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Emilio Eitevez, currently being Men in "The Breakfast Club,"
is the core of "Repo Man." The film will play at the midnight
movies tonight.
By Pat Jean
What do four dead aliens, a shower of ice cubes, a beat-up
Chevrolet Malibu worth $20,000, a TV evangelist who admits
he wants money, and generic beer have in common? Plenty, if
you're thinking of "Rcpo Man," a bi/arre cult comedy, playing
at the Russell House Theater tonight and tomorrow at
midnight.
The film features a strange plot, good punk music, and
some ol me nest one-liners m years, 11 aiso nas umiKciy coMars
in limilio Lslcve/ ("The Breakfast Club") and Harry
Dean Stanton ("Paris, Texas").
fcstcvcz is Otto, the punk hero with a crewcut, down on his
luck l irsi he's fired from his supermarket iob for not snae
inn cans properly. Then he catches his girl in bed with his best
friend. Along conies Hud (Stanton), who offers him money to
"get my old lady's car out of a bad area." From then on, Otto
Original USC balli
to feature surprisi
From Staff Reports _ Anderson s
The story of Adam and live in the Garden ballet wihtout
of I-den will have a surprise ending when it is associate at I
retold April 11-14 in "Paradise round,'' movement ?
USC's spring ballet. ballet.
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Anderson wrote and choreographed the TIIK OPI
hallet with help from her husband, collcgucs dancers in the
and other friends. movements at
"It's a feast for the eyes," Anderson said. by Al Turner
The ballet, complete with gorgeous, glitter- Center and L;
ino <<ivt ic:il nri-s. :t c'Hst of mintrh tinnal Radio I
dancers. in a futurist u
"Paradise l ound" is the first original In the seco
ballet Anderson has staged at USC in several perform to j
years. Shje undertook the challenge in the bar, circa 19."
midst of planning her Valentine's Day wed- "'I he danc
ding to Dr. Finer Anderson, a physician who forming for
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chcstra and tlie S.C'. Chamber Orchestra. Fears and (
He helped arrange much of the music for easier chorec
the performance ? giving the ballet (hat all- of the ballet,
important finishing touch, his wife said. pointe portio
The petite, dark-haired dance director is a
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the IJSC.' company and the Columbia City dancers will
Ballet. of time. The
She says the notion of creating a ballet No. H.
around the story ol original sin just came to Student-d?i
mind one day, arid she knew this year she trays a godd<
had the talented experienced dancers to show crux of the !
off such a sncclacularc idea. cry ol loncl
costumc and
NANCY FKKRAKA, a USC student and Of course
Aiken native, will dance the lead role of live, forbidden ap
while Tony Roc of Charleston will portray ing their ban
Adam and Elliot Bradley of Irmo will play son has plai
ihe serpent's role. ballet that s
"I found a girl I really thought would be a happier endi
pcrfect live," Anderson said. "I created the
ballet around Nancy. THE BAI
"And Elliot's just a perfect serpent. Ht is p.m. April
just so snake-like." USC's Dray
Ulan' to be shown
is a member of the Helping Hand Acccptance Corporation, an
auto repossession firm.
OTTO IS reluctant at first ? until he goes home. He's stuck
with generic food, and his zombie parents have sent all their
monev to Reverend Larry, a TV evaneclist who wants to mash
communism abroad and liberal humanism at home.
Worst of all, there's Leila (Olivia Barash), a member of the
United Fruitcake Outlet, planning to put a picture of four
dead aliens that look uncannily like sausage on me "jonnny
Carson Show." She hopes to find the aliens, stuck in the trunk
of an old Chevy Malihu, before they turn to mush.
The trunk has strange powers. It works like a miniature
neutron bomb, melting people but leaving their shoes intact.
Stranger yet is the driver, J. Frank Parnell (Fox Harris), a
lobotomized scientist who feels like his mind is starting to
erode. A friend of his ? the designer of the neutron bomb ?
also had a lobotomy. "Now he's well again," he says.
The Malibu is worth $20,(XX) to the rcpo men. A lot of
pukrtlnir ac q mim Knr r*f nnnnU ci*ar/4i fr\r I tin cur* f_
to, Bud, the United Fruitcake Outlet, the Rodriguez brothers,
arch enemies of Bud, and Duke, Debbie, and Archie, three exfriends
of Otto who've formed a crime ring, vowing to "go gel
sushi ? and not pay."
The best subplot of all is Miller (Tracey Walter), the
mechanic at the Helping Hand Acceptance Corp. Some of his
beliefs include: there is a cosmic unconsciousness, especially
about shrimp; John Wayne was gay; all the missing people in
South America use time machines or flying saucers to go to the
past; and he refuses to learn to drive because, as he puts it.
"the more you drive, the less intelligent you are."
Does everything work out? Do Otto and Leila find happiness?
Who gets the Malibu? What part docs Reverend Larry
have in all of this? Do Duke, Debbie, and Archie pay for their
sushi? Was John Wayne gay? The answer: Who cares? That's
the film's attitude about all these situations. The climax is un
prcdictabJc, and as tunny and oddball as the rest ot the mm.
OUTSTANDING CAST members include Lstevez, who
deserves his leading man status; Stanton, who deserves more
roles like this; and Walter, who gets what he deserves. The
music is fantastic and includes the big names in punk music:
Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Burning Sensations, and
Black Mag, to name a few. There's also a show-stopping title
song by Iggy Pop.
The film has subtle relcrences to two other cult lavorites,
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "l iquid Sky."
Unlike "I iquid Sky," it's consistently entertaining, funny,
and odd. It also never gets lost in trying to convey a message
because it has no message. "Rcpo Man" is likely to become
the cult classic of the 1980's. It's not to be missed.
Admission is $1.50. Tickets go on sale at 11:30 each night.
Take a dale. Take your mother. Don't take your car. It'll
never forgive you.
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id I he "space" music arranged
of USC's Instructional Services
ike Phillips of the S.C. Iduca^etwork
will placc the audience
: frame of mind.
nd movement, the dancers will
a// music played in a Harlem 3
10s. .
ers arc the entertainment, per- I
the audience, a la Cotton
rson said.
lancer Shannon Hardin ot I an
graphed most of this segment ^
with Anderson adding the on- ; ; \ys
n of the dancc.
Rl) movement of the work, the
he performing at the beginning I?
music is Dvorak's Symphony , : -.'rv?S? :
incer l.ucretia Mack, who por:ss
in the ballet, will provide the
.lory by resnondinu to Adam's BH ^
incss, tearing a rib from his _f
creating Eve from it.
, the well-meaning Eve cats the ^
pic and offers it to Adam, caus- -xy
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lined a surprise ending for the zZ ^ ^
hould satisfy those who prefer
LtETTT will be perfArnwd a. 8 E||u, B(mH Nuey fw
11-13 and 3 p.m. April 14 at A ? fA w
ton Hall. Aprn
Correct nursery rhymes,
Des Moines man opines
By Awociaf d Prt? of Public Instruction, said
DKS MO INKS, Iowa ? he began groundwork for
Father' gander, alias the book almost a decade
Douglas Larche, says ago ad libbing lines during $
Mother Goose is sexist. bedside reading to his two
Boys play all the strong children.
roies m Humpiy uumpiy. ,.whcn my son Jason
:c,cr . c,cr' c,(jr was small he gloried in the
Pumpkin Later and Little cxcj(j advcn(urcs of
Jack Horner, l.archc said. m|r rh 5 bccame hc
so he recast the nursery a)u|d jm jnc hjmsc|f as
rhymes for a version of a t|)c hcro of a|mm, cvcry
fairy ?orld "'??>??' story." I arctic recalled,
ism racism or violence. ..?u( w|)Cn m da hlcr>
Lvery person likes to . was bo
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tant, l.arche said, "one Work "
of the goals of this book is
to make little girls feel as l.arehe began filling in
important as boys." where the tales left off. to
give I-lisa new status in
IN ''Til k Equal what seemed a hihIcKhymes
Amendment," dominated world. He
Humpty Dumpty gets put worked to elevate her
hack together this time, above the role of
not by all the king's horses seamstress, flower-lender.
and ull (he king's men, hut frightened curd cuter or
by women and men. prisoner of the fabled
Peter Piper, who picked pumpkin shell.
a peek of pickled peppers, ^
is still looking for the peck "IT SKKMEI) every
of pickled peppers he time I read to her I was
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Bui now there's Can- rhymes as I went
dace Carter, who canncd a along...so she could be a
case of canned carrots. star." he said.
And for every little Mary "On the other hand
there's a l.arry, just as there is an attempt to give
contrary, watching his equal opportunities to
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types of messages in these if they want."
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JACK SPRATT avoids "Jack he nibble. Jack 0
fat to stay cholesterol- he quick.
free, and a twinkling little "Jack jump over the
star may lose its sparkle if candlestick.
pollution is not kept in "Jill be nimble, jump
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