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October 09, 2002 Page A6 Focus A t T h e Movies ‘Barbershop’ Soars Much Ado About Nothing Portland Center Stage opens its new season with “Much Ado About Nothing, " one of William Shakespeare's romantic comedies. This production is set ju s t after World War II, with victorious soldiers returning home to Texas. The play runs through Sunday, Oct. 20 at the Newmark Theatre, located at 1111 S.W. Broadway and Main. Call 503-274-6588 or go online to www.ocs.org. In Print »<*«(* «•* Ml «•Aw»',«. u -tU M W i (MlkMWVWlM' Nicole Bailey-Williams A Little Piece o f Sky Harlem Moon Broadway; 2002 Predominantly black cast breaks ground with crossover appeal The Resilient Human Spirit In piercingly insightful prose, “A Little Piece o f Sky” takes us to a Latino neighborhood in North Philadelphia where we meet Song Byrd, a young African American girl with a big imagination. The child of an adulterous affair. Song yearns to escape from her out sider status in her family and her neighborhood. When her mother is murdered, she must go to live with her father and his wife, car rying a heavy burden of guilt while struggling to figure out who she is and where she belongs. While living an existence of harsh realities and occasional beauty, she remains resilient, hopeful - and ultimately triumphant. Ice Cube (as Calvin, right) cuts up while cutting hair in “Barber shop. " SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING ^n rtlan h (©bserver C A N N O N ’S — RIB EXPRESS = = = _ llOKMEKLY CHUCKHINTON’SI DM2E VOU W D A guest to w n w e ss A SPECHI ADVMCE SCÊEEkJWG Mom and P op Winans OCTOBER 1G On behalf o f the Pacific Northwest Region, we extend this invitation for you to attend our regional prelate. Bishop Artice L. W right’s 80th birthday celebration, October 19th at 7:00 P.M. at the Portland Oregon Double Tree Hotel, 1000 Northeast Multnomah. *7 î 3 0 pm PO&TLFMOD STO P ©V TO ? \O k U P vO u£. c o t* > P u n e M T M 2 y P A S ’S : For your donation o f $55 you ’ll have the opportunity to help us celebrate this milestone in Bishop W right’s life and ministry. You will also receive a buffet style meal and enjoy our special featured guests, well known and nationally acclaimed recording artists, Mom and Pop Winans of Detroit Michigan. C A N N O N ’S ! _ - = RIB EXPRESS iKIAXtHtV ( H l C K H IN W V \ 5410NE33RD PORTLAND For your tick ets call 503 335 8772 (7— 12 PM M onday— Friday) or you may pick tickets up at Hannah Bea’s 13969 N.E. M L K Jr.Blvd). ,* • Seating is limited, so please RSVP by purchasing your tickets as soon as possible. fU r WHILE SUPPLIES LAST UMIT ONE PASS PER PERSON NO PURCHASE NECESSARY E A C H P A SS A D M IIS TW O e m p lo y e e s of D r e im w o r k g , P o rtlan d O b s e rv e r C a n n o n s R ib E xp re s s th eir affiliated agencies are nnt eligible ■I OPENS NATIONWIDE OCTOBER 18™ I j J n Q ’ w e (AP) — While several black films have debuted at or near the top of the box-office charts over the past several years, the conventional wisdom in Hollywood has been that those numbers drop off before the movie reaches a mainstream audience. The surprising success of “Barbershop” may be changing that thinking. The movie debuted at the No. 1 three weekends ago with $21 mil lion in box-office receipts, taking in about $13 million — despite competition from new films star ring Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon and Antonio Banderas. M any black film m akers and producers hope “ B arb ersh o p ” will show that a m ovie with a predom inantly black cast can have crossover appeal — even if it doesn’t star Will Smith orC hris Tucker. “I felt for a long tim e that th e re’s an audience out there th a t’s hungry and starving for great film s w ith A frican-A m eri can characters, and th a t’s not ju st A frican-A m ericans looking fo r th at,” said R ick Fam uyiw a, d irecto r o f the upcom ing rom an tic com edy "B row n S ugar,” star rin g T ay e D ig g s an d S an aa Lathan. “Barbershop,” which opened to mostly good reviews, stars actor/ rapper Ice Cube as the weary owner o f a barbershop handed down to him by his father. Over the course o f the film, circum stances— and a motley crew of characters played by Cedric the Entertainer, rapper Eve and others— make him realize how valuable the shop really is. The filmmakers praise distribu tor MGM for not simply labeling “Barbershop” a black film and ad vertising it exclusively to a black audience. Exit polls show that about two- thirds of “Barbershop’s” audience in its first weekend was black. The non-black audience appears to have grown in the second w eek end, said Peter Adee, president of worldwide marketing for MGM studios. Phatten up your DVD collection 'T ub — ■"S, f T , A • SAMUEL I . IACKSON tC o iW A ll th ese g reat m ovies available now. www.paramount.com/homevideo Art and a v a ila b ility subject to change w d h o u t notice. TM A C opynght C 2002 by Param ount Pictures All Rights Reserved
