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People o f color are given honor­
able mention on the silver screen in
1996.
Noticeable are Shaquille O ’Neal
as Kazaam , a genie with an atti­
tude. His master is a 12 year old boy
named Max (Francis Capra) whose
mother is raising him alone. Max is
being tormented by a group o f bul lies
and one day while hiding in an aban­
doned building Max accidentally
opens the door o f a battered boombox.
Kazaam appears and unleashes his
power to help Max cope with the
changes around him.
Whoopi Goldberg continues her
yearly cinema presence as “Eddie”, a
Manhattan limo driver who is a bas­
ketball nut. The owner o f the New
A M K A /T z v lV
York Knicks overhears her advice
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and advises the coach to use it. The
team wins. Eddie becomes Head
t oach and leads the team to victory.
Sinbad is given another chance to
prove he is as funny on the big screen
as he is on the little screen. In "First
Kid” Sinbad stars as Sam Simms, a
secret service agent assigned to look
after the President’s son through
many of his youthful skirmishes.
Together, the even foil a threat to the
first family’s security.
Until African-Americans and oth­
er people o f color develop their own
scripts and produce their own mov­
ies we will continue to regurgitate
stereoty pe. These latest offerings are
just an example o f why we need more
independent studios.
"K azaam ”: NBA superstar Sha­
quille O ’Neal stars as a genie with an
attitude whose rusty magic goes up in
smoke when he’s conjured from his
home in a boombox and tries in vain
to demonstrate his powers to a skep­
tical young Max Connor (Francis
Shaquille O 'N eal a s "Kazaam"
C apra), in Walt Disney Pictures’ new
liv e -a c tio n co m ed y ad v en tu re
play by Christian Ford & Roger
left) is a secret service agent whose
"K azaam ." Soon, however, he’s back
Sofifer, story by Paul Michael Glaser.
sense
of style keeps him off the elite
on course and when Max really needs
Producers are Scott Kroopf, Paul
force
assigned to protect “The Ea­
a friend, Kazaam is there to cast an
Michael Glaser and Bob Engelman.
gle,”
President
o f the United States,
outrageous spell o f comedy and cha­
Co-producers are Leonard Armato
Daniels.
When
the
President’s teen­
os. A Walt Disney Pictures presenta­
and Beth Jelin. Executive producers
aged
son
Luke
(Brock
Pierce, right)
tion o f an Interscope Communica­
are led field, Shaquille O ’Neal and
makes
the
nightly
news
mooning a
tion PloyGram Filmed Entertainment
Robert W. Cort. Buena Vista Pic­
crowd
at
a
shopping
mall
opening,
production, “Kazaam” is directed by
tures distributes.
Simms
is
assigned
to
look
after
him.
Paul Michael Glaser from a screen-
“ First kid” : Sam Simms(Sinbad,
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through
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On the wheels
heels o f their f feature
the just-com pleted D ef Jam College
Tour, hardcore rappers Onyx will be
touring the U.S. starting in New Lon­
don, Connecticut on December 12th
and ending in Los Angeles, Califor­
nia on January 20th. The hardcore
rap trio, celebrated for the super­
charged energy o f their live perfor­
mances, will be joined on tour by Das
EFX, Group Home, and the Insane
Clown Posse.
O nyx’s new JMJ/RAL album, All
We Got Iz Us, was released on Tues­
day, October 24th and debuted at #2
w ithabulleton Billboard’s Top R&B
album charts the week o f November
I Ith.
Produced entirely by Onyx them­
selves, the set is the eagerly awaited
R aised en tirely on slick rhym es
and funky funky b eats, they w ere
born the y e a r G ra n d m a ste r Flash
sang “ The M e ssa g e ," and started
first grade at the sam e tim e Pub­
lic Enem y hit the stage. They are
the true ch ild re n o f hip hop and
now they are com ing o f age. Make
way for K ris K ross phase tw o, all
ground up and ready to rock the
hip hop w orld w ith a slick new
album and sm ooth new sound.
People get read y . Y oung, Rich
And D an g ero u s, the new K ris
K r o s s a lb u m on C o lu m b ia /
R uffH ouse, is ab o u t to d rop on
ya.
No one can forget how Kris Kross
— — —
ONYX
(Chris Kelly, now 17 and Chris Smith,
now 16) blew up in ‘91 as the two
White House isn’t all that easy, but
Simms helps Like through his first
state dinner, firs, kiss, first tight and
together they thwart a threat to the
first family's security, in Hollywood
Pictures’ new comedy, “ First Kid.”
R obert G u illa u m e , T im o th y
B usfield, Jam es N aughton, Art
LaFleur, Bill Cobbs and Zachery Ty
Bryan also star. A Hollywood Pic-
along with Francis
tures presentation in association with
Caravan Pictures, "First Kid” is di­
rected by David Mickey Evans from
a screenplay written by Tim Kelleher.
Roger Birnbaum is the Porducer.
Riley Kathry n Ellis, Dalede La Torre,
I ime Killeher and Sinbad are the
executive producers. Jeffrey C'hemov
is the co-producer. Buena Vista Pic­
tures distributes.
___________________
IN
Kris K ross: Chris S m ith Chris
Kelly
Sinbad (left) sta rs a s S a m S im m s in “First Kid
Capra (as Max Connor).
precocious shorties with backwards
jeans and an infectious debut album,
Total ly Krossed Out. Now the Chrises
are playing with the big boys, offer­
ing an album with a slow sexy groove
that permeates every track o f their
latest release, Young, Rich And Dan­
gerous.
Like a fine w ine, the C hrises
have m ellow ed w ith age and so
has th e ir sound. G one are the
sh rill, p re p u b e sc e n t cries o f eu­
p h o ria, K ris K ross now sound
un m istak ab ly w o rld-w eary and
w ise Four years o f fame have
given them the insight to d e liv e r
an album filled w ith hum or and
tr u th a b o u t th e f o r tu n e an d
fakeness o f life at the top.
Check out Kris Kross Young, Rich
and Dangerous.
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM PRESENTS
THE
SIBIKWA
PLAYERS
follow up to their incendiary 1993
debut album, Bacdafucup. All We
Got Iz Us is already being hailed by
the hip hop faithful. One Nut Net­
work’s Paris Bennet called it "a wel­
come change to M C's who are too
cool to sweat." Tafrija’sG-W iz loved
the album's "hyperactive lyrics over
dope beats. Beat Down’s Large
Marge predicts that it will “conscious­
ly scintillate Hip-Hop." And Dillon
Moulder in England’s Hip-Hop Con­
nection, declared: “ In an era where
we might as well be Better O ff Dead,’
as Onyx proclaim, here stands a unit
that scream in the face o f all our
problems and act as a perfect remedy
to them.”
See Onyx live in Portland on Fri­
day Jan. 12 at the Roseland Theatre.
Portland Opera is seek­
ing bright, enthusiastic Ticket
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working in a high volume, fast-
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in computerized ticketing (pref­
erably ticketm aster) a plus.
Please send resume to: Attn:
Carol Kennedy, Portland, Op­
era, 15 15 S. W. Morrison, Port-
and, OR. 97205.
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