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ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 1 Introduction This special freshman issue of the Technique is published yearly dur- Rush Hour 2 works as sequel, but lacks chemistry of original ing the first week of school. Regular publication begins next Friday and By Joseph Jeong Chris Tucker mouths off most of Triads is the murderer of Lee’s thing the audience doesn’t really continues throughout the semester, ex- Staff Writer the funny lines and Jackie Chan father and also an ex-cop. Carter question. cept during midterm break, dead week, keeps his dialogue to a minimum empathizes with Lee’s situation A poor attempt to develop and, and finals. We are Tech’s exclusive MPAA Rating: PG-13 and kicks much butt on screen. because he, too, lost his father in to a certain extent, explain this student newspaper—a unique group Starring: Chris Tucker and Jack- This is a simple formula that worked the line of duty. Investigations turn chemistry does more harm than of journalists at a school with no jour- ie Chan for Rush Hour, and it also works out sour for the duo in Hong Kong good. A love interest for Lee was nalism department. Join us, love us. Directors: Brett Ratner for the sequel. and the trail of money leads them also thrown in to develop his char- Studio: New Line Cinema The plot is simple enough. back to the United States, Las Ve- acter more and possibly as a lead Cover Photo Rating: ttt James Carter (Chris Tucker’s char- gas specifically. in to the next sequel if one does Fans cheer for Widespread Panic, acter) visits Lee (Jackie Chan) in The final sequence takes place come out. This again doesn’t work performing at the Midtown Music Sequels almost never live up to Hong Kong for a vacation. Of in a newly opened casino called quite as well despite the fact that Festival held yearly within walking the hype surrounding them and course, the typical fish out of wa- the Red Dragon and Carter as Lee Roselyn Sanchez does a decent job distance of the Tech campus. Con- to the quality of the original. Rush ter situations occur to Carter and crash the grand opening and try as the Secret Service Agent with a certs and outdoor events are popular Hour 2 is no exception to this we get a few chuckles out of it. to retrieve the plates used to print thing for him. among students. Photo by Kristi Odom. rule; in fact there are hardly any While Carter is trying to enjoy his the counterfeit money. Overall, the plot and screen- exceptions in this movie. None- vacation, Lee is working on a big Director Brett Ratner does a play is nothing to write home about Help Wanted theless, it was an enjoyable movie counterfeiting money case involv- good job of pacing the action and but it is not terrible to the point Yes, the Entertainment section is and a decent way to spend two ing the Hong Kong Triads (a no- the humor throughout the whole that it ruins the movie. always looking for talented, commit- hours of your time. torious, deadly gang). This creates movie. He also tries to develop It is passable enough for the ted writers. No previous experience is Yes, it was predictable and had some tension between the two since the bond between Carter and Lee audience to enjoy the strengths of necessary! Meetings are held every Tues- uninspired dialogue, but it was Carter just wants to enjoy his va- onscreen but that doesn’t work this movie, Tucker and Chan’s day night at 7:00 p.m. in room 137 of also unpretentious and funny. The cation and Lee is too loyal to his quite as well. The Carter and Lee onscreen chemistry, ingenious fight the Student Services Building. Come chemistry between Jackie Chan job. chemistry isn’t quite as deep Riggs choreography and fast talking hu- out, meet some cool people, get some and Chris Tucker is still fresh This tension is resolved when and Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, mor. And this is what makes the free CDs and movie passes, and eat enough for this movie to work. it is revealed that the head of the but it is one that works and some- movie work. our infamous pizza. Mmmm. 2 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT Ani DiFranco’s Reveling blunt, beautiful Osmosis Jones’ dose By Alisa Hawkins present and has more of a jazzy, Assistant Photo Editor mystical type feeling than her of sick humor not other CDs. She talks about re- In the world of folk guitar, examining your thoughts, emo- Ani Difranco should be consid- tions, and actions and states, for weak stomachs ered one of the leading guitar- “what is life but reckoning.” ists of today’s music scene. She Many of her songs focus on po- By Alan Back is a phenomenal musician, pluck- litical and social issues such as Senior Staff Writer ing away at her acoustic guitar domestic violence and discrimi- with taped on fake nails for a nation, while others deal with MPAA Rating: PG sharp uniqueness, and packs the relationships and self-pondering. Starring: Bill Murray; Voices of Chris Rock, house at every show. As much of Ani’s bold political stance David Hyde Pierce a poet as she is a songwriter, comes across throughout the CD Directors: Peter & Bobby Farrelly Ani’s words come across beauti- in songs such as Subdivision Studio: Warner Brothers fully and with a baffling blunt- where she compares America to Rating: ttt ness. Having created her own a huge subdivision that has been recording company, she is able divided by our own discrimina- Mucus. Pus. Gastric juices. Human waste to speak her mind openly on tions. She states, “The Berlin products. Nine times out of 10, these ele- topics such as racism, faulty de- Wall still runs down Main Street.” ments do not a good film make. The live- mocracy, abortion and other sen- Ani believes that all people need action/animated Osmosis Jones is one of those sitive issues that are shied away to do is “admit our mistakes and nine and shows that gross-out humor can from by most of today’s musi- then we’ll open our eyes.” In be taken too far in either setting. cians. other songs she talks about the Say hello to Frank (Bill Murray at his Ani’s newest CD Reveling and corruptness of our government, most unappealing), a zookeeper who doesn’t Reckoning is a double CD set “watching as capitalism guns live or eat much better than the animals he with twenty-nine new songs, each down democracy,” and is horri- looks after. How bad is he? Well, he has no with its own distinguishable Ani fied that people don’t do any- problems with wrestling an egg from a chimp’s flare. The CD has an underly- thing to stop it. People in our By Kimberly Butler / RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS mouth and eating it himself. Nasty enough, ing theme of looking at the past Ani DiFranco tackles tough issues that other artists avoid, combin- but nothing compared to the ruckus it causes and becoming aware of the See DiFranco, page 6 ing powerful lyrics with a distinctive acoustical guitar playing style. when it gets into the metropolis of Frank’s internal organs. The city has its good parts, its bad parts, Rest, relaxation nearby in Atlanta public parks its really seedy sections (inhabited by anti- bodies in the “Virus Protection Program”), By Jody Shaw acre park plays home to Bobby alumnus Ivan Allen, and the Piedmont Park in the heart and places that no self-respecting organism News Editor Jones Golf Course, named after famed Olympic fountain, which of Midtown is bordered by Tenth would want to touch with a 100-micron the Atlanta-native and Tech includes a water show set to Street on the south and stretch- pole. In charge is Mayor Phlegmming (voice: Tech students who wish to alumnus who was the greatest music each hour. Parking around es northward. The park was William Shatner), a lazy politico who just escape the air-conditioning and amateur golfer in history, and the park is limited; the best things bought in 1887 by a group of cares about getting Frank to the big Buffalo florescent lighting of the Chem- the Bitsy Grant Tennis Center. to do are walk or take MARTA prominent Atlantans who wing festival in one piece. istry lab can find a wide variety Both the golf and tennis cost to Peachtree Center. planned to turn the farmland One of the white blood cells helping to of outdoor activities in Atlanta’s money to enjoy, but the rates Freedom Park, which stretch- into a racetrack, and the City keep the streets clean and free of germs is many parks. Tech has greenery are well within the budget of a es across downtown and east At- bought the land several years later. Officer Osmosis Jones (voice: Chris Rock). of its own at the Burger Bowl, Tech student. The tennis courts lanta, features a layout different Today the 185 acres of green When the egg starts to do its thing, he’s the freshmen quad on East Cam- do not take reservations, but tee from most traditional parks. Free- space that make up Atlanta’s most paired up with a dose of Drixenol (voice: pus, known as the Britain Beach, times are a must at Bobby Jones, dom Park was born out of a com- beloved park and play host to a David Hyde Pierce).