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Entertainment T rilogy Continued from Page 10 drama i.s focused on the charac ters, Fierstein's screenplay sea sons (host? scenes with a liberal close of humor and a few mo ments of painful conflict. The show ultimately belongs to Fierstein. for his writing as well as his performance He doesn't merely hold his own with Bancroft and Broderick, he shines with warmth and wit. Ultimately this is the strong est aspect of Torch Song, the honest, humorous, painful por trayal of a human being just like anyone else who happens to be gay. Now there's un idea whose time has come. Earthweek *89 Events A Time to Celebrate Earth Friday. ApriUl John Mulr'i Birthday, National Day of Outrage! Rally and March to Downtown for Ancient Forests 12 Noon • Starts la EMU Courtyard Saturday. April 22 Earth day! Riverfront Park Picnic Food, music, frisbees, fun! Celebrate our riverfront, support recreation and wildlife. No Riverfront Research Park! 11:00 AM - By Autzen Footbridge Earthball '89 Willie Dee and Shakubuku playing reggae, rhythm and soul Rarthsong, music from the Southern Siskiyous 8:00 PM • EMU Ballroom Sunday. April 23 Earthrun '89 10:00 AM • Skinner's Butte, 1st and High For more info call Survival Center at 686-4356 Hult Center for the Performing Art* III SO/M St All Sou 111«r * t i. ticket! o » ult at Mull Center l»i Ollier I all Mall Center Oa 111 it * 111 - SIM A Claal I I ratal! it*. 'Dead Calm' goes for the throat; reality painted in 'Say Anything' By Ken Nolan Emerald Contributor Dead Calm is a new thriller which, through its limited characters and simple plot, throttles the viewer by the throat and doesn't let go until the last frame shines on the screen. A commander in the Austra lian Navy. Sam Neill (A Cry in iht' Dark) comes home from the sea to discover his wife has been seriously injured in a _Movie Review head-on auto accident Their small toddler is killed after hur tling through the windshield in an incredible graphic and real istic scene From this shocking and hor rific five-minute prelude, Dead Calm then spends the rest of its hour and a half on the awesome and lonely emptiness of the Pa cific ocean. In an attempt to re cover from the loss of their son. Neill and his wife (Nicole Kidman) dot tde to spend weeks in solace on u large sailboat, sailing around aimlessly Unfortunately, they come upon a crippled schooner, whose only occupant. Hilly Zane, comes alxiard the cou ple's sailboat 11.inning his five shipmates have died of food poisoning. When Neil rows to the schooner to check out the stranger's story, he makes a horrifying discovery. /.ane steals the couple's sail boat, kidnaps Neill and leaves him stranded alone on a sink mg ship The awesome expense anti bloody sunsets of the Pacific ocean make a perfect backdrop for this thriller. The feelings of helplessness, both of Neill's failure to get the decrepit ship’s motor running, and his wife's inability to reason with her psychopathic captor, are com pounded by the fact that they are all alone in the middle of huge ocean. This movie illustrates what lengths people must go to in or der tti stay alive. Dead ('aim also proves to movie audiences today that a film can be horrify ing while also staying realistic. There are no modern cliches which seem to be the trademark of current horror films; no de mons. no Freddy Kruegers and no poltergeists. Dead Calm re turns to the basic plots which used to make audiences scream twenty years ago. • • • Moviegoers who love a good scare and an excellent thriller should rush out to see Dead Calm, a simple, yet terrifying nightmare of the sea. Oh no. here comes another dumb movie about teenagers, one that adults will never enjoy or even relate to. right? Wrong Say Anything, a new film about both teenagers and adults, is out to utterly destroy this mis conception through a refresh ingly realistic portrayal of youth Starring John Cusack as a nervous, oddball teenager who believes that "kick boxing" is the sport of the future. Say Anythin# delivers an honest plot with honest characters. The dialogue is startlingly real istic and entertaining, and the screenplay never resorts to the falling to the level of the con trived Porky's-type humor seen in most teen films lone Skye plays Cusack's new girlfriend, whose only problem other than being a ge nius is that she has never had a chance to express her feelings to anyone younger than her fa ther. John Mahoney plays her caring, seemingly honest father who is willing to do anything to protect his daughter's future including wracking his own. The promising aspect of Say Anythin# lies in its characters Too many movies about young adults have stereotypical fa thers who are cruel and insen sitive to their daughter's wish es. Most of these characters come off as very unrealistic. This film destroys the con trived mold by giving an hon est portrayal of real people in real situations, and how these relationships can change. This ultimately honest depic tion of three likable characters makes Say Anythin# impossi ble to dislike. It is a movie for everyone who would enjoy a funny and touching story packed with emotion. And for those who want to support the continuing slop of inane term age garbage films like License to Drive and She's out of Con trol. avoid Say Anythin# be cause it is a movie with one major difference — it’s good. ^lender continued from Page 8 THKATER/DANCE Friday, April 21 Hanging by Our Fingernails — performed by Springfield Theater, 8 p.m., Springfield High School auditorium, 875 N 7th St Tickets $2. available at the door. Friday, April 28 Master’s thesis dance con cert with works by I.yn Nee ley and lean Nelson, 8 p.m Dougherty Dance Theatre in Gerlinger Annex. Free adrnis sion. Also playing Saturday. April 29 at 8 p.m. VISUAL ARTS Continuing Synaesthetic and futurhythmic art by David Zerrull. EMU Art Gallery dur ing normal building hours. Free admission. MISCELLANEOUS Friday. April 21 Shakespeare's Birthday Cel ebration — sonnets, dances, songs, fights, scenes, solilo quys and competitions of wit, 1 Photo by Scott M«brn Neil Toomie (Don Brady, left) and Dan Rittman (Dan Pegoda) argue a point in University Theatre's “Ghost on Fire," play ing tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Villard Hall's Arena Theatre. to 2:30 p m.. EMU Courtyard. Saturday, April 22 Neil Gladstone — comedian. 8:30 p.m., WOW Hall. Tickets $b advance. $7 DOS, available at HMl) Main Desk. Balladeer Music, Cat's Meow, Mouse of Records. Record Carden and the WOW Mall front desk. All ages welcome. TRACK TOWN PIZZA *1.50 OFF any Large or Giant Pizza valid loi delivery • Offer expires 6/9/89 not valid with any other offer/one coupon per piira 484-2799 • 1809 Franklin Blvd. COUPON TRACK TOWN PIZZA 484-2799 FREE DELIVERY (limited «i««)
