perpen rituals - such as appearing in full absurdly strict enforcement of the Gyoji duties include announcing dicular to the stack of envelopes, to regalia at certain Shinto shrines - rule about "any part of the body �e participants in a match, signal that se!dtori must participate in, and the left,to the right and to the center) 1� besides the soles of the feet" but mg for the beginning of a match symbolizes giving thanks to heaven, the�e a great deal of obligatory Takanohana himself said, "I defi calling out two formulaic phrases of earth and (business)man. social life and public contact: going The Food nitely lost. It's all very well to say encouragement during the match: drinkingor dining with patrons,din The staple of the sumo diet is a The tournament yu sho (grand unique stew called chanko-nabe. The 'But if you didn't have a chonmage ha kkiyoi ("keep it going") and prize) is won by the rikishi with the ner partiesat the stable, signing auto (topknot) ... .' but if didn't have a noko�a ("you're hanging in there"), graphs, posing for pictures and ingredients varyfrom day to day, but best win-loss recordat the end of the essentially chanko (for short) is a chonmage, I couldn't do sumo." stoppmg the match to tightena loose 15 days. The winner receives cash submitting to interviews. Sumotori Other rules governing a bout mawashi, calling for a breather receive six weeks offa year (one one-pot stew rich in calories and prizes, a number of trophies and, at nutrition, with a sugar-and-soy-fla include: no striking with fists, no deciding the winner of a match antl the end of the award ceremonies the after eachtournament) . pulling of hair, no poking in eye, no pr�sentingthe prize envelopes to the vored stock containingsuch vegeta privilege of riding offinto the �i bles as carrots, onions, turnips and choking, no kicking in stomach or WIIliler. light in an open car while flashbulbs chest and no grabbing of the part of cabbage along with tofu and meat, pop, schoolgirls swoon and a brass fish and chicken. It is served with the mawashi which covers the vital band plays a lively march. organs. Because sumotori are deeply The Statistics assorted side dishes (broiled fish, Sumo is definitely a young man's marinatedor pickled vegetables, etc.) inculcated with the values of cour 0 sport;the median age in makunouchi teous and dignified behavior, viola The Crowd and is eaten with many bowls of The audience at a sumo tournament at this writing is 27 years, while the white rice and washed down with tions of these rules rarely occur and is vocal, partisan and uninhibited average age in juryo is 26. The old are almost certainly accidental. cold beer. thanks in part to the considerabl� est sekitori just turned 37. Most rik The rikishigo through their morn Contemporary sumo is a virtually amounts of beer and sake that are ishi retiresometime in their early 30s. bloodless sport. ing training routine on an empty consumed by many of the spectators. The heaviest rikishi is Hawaii's stomach which no doubt makes them Injuries, however, do occur fairly Most observers simply call out, own Konishiki who weighs in at 512 frequently.Most common are dam voracious fortheir first, noon meal. loudly and repeatedly, the names of pounds. The tallest is Akebono who The majority of sekitori, aftera hard aged knees and ankles, followedby the rikishi they favorin a particular is 6'7 1/4". The average height of a shoulders, elbows, necks, muscles, morning'spractice, a relaxing bath match. Sometimes a sort of litany makunouchi is 6' 1". and a filling meal, retire to their tendons and ligaments - all the wi�l develop between two strong obvious points of stress. �ooms ror a nap. Going to sleep v01ced fans of opposing rikishi, to There are two ways to tell if you are There are over 200possible tech immediately after consuming a the amusement and delight of the walking within 10 feetof a sumo niques forwinning a match in sumo; heavy meal aids the body in con rest of the audience. Often thefans tori without opening your eyes. One a core of 40 techniques account for verting calories into fatand this pat will shout out, in addition to the rik is by the unique sound of their feet the majority of sumo victories. The tern of sleeping after eating helps ishi's names, "Ganbatte!" which slappi�g along �n zoris, which they sumotori gain and maintain prodi- techniques used to win sumo means "Go forit!" or "Stick with we m a special sumo way, with matches can bedivided into two cat � gious amounts of weight. it!" Occasionally, a belligerent fan therr toesjust barely under the cross egories: yotsu-zumo (pulling, holding Vr rtually all rikishisupp lement the may shout the name of a rikishi he piece and half of their foot hanging two meals a day provided with or grappling) and oshi-zumo (push doesn'tfavor, followedby "Makeru 11 over the back. The other non-visual snacks and additionalmeals. Sekitori ing or thrusting). zo!" ("You'regoing to lose!") way of identifying a sumotori at are frequently taken out for sump Yotsu-zumo involves getting an When a yokozuna is upset by an clos� range is by the absolutely The Workout tuous meals by their patrons, while a advantageous hold on the opponent's underdog, some fans express their Sumotoritrain for several hours every unmtstakable smell of bintsuke, the young rikishimaking short work of awashi and then either throwing elation by throwing their purple zab morning.Tr aining programsempha � soybean derivative used to hold the everal bowls of steaming noodles him down or marching him to the utons (cushions) into the ring. size 1?e development of strong legs � long hair of the rikishi in the topknot m a small restaurant is a common edge of the ring and forcing him out. (Understandably, this method of and hips, a low center of gravity, bal they wear at all times. evening sight in Ryogoku. The most common winning tech showing approval grows more com The mawashi rikishi wear in prac- ance, learning to "roll with the nique in sumo is yorikiri, in which mon as the day progresses.) punches" (in the acrobatic sense) in Continued on Page 11 September 11, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly • 5 Gene Hackman (he of the CIA) and Mikhail sters is being called Yo ung Buns WithGuns. with a black actor who disguises himself as us that the ultimate end of intolerance is Baryshnikov(KGB, don't you know) have to Christian Slater, Richard Grieco, Costas white in order to escape pursuing gangsters. genocide. Academy Theatre, 900 S. Bereta Sept team up when their Berlin spy-swap scheme Mandylor and Patrick Dempsey, all rigged Directed by Charles Lane (Sidewalk Stories) . nia St.: Fri. 9/13, Sat. 9/14 &Mon. 9/16, 7:30 goes awry. On the run, the two form an up in million-dollar suits, star as the titular Unfortunately, Lane, Disney's first black p.m.; Sun. 9/15, 4 p.m. $4 538-1006 odd alliance. Luckily, this confection was racketeers. -M.B. director, is also bushwacked by the studio's Nice Girl? (1941) Deanna Durbin, now directed by Nicholas Meyer (The Seven Per 101 Dalmations The Disney empire has tight control. almost forgotten, had one of her best vehi 11-17 Cent Solution, Star Trek Vl), who knows a made a fresh $50 million on the re-issue of cles in this musical, in which she trills win thing or two about breathing life into old-hat ningly. Also in the cast are Robert Benchley All calendar information this (beautifully done) animated feature. Short Run & Revival genres and plot lines. (who wrote his own lines), Franchot Tone Recommended. Alexander Nevsky(19 38) Director Sergei must be received by noon DeadAgain The Honolulu audience found Parisis Burning and survivalist Robert Stack. Ms. Durbin's Jenny Livingston's politi Eisenstein, perhaps the greatest of film the on Wednesday two weeks parts of this intriguing suspense film about "wholesomeness" seems almost grotesque cal and dramatic documentary features the orists, made this long, sometimes ponderous before publication. murder, reincarnationand bad karma unin in light of contemporary standards. Movie Harlem drag queens who invented the epic as a cautionary gesture warningHitler Call 528-1185 tentionally funny. So might you ... as much Museum, 3566 Harding Ave.: Sun. 9/15, 8 dance called "voguing." The filmexplores to stay out of Mother Russia. The story con p.m. $5. 735-8771 out of giddiness as anything else. The cross the world of voguing balls, where dancers cerns a 13th century invasion by would-be cutting between 1949 and the present is so Nichiren (1979) Part of the Visions of the compete for trophies in such categories as German conquerors, who were soundly van often awkward, the pacing so "foreign," in Dharmashow at the Honolulu Academy of "Model's Effect" and "Executive Realness." quished. When the film works - as in its Arts. Contemplation and social action as this movie that you can easily lose track of "Realness" is a startling concept: "Real" is famous set piece of a battle fought on ice- Film -and interest in -who did what to whom tenets of the Buddhist faith are demon what the queens see on TV; "real" is white, Eisenstein validates his sometimes convo Criticism by Bob Green unless otherwise in which lifetime. Most of the actors are Irish strated in the life of 13th century Japanese middle class and heterosexual. Ironically, luted theories of filmmaking. In Nevsky, his noted. or British and do (or overdoing) American religious leader Nichiren, whose question these people, who are excluded from the first sound film, he tries to find a visual accents, among them director-starKenneth ing of the status quo power structure made mainstream by race, class and sexual ori equivalent to the celebrated score by First Run Branagh and his real- life wife, Emma Thomp entation, base their entire subculture on imi him dangerous to the ruling powers. In Prokofiev - as if film frames could be Academy Brief reviews of selected fi rst-runfilms in son. Guesting in smallish roles are Robin tating the people who exclude them. More Japanese with English subtitles. edited to correspond to notes on a page of Theatre, town. Co nfirm theaters, dates and times. Williams, Andy Garcia and Campbell Scott. in1portantly, they're not bothered. As Liv 900 S. Beretania St.: Tue. 9/17, Defenseless music. A must forstudents of film history. It should have been called ingston says, "They could have turnedout Academy Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $4 538-1006 Backdraft You'll get burned if you go Indefensible. 900 S. Beretania St.: Wed. Night NurseSee Film Pick It's one of those thrillers with spiteful,angry or downtrodden, but instead 9/11, 7:30 p.m. $4. 538-1006 expectinganything more than good fighting loopholes big enough to drive dune bug they opted for a wildly creative life; the idea the-flames special effects. gies through. More's the pity, since gifted fierce Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was to become as as possible. The Silly and performers Barbara Hershey and Sam Shep balls are a response to homophobia and winning. Writers Ed Solomon (The Gary hard are involved. When audiences twitter Shandling Show) racism, but one full of optimism and spirit." Film Pick and Chris Matheson know instead of gasp, you know your plot just The music is great, the spectacle dazzles, Barbara how to write dumb. Their heroes - both isn't making it. but in the end it's the insight and the intel RubySt evens(AKA her fine specimens of Dudeus Americanus - Doc Hollywood Little apple dimpling lect of the ball people that are truly on Stanwyd() at apeitilltll e '40&. are played expertly by Keanu Reeves and Michael]. Fox, an aspiring Republican and parade. - Way ne Salazar Alex Winter. plastic surgeon, is sidetracked on his way Break Stanwyck Fever Bingo Point FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu It shouldn't happen to a dog - but to Beverly Hills. Stranded in a middle Amer Reeves) meets surfer/criminalBodhi (Patrick When N.Y. chorus girl .Ruby Stevens it does. This viciously sentin1ental, manipu ican burg, he falls in love with the local rural Swayze). They surf; they sky dive; they wax changed her name t(tBarBaraStanwyck lative movie is calculated to trade in on your beauty. A sort of combination farmer's mystic about the waves. Kathryn Bigelow, ahd entered Hollywoodfll® m.JQ27,she No rthern Bcposure childhood memories. Forget it. daughter joke and rip Point Break's director, is married to James
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Zig ZagClassic rock; FastF.ddie 's. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Ronda Michaels Jazz; Bae N Thyme Contemporary; C•ol AtkinsonJazz; Alisa Randolph & Muslca Jazz; Captain's Room. Sp indrifter Orson's. E Cafe SydetteJazz; LewersLoun ge. Kabala. Eden Dance Rock; Wa ve Wa ikiki. Sistina. WesH•rlck Classical, Jazz; Backstreet Blues; 's Hawaiian Spice Contemporary Hawaiian; Azure McCallJazz; MaileRoom. Jaron Kailua. Captain 'sRoom. WIid Edna Blues; Anna Bannanas. Theater and BettyTaylor Loo & RachelJazz; Gonzalez Sugar Bar. Bae N Thyme Contemporary; Sp indrifter New OrleansBistro. Ho'alkane Contemporary Hawaiian; Kabala. 16/Monday Blue KMgaoo Betty Loo & Derryl Jazz; Dance Variety;]ollyRoger Wa ikiki. Steamer's. Taylor McKay Emle SheaJazz; Bye Bye Birdie Shades of Elvis abound in Blues; Mahina Lounge. BluesBandits The Landing. HowlingBeddies Rock; No Na me Bar. 9:30 NewOrleans Bistro. GoodBoyz Ole Country; this bobby sox-stocked musical revival (the Eden Dance Rock; p.m. BlueVa KMgaoo riety;]olly Pecos RiverCafe . Wa veWa ikiki. Roger Wa ikiki. Horizon Contemporary; original opened in 1960). Thrillyou as wit Entourage Contemporary; J.P. Smoketraln Light rock, R & B; BluesBandits Blues; Sp indrifterKabala. Nick'sFisb ,nar No Reni's. J.P. Smoketraln Light rock, R & B; No ness dreamboat rock 'n' roller Conrad ket. Na me Bar. 5 - 7:30 p.m. Carol Atkinson Jazz; Orson's. Birdie's PR visit to Sweet Apple, Ohio, where J.P. Smoketraln Light rock, R & B; Jimmy Borges Jazz; Cast NewOffs England contradance; Na me Bar. No Paradise Lounge. Hon Joel KurasaklJazz; Orson's. he is to create a massive photo op by kiss Na me Bar. Jon Basebase & Vince Andrada Con olulu Wa ldorfSchool. Kapena Jawaiian; ing a randomely selected teeny-bopper just JoelKurasaki Jazz; temporary; Eden Dance Rock; Malia Ca ntina's. Orson's. Horatio's. Wa veWa ikiki. Kawlka Finfrock Variety; MontereyBay before he departs for the Army. The San JonBasebase Contemporary; Horatio's. Jonny& the Dreamers Variety; Monterey Good Ole Boyz Country; Pecos RiverCafe . Francisco Mime Troupe it's not. With Andee Jonny & theDreamers Variety; Ho'aikane Contemporary Hawaiian; Canners Outrigger. Monterey Bay Canners Wa rd Fast Leroy Kahaku Contemporary; Black Gibbs, Michael Estrada, Cyndi Mayo-Souza Bay Canners Wa rd Joy Woode & Betty LooTaylor Jazz; New F.ddie's. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. and Pfc. Michael Smith as (sigh) Birdie. KapenaJawaiian; Howling Beddles Rock; Orchid Malia Cantina's. Orleans Bistro. No Na me Bar. MIiestoneJazz; Nick'sFish market. Directed for the Army Community Theatre 8 • September 11, 1991 • Honolulu We ekly by Dean Turner. Richardson Theatre, Ft. lege in Shikoku,Japan. Through 9/27. 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TIDES - September 11 to September 17 WEDNESDA Y THURSDA Y FRIDA Y SATURDA Y SUNDA Y MONDAY TUESDA Y MM NOON 6/IM JO • September 11, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly -· - .... NEW LIFESTYLE FURNISHINGS LARGEST SELECTION OF FUTONSAND FRAMES! FREEWAY KAPALAMA INDUSTRIAL CENTER 819 Moowaa Street The Wizard Stones of Kapaemahu Phone 848 5687 Store Hours: 11am to 5pm Rocks ofAge s Open 7 days a week as the spot fortwo of the stones and they held some strange and exciting Even the Smallest Honolulu Weekly Ads Get Read! Nikki Ty-Tomkins their favorite bathing spot - on the mana ... always respecting the lore our black stones sit clustered shore directly opposite a spot in the connected with them." under the palms on Kuhio outer reef known as the "Cave of the In 1907, the stones were "redis Beach next to the Waikiki Shark God" - for the remaining covered" and began their peripatetic Police Station. They are large two. The stones quickly became journeyfrom one locationto another. stones, clearly visible against markers for swimmers and surfers Cleghorn had the rocks exhumed the backdrop of white sand who traditionally avoided the cave from their bed of sand and placed and shimmering sea, but very (when the stones were in place they more prominently in position. In his will of 1910, he specifiedthat "these few people take any notice of them. could then check their position and Everything make a detour when they came in historical stones now upon the Sumo Tourists using the nearby public shower fling their towels over the line with them). They were also a premises shall not be defaced or good marker for surfers wanting to removed from thesaid premises." Continued from Page 5 as stablemaster when his father-in stones or park their sandals on them; law retires. While such marriages children clamber up to have their get through the break. Queen The governor's wishes were subse Kapiolani recalled that Kapuni's quently sadly ignored. The Bishop fool no one, members of the pictures taken; bicycles are propped Japanese press treat them all as true against them. Oftena half-eaten plate stone was of a peculiar shape and Museum refused an offer of the stoodfar enough into the sea to cause stones. In 1941, the Cleghornprop romances and repeatedly ask the lunch is abandoned on one or happy couple such questions as another. waves to break over it. The ali'i as erty was leased fora bowling alley well as the maka 'ainana liked to and the stones were broken into sev "When did you firstrealize you were Still, these stones have a story to in love with one another?" tell ... and some people who know stand in its waves. eral pieces during the excavation, their history insist that powerful After the stones were heftedinto probably to facilitate construction. mana resides in these black lava place, days of rituals, prayers and In 1958, the area was taken over by rocks, the "Wizard Stones of celebrationsensued. Kapaemahu, the the city fora park.The Waikiki Bowl Kapaemahu." chief kahuna, named the largest stone was tom down, the stones unearthed, The End According to tradition, for himself, and Kahaloa, Kapuni and the Parks Board decided to keep Retiringfrom sumo is differentfrom them in the area because of Domestics retiringfrom, say, professionalfoot fourwizards or, more prop The life of a sumotori has many erly, kahunas came to their historical interest. In things in common with the life of a ball. A footballplayer who has hung Hawaii sometimein the 16th 1963, they were deeply Japanese Buddhist monk: the up his cleats still looks essentially century. The four - imbedded in the sand so as extreme discipline and routine; the· the same, whereas a sumotori cuts Kapaemahu, Kahaloa, not to "mar the landscape or rituals; the emphasis on cleanliness, offhis topknot, begins dressing in Kapuni and Kinohi - interfere with the use of the courtesy, humility, and spiritual Westernclothes and usually loses a apparently came from beach." strength;the communal living situ lot of weight in a short timestrokes ( Moaulanuikea, Tahiti.Their In 1980, after beach alter ation; and the wearing of traditional brought on by precipitous weight gentle ways, softlow speech ations, the stones were rein Japanese clothing, among others. loss are not uncommon). and unusual healing powers stated in their present But monastic does not necessar The ceremony of the cuttingof the swiftlyattracted large num location, about 50 feet up the ily mean celibate. If a young, unmar topknot is called the danpatsu-shiki bers of followers, and their beach from the Moana and ried sumotori leads a life of celibacy, and is generally held about six fame grew throughout the Surfrider hotels. A small it is probably forapp roximately the months after the sumotori retires Islands. They settled in the bro�plaque relatinga short same reasons that a young, single from activesumo, usually as part of mountains of Oahu but later historyof the stones has been salaryman is celibate. Most sekitori a day of exhibition sumo. The retired moved makai, to Ulukou on affixed to Kapaemahu's probably fool around considerably sumotori sits on a chairon the dohyo Waikiki Beach (near the Moana and Kinohi claimed the others. Then stone. It is half hidden by blowing less than the more lurid Japanese while hundreds of his patrons, fan Hotel). the fourtransferred their manato the sand and only a fewpeople stop to tabloids would have the public club officials, etc., take turns snip History doesnot reveal why these stones and disappeared, never to be read it. From the nearby public believe. For one thing, with their ping little pieces of his topknot for men came to Hawaii or why they heard fromagain. shower, built a little above the level busy work schedules and endless keepsakes. Finally, what remains of left. But before they disappeared, The stones rested quietly in their of the stones, a constant stream of work-related social obligations, they the topknot is cut offwith long brass theyasked the people to set up a per chosen spots fora number of years. murky water gushes down; it fre just don't have time for as many scissors, usually by the director of manent monument to commemorate Interest in them gradually dimin quently engulfs the stones in a fetid escapades as the scandal rags the retiring sumotori's stable. their stay in Hawaii and the many ished. Princess Likelike, mother of pool. In the evenings, large plastic attribute to them. After retirement, the majority of heatings they had done. Four huge Princess Kaiulani and wife ofGov: bags of garbage are dumped against Almost all sumotori marry, though the high-ranked rikishi will stay in lava rocks from the vicinity of the Cleghorn, apparently kept the leg the surrounding palms and often usually relatively late in life. the Sumo Association, a vast and "bell rock" in Kaimuki were end in her heart for she always against the smaller stones as well. Arranged marriages are not uncom paternalisticorgani zation that offers selected, and on a particularly aus placed a lei on each stone before Occasionally a dog pauses for a mon in the feudalisticworld of sumo; a variety of jobs, including stable picious night, the night of Kane, entering or leaving the water. Her moment while its owner calmly the daughter of the master of a major master, coach, administratoror other thousands of Hawaiians moved the son, Thomas Alexander, recalled the watches it raise its leg. Only some stable, forexample, will oftenwind functionaries. The most common huge boulders to Waikiki . stones on the family property facing times does someone offer a small up becoming the wife of a top rik business venture for retired sumo The four kahunas chose Ulukou Kalakaua: "As a child I played on bunch of flowers or an open palm. ishi of the stable, who will take over tori who go it alone is operating a and around the stones, knowing that • restaurant. • September 11, 1991 • Honolulu Weekly• 11 • los anfelff • st�Jlholm.• a.MSterclam• bqrlln • honf �ont • MiUMl • I ------, g - ] Jor9e C"Kt"cko ! I I • rttv;tes Yoi.t !.• ·-a I I ,:I. I I • I I • I I I I • I I Truth Meets • I I -· • Beauty ,,.. I Whosays truthisn't pretty? Case in point: the Honolulu I • We ekly T�shirt.Available in several sizes and one color Club • I scheme: black andwhite and read all over! I Name I • I Address ---- C I. U 0-- I I euer" monda" euer!iJ wednesda� Phone Size* (Qty.) 0 M OL 0 XL wth daniel j. 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Te mari Centerfo r Asian and Pacific Arts, 1329-A 10th Ave.: Paintings by Alf Hurum Hurum, a Nor Sun. 9/15, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. $25. 735-1860 Whatevahs wegian, came to Hawaii in 1924 to conduct On Political Correctness A Maoist per Nihon Bunkasai AJapanese cultural cele sameold the first session of the Honolulu Symphony. spective on political correctness and the bration with lectures, meditations and tea Later, his interest turnedto art, and in 1934, government's aim to purge it from U.S. cam ceremonies highlighting the spiritual mean he began painting local landscapes on silk, puses. Coffeeline, 1820 University Ave.: We d. ing of the varied Buddhist images in the Vi a technique he'd learned from a Japanese 9/11, 6 - 10 p.m. Free. 944-3106 sions of Dharma exhibit at the Academy. song and master in Paris. Opens Thur. 9/12 and runs TheYear of TibetResilience ofa Culture Honolulu Academy of An, 900 S. Beretania through 10/20. Honolulu Academyof An s, An exhibit of traditional materials used in St.: Sun. 9/15, 1 - 5 p.m. Free. 538-3693 900 S. Beretania St. 538-3693 daily Tibetan life. John A. BurnsHall, East Pacific Cultural Festival See Culture Pick Richard Moratin Recent oil and acrylic Rainforest Jungle Walk A lush walk in dance. West Center, UH Manoa Campus. Through seascapes and scenics. Through 9/27. 10/11. Free. 944-7341 Upper Nuuanu Valley winds through the Moratin Downtown Gallery, 3 N. Pauahi St. · "What do I do with my herbs next?" If grounds of Queen Emma's summer cottage. 521-9669. you have more oregano than you can stom No smoke breaks since it's sponsored by ShadowedExpressions: TheGraphic Art ach, here's a chance to start an herb busi the Clean Air Team. Veteran 's Memorial of Eugene Carriere Symbolist Carriere ness. Sorry, only legal herbs. Lyon Flame,S. Beretania St.: Sundays, 9 a.m. - 12 focuses on the nether world of French Arboretum,3860 Manoa Rd.: Sat. 9/14, 9 - p.m. $3.20. 944-0804 bohemians. 18 lithographs and one painting 11:45 a.m. $12.50. 988-7378 Strengthand Diversity: Japanese-Amer Runs through 10/13. Honolulu Academy of Zero Population Growth A meeting for ican Women 1885,1990 A11s, 900 S. Beretania St. 538-3693 people concerned about the environmen An exhibit featuring dioramas, photographs, Target Babies andother Stories 3-D col tal and economic impact of Oahu's uncon artifacts and oral histories. Through 10/6. lages by Wilma Sufranko. Through 9/24. trolled population growth. Ka imuki Public Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St. 8'17-3511 Cq[feeline, 1820 University Ave. 947-1615 Library, 1041 Koko Head Ave.: Mon. 9/30, Women's Night Literary Readings An TheArt of Recyclosis A bottle-cap/pull-tab 7 - 9 p.m. Free. 737-9141 evening of poetry and fiction by women. baby sea turtle swimming to heaven is just Wo men s Center (Coff eeline), 1820 University one of Chauncey Carter's transformations Ave.: Fri. 9/13, 7:30 p.m. Free. 942-7762 of trash into art. Ongoing. Something Good • Cafe, 301B Hahani St., Kailua. 262-8792 Kids TheRise of Kundalini Sculpture by Richard Humane Society's Children's Fun Fair fl!. Fand. Through 10/22. Gallery on the Pali, Activities designed to teach children respect 2500 Pali Hwy. 595-4047 for living creatures and the proper care of a Visions of the Dharma Fifty works from pet. Petting zoo, scavenger hunt, games and For advertising in the Academy's collection of Japanese paint storytelling for s1arters. Wa rd Wa rehouse, ings and woodblockprints depicting a range 1050 Ala Moana Blvd.: Sat. 9/14 & Sun. of Buddhist images from the12th through 9/1 5,11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. 531-6411 the Honolulu the 19th century. Opens Thur. 9/12 and mns Friends, F"i tness & Fun Keikis 5 - 12 years through 10/20. Honolulu Academy of Ans, are invited to tum off the tube and run an 900 S. Beretania St. 538-3693 obstacle course. The youth fitness fair's activites include fitness testing, nutrition Weekly, call counseling, an appearance by Dr. Wizard wise,JumpRope forHeart and more. Spon Learning sored by the John A. Burns School of 528-1370. FimoJewelry Artist Deb Aoki teaches how Medicine and Friends of the Medical School. to work miracles with a blob of Fimo. This Thomas Square. Sun. 9/15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. From theVisions of the Dharma exhibit plastic, clay-like material can become beads, Free. 523-8802 at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. 12 • September 11 1991 • Honolulu Weekly -