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Chan redeems Hong Kong cinema ByjMMBonnr-oincy If* good to know that in th# world of th* acttoo fUro. at laaat on* of I he two giants of the Hong Kong cinema didn’t sell out fohfl Won't Broken Arrow wasn't just broken U was downright limn Woo ram* out of Hong Kong Uka a typhoon, threatening to turn th# tr* I-~~l Stormy J<kht Own uuionai American action film on It* pathetic head Instead he made Broken Arrow Woo managed to fool the movie crltka into thinking It w« great, but if you com pare It to bis previous ma» turpi ere*. Broken Arrow eras boring, trite and contrived Don't get me wrong — I'm not trying to play up the “cooler than thou* syn drome by saying that Woo is a sellout and he tucks because everyone loves him No, I'm just pissed because I wasted three trucks on a crappy film when I was expecting so much more from a director who is capable of so much more But enough of that. I'm Just glad Jackie Chan is still the same as he ever was. tf not better now that most Americans can finally appreci* ate his work He is still insane, and he is still brilliant. Chan is perhaps best known for the attesting stuntwork in his Rims. And Ire doss every stunt himself, fudging from his previous work, Chan must possess more live* than nine of those proverbial cats. Not only Is his stuntwork fantastic, but his mastery of martial arts is incredible Van r. ■—. ■ . ■■ ■ [femme. .Sesgsl, Norris’ Weenie* The only individual who could compare to Chan to Brut* Lae But that would be like UKD paring Satrtani lo Heotiri*. both are trw mlihte. it's Just that ona ol tbam to a god Chan also has a rare comic ability that con lure* up images ol Charlie Chaplin with a hall ol a flying kick So ol course, you're probably asking yourself. "W he * m great, then whare'a be been?" Good question He tried to break into the American cinema in the iwos with The Big Brow/, hut we were loo busy watching Top Cun to notice So he went back to Hong Kong, and the art house circuit would occaaionally get a hold ol one of his Aims Chan finally made it back to the states with Humble in the Bronx although it was Aimed in Vancouver. B G with about two minutes of stock footage Aom New York But who (.area? And if you're looking ter an intricate plot and character development, go read some of that lane Austen crap The Aim to also dubbed Why. who knows? Half tha actors are speaking English anyway, hut the dubbing just adds to the *any feel of the Aim The stunts are amasing. Chan is hilarious and the fight scenes are breathtaking Perhaps the funniest aspect though, is that Chao on occasion tries to be serious and give* the bad guy* lesson* in morality — after he kick* the crap out of them — and states that he wishes they could all fust get together and drink lee It doesn't work tn the manner t han intended, but it's a riot all the same Skip Broken Arrow if you haven't seen it yet. and if you’ve already wasied money on it. redeem yourself by seeing Humble in the Bronx Playhouse: Theater generates little profit ■ Continued from Page 1 No big money is generated by the Pocket shows, which typically run for one weekend before giving up the stage to another play the next week "Pocket has other ol lives, says Siouxsie Suarex. co chair of the Playhouse board The Playhouse, which has been around since the 70s. has always known what it wanted to accomplish “Our purpose is to perform theater for students by stu dents." Suarez said Indeed, the theater's prime ry claim to fame is that every thing is done by students, from the sets and lights to the acting and directing. Often times, students even write the plays “(The Pocket) allows stu dents to do what graduate stu dents and faculty usually do,” Suarax said. Being Involved in a Pocket show can be very rewarding, said co-chair Kevin Trudeau "People can do things they couldn't do anywhere else on campus.” he said Indeed. It would be hard to find (George Costanxa in a toga or Homer Simpson as a trou bled English monarch any wh«n»>-accept the Packet. True to form, the theater blended contemporary televi sion with classic plays last weekend in Star Trek The Chekm Generation and Other Talei from the Video Void Betides Oedipu* George end Homer V'. such buarre hybrids as Our Town 90310 and Bail mg For Beavn were brought to tint With an original script by graduate student Heather Lindtley and directed by Suarex. 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