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Carolina Life 4 I^jL^M*lCQCK Monday, November 6,1989 WTW^A I ^ - - VVlliCUU OV^Jll LU broadcast from Columbia zoo on Wednesday By REBECCA ODOM Staff Writer Toupee or no toupee, Willard Scott will broadcast his report from Riverbanks Zoo Wednesday. The NBC "Today" show's weatherman will broadcast his forecast from 7 to 9 a.m. at the zoo's new reptile exhibit. Assistant Zoo Director Mary T ntrnrattzi" nni rl " j-.vvvivuv saiu nit uiuautasi IS "strictly publicity" for the Aquarium Reptile Complex, which opens Saturday. The ARC is an enclosed complex housing reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from all over the world. A special attraction is a 60,000-gallon aquarium containing sharks and fish. The broadcast will not be open to the public because the ARC space is limited, Leverette said. Zoo supporters are urged to watch on the local NBC affiliate WISTV. "It was very easy to get Scott to come," Leverette said. The zoo requested the visit this past February ana receivea confirmation in July. WIS arranged the televising of the show. Scott's expenses will be paid, but he will receive no other payment for the visit. "He is coming in celebration of the opening," Leverette said. "The ARC will get bigger and better." Zoo hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Admission is $3.50 for adults and $1.50 for children. For more information, call 779-8717. HL' . itKmr ****** iii . gMfe -^9 /Z. # W B Bk. i 3 Woody Allen and Mia Farrow star ii O How We Nee< "The United W< days a year, no they take up } The Sun S / 1 month unli # 3 months unl / Landmark Square l Garners Ferry Rd. C Columbia, S.C. M across from V.A. Hospital ) 783-4077 \ Toning Tables Swimwear r European Body Wrap a(s< ) Columbo Frozen Yogurt & Sandv l American Wolff Beds C Prices valid with USC ID on I mammtmtmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmwammmmmmmmmmmmmt I FREE "S ! 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Jack Johnson's boxing success frust whites of the early 1900s, and the way he himself from his race's troubles confused who wanted Johnson to win for them, himself. Johnson's life is a tragedy in that the ci tics his fans liked about him the most ? h confidence and his arrogant aura ? brc down, Addison said. "Johnson is so big and so open that he t above the lines drawn by society, above tra thinks he's his own man and that society ! cept him as he is," Addison said. This way of life was not feasible in 1900s, director Ann Dreher said. "Johnson's situation was tragic, but he < own problems. His personality kept him c 1 a l- ?r. 1 - ' ? iuics, anu lie reiuseu 10 see uiai me moral the country was closing in on him," she sai< Addison's presence on campus was the doing the play. "It's a thrill to have Bernaj USC. He is so scrupulous in his acting hab most fa 9 suc^a: ^F&yfl thought IB on sucl H B the unh ter cat k. nrrwAO , intellig This 1 Crimes and Misdemeanors. nes ^00 story ol H Vnn! 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"I have to ke< 1 T a j6 practicing what I preach in the classro -mard Ad- As Johnson's life story unfolds, th g aerobics see that racism ls a broad term, enc bodv real- . . -- , lousy, misunderstanding, lust and cc ) nson. male-macho image, Dreher said, iC ara?er "ft wasn't his race that drove then ow w ite 5ejng black and heavyweight cha d wonder, worid," she said, adding that bein; ;nic desig- champion of the world in the 1900s v ing the most macho man in the world. Tate ted ^lie play'S 111111 century setftr newspapers had a powerful influence n t 3C t PcrcePti?ns events, is significant, ' n0 Jus themes also apply today. , . "The issues in the play are curren lis smiling a^?ut every day." Dreher sai aht h m a bi-racial army to confront the o >u^ 1 their views. You can't help but feel dn hinks he s "Some of the scenes are offensive t dition. He but in a healthy way. It makes then should ac- hearts," she said. The scenery draws in the audience b the early between two mediums: the action on the scenes and newspaper headlines : caused his ^ auchence on two opposing screens mtside the climate of The Great White Hope starts at 8 p i $5 for USC students; $8 for USC stafl reason for tary personnel and senior citizens; a rd back at public. It will run Wednesday-Frida; its. He's a and Nov. 28-Dec. 3. 'len does it agi VID BOWDEN rAaii dy Allen is one of the very lyiUy m-makers today. Although mous for his comedic films ?"^?*1 J T 5 Bananas and Love and Allen also has made ?? -provoking stories focusing by Martin Landau) l topics as man's place in mistress (Anjelica rerse. dered before she ca atest work is one of the lat- affair, egory. Allen once again The other story is his directorial skill with the describing an obsc ent and entertaining film ducer (ironically pla and Misdemeanors. Allen) who falls in 1 picture is actually two sto- producer (Mia Fj sely connected. One is the though he is already F an opthamologist (played 9?oth the doctor re flHM American Red Cross I SC Regional Blood Service lie Untted Way Is ; he Way Of Love. VM W i ? ADDA ^ BOOKS' xp lores ck heavywei actors. We're I , I y H , . It requires so .aid Addison, a gm jrA ina-Chapel Hill JJ ge is acting in HEp 1 /-\r* m t r SHiM e audience will ompassing jea- #" U mflict over the 1 crazy, but his g heavyweight /as equal to be- ^ jSl ^ ^ ig, a time when 2,-' on the public's JHMf but the play's jfl # , -A t ? things we fl d. "The cast is Dmmunity with |||| fl iwn in. I p; 0 the audience, 1 look at their J| ?y placing them i the floor and showing above _ _ +* _ - mm in me meaier. nd $9 for the y, Nov. 14-17 Joanne Fayan and Ber Hope. lin with 'ML maker learn lessons about 1 J doctor learns that one can ftO murder and get over the gi * len's character finds out tl K* UU The theme of the movie ality, and whether or not who has his sins can ?? ""Punished. ^ Huston) mur- ?vin? away the plot, let it n expose their that Allen seems to think no higher law governing i much lighter, acti?ns'. ure film pro- . 11131 1S not ^ greatest yed by Woody llfe ever presented in the ove with a TV kut 11 shows thought rarely irrow) even modern cinema. Allen is t] married. American director today tfc and the film- actually be called a philosop ,Call The G Have you thought about where you buy your textbooks? x M'S TORE n through life t champion Wjf * fHI Mm I mW Wm. *** I L Mr*' M 11 nard Addison star in 77ie Great WTi/te ydemeanors' ife. The This is a deep movie with many commit richly developed characters. Many jilt Al- famous actors have small roles, inlat love eluding Alan Alda as a slimy television producer that competes with is mor- Allen for Mia Farrow's affection, human Another character who stands Without out is a rabbi (Sam Waterson) who be said is slowly going blind. Landau's there is character asks the rabbi for moral human advice. The rabbi represents God and morality, yet by die end of the view of Film, he cannot see. Nice metamovies, phor, Woody, seen in Martin Landau is superb as the tie only _______________ it could >her. See MOVIES page 5 amecock at 777-7726 ?? 1 I AWESOME ALTERNATIVE 90.5 V 601 Main Street 2 5 6-6 6 6 6