Entertainment Calendar
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Pocket Face, Basic
Assumption, Alpha Charlie, The
Rhythm Pimps (rock), WOW
Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., 687
2746, $5 door
9:30 p.m. — The Ovulators,
Oan Jones and The Squids
(rock), Sam Bond’s Garage, 407
Blair Bivd., 431-6603, $3-$5
9:30 p.m. — Side Project
Gazz/funk/mood with female
vocals), Luna, 30 E. Broadway,
344-6948, $5 door
9:30 p.m. — The Visible Men
(pop), Wild Duck Music Hail,
169 W. Sixth Ave., 485-3825,
hop), McDonald Theatre, 1010
Willamette St, 345-4442, $16
advance, $ 18 door
8 p.m. — Benefit Poetry Slam
featuring Buddy Wakefield
(poetry slamajamma),
Foolscap Books, 780 Blair
Blvd., 681 -9212, sign up
between 7:30-8 p.m., $3-$10
8:30 p.m. — Damien Jurado,
Rocky Votolato, Adam Voith,
Mike Barnhill (singer
songwriters/spoken word),
WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave.,
687-2746, $5 door
9 p.m. — Harry Manx (blues),
Luna, 30 E. Broadway, 344
6948, $12 door
9:30 p.m. — 4-Word (raggae),
Sam Bond’s Garage, 407 Blair
Blvd., 431-6603, $3-$5
Sunday, June 8
9 p.m. — Switchfoot (hard
Christian metal), Wild Duck
Music Hall, 169 W. Sixth Ave.,
485-3825, $8 door
Monday, June 9
10 a.m. — Furniture Design
Show (art exhibit), LaVerne
Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall,
346-2057, free
Tuesday, June 10
8 p.m. — Bluegrass Jam (open
jam), Sam Bond’s Garage, 407
Blair Blvd., 431-6603, free
Rocky
continued from page 8
chapter of the story. Everyone want
ed Rocky to win that first fight with
Apollo Greed. This sequel fulfills that
desire in grand fashion.
“Rocky II” harkens back to a sim
pler time, though I doubt gender
roles were ever as clearly defined as
Stallone would have us believe. This
is a world where men are men and
women... well, women, it seems ex
isted to validate a man’s dreams. But
it’s hard to resist the squeaky clean
ideal that a man is only as strong as
the love of a good woman. Ah, if
only life were that simple.
“Rocky II” picks up right where the
original movie left off. Balboa recovers
from the pummeling he suffered and is
told an eye injury will keep him from
ever fighting again. That’s fine with Bal
boa. He simply wants to marry Adrian
(Talia Shire), make a little money and
raise a family. He tries to be a pitch
man for after-shave but can’t remem
ber his lines and applies for office jobs.
But it’s hard for people to take him se
riously. One interviewer asks, “Why
don’t you fight, Rocky? I hear you’re a
great fighter.” Rocky’s naive response?
“Well, fighting’s great but I’d like to get
a job sitting down like you.”
Rocky can’t deny his true calling
and, against the wishes of Adrian,
begins training for his rematch with
the champ. However, without the
support of his wife, Rocky’s heart
just isn’t up to the challenge. Then
the ultimate melodramatic tragedy
befalls our hero: Adrian falls into a
coma during childbirth — you’ve
gotta love that. Rocky holds a bed
side vigil until she awakens and she
tells him to do one simple thing:
“Win.” And so the music swells and
the Italian Stallion is ready to kick
some ass. But does he?
Rocky wins the fight. (Sorry if
that ruins it for you) But I have to
wonder if he really deserved it any
more„lhan Apollo. I mean, Apollo
basically beats the shit out of him
for 15 rounds. The two fall to the
mat in the final moments of the
match. It’s a heart-stopping moment
that sees Rocky rise to his feet first
to claim the title. But does that nec
essarily make him the better fight
er? It is said that Rocky wins with
his heart but Apollo displays as
much, if not more, heart than
Rocky. He comes out and fights 15
skillful rounds, beats Rocky to death
and then happens to get up a split
second behind the Italian Stallion.
So can it truly be said that Rocky
wins? I suppose these are questions
left to the movie gods of history.
“Rocky III” is also a worthy — al
beit a tad cheesier—successor to the
first two movies. Rocky gets a litde ar
rogant and must rediscover humility
on his way to a tide fight with Mr. T —
I’m sorry, I mean Clubber Lang.
Then “Rocky IV” changed every
thing. In that one, Balboa was literal
ly fighting a machine — the walking
Russian steroid known as Drago. The
film and character, became upstaged
by Stallone’s arrogance and bullshit
flag-waving politics, not to mention
James Brown. Don’t get me wrong.
“Rocky IV” is a fun movie — actually,
for all the reasons it’s tacky. “Rocky V”
is just a steaming pile of shit.
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