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4________ A&E WcdNEsdAy, M ay 25, 2001 TI he CL ac I camas P rint McCool’s gets a few laughs Jazz up your life TAM OLIVER A&E Editor MATTSHEMPERT Some movies today are bet ter seen as videos so you can stop your VCR and mow the lawn when you realize there are better ways to spend your time. This was the case with One Night at McCool’s. The only reason I was glad I spent the extra money to see it in a the ater was that I wasn’t alone in my suffering. There were eight other people there who, for the most part, groaned instead of laughed at the parts that were supposed to be funny. The plot is centered on a group of guys who become sexually obsessed with Jewel, played by Liv Tyler, after a night at McCool’s. It suggests — actually it hits you over the head — that the three men all have their different views of who Jewel really is. For McCool’s bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), she becomes the live-in lover who thus provides what he feels he has been miss«- ing in his life. It does vaguely bother him that she kills people without remorse, but hey, the sex is awesome. Just the kind of reaction you’d expect from someone whose idea of being a great bartender is to serve college boys shots of booze from a toilet plunger. “Who’s ready to take the plunge?” he asks them. Randy explains the changes in his life since that night at McCool’s to Mr. Burmeister (Michael Douglas), a bingo playing hit man with a graying- pompadour toupee that makes Staff Writer Jewel, played by Liv Tyler, is the center of attention as she cools off by washing her car. him resemble Jerry Lee Lewis. Paul Reiser plays Carl, a suc cessful lawyer, who is Randy’s cousin and just happened to be at McCool’s that night because his wife and kids were out of town. He sees Jewel as the dominatrix who can make him finally feel something again. He confesses his love for a good whipping to his shrink, played by Reba McIntire. And then there is the honest detective (John Goodman) who has been in mourning over his deceased wife for years. He was at McCool’s because a robber was shot in the back of the head that night. One look at Jewel derails his investigative powers. He confesses obses sion for Jewell to a priest. Fa ther Jimmy becomes so in trigued by the story that he starts polishing off wine poured into a communion chal ice. This movie goes way over the top as far as bad taste goes. In the ending scene, all the ob sessed characters are brought together in a bloody finale or chestrated by Andrew Dice Clay in a cameo appearance and set to the tune of YMCA. I found I was too tired to even moan. I really tried to find something to laugh about, but it just wasn’t funny. The “In Appreciation” Vocal Jazz Night will be held Friday, May 25, in the Gregory Forum at 7:30 p.m. featuring Main stream Jazz. The Vocal Jazz Night is Main stream Jazz group’s final pub lic concert for this year and is dedicated to friends and fami lies who have supported the vocal jazz program throughout the year. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students and senior citi zens. Mainstream Jazz Director Marti Mendenhall says, “This is go ing to be a fantastic perfor mance; everyone should come.” The following week, The In strumental Jazz Night concert featuring the college’s Instru mental Jazz ensemble and special guest ensemble wil perform Wednesday, May 30 a 7:30 p.m. The guest ensemble consist of internationally recognize local and regional artists Stev Christofferson on piano, Gar Harris and Jeff human playin sax and Dick Titterington o trumpet. Christofferson has performe with jazz artist Nancy King i Israel, Canada, France, an Holland. They have als worked on local jingles and n cordings including works fc the Portland Trailblazers. 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