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y(pr,. gg ||§ Hj 1 1 lit ■i *ui >j >141.11 movie, out somehow those wacky Canadians manage to pull it off. Mason:Beauty, eh? Josh: Take off, you hoser. The characters are spawned from Second City Television, the Canadi an equivalent of Saturday Night Commentary Mason West & Josh Ryneal Live. John Candy and Martin Short also got their start on the show. In their movie debut, Bob and Doug McKenzie have lost their dad’s beer money and take a trip to the brewery looking for a beer handout. As it would happen, ill things are afoot at Elsinore Brewery, where our heroes (kind of] obtain jobs. The owner has died, and his brother has married the owner’s wife in a surprisingly short amount of time. The owner’s daughter, Pam, finds out that her uncle was the one who killed her father. This informa tion is revealed to her by a vision of her father in an arcade game. Mason: It’s like Hamlet — if he were a Canadian girl, eh. Josh : I didn ’t care about the plot, but I did want to drink a lot of beer. Mason: Beauty. Plot be damned, this movie has some classic moments that you won’t find anywhere else. Such as when Bob and Doug’s lawyer (they were bound to get into trouble) in stigates a full-scale martial arts beat down on the members of the press. Mason: I was shakin’ in my boots, eh. Josh: This movie also has the most spectacular car crash I’ve ever seen outside of “The Blues Brothers. ” I want to move to Cana da immediately. What this cinematic experience boils down to is not the plot, the acting or the special effects, all of which are pretty sub-par. It’s about watching two bumbling idiots, Turn to ‘Strange Brew’, page 7B Spin the Bottle* bubbles with multimedia images Cclin Cavasher (left) and Ben Hubert practice for their production of ‘Spin the Bottle* on Sunday night. The pfcy, which debate tonight in the Pocket Playhouse, examines the relationships people make, using the party game as a continuous theme. By Mason West Oregon Daily Emerald The student-operated Pocket Playhouse begins its season tonight with the play “Spin the Bottle.” Written and directed by senior video production major Ben Martin, the play deals with the connections between people — how they are made and bro ken, what sustains them and why we need them. The theme of a spinning bottle perfectly reflects the unpre dictable way the characters in the play develop and interact. The script and acting are so well done that at times, it seems you aren’t watching a play; you could just be watching some people talking at a party. This realism was achieved by Martin’s unusual way of devel oping his production. “I had a rough sketch of what I wanted to do, then I cast the show,” he said. “Then I had improv ses sions with the cast set at a party where they came in character. ” These parties were videotaped, as well as other parties not involv ing cast members. After observing the tapes and how people inter acted, Martin wrote the script. “The ideas I played with and where they went depended on what the actors did,” he said. The show was cast in May, and the entire summer was spent on the production. In addition to the acted portion of the play, there are video segments that help give in sight to characters and events. The beginning of the play shows an edited portion of the film “Koyaanisqatsi” by director Godfrey Reggio. The portion of the film shown to the audience was intended by the original di rector to reveal his disapproved of what our society has become. Martin uses a less dramatic adap tation of this message throughout his play. Another blend of multimedia in the presentation is provided by new University professor Camille Dussinger. Martin came into con tact with Dussinger less than two weeks ago by pure coincidence. Dussinger has been working on a continuing series of photographs for the last seven years dealing with the connections between people. Her device for doing this visually is posing people in situa tions and somehow connecting them physically with a piece of red Turn to Playhouse, page 7B * ^ WVfl I UMV«< V it’s not an MP3, it’s blickRadio. wvAv.cftck radio co . :7 H »%&$& te i - \%M CLICKRRDIO don't listen, chuo Fruit — fresh or frozen; Bagels and baked goods fresh veggies, too. and munchies abound. We blend & juice just for you. If you want a snack, No added sugars, it S here to be found* fillers or fluff. Espresso or drip — cold or hot; To have the best smoothies if you want the best coffee, _ we use only good stuff. Ernesto's is the spot. * g Mondays - Saturdays • 346-1100 > a? In the REC CENTER • 15th & University • New Expanded Menu
