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7 TI he CT ac I íamas P rínit WedNEsdAy, O ctoòer 15, 1999 New SNL comedy surprisingly funny, fresh ANGIE DASCHEL A&E Editor When I first heard that Sat-, urday Night Live was making another two-hour movie from a five-minute skit, I thought, wow, five minutes will be funny, the remaining hour and 55 minutes will a be a painful attempt at humor. I was pleas antly surprisedhowever, when Superstar, the new movie star ring Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher, was actu ally entertaining the entire length of the film. For those of you who don’t watch SNL because it’s not as funny as it used to be (you’re wrong, it’s actually gotten bet ter in the last few years,) I’ll fill you in on the character of Mary Catherine Gallagher. A girl of many talents, one of which is reciting monologues from made-for-TV movies, Mary has a hard time fitting in at her Catholic high school. She wants to be involved in everything, yet she is so strange that most people think she is either gross or totally demented— she usually doesn’t care. In Superstar, Mary sets, out to accomplish two goals: to be kissed (not just any kiss; she wants to lock lips with the football stud Sky, played by SNL’s Will Ferrell;) and to be come a superstar. Every night Mary prays to God (who hap pens to also be played by Ferrell) to grant her these two wishes. Mary decides the only way to superstardom is to enter a talent contest sponsored by Catholic Teen magazine, be cause the top prize is a trip to Hollywood to star as an “extra in a movie with positive moral values.” She enters the con test, chaos ensues, and Mary’s world is turned upside down. Superstar is very funny from beginning to end, espe cially the scenes in which Mary gets friendly with a tree. Now don’t get me wrong, this movie will not be competing against American Beauty for Best Pic ture at the Academy Awards, but it does make you laugh. Shannon is allowed to expand Mary’s character, which makes the movie ten times funnier than the skit on SNL. As an added bonus, this movie con tains one of the best girl fights in the history of cinema. Also, check out the cars in this film. Every automobile is a brand new Volkswagen Beetle. Don’t ask why, just go along with it and you will en joy this surprisingly good comedy from SNL Studios. PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES G et up , G et O ut and ... DO SOMETHING!!! Cenizas A bilingual musical about love and smoke Wed. Oct. 13 12 p.m. at McLoughlin Theater ADMISSION IS FREE!! TheMAiZE Come to the Print room (B104) and pick up a discount coupon for the MAiZE, which is open now through Halloween. BART EDELMAN I | 1 s On Friday, Oct. 8, Bart Edelman read from three of his collections of poetry at McLoughlin Theater. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including fellowships from the U.S. Dept, of Education and the L.B.J. School of Public Affairs to conduct literary research in India, Egypt, Nigeria and Poland. Edelman also spent time teaching in the Czech Republic. He is currently a professor of English at Glendale City College in Glendale, CA. His books of poetry are titled Under Damans' Dress, Crossing the Hackensack, and his most recent, The Alphabet of Love. B mi montage southern bistro cooking 301 s.e. morrison ~ 234.1324 dinner: sun-thurs 6:00pm - 2:00am fri-sat 6:00pm - 4:00am lunch: mon-fri 11:00 - 2:00
