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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
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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.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 ft
students and seniors are fre
Early arrival for both perfo
mances is recommended.
Correction
This photo of a student
sculpture ran in the May
9 issue of the Print with
credit to the wrong
artist. Kristy Changsut
should have been given
credit for creating this
piece.
by Maggie Jirasek
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