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b___________________ A&F_______ —_____ Oh No! Looks like the Grinch is back WedNEsdAy, N ovemòer 29, 2000 DANA PALMER Staff Writer Inside a snowflake, the small town of Whovilie and the zany wisdom of Dr. Seuss underwent a year 2000 interpretation. Theodore Geissel, widely recognized as the lovable Dr. Seuss, never sanctioned his stories’ conversion to film. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas went into production with the approval of Geissel’s wife, Audrey. It seems in this case that the doctor did know best. Jim Carrey, under the direction of Producer Ron Howard, under took the momen tous chore of transferring a childhood icon to the big screen. Unfortunately, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, while certainly witty and under taken wholeheartedly in typical Carrey fashion, falls short. Au dience members who know the story leave feeling cheated. Like the Grinch’s heart in the story’s beginning, the movie does not grow to its full potential. Classic Seuss is transported into Seuss 2000 in way that dilutes arid hinders the beauty of the simple, original tale. Seuss’ charm was his ability to in still messages in a simplistic yet enter taining rendering of society and its strengths and shortcomings. The cin ematic version tilts the perspective of the story and the beloved, simplistic and gentle Whos are por trayed as less humane than the evil Grinch, who later learns the mean ing of Christ mas. Sadly, the materialistic movie Whos appeared to be physically al PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS tered replicas of Grossing $73.5 million, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas " stole the Thanksgiving greedy humans embracing materialis holiday weekend audiences from other movies. tic goods over the values of family and tradition. The only Who that Carrey’s including Director Ron Howard. Un to his audience of children. He gave that showcases Caney’s physical Grinch can model himself after through fortunately what would have made them stories that encouraged their comedy. The audience will laugh, out the movie seems to be Little Cindy for an occasional adult laugh in a intelligence and challenged them. but the message of the original is Lou Who, who has doubts of her own. movie playing to Seuss’ child audi Seuss was able to entertain and lost. Acceptance, and the value; The movie is a social satire playing ence becomes the story, leaving the embrace his audience without of family, becomes a backdrop for on stereotypical gender roles. original story hanging askew in the downplaying their understanding. a year 2000 look at humanity's Comedically Carrey is right on here as back of the audience’s mind. Dr. 'Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch faults and idiosyncrasies. he manages to poke fun at everyone, Seuss’ stories always remained true Stole Christmas is a witty movie Napster no longer naps, merges with media MICHAEL CHOE Staff Writer The controversial Internet site Napster recently made huge strides towards respectability, signing a contract with media mogul Bertelsmann AG. The new collaboration will be headed up by Bertelsmann AG’s new e-commcrce group BcCG.This news was just the break that Napster so desper ately needed. Lawsuits pending by five ma jor recording companies, (in cluding Bertelsmann’s BMG) had reached verdict and in June a federal judge ordered that .Napster be shut down. However, to the delight of the public and dismay of the record labels, on the eve of the shut down, an appeals court ruled that while the case was being appealed, Napster could con tinue to operate. Meanwhile... Napster has continued to grow. Currently, Napster boasts a clientele of an estimated 38 million and grow ing. The site enables users to share music files, both legal and TI-iE ClAckAMAS P rìn illegal, which has angered artists and their recording companies. Until now, Napster has been com pletely free of charge, the key in gredient in Napster’s success thus far. The choice of buying a CD for $ 11-$ 18, as opposed to burning one for the cost of a blank CD, did not seem much of a choice at all to Napster fans. Now, Napster faces, more ques tions than ever. How does a com pany start charging someone for a service they had initially been giv ing away? How much is the sub scription rate going to cost? Did they sell out? In addition to these questions, the fact remains that even after the subscription system is in place, and BMG withdraws its lawsuit, the other big labels, Sony, Warner, EMI, and Universal still have pend ing cases against Napster. Through all of the drama, Shawn Fanning, founder of the infamous software-swapping giant, has man aged to stay positive. He insists that Napster is destined for bigger and greater things. “If you think Napster’s great now, just wait,” said Fanning. “We’re just getting started.” Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad This "off-beat farce" is about what happens when a widow, her son and deceased dad, complete with coffin, visit a tropical island for their vacation. The play won the Vernon Rice award for Off-Broad way Theatre in 1962 and will be pre sented in early March. Open Auditions: December 4,2000 at 3 p.m. McLoughlin Hall Theatre Please prepare a brief monologue. College credit or audit available. BIOLOGY . 8ECONDAEY EDUCATION . MARKETING . SOCIAL STUDIES. ENGLISH . 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