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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
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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.
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