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Thu only different* fret ween the
three nets was microphone vol
ume, which seemed to increase
with eac h set.
The sound system itself left a lot
to !*e desired. All one could hear
was bass, bass and more bass. At
times the incomprehensible
"lyrics" could be made out. but
that was very' rare Any melodies
that may have appeared on the
pre-recorded forms (woops, it was
all pre-recorded) of the bonds'
material were lost beneath the
shroud of ear-splitting base.
Perhaps the most annoying ele
ment of the show (for those who
wanted it to continue as well those
who wanted it to get over with)
was the long break of about 50
minutes between the Souls of Mis
chief and Da La Soul sels
What was also enormously
ridiculous was the v olume of the
“music." the crowd is treated to
between sets Generally, it is
played at a lower volume than the
live music This basic rule-of
thumb held true during the first
intermission.
After Do I .a Soul, the music was
just as loud us they were Conse
quently, when A Tribe Called
Quest took the stage just a short 10
minutes later, most of the crowd
was still out in the lobby getting
refreshments or going to the can
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Hillel. and members ol the
community are invited to
come and participate at
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PhUe Dawg of A Trlba Called Quest get the crowd going at their show
with Do La Soul, the show was hosted by Cutural Forum.
Thus, about four songs into the
Tribe sot. the crowd realized the
commencement of the show and
finally showed signs of life one <•
again.
Tragically for the the Tribe,
however, the intensity level was
higher during the two opening
hands This was understandable,
though, when you < onsider that
the crowd was basically seeing
three re-runs that get boring after
the first five minutes anyway
The real entertainment < ame
from watching the people In the
crowd. Every kind of fashion (lus
m heat ion was present for this gala
occasion. There were the Starter
poster c hildren. GAP poster < hll
dren. Pearl Jammers (they must
have boon from Seattle) and com
binations of t)m various standard
looks Perhaps the most interest
ing of them all was the hip
hop gothic look, which consisted
of the gothic pale face, dark lip
stick and lace shirts, as well as the
hip hop saggy jeans.
Overall, the show was a mind
less display of loud bass and
pointless "lyric s." way too much
base and sampled, prerec orded
music Basic ally, you < ould hear
the* same thing at any danc e club
for roughly $5 as opposed to the
$16.50 admission pric e of this
show True, you don't get the plea
sure of seeing live rap bands, but
is that reallv a big loss?
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tv that it offers
As they meet people along the
way, the movie weaves through a
continual stream of violence
against young children. From a
sharecropper who beats his kid on
a whim to a white-broad American
family that smacks their children
for spilling a soda, young Phillip
is introduced to a world
entrenched with violence against
the young.
Costner's character plays on this
point well by representing a kind
of possible future for Phillip. Butch
was beaten as a boy by his father
and then abandoned by the man,
just like Phillip's father had done
to him just a few years earlier.
Eastwood's character represents
the uncaring voice of authority that
pushes Jeff to prison and an early
grave. When Hutch was young. Red
arrested him for killing his father.
Red cashed in one of his political
favors to have the hoy sent away
for life, not accepting the fai t that
Butch acted ill self defense Red
ploys a powerful rolu in destroy
mg Hutch's life, only realizing Ins
mistake toward tint very mid
Costner and Knstwood play their
roles with the same repetitious m t
ingdit hes they've become famous
for Kastwood gears up his make
mv-day frown at least four times
through the film, and Costner plods
through his lines in the same slow,
southern hoy style he used in IFK
and Robin Hood.
But it works. The end product is
a believable Texas ranger who's
been the good ‘ol boy of the Lone
Star State's backcountry and a
criminal who has the brains of a
professor shifted by the morals of
a schoolyard bully.
Lowthy makes the most believ
able acting job of them all. Flaying
the st ones either without pants or
in a Casper costume, he does a
wonderful job of creating a char
acter yearning to break free of his
mother's religion and grow up in
A Perfect World.
Another film coming bv the
end of December is the third film
in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilo
gy. Heaven and Forth.
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refused to surrender their tunics and blades and abandon
their solemn pledge to protect the king: Aramis (Charlie
Sheen). Athos (Kiefer Sutherland) and Porthos (Oliver
Platt). D'Artagnan must join with them to protect the
king from the sinister plot devised by the king's adviser.
Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry)
The Three Musketeers is a swashbuckling adventure
movie, in much the same vein as Hobin Hood: Prince of
Thieves. Anyone who liked that movie is sure to enjoy
The Three Musketeers (assuming, of course, that they
liked Robin Hood for some other reason than because it
had Kevin Costner in it).
But The Three Musketeers is a superior film in several
respects. First and foremost, it doesn't rely too much on
romance (which was an unavoidable flaw of Robin Hood,
because love was the primary focus of that story), in fact,
it includes a couple of very satisfying anti-romantic
scenes, foremost being a night the Musketeers spend
"wenching" in a tavern.
That isn 't to say that the movie ignores romance entire
l\ — to do so would be to violate one of the 10 Box
Office Commandments: "Thou shnlt weave a little
romance into every movie, to increase ticket sales.'
This objective is achieved through the services of
Rebecca Do Mornay as the treacherous Milady de Winter.
Gabrielle Anwar as Queen Anne, and Julie Delpy as the
queen's lady-in-waiting. Constance.
As important as romance, however, is sox appeal:
Accordingly, the movie offers n number of gratuitous
shots of women's chests, taking full advantage of the
"push-up" fashions of the time. One such scene, in
Milady's boudoir, is included in the movie's 30-second
TV spot and is followed quickly by a shot of the cardinal
saying devilishly, “Impressive." What kind of Disney
movie is this?
The wenching scene, mentioned earlier, offers one of
our first glimpses at Porthos, whose portrayal by Platt is
reminiscent of both Saturday Night Live s Jon Lovitz (in
appearance) and Shakespeare's boozy character, John
Folstoff (in iHihavior). Porthos provides the heftiest slice
of comedy in the movie, though his contemporary-sound
ing gags frequently shatter the historical feeling of the
film.
Sutherland and Sheen deliver credible performances as
the other two Musketeers, though their acting prowess is
not particularly tested by the action-packed screenplay.
O’Donnell, ns the Musketeers' aspirant D'Artagnan.
will probably he overlooked by reviewers, despite the
fact that he plays the movie's central character. His name
power is almost nil (earlier credits include Scent of a
Woman and School Ties), but his acting power is
respectable.
The most deliciously portrayed character in the film,
however, is Cardinal Richelieu. Tim Curry (of The Rocky
Horror Picture Show, It and Clue) seems to relish the role
of the villain and plays it almost to perfection, even
threatening the supremacy of Alan Rickman (Robin Hood
and Die Hard) as my favorite Hollywood bad guy.
Not having read the novel on which the movie is based
(released in 1844 by the French writer Alexandre
Dumas), Pm not prepared to answer the inevitable criti
cism that "the movie isn't true to the book." Of course it
isn’t. It look less than two hours to see the movie, and
two days (at least) to read the book. I can argue, however,
that the astounding coincidences upon which the story
depends can be a little distracting for the audience mem
ber who considers himself or herself to be even mildly
skeptical.
All things considered, The Three Musketeers Is a near
perfect specimen of a swashbuckling adventure-comedy.
Fans of the genre will (and should) flock to it.
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