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By CAREN CAMPBELL
Features editor
There were 30 people in the theatre. It
was filled with the kind of people that eat
the popcorn before the movie starts, but
even that didn't detract from Rude
Awakening.
ine movie revoivcs arouna a ciassie
theme. Two idealistic, hippy, anti-Vietnam
demonstrators in New York in 1969 drop
out of American society into the jungles of
South America due to their ideals and a
hard-nosed relentless hippy hater and member
of the Department of Justice named
Brubaker (Cliff DeYoung) who is hot after
the draft dodging duo.
Twenty years later, after living in a commune
where they built their own huts, made
their own clothes and grew their own grass,
Hesus and Fred (Cheech Marin and Eric
Roberts) decide to return to New York.
Their "hasty" return is prompted by these .
top secret papers they find on a dying CIA
agent in the jungle.
It seems that they possess information
that indicates that a war will be waged so
the U.S. government can install their own
puppet regime and Fred cannot believe it.
After several attempts to alarm the world,
Fred finally decides to take over a hall at
NYU.
Much to his surprise, after his impassioned
speech, the crowd of students disperse,
each going to his/her class, which
has been relocated. Fred is disillusioned.
Here he realizes that the power of the
people doesn't exist if the people don't
care.
In the end, Fred finds out that the papers
were actually fake, that it was just one of
many simulations that the government proposes.
The zinger however is that after the
public is made aware of the papers, it
seems that a majority of Americans think
that war would be a good thing for the U.S.
and the draft is reinstated, war is waged,
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Come stroll through the Alvar- tor cr
ado Hotel, where Indian baskets lectin^
and pottery were sold in New one o
Mexico in the early 1900s. Wander sakes
farther and listen to the singing quilts,
cowboys ? R?y Rodgers, Gene
Autry, Jimmie Rodgers. Turn a The
bend and you'll see a 1950s diner which
and a living room from hippie bols o
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All of these eras are featured in in Am
"Folk Roots, New Roots: Folklore how t
in American Life," on display to doc
Aug. 20 through Oct. 29 at McKis- lore, s
sick Museum. sick s
Organized by the Museum of ?ce
National Heritage in Lexington, and pe
Massachusetts, the exhibit features fie(j a:
photographs, music, tape record- Horn<
ings and various items that capture wood
the flavor of the times, such as
1880s posters of Buffalo Bill's f0ikj0i
Wild West Show, costumes and jdentit
materials from Henry Ford's old- ^elp i
time string band conventions and Ameri
children's cowboy costumes from
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and America is once again doing what it
does worst.
Just as Fred begins to feel the ultimate
depression knowing that on top of starting a
war, that many new problems have arisen
since 1969 like crack, which is turning people
into coconuts, acid rain, AIDS, the
homeless, and the lack of the ozone layer
("We blew a hole in the atmosphere!?," he
asks), his hope is renewed.
It's no coincidence that this movie
opened during the same month of the 20th
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features staples such as Bob Dylan, Jefferson
Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix. However,
the title track "Rude Awakening" was a
soulful melody perfectly timed and suiting
the mood.
Regardless of what anyone thinks, the
movie contains some great performances.
Julie Hagerty who plays the part of Petra,
Fred's girlfriend, executes her role fantastically.
Her and Sammy's (Robert Carradine)'s
transformation from hippies to yuppies
to real people are believable and at the
same time they strike a chord of sympathy
in your heart
Although Marin's character seems flat
and reminiscent of old Cheech and Chong
movies at first Hesus actually contributes
much more to the movie than simple drugusing,
comedic antics.
Comedienne Andrea Martin, who played
April Stool, was fantastic in her short but
memorable part in the movie. She definitely
stole that scene.
This movie is for anyone who has lost
his heart, because while giving you hope
for the future, it doesn't just let you leave
feeling good about the world. It lets you
know that you have to fight for what you
want ? for your freedom, for your dignity
and for the the kind of world you want you
and vour kids to live in.
I - The film was dedicated to people who
I care about the world.
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n preserving family keep- cowboy era of
and heirlooms, such as grassroots move
wedding gowns and letters. Special envi
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chief curator. ' 'This area is
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It will be a "grand night for singing" Aug. 26
the Carolina Pops Festival wraps up its first {
with "Some Enchanted Evening " a concert fea
the well-loved, often-hummed tunes compos
Broadway's famous duo of Richard Rodgers ar
car Hammerstein II.
The 8 p.m. show at Carolina Coliseum will s
Carolina Pops Orchestra conducted by Dr. E
Portnoy with a special cameo appearance by ]
way star Karl a DeVito.
Well-known to Midlands audiences from hei
I out "Karla at the Koger" show last winter, I
will sing some of Rodgers' and Hammerstein'!
I popular melodies.
Four other outstanding vocalists ? Donald
Richard Conant, Laney Palmer and Lillian Qu
| bush ? also will appear, singing the hits fron
ousel, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, South F
The King and I and other major musicals.
About 25 of Rodgers' and Hammerstein'
songs are part of the program, ranging from ro:
classics like "People Will Say We're in Lx)ve" ?
Wonderful Guy" to rollicking numbers such as '
is Nothing Like a Dame" and "Do Re Mi."
Portnoy said the performers expect the audie
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"jumping up and down on my mother's bed, *
along with the South Pacific record. Broadwz
stories that appeal on different levels to young i
alike."
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when large arenas. She starred in Big River and The Pirates
;eason of Penzance on Broadway and appeared with rock star
ituring Meatloaf on his famous "Bat Out of Hell" arena tour,
ed by She has several critically acdlaimed albums to her
id Os- credit, and drew praise last February in Columbia
when she starred in a program feauring the music of
tar the Andrew Lloyd Weber at the Koger Center.
)onald "We're extremely pleased that Karla agreed to perBroad
form with the Carolina Pops during our first season,"
Portnoy said. "She has an exceptional voice, and we
r sold- expect her renditions of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's
)eVito classics to be a real treat for the audience.
5 most "We also have four other first-rate singers on the
program. Like Karla,; they're well-known from their
Gray, performances at the Koger," he said. "With these solacken
oists and a 50-piece orchestra, we expect to be able to
i Car- do justice to Rodgers and Hammerstein."
'acific, "Some Enchanted Evening" concludes the first season
of the Carolina Pops Festival, a new summer cons
best cert series at the coliseum modeled after the Boston
mantic Pops concerts.
ind "A The concerts feature cabaret-style seating at tables
'There on the floor along with traditional seating in the
stands. The success of the inaugural season, which
nee to featured an appearance by John Williams and the Boston
Pops, has encouraged plans for a second series
- said, next summer with the Carolina Pops Orchestra and
singing three guest soloists.
iy tells Tickets to "Some Enchanted Evening" at $10 and
ind old $8 are on sale at the Carolina Coliseum box office and
the coliseum's usual ticket outlets. For more informa;eorto
tion, call 777-5113.
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