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The McKissick Midday series of and influ(
Thursday afternoon concerts entertain
changes its tune tomorrow when a nationally
local rap group performs at 12:30 Cool J h
p.m. on the Russell House Patio. pop char
The Almighty Troopers are Rob- and The
by Bridges, Randy Gibson, Saleem premier
Mohammad and Derrick remarkab
Snrattlinc. "License*
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art form combining funk and disco co-sponsc
music with clever "raps" about the gram L
Jfc trials of urban life and the joys of Sounds c
dancing. Museum.
Rappers use rhyming patterns the Rus:
and poetic devices to catch the Thursda>
listener's car. They usually describe Blues j
a scene, tell a story or comment on perform
current issues. Each brags about his py Sher
own abilities in a session that is April 7; I
essentially a poetic contest of vcr- Bradum
bal skills. The put-down rhymes storytelk
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involves an exchange of ritualized, p.m., A
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of urban black youths demonstrate For m
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By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE
Managing editor
Action films have two problems.
They are either dominated too much by just or
who has no backup from a supporting cast.
Or there are too many characters for a c
character or characters to stand out.
Shoot to Kill achieves the perfect balance betw
two problems and is one of the better action film;
out in a long while.
It has a definite leading man ? Sidney Poitie
commands the screen most of the time, but who
up by an excellent supporting cast.
Poitier is an FBI agent on the tra
- kidnapper/murderer.
W Clancy Brown plays the crook, and he plays h
vengeance. Brown escapes to the moun
Washington and joins up with a tour group lead
Alley. He murders the rest of the members of (
except for Alley and commands she take him
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The
'-known rap artist L. L. 1 ~
as on occasion made the
ts and Music Television, !'
Beastie Boys, America's
white rappers, had a
>ly successful first album,
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ckissick Midday series is
>red by the Carolina Pro- i - ^
Inion's Contemporary
:ommittee and McKissick f :: :
Concerts will be held on t r ~
sell House Patio every ^ _
guitarist Drink Small will
March 31; musicians Papill
and Snuffy Jenkins, [
traditional folk players Bo
and Group, April 14 and
:r Janie Hunter of the
enter Lowcountry Tour,
. The finale will be 12:30
pril 28 at the McKissick
Plaza. The concert will
rhe Left Bank Jazz Band,
ore information call Benedict
:k Museum at 777-7251. the McKiss
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mountains to Canada.
On the criminal's trail, Poiti
Berenger, who plays Alley's
le figure, Berenger plays a hardened moi
for civilization and for the batt
lominant that Poitier brings up to the tr
Berenger and Poitier are im
een these saries ? Berenger wanting to
s to come fast as he can to save Alley but
city-slicker FBI agent. Poitiei
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is backed mountain fast enough without
As the dual heroes, Berenge
il of a other remarkably. Poitier slo
mountains. But when they get
im with a Canada, Berenger becomes th
tains of And when was the last tim<
by Kirstie they were vulnerable? Both
he group frostbitten in the mountains, a
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mediately set up as adver- dominate even when he has to pa
go up to the mountains as mountains and act like a wimp. Hi
being slowed down by the able to play a hard-edged cop or a
doesn't want to bring a hiking through the mountains.
ns he can't get up into the Berenger is good as well, playing
him. mirably. He has contempt for all tli
r and Poitier nlav off each lv r<*?li/p<; hp hn< an pniinl in the m(
>ws down Berengcr in the Even Alley does a great job. Sli
to the city of Vancouver in this role than she is on the NBC c
e slow one. She is also a victim, but she isn'
- that leading men showed does attempt the required escape t!
Berenger and Poitier get she doesn't whimper or scream li
nd they are both hurt again would.
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TRYOUT CLINIC:
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lead role, si
to escape. In one s
wood; Brown, her
she's trying to sign
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bite out of a raw, u
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int and wheeze in the But it is Brown v
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man who shouldn't be trayal as the insar
gotten him a bed ii
the mountain man ad- to be insane. And
lings modern but final- sane. He kills peof
)dern world ? Poitier. he also pushes fou
te's actually funnier in A little versatilii
omedy show Cheers. The only thing t
t a helpless victim. She is understandable,
hat of course fails, but of this movie are :
ke most leading ladies And the acting
worth the exorbil
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n an asylum, because he really seemed
his villain in this film is almost as in)lc
by shooting their left eyes out, and
ir guys off a cliff.
iy in a villain is interesting.
hat doesn't work is the humor, but that
The action, scenery, pace and filming
so good that it doesn't need humor,
is top-notch. This movie is definitely
:ant prices movie theaters are asking
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