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2 n NEWS: Theater students nudge out thousands of others for recognition “Shrek” star 7 n SPORTS: Softball Assistant Coach enjoys playing Kelly Ford will depart for managing posi- the Hollywood tion at Mt. SAC following this season villain —see Detour page 3

Vo l u m e 72, I s s u e 45 Thursday M ay 10, 2001 Cars collide on Chapman n up truck coming from Acacia Avenue, The driver of the Chevy truck was running along the curb. Paramedics INJURY: Some causing a massive road block during taken to the UCI Trauma Center for took out the driver and passenger from complaints say that a the afternoon traffic. The signal on his injuries. His three sons were in the four-door vehicle on a gurney. The Acacia blazed green. the car with him at the time of the sole witness, Anita Tapia of Whittier, quick changing traffic “Accidents happen here at least accident. stood with police as she watched the once a month,” said James Barnum, “The red car was coming and it paramedics assist the victims. signal is causing traf- shaking his head. was our turn [to go],” said Miled Seja “I was behind the truck and he went fic accidents Barnum works at Impact Perez, the son of the victim. “My — then got hit,” she said. “It’s hard Productions, a company inside the brothers and my dad were all inside making a left turn because you can’t office building on the corner of Acacia the car when they hit us.” see the cars coming from the other By Kathleen Gutierrez and Chapman Avenues. Perez did not speak English and direction. I always wait before I go,” Daily Titan Staff Writer “The signal turns red then green was not sure exactly what was going she said. almost immediately. This sign right on with the accident because the offi- Tapia said she travels Acacia The traffic signal on Chapman here has been plowed through four cers were speaking English. Avenue to work everyday. It is the first Avenue turned yellow, then red. A times in the past year,” he said, point- “My dad is hurt, that is all I know,” accident she has seen, but has heard burgundy four-door vehicle sped past, ing to the sign in front of his build- he said. Kathleen Gutierrez/Daily Titan colliding with a beige Chevrolet pick- ing. Engine oil poured out of both cars, ACCIDENT/ 6 Fullerton paramedics assist the injured victims after the collision. Professor takes plays off burner

nTALENT: After a 30-year hibernation, profes- sor Keith Neilson resumes his examination of human nature through playwrighting By Deborah V. Germinaro you do in just a casual way,” Neilson Special to the Titan said. Something interesting about Neilson Cal State Fullerton professor of 30 is that, while a lot of people struggle to years, Keith Neilson, is having a series find their niche in the world, he found of plays produced in late April after a himself in the world and there was his break that has lasted more than three niche. decades. After graduating from Princeton in Neilson’s newest plays, collective- 1957 with a bachelor’s degree in his- ly called “Dirty Laundry and Dead tory, he decided he did not want to Virgins,” opened last weekend at the pursue a related career. Empire Theater in Santa Ana and will He got a job at a mental institution run until May 13. in Hartford, Conn. called the Institute “Answering Machine,” “The Death for the Living, earning $27 a week. of the Virgin,” “Spindry!” and “Hades’ Neilson found a way to make the most Bobbin” are absurdities influenced of what may seem to some as tough by playwrights Beckett, Ionesco and situation. Genet. “I purposely requested to work in “Answering Machine” is about a the extremely agitated ward because man’s relationship to his answering it seemed more interesting,” he said. machine. “It was interesting, and more edu- Chad SENGSTOCK/Daily Titan “The Death of the Virgin” is about cational than education — it is also performs Wednesday afternoon as part of AS Productions continuing concert series throughout the year. an obsessive painter who is trying to probably why all the characters I write recreate the great masterpieces. are crazy.” “Spindry!” is about sex and laundry, Somewhere between history and Strong turnout for AS concert series which Neilson admitted is the result of psychology Neilson decided he want- a conversation he had with another ed to be an English professor. writer after a writer’s workshop he “I believe Voltaire was right when nEVENT: The band kled with fans, some were students, Lisa Boosin, a Fullerton resident, before but I thought they were good,” took in Los Angeles. he said, ‘History is a series of tricks but most were in the audience spe- danced and sang to every song, said sophomore Emily Smith. She “We just started talking about laun- played on dead people, psychology is Rocket from the cifically to see the band. bouncing around by herself, her tat- stayed for the entire event and said dry, which naturally led to talking a series of tricks played on live peo- “I heard about the concert on their too-sleeved arms grooving to the she attends many of the concerts Crypt plays for both about sex,” Keith said. ple, and English literature is a series Web site — I came all the way from beat. held by AS. Neilson explained “Hades’ Bobbin” of tricks, but nobody’s pretending,’” fans and students in New York,” Daniel Meyer said with “I jog around campus a lot and I “Yeah, we’ve been to every con- by saying, “It’s about a group of people Neilson jokingly said about why he a laugh. “I’m visiting and just saw those posters all over,” she cert for the last month,” said her who may or may not be conspirators, chose to become an English teacher. Becker Amphitheater I thought I’d stop and see the concert said. “I saw Rocket From the Crypt, friend Rachelle Lopez, a child and and who may or may not be trying to He went back to college in 1960, before heading to the beach.” and said, ‘oh, must take day off, adolescent studies major. “You - overthrow the government, and whose this time to the University of Chicago, By Kathleen Gutierrez The band blazed through a tight must see Rocket From the Crypt.’” ly meet people here.” Daily Titan Staff Writer leader is a man covered in bandages.” to earn his master’s and eventually his set. Front man Speedo Ray asked the As she spoke, she swayed her long Lopez and Smith both said they The road that led him back to play- doctorate. crowd to check his cheeks for sun- red hair behind her in time to the have made many friends at the con- The sun lit a fire; not underneath, wrighting — however long — was Now that he knew what he wanted burn. The crowd members shifted music. cert series and are looking forward never closed. Keith put his passion for to do, he was about to find something but on top of punk band Rocket constantly, bobbing their heads and Students melted off to other areas to the next event. From the Crypt Wednesday at the playwrighting on pause to “get seri- he would love. wiping the sweat. A small crowd of campus, some just venturing out “I love that part of our money ous” and finish his academic career, Keith discovered a little theater Associated Students concert series. gathered directly in front of the farther to find shade. Those willing goes to cool stuff like this,” Smith Hot as it was, the band rocked on. after which time he found himself in called The Last Stage in Chicago stage, and one guy brought his video to brave the heat stayed for the entire said of the concert series. “It’s so California. He then landed a job at while going to the university. He acted Becker Amphitheater and the sur- camera. He stood in front the entire show. hard to meet people because this is a rounding grassy knolls were sprin- CSUF, got married and had four chil- in several plays and became interested time taping the performance. “I’d never heard of their music CONCERT/ 6 dren, which left no time for writing. “Playwrighting is not something PLAYS/ 6 Students enter designs at confer- Titan nCOMPETITION: The neering skills of the students involved. hold any weight. e x t r a s Lympany said there were several different Monshizadeh said that eight other schools American Society of Civil criteria on which their canoe was judged. had similar problems, and that only 10 of the Students practiced for an endurance, a sprint participating colleges were able to success- online Engineers built a hand-made and a four-man canoe race. Judges also fully finish the bridge. canoe and steel bridge considered the appearance of the hand-made “Miscommunication between the captains n Check out canoe. was the problem that we had this year,” the Daily Titan In addition to the canoe event, CSUF Fathalla said of the mistakes made in the By Taylor Goldman also entered into all six of the other com- event. online this year Daily Titan Staff Writer petitions at the conference, Fathalla said. A Lympany also mentioned that ASCE cre- at http:// steel bridge Construction competition was ated a horseshoe out of cement with wire dailytitan.fullerton.edu. Jeanette Lympany struggled to maneuver the other main event. Ali Monshizadeh, the reinforcement inside. a canoe she helped design around the buoys captain of the steel bridge team, said that the She had fun throwing the shoe at the metal that were strategically placed throughout the bridge had to cover a 13-foot-long span of spikes in the ground, trying to throw it so that Long Beach Marina. water. Team members were not allowed to the shoe did not shatter. download Lympany, the vice president of the enter into the water, and they were judged on “Compared to last year we’ve improved a American Society of Civil Engineers, was the amount of time it took them to construct lot,” Lympany said, adding that many profes- one of 20 students that competed for Cal the bridge. sionals had praised the team for their obvious n Need to announce an State Fullerton Saturday. Following the specifications made prior advancements from last year. They came in event? Visit our Web Mohamed Fathalla, the president of ASCE, to the conference, CSUF students connected eighth place in the canoe competition, while said that 600 students from 18 different the steel pieces of the bridge by stretching last year they placed 14th. site to download our schools competed at the competition spon- themselves as far as they could reach across Lympany said that they were proud that NEW events calendar sored regionally by ASCE. The three-day- the gap. their small group of 20 competed success- form long conference, hosted by California State Unfortunately, during the intricate process, fully against teams of 60 students in the Lorraine Dominguez/Daily Titan University Long Beach this year, featured one piece of the bridge was placed on the Engineering students built a hand-made canoe. seven competitions that challenged the engi- wrong side, and the bridge was unable to PROJECTS/ 6

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CCALENDARALENDAR OFOF EVENTSEVENTS Campus for Saturday, May 12. Ana. For more information call Strawberry Festival Amphitheater TSU All-Night-Study begins on (714) 567-7233. (12852 Main St.) in Garden Grove. AS Productions will feature the Monday, May 14 until the 26. The The Learning Light Foundation For more information call (714) movie “Snatch” today in the TSU TSU will be open 24 hours a day. presents Ye Old Camelot Psychic 638-7950. Titan Theater at 5 p.m. and 7:30 Fair on Saturday May, 12 from The 15th Annual AIDS p.m. Admission is free. Community 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1212 East Walk Orange County is set TSU Games and Recreation Lincoln Ave in Anaheim. For more for Sunday, June 3 at the UC will hold a bowlers Tournament The Department of Theatre information call (714) 533-2311. Irvine Administration Loop and twotwo today in the TSU Underground at and Dance presents “24 Hours” The Young Musicians Chancellor’s Rose Garden. Walk A guide to what’s happening 3 p.m. on May 11 through 20 in Recital Foundation’s Debut Orchestra registration begins at 7:30 a.m. A Computer Basics Workshop Hall. This musical takes a journey presents its 46th Annual Final The walk will begin at 9:30 a.m. BRIEFS is scheduled for Saturday, May through life and love. Debut Concert on Saturday, May For more information call (949) 12 in the TSU Mainframe Lounge Italian-born artist-in-resident 12 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in 806-8763. at 2 p.m. This class will help you Franco Angeloni will exhibit work Los Angeles at 7 p.m. The Fullerton College Music The workshop, sponsored Cal State Fullerton understand your computer soft- “that invades fields other than The Garden Grove Strawberry Department presents “Finale” in by Cal State Fullerton’s Family theater students win ware. those normally connected with Festival 2001 will hold auditions concert on May 18 in the Campus Business Planning, will have Ernie awards in D.C. A Men’s and Women’s Over- visual arts,” through June 30 at for its annual talent show on Theatre (321 E. Chapman Ave.) Doud, the managing partner of the-Line Tournament is scheduled Grand Central Art Gallery in Santa Saturday, May 19 at 9 a.m. in The at 8 p.m. For more information call Two CSUF theater stu- Doud/Hausner and Associates, as dents won national awards in the guest speaker. It is scheduled Washington D.C. last weekend at for Tuesday, May 15 in the City of the Center. Orange. School Daze by T. W. O’Bryan The theater competition they It is one of the workshops that participated in had thousands of the Family Business Council holds other students from the United to help family-owned businesses States vying for titles recognizing survive and succeed in Southern their year-long theatre produc- California. Its guest speakers, tions. like Doud, provide insight into the CSUF actor Jason Brian Buuck information businesses use, as and make-up designer Sarah well as new opportunities. Annette Opstead won honors, The workshop scheduled on while, scene designer Matthew Tuesday will be held at the Turnip Scarpino made it as a regional Rose Conference Center at 300 finalist. S. Flower St., Orange. Buuck received a $2,500 It is free for first-time attendees. scholarship as part of the award But reservations are required to he got, the National Irene Ryan guarantee seating. National Acting Contest. The foun- For more information, call (714) dation it is founded on celebrated 278-4182. its 30th anniversary of giving out the award. Letter-carriers help Opstad’s competition came replenish food banks from as far as Vermont, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Food donations will be con- nected by Southern California Clothing drive hopes mail carriers from postal custom- to aid shelters ers this weekend. This is the ninth nationwide The Volunteer and Service food drive sponsored by the Center at Cal State Fullerton has National Association of Letter an ongoing clothing drive this Carriers. Mail carriers from month. It hopes to collect items Southern California are joining such as clothes and blankets that their counterparts from across the will help replenish shelters all over nation to help supply food banks. Orange County. Food banks and other char- They are collecting them until ity organizations find their food May 12. stocks diminishing as summer For more information call (714) approaches, and have asked for 278-7623. the help of letter carriers to try and see if they can get people to Prime Internet Nat’l Workshop held for donate. business planning Non-perishable and unopened 2*2 Bartending 2*2 foods can be left next to mail- Family business leaders will boxes for letter carriers to pick up explore savvy planning processes when they deliver mail. The food during a workshop next week will then go to local charities. “Strategic Business Planning.” For more information, call Terri

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all his time and he wasn’t concentrat- with an instructor. He said that 600 gone to the city to complain more PLAYS ing on school. PROJECTS hours of work were spent build- ACCIDENT than once about the traffic signal n from page 1 So with a more concentrated n from page 1 ing the canoe alone, and that the n from page 1 and the hazard it can cause for the effort, he got a job in 1964 teaching engineering department gives more children and elderly people in the in playwrighting for the first time. at Elmhurst College — purposely major categories available. acknowledgements to high grades that other accidents have occurred. surrounding buildings. The Hull House Theater became far from Hull House. She added that, more valuable than to the actual experience that “I travel this road at the same time “They say they are looking into his next mainstay where he became He taught at Elmhurst and fin- than the awards given, the 20 stu- they gained through their work. every day and I’ve only seen this it. They say they are going to do actively involved with its writing ished his dissertation in 1969 earning dents who participated learned lead- They are already thinking about one accident,” she said. studies. I never see them come out workshops and eventually began to his doctorate in English Literature. ership and teamwork skills. They how they will improve next year, A preschool, the office building here,” he said. run them. He moved to California after that had the opportunity to work on but are also petitioning the engi- and two convalescent homes anchor He spoke louder as firefighters Keith wrote about six plays that and began teaching at CSUF where problems that engineers encounter neering department to award credits the corners of Chapman and Acacia and police officers walked passed. were produced at various local the- he has remained ever since. on the job, rather than only discuss- next for the work that goes into the Avenues. Mortgage broker Maxwell “This is so stupid. Very unfortu- aters. He also wrote a few staged Neilson explained that now he has ing theory in the classroom. event. Badmos, whose office is in the same nate. This signal is so dangerous. If readings that were produced in the- the time to get back into playwright- Fathalla said that one of the rea- “We’re going in the right direc- building as Barnum’s, said he has they just slowed it for a second they aters after he moved to California. ing full force because he is no longer sons that many of the other schools tion,” Fathalla said. “Everyone In 1968, he had his first play, “The married and his children are grown, do so well in these competitions is knew that Fullerton was there and End of the World Or Fragments “Dirty Laundry and Dead Virgins” that they do these projects as a class competing.” from a Work in Progress” produced is his first serious effort in more than and published. The play was written 30 years. several years earlier, after receiving a Warm, funny and full of energy, been together for 11 years and has Rockefeller Grant. Keith Neilson is ready to see what he CONCERT been signed to many record labels “The End of the World” was a is capable of creating next. He is a n from page 1 during their career. Their first play about a man who was cracking shining example of what is possible on , “Circa: Now!” up in his marriage and professional if you never let go of your dreams commuter school.” helped shed light on the relatively life,” Neilson said. “It was a bal- — whatever they may be. The crowd was mixed. Fans underground band, giving them a ance between the real world and a The Empire Theater is located ranged from punkers to greasers, hit with the song, “Grave Digger.” Planned hallucinatory world — that was the at 200 N. Broadway in the Artists hardcore, to emo fans. It was appar- MTV picked up their video and style of plays being written during Village in downtown Santa Ana. ent that Rocket From the Crypt has mainstream success began to take Parenthood 2*3 that time.” The telephone number is (714) 547 an eclectic but strong fan base, one shape. The work was published by the -4688. Showtimes are Fridays and that follows wherever they lead. In 1993 Rocket From the Crypt University of Minnesota in a series Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at “I’ve only known of [Rocket played the first-ever KROQ Weenie called “Playwrights for Tomorrow.” 2:30 p.m. There will be a special From the Crypt] for about a year and Roast and Sing-a-long at Irvine He loved writing plays and work- Thursday show May 10 at 8 p.m. a half,” Lopez said. “But I think they Meadows Amphitheater. They have ing with The Hull House Theater, but Ticket prices are $15 general admis- are really cool.” a new album out now on Vagrant he started realizing it was taking up sion and $12 for students. The San Diego-based band has Records titled, “Group Sounds.”

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May 10, 2001 Beauty within

Main character of animated movie proves that it’s what’s inside that By Kelly Mead Daily Titan Staff Writer Fat, ugly, intimidating and greener than molding bread: if true beauty is on the outside, the ogre Shrek has been short-changed, but sometimes a penny less than a dime isn’t impor- tant. “Shrek” is a new cartoon produced by DreamWorks that opens May18. DreamWorks got the idea for Shrek from a 28-page children’s book writ- ten by the award-winning children's author, William Steig. The story has royalty, magic spells and even a quirky sidekick, but if you’re expect- ing another love story about a pretty princess falling in love with an ugly ogre, think again. “Shrek” outdoes the Courtesy of DreamWorks Pictures stereotypes by having groundbreaking John Lithgow lends his voice to the evil Lord Farquaad in computer animated comedy “Shrek.” animation, and offbeat jokes, along with the typical feel good story. “Shrek” is the story about a hermit- Courtesy of DreamWorks ogre (Mike Myers) who is bitter from Shrek (Mike Myers) ends up being an unlikely hero in the movie. being rejected by society. He is so bed and just about every storybook tion. The 3-D quality of the movie is ugly that nearly everyone he comes character you can think of is setting so realistic, it’s almost a character of across is intimidated and disgusted up camp in Shrek’s backyard. When it’s own. by him. Instead of dealing with the Shrek finds out who is responsible, The animation of Shrek was in pressure, Shrek decides to live his life he immediately decides to journey the works for more than four years Voicing it out alone but while he is safely nestled to Duloc, Farquaad’s kingdom, and and consisted of hundreds of anima- in the woods, other fairy tale charac- rectify the situation. At the kingdom, tors. You feel as if you could actually ters are being terrorized in a nearby Shrek makes a deal with Farquaad touch and smell this world. The team kingdom. Fairy tale characters are that will win him back his swamp. He consisted of individual animators who During a recent press conference with college students, John Lithgow being maimed and mistreated. In the will rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron were in charge of every little detail: kingdom of Duloc people are trading Diaz) from a desolate castle that is fire, liquid, leaves, hair, etc. During discussed his experience of working on an animated movie, ‘Shrek.’ in their friends and family for cash protected by an ornery fire-breathing the process the team went out of their By Kelly Mead job. I would literally turn up and be ally not at all. I would come in very compensation from the royalty. dragon. Unaffected by Shrek’s insults, way to figure out how the objects Daily Titan Staff Writer home a half an hour later. “Shrek” was kind of loose as a goose into these Shrek is forced into his first friend- Donkey follows him on his journey. used in the film move in real life. For far more painstaking. recording sessions and just let her rip. I ship when an old woman attempts The adventure begins as the A+ the fire, animators looked at Olympic Did you interact with the other cast mean you don’t have to learn anything, to get rid of her talking pet, Donkey cast of comedians guide the audience torch footage, the movie “Backdraft” Why did you decide to do this members at all? you don’t have to perfect an accent. I (Eddie Murphy). While Donkey is through laughter and hopefully teach and even set fires in the parking lot movie? I met Eddie Murphy yesterday at didn’t really know what they wanted running from Farquaad’s grunt men, them a little bit about superficiality. at their studio. To make a scene were They had bought this wonderful about 3:30 p.m. for the first time. until I got there. And they themselves, he comes across kind-hearted Shrek. “Shrek” defies traditional cartoon Shrek takes a mud shower look real- book “Shrek,” by William Steig, who Absolutely none. I think, liked to maintain a very impro- Being an impressively large and comedy by using shocking raw humor istic, animators dressed up one of I consider to be one of the great chil- Is that odd? vitory and loose atmosphere. So no, I intimidating ogre, Shrek scares the but unlike edgy animation frontrunner their own in a yellow rain slicker and dren’s book authors. But you know, It is what you come to expect, didn’t prepare. Never prepared. I mean men off. Donkey decides Shrek is his “South Park,” “Shrek” has the ability dumped mud on his head. down at the very heart of it, there’s because you see the process. It really they would send me the text before hero and friend. Despite Shrek’s best to be crude and innocent at the same Despite the enormous effort the absolutely no reason to say no. They is you working with a bunch of ani- hand and I might have a quick look at efforts to insult and mistreats Donkey, time, an ability which leaves adults animators put into making “Shrek” asked and I said yes. You do the voice mators and they’re getting from you it but don’t tell them that. the talkative ass refuses to leave his comfortable with children enjoying look like a natural world, they feel the for one of these major animation fea- exactly what they need, nothing else. What direction are you given when side. the movie. For example, one scene movie is about Shrek’s journey and tures and you don’t know. It may turn They’re getting that voice. you’re in a sound recording booth? Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow), an shows Lord Farquaad laying in bed not the animation. into something spectacular. One way Then how do you create that chem- My directors, were the voices I abnormally short man who is obsessed and commanding his magic mirror to If you want to see a good movie or the other, it isn’t a lot of work so I istry? would hear. It was a curious situa- with perfection, is redesigning his show him a picture of Princess Fiona don’t be dissuaded by the thought of was just delighted to do it. That’s the amazing thing, I don’t tion. It’s a strange atmosphere because kingdom. Fairy tale characters are too over and over again. The adults laugh watching a cartoon. Shrek isn’t just How did they explain your character create it, they do. They have all you’re in the room with the micro- bizarre for his taste, so he decides to because Farquaad is clearly using the another cartoon. It’s something new. to you and how did you develop it? these sessions with Eddie [Murphy], phone, everybody’s behind a big glass, get rid of them. When the duo returns mirror for adult entertainment. The It’s the Indy film of cartoons. Maybe They explained what they consid- Cameron [Diaz], Mike [Myers], they you know the size of that window. You to Shrek’s cabin they find the quiet kids laugh obliviously, because Lord excellent animated stories have been ered to be the main visual joke of have everything on tape and they just might see eight, nine, 10 people back swamp overrun with refugees. The Farquaad is so pathetically obsessed. told with wit and ground breaking Lord Farquaad. That is that he’s a little piece it together. It’s amazing. there. You don’t hear what they’re seven dwarves are putting Sleeping Another shockingly pleasant surprise technology before but “Shrek” is the character with delusions of his own Did you ever hear the actual dia- saying. You’ll do something and you’ll Beauty on Shrek’s kitchen table, the is the attention given to the anima- other side of the hill animators have grandeur and stature and they liked the logue to get a feel for it? see them all earnestly discussing. Big Bad Wolf is sleeping in Shrek’s idea of a voice that did not fit his body I think very late in the process they Since you can’t see the action that is just as his self-image did not fit reality did have little scraps to show me. I taking place along with the dialogue and I thought, “well that’s a stretch, think I saw a scene between Shrek and did you have any surprises? Out of tune with West Coast it’s kind of a peculiar joke, but I’ll go Donkey. First of all, it’s really quiet differ- along with it, sure.” I had no idea how Many of the jokes in the movie have ent from what you imagine. That’s well this visual joke was going to work double meanings? How do you feel always the case with movies, but it’s until I actually saw it animated. about that? even more the case with animation, Good looks are not enough for DJ to make it in the music business Can you talk about that process of Yes, I think that’s one of the amaz- because their (the animators’) imagi- By Damian Calhoun Some of the tightest tracks are performing roles of animated char- ing achievements of this film. The fact nation runs wild. Beyond that, I did Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor collaborations, which shows that she acters? that they’ve created a movie that is a lot of this work three or four years can’t rock a track by herself. It’s, first of all, like no other acting, delightful to not just kids and adults ago, so when it comes time to see the Following what seems to be the The album does have a couple of you are no where near the other actors but teen-agers and in between. I went film, I’ve completely forgotten lines, hottest trend in hip-hop, radio DJ tracks that are worthy of listening to. I that you play the scenes with. You’re to drama school years ago in England funny lines, I forgot I ever said them. Angie Martinez gathers some of the think. “New York, New York” featur- all by yourself in a recording studio. and one of the great things I always The only time I’ve ever seen this film top names in hip-hop for her debut ing Prodigy of Mobb Deep and “Live There are two other people with you loved about British Theater is the was three or four months ago when album, “Up Close and Personal.” from the Streets” with Jadakiss and in the studio. They do provide you annual Christmas British pantomime, it was only 60-70 percent completed Following in the footsteps of DJ Styles from the LOX and the legend- with a good actor to feed you all your which are these corny old fairy tales and I saw it on a video. I didn’t see Clue, DJ Hi-Tek and Funkmaster ary are just two tracks cues, but he’s not one of the people that are put on as musicals. And you the big beautiful Shrek that you guys Flex, Martinez is the latest radio per- that didn’t pain me to listen to. The you actually play the scenes with. And know, the principle boy is played by have seen. I see that tonight. And one sonality to drop an album. But unlike rest is brutally unbearable. there’s a video camera guy there, film- a girl, the ugly sisters are played by of the reasons I’m looking forward her male counterparts, Martinez fails For some reason, the great Snoop ing you, because they do want a video guys in drag, “Peter Pan,” the musical to it so much is that I’ve forgotten to capture the true hip-hop head. And Dogg graced Martinez with his servic- record of everything you did while in the Fifties, is very much in that tra- everything I did. unlike the others, this CD doesn’t es on the track “Ladies and Gents.” He you were talking. They know that dition. It’s a tradition developed over Where do you think that “Shrek” even register on the radar. shouldn’t have. As a true you don’t just speak with your mouth. centuries. This ability to put on a show stands in comparison to other ani- On “Up Close and Personal,” fan who doesn’t question anything that Your face does all sorts of things when for the whole family, where the adults mation movies? Martinez has garnered the services of he does, even this appearance had me you work yourself into frenzy. You get and the kids are laughing at the same It seems very revolutionary to me. Prodigy of Mobb Deep, , scratching my head. Asking that fate- Courtesy of Eastwest Records your entire body into it and they need time, at the same joke, for completely It seems very very new, like raising Snoop Dogg and , just ful question, WHY? Why would the Angie Martinez does not capti- that as kind of a visual reference point different reasons. the bar, I must say I felt the same way to name a few. Doggfather, Snoop Corleone lower his vate West Coast audiences when they’re animating. You were a villain in “Cliffhanger” when I saw the first “Toy Story”, but I Despite all of the dope headz on credibility and appear on this album? airwaves of New York’s Hot 97. She How does this compare to your and “Raising Cain” and now you’re imagine what it was like to see “Snow the album, the CD lacks a flow that Snoop should limit all of his lyrics to has probably already gone platinum. experience doing “Rugrats?” the villain in this, do you like playing White” back in the 1930’s. You must could set the CD apart from the oth- the West Coast. I do not want an East Coast-West “Rugrats” was an extremely differ- the bad guy? have thought, ‘oh my God this is ers. Angie Martinez’s style The remaining 12 tracks suffer Coast battle, but it would shock me ent experience. For one thing, it is an I do. Lord Farquaad of course is an entirely new, I’ve never seen anything is one of the reasons that the CD is from a bad case of poor production senseless if this album moved major animation style that goes much faster. over the top comic villain. But I did like this.’ That’s how everybody’s talk- missing something. and wack lyrics. She has her moments figures out here in the west. After all they crank out “Rugrats” enjoy the comic spin even in movies ing about this film. If you can find a track without where you’re like “This isn’t that The only thing that Martinez has once a week. It’s much, much sim- like “Cliffhanger”. I was very well So do you think the future of ani- Martinez jackin’ up the track, then bad,” but those moments quickly turn going for her are her knockout looks. pler animation. I don’t know much aware that I would get a few laughs mation is in computer generated peep it out. However, the one track into “Turn this crap off” and the CD She is gorgeous. The front and back about the technology, but that’s old- with some of those lines and I liked it. images or traditional? that she carries on her own, "GO!" gets tossed across the room. of the CD cover is enough to at least time traditional, very fast and at that, The villain is a fun part. I don’t know, you guys probably shows that she does have some, lyri- The only place where a weak CD make someone pickup the album and it’s fairly rudimentary a kind of cruder You have done theater as well as know more about animation than I do. cal skills, albeit not that good. She like this can sell and push major look at it, but as a warning, please put look. Even in conventional Disney movie acting, how did you prepare I just think it’s extraordinary, consider- doesn’t boast to be one of the top units is in New York. In Martinez’s it back down. animation. They were lightning fast. differently for this role and how ing how much of it there is out there female rappers, but I would boast that hometown of the Bronx, she is seen One piece of advice: Save your My sessions on “Rugrats” would last, does it feel to play a midget king? that we have been able to come up she is definitely one of the weakest. as a Goddess as the hottest DJ on the money. sometimes twenty minutes. I loved the I have to confess I prepared virtu- with something brand new. Popular 1980 film turned musical generates high voltage of energy on Big League Theatricals performers revive the dance frenzy of the classic movie hit in a recent, impressively successful show captivating the audience By Barbara Lake hits including “Footloose,” “Almost dance once again. leaps, glitzy falls and sexy gestures. the comical Rusty, Lea P. Cabrera, as power overtakes the stage. As dif- Daily Titan Staff Writer Paradise,” “Let's Hear It For The Boy” In the first scene of Act I, color- They wear sparkling shirts, which she sings loud and precise. Making ferent light effects, flashes and con- and “Holding Out for a Hero.” ful light strobes hang atop the stage adds to the scene as they dance in her professional debut with the com- fetti decorate the floor, the audience Powerful bursts of enthusiasm radi- “Footloose,” one of the most pow- as Ren, played by a handsome and front of a backdrop with city lights of pany she proves to be very promising is found clapping with fulfilled expec- ate through talented individuals while erful films of the 1980s, tells the multi-talented Matt Hamel, and the Chicago. for the future. tation. One performer continuously combining music and dance together story of Ren McCormack, a Chicago Company rush onto the platform hold- The aspiring actors, dancers and There is nothing better to watch turns, while the other does a “snake” in “Footloose the Musical,” which teen-ager who moves to the rural ing neon green light sticks which cre- singers are definitely inspiring partic- than performers having fun and enjoy- dance across the floor and another appeared on stage at the Cerritos town of Bomont. At first he doesn’t ate an enjoyable effect to watch. ularly in a high school hallway scene ing what they do on stage. This was break dances. Performing Arts Center. fit in and begins to cause trouble With such dynamic energy the where they sing “I’m Free.” The high true for this musical, which from the “Footloose” is full of vivid and Presented by Big League when he tries to have the town’s law dancers portray, the choreography is voices are clear and concise and every very beginning explodes at you mak- charming performers who captivate Theatricals, the musical featured nine against dancing overturned. After an tasteful and contemporary adding jazz word they pronounce is understand- ing it hard to stay in your seat. you by their high caliber of acting, new songs written specifically for emotional struggle, Ren and his peers movement with a touch of hip-hop. able, creating a great production. In a dynamic finale, a big party singing, and dancing. Most important- the stage along with multi-platinum finally win the right and freedom to They all move together with vigorous The best female voice comes from scene with lots of energy, talent and ly they are having fun with the show. detour Thursday, May 10, 2001 5 creativeAnaheim version Ballet mixesof a classic styles to make up By Barbara Lake wears a white dress with feathers at the bottom, Daily Titan Staff Writer along with a yellow and orange cap and orange pointe shoes. She stylishly dances around the pond With a unique twist of hip-hop culture and con- on pointe, extending her arms and constantly turn- temporary movement the Anaheim Ballet presents ing. Her moves are very clean and precise. the classic “Peter and the Wolf” at Founders Hall in The Cats, danced by Anaheim Ballet Principal the Orange County Performing Arts Center. dancers Gaida Paulovska and Valerie Valdez wear Anaheim Balet takes the classic Prokofiev’s black and white zebra print body suits. Together 1936 production of “Peter and the Wolf” and gives they dance in unison moving with keen toes and it an exclusive touch adding fashionable move- exuding beautiful long limbs as they lift their legs ment.The narrator, Lawrence Rosenberg, (director in arabesque (extension of the leg to the back) and of Anaheim Ballet and former CSUF guest artist) front attitudes (extension of the leg to the front with Courtesy of Orange County Performing Arts Center told the story of this interesting tale. the knee slightly bent). Guillermo De La Cruz and Stephanie Our hero Peter, who once originally set out into Throughout the dance, the four Hunters come Balmer perform in “Peter and the Wolf.” a meadow to ward off the dangers of a forest wolf, in dancing jazz and leaping across the floor. In then followed the performance. Members of the now enters an inner city ghetto to warn the duck, Courtesy of this production there are a lot of props and danc- audience had the opportunity to ask questions about cat and birdie about a big bad wolf. ers varying from all ages, including children and dance and five dancers from the performance then Jonathan (John Hannah), Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), Rick O’Connel Peter (a young Guillermo De La Cruz) looks like grown-ups accompanied to the tunes of two mem- demonstrated different ballet terms and moves, (Brendan Fraser) and Alex (Freddie Boath) find themselves in trouble an inner city kid wearing lose orange shorts, a dark bers of the Freeway Philharmonic. including plies, turns, jumps and the five body blue tank top and an orange bandana around his This original concept thought up by Sarma positions. head. As he gracefully enters the scene he is warned Lapenieks Rosenberg comes to an end after Peter Rosenberg mentioned that ballet was an act of Return of the Cliche by his grandfather not to venture far because of the devises a plan to get rid of the wolf forever. With generosity and therefore turning out the feet was an wolf. the help of all of his friends prancing around this act of giving and being open towards the audience. Success of the sequel lies in recycling old ideas Though that doesn’t stop Peter, he hangs with his is achieved. He joked about how ballerinas sometimes walk like friends Birdie, the snooty Duck and Cat. The Duck By Kathleen Gutierrez The original Mummy was so suc- A question and answer series, led by L. Rosenberg, ducks with their feet turned out. Daily Titan Staff Writer cessful, that director Stephen Sommers decided that less is less and more There is way too much Jedi in this is money. There are quadruple the Play leaves audience confused Indiana Jones Adventure. amounts of bugs, angry mummies and It’s difficult to stay away from com- dashing battles for those adventure- motive in killing a man, then retriev- parisons of past blockbuster films, junkies looking for a fix. This film is Undeveloped acting ing his soul, and then covering it up? I because “The Mummy Returns” bla- definitely fast-paced. The action does characterizes the show usually consider myself to have a criti- tantly samples the best parts of those not let up once. cal eye, but for 20 minutes I was lost. action flicks, just like a rapper might Much fuss is made about The By Elana Pruitt Daily Titan Staff Writer “Spindry” and “Answer Machine” do to a 70s rock band. If you’re going Rock’s (Dwayne Johnson) part as the were the most stimulating and cre- to this film for something new to see, Scorpion King, but it left little to atively strung together experiences. do not count on it. be desired. He has one line, and it’s “Dirty Laundry and Dead Virgins.” Both should have got a standing ova- The basic story line is, well, actu- in Egyptian. After that he falls vic- My immediate thoughts about this tion, but with such obscure mate- ally there is no story line. Someone tim, not to flesh-eating beetles, but to play were fright and excitement, until I rial I don’t know how appropriate that opens a jewelry box and thus unleash- really bad computer graphics imaging. realized that the safe and undeveloped would have been. es a series of heart-racing events. It’s The folks over at Industrial Light and performance was missing something. A tired and limping waitress turns a roller coaster ride of action, a giant Magic don’t have much to be proud of I eagerly waited in the entry room into a disco-dancing stripper, using box of eye candy, but there isn’t much except for a giant wall of water with of the Empire Theater that felt like a laundry as her object of desire. While of a story line to go with it. Imhotep’s face as the wave. That was comfortable, apartment living room two sport-like commentators critique Brendan Fraser is a great action hero. cool. It was as if they tried to force as creating relaxation. Sitting on a soft, her performance of eroticism on a According to the film, it’s eight years many images in as they could with green couch, reading the Orange washing machine and the relationships later and Rick O’Connell (Fraser) has total disregard for quality. The Rock’s County Register and debating whether between her and her sluggish husband, Courtesy of the Empire Theatre married Evelyn Carnahan (Rachael part could have been so much more a cup of coffee is needed in my system my face turned red as I was reminded Weisz). The two now have an eight- exciting without the extra graphics. before or after the play, I just wanted that the play is definitely for mature From left to right, Foster (Matt year-old son named Alex (Freddie Audiences were laughing uncontrol- in. The suspense was killing me. audiences. Cook) and Choke (Stephen Boath) and he is as adventure-hungry lably at the cliches and making com- Black, painted walls with splattered Prior to my confusion in “Hades Wagner) in “Hades Bobbin’.” as his mother was in the first film. mentary every time they were remind- red, yellow, blue and green surround- Bobbin,” my interest rose and dropped ous monologues and style, the ending Young Alex is kidnapped by fol- ed of “Titanic,” “Indiana Jones” and ing the stage seemed to express the in “The Death of the Virgin.” As the brings a complicated play together. lowers of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) “Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.” style and structure of the play — dark relationship between an artist and his The main element of outstanding and his parents go in search of him, “The Mummy Returns” is not about stories with bright acting. With four female subject grow sexually hostile, theater that draws an audience into saving the world while they are at paying homage to its blockbusting separately titled stories, this play could gutsy acting was overplayed with too a different world is character devel- it. Boath has great delivery and uses predecessors. Each scene distracted use a bit more development in setting many silent moments. The title is not opment. Trying to engage myself in his humor to carry the film. He has a from the movie making the scenes up the scenes. easy to recognize in the beginning, but each story was difficult, because I did knack for acting and may fare well in more comical than compelling. With “Hades Bobbin,” a story that soon becomes interesting through the not feel an emotional connection with larger roles. Despite it all, movie-goers are flock- lost me the whole way down, I didn’t morbid death of a virgin. the characters even though the stories Fraser lives up to his potential as ing to this flick in record numbers. As understand the characters or the inten- The most light-hearted story was were creative. well, as he leaps, jumps, battles and long as it is understood that there is tions of the story line. Someone is “Answer Machine,” a story about a Written by playwright Keith outwits every time. He can easily be no moral or lesson to be learned other injured and one man takes his soul, man beaten down from his family and Neilson, who teaches Creative called the next generation Harrison than stay away from Egyptian tombs, while a sarcastic woman is playing the friends’ messages left on a record- Writing at Cal State Fullerton, the Ford, especially with his quick one- film fans are in for one heck of a ride. game of solitaire on the side…what is ing device. The voices come alive as play will continue through May 13 liners. He has come a long way since this? The eight characters are gathered each character is in human form, sur- at the Empire Theater in downtown his role as Link in “Encino Man.” together for what seems to be the rounding his every move. With hilari- Santa Ana. Thursday, May 10, 2001 Titan bats baffled by Coach to take nBASEBALL: CSUF’s on JC managing second longest streak of the season squelched nSOFTBALL: Assistant Coach Kelly Wednesday night at Ford accepts position at Mt San Jackie Robinson Stadium Antonio College following 2001 season By Caesar Contreras mater, Oklahoma University. By Damian Calhoun Daily Titan Copy Editor Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor In her playing career, Ford played two seasons While it’s not a loss in at Oklahoma and earned For the second consecutive time the the record column, the Cal Academic All-America hon- UCLA Bruins jumped out to a big lead State Fullerton softball team ors after transferring from against the Cal State Fullerton Titans, will lose assistant softball Central Arizona College. but this time they held on for the coach Kelly Ford as she was Ford has also been active win, 9-3 last night at Jackie Robinson named head coach of Mt. with the Amateur Softball Stadium. San Antonio Association, UCLA (27-23) ended the Titans’ College on spending the (38-12) 10-game winning streak and May 7. past four years kept their own remote hopes alive of Ford will putting on possibly earning a berth in the upcom- leave the pro- coaching clin- ing NCAA Regionals. The Bruins also gram at the ics and was in snapped the Titans’ seven-game win- conclusion of charge of the ning streak in the series, dating back the 2001 sea- ASA’s Youth to 1997. son and will Championship "This was a big win for our team," stick around as Camp Series. UCLA Hitting Coach Vince Beringhele the Titans await L o c a l l y , said. "We have a ways to go, but to their postsea- she has run knock off the top team in the country son NCAA camps for six is a great start." Playoff fate to years through- Beringhele replaced head coach be determined out southern Gary Adams, who was suspended one this Sunday. FORD California and game by the Pac-10 for bumping an “On a coach- is involved in umpire in a game last week. ing level, Kelly the National Similar to the first meeting, Jon has been invaluable in assist- Fastpitch Coaches Brandt was the scheduled UCLA start- ing me with the team and Association, just finish- er. The first time he was pulled before what she meant to the pro- ing a term as the Assistant David Rivera/Daily Titan the start with a back injury. Last night, gram as a coach is immea- Coaches’ Representative for he beat back the Titan attack. Lead-off man David Bacani was one of six Titans to go 0 for 3 as CSUF managed a mere five hits in last surable,” said Titan Head the past four years on the Brandt (4-4) pitched the first four night’s non-conference loss. The Titans were the third No. 1 ranked team to fall victim to the Bruins this year. Coach Michelle Gromacki. Hall of Fame and Awards innings and allowed only one hit. “She has helped me make Committee. On the other side, Titan starter Nick a smooth transition to my During her stay at CSUF, Lovato (1-4) lasted only an inning and that they can’t get their confidence to see the Titans rally back to win 11- quartet of Bruin hurlers limited the first head coaching venture Ford has helped CSUF to a two-thirds and allowed four hits and over the hump and it doesn’t help that 10 in 14 innings. Titans to only five hits, the third low- and I was fortunate enough 91-27 overall record and two two runs and took the loss. they make it difficult by falling behind The Titans, sensing a possible case est output this season. to have had the opportuni- Big West titles. Every team Lovato was replaced by Wes the hitters." of deja vu, got up off of the floor with "We were not ready to compete ty to work with Kelly as Ford has been associated Littleton. Littleton pitched two and Trailing 4-0 in the bottom of the a run in the fifth, the sixth and the early in the game and they were," a coach and as a person. I with has advanced to the one-third innings and Shane Waroff fifth, UCLA seized control of the seventh, but that was as close as they Horton added. "They played better couldn’t have done it with- postseason and finished the started the fifth inning, but did not game. John Campanella slammed his would get. than we did, they hit better and they out her.” year ranked in the Top 25. record an out. Combined, the duo gave second home run of the season leading "It entered into our minds, I would threw strikes better than we did." Ford has spent the last two Currently, the Titans are up seven runs. The Bruins were finally off the inning against Waroff. UCLA be lying if I said that it didn’t," UCLA The Titans take their two-game con- seasons as an assistant with ranked 10th in the latest USA held in check in the final four innings loaded the bases and right fielder Ben starter Jon Brandt said. "[The Titans] ference lead into this weekend’s show- the Titans and has nine years Today/National Fastpitch by the tag-team tandem of Charlie Francisco cleared the bases with a are good hitting team, but you have to down with the second place UC Santa of Division I coaching expe- Coaches Association Top Zahari and Mike Nunez. double to make the lead 8-1. UCLA tip your hats to our relief pitchers." Barbara Gauchos. rience including a six-year 25. "I don’t know what it is with Lovato, added another run in the inning to Following Brandt, the Bruins sent stint at Cal State Northridge Littleton and Waroff," Titan Head make the score 9-1. out Mike Kunes, Paul Diaz and Mike and one season at her alma Coach George Horton said. "It seems The last time the teams met, April Castillo to the mound and the trio 18, UCLA jumped to a 9-1 lead. Only allowed four hits and three runs. The