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Happiness is found
in ’Orange County’
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“Orange County” was re
leased around the country on
Jan. 11,2002, and proved to be
as hilarious as the previews in
dicated on television.
The story is based on Shaun
Brumder (Colin Hanks), a lost
teenage senior looking to find
a way out of his surfing “like
totally” town in Orange
County, Calif. Shaun takes the
viewers on a wacky tour of his
outrageous family life as he
makes his attempt at getting
into Harvard University.
The movie starts with him
being a shoe-in, providing his
his life as if in “Dazed and Con
fused.” I would have to say that
I was a little disappointed that
Mr. Black didn’t have much
more of a role, although his to
tal of thirty minutes in the movie
were worth the almost eight dol
lars I paid to see this movie.
One bad thing after another
seems to keep Shaun from his
road to a Harvard education and
he is convinced the world is
against him. But just like any
other teen movie, in the end, all
is well.
Great cameos include Chevy
Chase, playing the high school
principal who pushes for Britney
Spears as a speaker at gradua
tion; John Lithgow, who plays
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correct SAT scores are sent in.
Unfortunately, his guidance
counselor (Lily Tomlin) does the
exact opposite and sends the
poor boy down a path as mis
guided as the people in his life.
As the story escalates we meet
one zany character after another.
Shaun’s loser brother, Lance, is
played by the in
famous
Jack
Black, who has no
job, lives at home
with their crazy al-
coholic mother
(Catherine
O’Hara) and lives
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Shaun’s whiny but very rich
father; and Ben Stiller as a
fireman who interrogates
Black’s character about start
ing a fire.
If you are in for a really good
laugh and a great time watch
ing a lunatic family come to
life, you could really appreci
ate this movie. If you are
looking for a spectacular end
ing, I wouldn’t recommend
spending the time. One thing
to remember, this is a teen
flick. Translation: no room for
originality, but I left with a
smile on my face.
2002
A LITTLE HELP HERE, LA DIB PPP
Okay, since some of us
laws to take these guys out on
weren’t paying attention during
the spot.
Body Language 101, here’s a
Next, your friends are probably
recap: When she smiles without
not the best source of info on
showing any teeth while any
dealing with the opposite sex. If
handy object is
tightly clutched to
her breast, she’s
Marvin G. Baker
probably not digging
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you. If her responses
are monosyllabic, it’s
time for you and the
■MM
Aqua-Velva to exit
stage left. A clueless Norbert
your buddies have nothing bet
getting shot down is one of the
ter to do than sit around talking
saddest things you can witness,
chicks, chances are the only help
and it’s almost always a really
they’re going to be is in passing
attractive girl politely fending
the fire extinguisher after you
off some reactor accident refu
crash and burn. This is also the
gee. I got news for you guys:
point at which you discover who
Adrienne Barbeau and Heather
your true friends really are. Evil
Locklear were paid big money
intent usually rears its ugly head
to hang out with Swamp Thing.
in the form of the phrase, “Get
What I’m trying to say is this
back on the horse, man....”
— we all have a particular dat
The guy who says this
ing stratum to operate within,
and shoves another shot at you
and we all need to practice pick
is not your friend. He’s a strug
ing up on cues.
gling comedian looking for ma
First off, the shotgun ap
terial.
proach doesn’t work. I’m not
As a sidebar, I’d like to also
talking about an Arkansas date
mention that confessing the
involving abduction; I mean the
girl of your dreams to a friend
idea that if you ask enough girls
is perfectly natural. I call this
you’ll eventually get a yes.
the I-don’t-have-the-guts-so-
Women have an uncanny abil
I-want-you-to-talk-me-into-it
ity to discern if another woman
ploy. It’s also one of thé stu
has recently rejected you. (This
pidest things men do. I don’t
is the reason you can go months
without so much as a smile from
anything even remotely attrac
tive and then two days after you
propose to your girlfriend,
they’re showing up at your door
with a bottle of wine and two
tubs of Cool Whip.) It won’t
matter how much help you’re
getting from Tommy Hilfinger if
her loser alert goes off. Trying
to be cute or clever in your ap
proach doesn’t increase your
odds. Iliis is specifically for the
guys who walk up to the ladies
with a sheet-metal screw going
“You wanna,..?” I think we
should have gene pool defense
think your buddies have any
actual harm in mind, but it’s
their job as your friends to
point out when you’re a few
friea short of a Happy Meal.
Since they have to sup
port you no matter what,
convincing you to enter
a gunfight with a knife
may seem cruel up front,
but it’s far more humane
in the long run. As men
we can prevent a lot .of
this needless suffering by
drilling each other on body
language. To show that I
practice what I preach, I’ll
start us out: If she tosses her
hair, that’s good. If she tosses
her cookies, that’s bad. To
salvage the situation try hold
ing her hair back. It’s a long
shot, but persistence has paid
off where hygiene has failed.
Now, go get 'em tigers and
remember, if at first you don’t
succeed..*.
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