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Page4..The Portland Observer...August 19, 1992 Portland Observer ENTERTAINMENT t/ynton Marsalis Warns Fellow Blacks Not To Elevate Hoodlums To Heroes Musician Reveals He Has Been Hassled By Police Discussing the devastating Los eles rit is that followed the Rodney x ■ ' ria l.' »-year-old jazz trumpeter in n Marsalis warned fellow black . cri< ans not to elevate rioters to he- roes. Inan interview lobe published this Sunday in Parade, Marsalis, who says he knows personally what it’s like to be hassled by police officers, asserted, “The greatest menace in the black com munity is not the police. It’s all these young black men who beat up old ladies and kids. “Whenever you elevate hoodlums to heroes, you’ve got trouble. When THElHRILLEROFTHE YEAR IS HERE! Pat Collins W W O R fV you look at that looting, by blacks and whites, that wasn’t a protest. They wanted TV sets.” Marsalis, who’djusilellL.A . when the riots occurred, said, “ I’ve been hustled by the police. You grow up in this society as a black, you get that.” Marsalis, who recently split from his longtim e com panion, Candace Stanley, who has custody of their two sons, Wynton Jr., 4, and S imeon, 2, said he misses them terribly. “Man, I can’t talk about it,” he commented. “1 have a picture of me with one of my sons. I can’t even look at it. I start to cry.” “A VERY HOI, HEART-THUMPING HIT... RED BEANS &RICE written by Rosemary musical Direction by Janice Scroggins & v choreography by Sagira irection by Willie Binns nks I comedy" "the hit, soulful, ORTLAND CIVIC THEA 1530 SW YAMHILL - 226-4026 (»diarie. ISS isatis MACA/M BRIDGET FIND« • IENNIFEI J«SOH LEIGH West S l d e S W r ^ ^ Leontine Guilliard in ND BLACK This will be the film that catapults both Leigh and Tonda into the stratosphere The ending is among the most frightening in recent memory.” S gìe W S K featuring MUSIC MILLENNIUM Septem ber 6, 1992 W ednesday., Thursday at 7:00pm Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm Sundays at 2pm and 7pm tritftiw o rth y ù ìb F O S T E R D R IV E IN ?40b974 J*. I J BROADWAY METROPLEX 32ND & E BURNSIDE 2 3 1-8 926 NOW SHOWING AT THESE THEATRES L L O VO C IN E M A S GRAND PARKWAY 23RD & NW JOHNSON 24 8-0 163 Two Tickets for the price of one for Wednesdays only When purchased at the civic box office or Ja Bell’s Beauty Supply only when you present this coupon THIS PRODUCTION IS PRESENTED UNDER AN ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION SMALL PROFESSIONAL THEATRE CONTRACT W h a t h a p p e n s w h e n a s itu a tio n c o m e d y g o e s to ta lly a n d c o m p le te ly live all se aso n lo n g ? Y our guess is as g o o d as o urs. N o re -ta k e s . N o laugh tra c k . N o te llin g w h a t w ill h a p p e n . Roc is LIVE th is S unday a t 8:30PM . Behind every good man there’s a good woman just waiting ■ ■ 03283791 ■ ■ ■ a a I Comedy Series Premiere Following “The Simpsons” Thursday, August 27th at 8:30PM.
