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bust like every other film
[de today in Hollywood,
Inderella Man” has beauti-
[women, heroic men, and
[eotypicaf sleaze balls.
[‘Cinderella Man” is the
|ry of boxer
hi Braddock
iisseli Crowe),
[ddock’s tale
[ns in the ’20s
hen he is a
Biter boasting
[ecord of never
[ngknockedout.
[fortunately,
I is stripped
his license
J the Boxing
Emission.
CROWE
[Some
years
ter. Braddock is
Led to stand in against a No.
contender for the heavy-
[ight title. Surprisingly, he
In the match and his career
k rockets. Eventually, the
[vie ends with Braddock
tting a chance at the
[ampionship.
Great story, yes. Good
Ide, no. The movie has;
[script full of one-liners
id awkward and embel-
ped scenes. Case in point:
pddock hasn’t eaten before
first match;, so he does
[ logical thing and eats a
kl of hash with only his
te. No words can describe
these scenes, and none of the
words in the scene had any
depth.
And don’t even get me
started on the costumes, or
the sets, or the complete over-
use of the blue screen. Why
in god’s name does a film
taking place in the’30s need
a blue screen? And not to be
a chauvinist, but
all the women
are wearing bras
and their breasts
are perky.
I
thought this was
the beginning of
women’s libera
tion; where the
hell were the
flappers, who
were in style at
the time?
When
see
ing a movie,
people should
look for authenticity. This
film has none of it. From
Russell Crowe’s and Renee
Zellweger’s
abominable
New Jersey accents to the
silly characterization of all
Braddock’s opponents, this
film could use a serious face
lift.
Whatever you, the read
er, take out of this, please
understand that this is a true
story and it is worth it to go
to your local library to learn
more about Jim Braddock.
Better yet, watch seven
hours of ESPN and hope for
the best.
‘The Hot L Baltimore ’
marks another great
production from CCC
, Katie Wilson
I The Clackamas Print
Another great production
from the Clackamas Theatre
Department: Lanford Wilson’s
“The Hot L Baltimore.”
It’s a story about many stories,
but mainly it’s about the dilapidat
ed Hotel Baltimore (with the “e”
now missing from its sign) and the
people who live and work there.
The set is perfect: a dingy
lobby with a broken-down eleva
tor, a couch missing cushions, dirty
April (Sarah Griswold) complains
of no hot water in her room.
t Show honors CCC’s top artists
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floors, and a checker
board; a once fashion
able place, now fallen
into disrepair, remnants
of its former glory appar
ent, but covered in dust.
The
set
causes
a smooth transition
between the world
where people sit in their
numbered seats watch
ing a play to the world
where the whole theater
disappears and the audi
ence becomes the old
hotel’s ghosts, floating
above and watching the
stories unfold beneath
them.
The acting is won
Photos by Brie Daykin Clackamas Print
derful.
The people living in Millie (Shannon McBride, RIGHT) and ‘The
Hotel Baltimore are not Girl’ (Meagan Kowaleski) wonder what
nice people. They’re
will happen if the hotel is demolished.
tough, jaded, angry,
Paul (Seth Wrubleski) sleeps through it all.
depressed, unhinged ...
but the actors make you
feel for them, relate to them, be
You can see the caring in the
surprised by them and hope that offhand comment, the glance, the
their lives turn out okay.
hand helping someone down a
“You have to Jbe crazy to do flight of stairs, cups of tea, and the
anything good,” says one char words kept back.
acter.
You start to forget the theater,
In the play, all the relatively the actors, and the set. You do a
sane and rational people don’t double-take when the lights come
know and don’t care what happens back on and the actors are bowing,
to anybody, or if they do, they give because for two hours that world
up when faced with an obstacle.
is so real.
It’s all the crazy hookers and
Catch “The Hot L Baltimore”
hippies who sit there musing and for its last performances May 26-
arguing who care about the things 29 at 7 p.m. or on May 29 at 2:30
that are passing away, the people p m. General admission is $8—$5
who have come and gone, and for students and seniors (with ID).
what will happen to everyone now Contact Michelle Meyers at 503-
that things are changing.
647-6958 ext. 2356 for tickets.
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pse who made it over to
auling Gallery sometime
[ past week may have
Id a display of mixed
I artwork from some of
Emas’ art students,
[mixture of painting,
lire, ceramics and pho-
|hy displays the talent
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Is of the various forms
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■deeper meanings. All the
|s in the exhibit were to
■a certain criteria before
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[ch piece has to be cre-
by a currently enrolled
[tin conjunction with an
[ss taught at Clackamas
[ the last year. The art is
But in front of a group of
Ipartment faculty where
[put through a screen-
fos by Brie Daykin Clackamas Print
[Savage “Pandoric”
Cayla Koler “Hey, Hey Elektra”
ing process. Congratulations
to all whose work was put on
display!
This year’s exhibition is
made possible by the Lee
Hutchinson Endowment for
Excellence in the Arts, and
the Tom and Mary Alexander
fund for Excellence.
According to Mollie Frey,
the art department secretary,
“It has been a long-standing
tradition here at Clackamas.”
The Gallery Management
and Design students work reg
ularly on displaying work in
the Alexander Gallery.
These pieces have been
a product of hard work and
a love for the arts. Stop in
the Pauling Gallery and
take a look. You just may
be impressed by what the
students here at Clackamas
have to offer. The exhibits
are scheduled to stay up until
June 1.
Paul Sutinen, the art depart
ment chair at Marylhurst
University, judged the exhibi
tion.
2005 Winners
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