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Arts Entertainment
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005
One-acts coming
'Kiss Kiss Bang Bong
a better buddy flic
Adam J. Manley
Tayo Stalnaker
The Clackamas Print
The Clackamas Print
The student-directed one-act
plays will perform, free of charge,
from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 in
the Osterman Theatre.
Performances will run from
noon to one, in addition to a spe
cial lengthened performance at 7
p.m. on Dec. 1.
The plays are “Love Poem
#98,” “The Last Word,” and
“Entertaining Mr. Helms.”
“Love Poem #98” is about “a
man and a woman in a troubled
relationship, trying to come to
terms with their deviant sexual
fantasies,” says Matt Morrison,
the play’s director.
Morrison says he picked the
play, which is presented in a film
noir tone, because “Everyone,
including myself, always looks
for the punchiest, most absurd ...
we look for the comedies. And so
I decided to look for something
different.”
In contrast, Daphne Starling
describes “The Last Word,” which
she is directing, as a farce.
“The Last Word” is about a
couple who, as the end of the
world approaches, have chosen
to share tiieir last moments in a
secluded, empty bar.
“The tone is very manic, mixed
with vibes of paranoia,” says
Starling. “I prefer plays where
I can be extremely creative and
Clackamas Pi
The
writer-tumed-direc-
tor Shane Black, of “Lethal
Weapon” fame, brings us his
directorial debut “Kiss Kiss,
Bang Bang.”
The title, reminiscent of old
detective pulp novels and noir
films, tells one a little of what
to expect. However, while it
seems to be a typical “buddy
movie,” it turns out to be much
more than that.
Robert Downey Jr., Vai
Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan
star in this off-the-wall, satirical
look at the hard-boiled crime
genre. Most people, when they
read who is in this film, will
probably scoff anri&aY^Qh God,
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John Renner (LEFT) is directing “Entertaining Mr. Helms,” which he
stars in with Brianna Sacry (CENTER) and Whitney Jewett (RIGHT).
Mr. Helms.”
Renner describes the comedy
as “a sunny, all-American family
discussing their political ideals
overbreakfast.”
really see how far my mind can
make it go.”
John Reimer, the drama
department’s current artist in resi
dence, is directing “Entertaining
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police in New York after a failed
burglary attempt. He somehow
ends up at a casting call for
a mystery movie. Lockhart is
cast in the movie, winds up at a
party in L.A., and ineets his old-
high-school crush, Harmony
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