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A tough triple bill featuring V^V
The Cult and special guests
Bonham and Dangerous Toys JLvC
rocked a Carolina Coliseum
crowd of a few thousand people
Sunday night. hard to 1
The Cult, an English quartet all it was
featuring Ian Astbury on vocals, Bonhi
Billy Duffy on guitars, Jamie band, w;
Stewart on bass and keyboards Drumme
and Michael Curry on drums, those wl
played in promotion of their lat- is the soi
est release, Sonic Temple. mer, Johi
Opening with "New York These
City," they also played the hit but I felt
single "Sweet Soul Sister." Dur- what Rol
ing the first encore they played would sc
"She Sells Sanctuary" from one.
their first album release Love I didn'
and closed the show with "Love much, pr
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Once Astbury drew some en- ing one
thusiasm from the crowd, The boardist
Cult jammed hard. Duffy's gui- lin, and ii
tar work was straightforward, Overal
no frills rock'n'roll, and the to enjoy
rhythm section kept it all pecially <
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Danny Aaron on guitars
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during their cover of a night at Carolina Colise
lit, "Black Dog." opened the show.
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lave fought and died in ?
;sly. hatred brewing inside of him. His
ivil War is just one exam- portrayal, along with Morgan Free
e trials people will endure man's, is also flawless. In a press
dom, and, in the movie release, Washington said he was a;
his heavy price for free- little hesitant to accept any roles in;
-uthfully and painfully dis- slave films, but he realized that it;
n a battle scene, men fall was a part of his history,
saults of artillery fire and And it is.
i. The way the men just Some reviewers feel that Glory
and charge at each other is tainted by allowing a white man
low brave men can be to command the regiment. But, in
hting for an ideal. truth, whites were too hesitant to
'pe of warfare depicted in allow blacks to fight in the war ?
so explains why 700,000 much less assume commanding
died by the end of the positions in the army. They wanted
; war to date. to retain their power, even though
lovie centers around the they realized that the 54th Regies
of Massachusetts' 54th ment could be the beginning of the
t, the first Union regiment end of slavery.
:isted solely of black sol- There is one thing that Glory
eir white commanding of- makes the viewer do, and that is
>1. Robert Shaw, who is think. In one scene, Trip ponders
y portrayed by Matthew the war's purpose and his future
a, is a man determined to with Shaw. Trip asks, "When the
men get a piece of the war is over, you have a big mansion
to go back to. What have I
ick displays his true act- got to go back to?" He makes a
its in this film. His por- good point. Neither of them knew
Robert Shaw makes the what would lie ahead of them, esmemorable,
unlike the pecially after their attack on Fort
)le character Broderick Wagner.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. W. E. B. DuBois once said,
> scene, Shaw watches a "How extraordinary ... the slave
dier scream and moan as killed white men; and behold, he
sr's foot is amputated af- was a man."
ittle of Antietam. Broder- Glory underlines his point. What;
rtrayal of the swaying makes the movie so good is that it
of pity that Shaw must is factual and thought-provoking,
as he watched the sol- While watching the film, a nearby
fering was enlightening. viewer asked, "How could they be
ther scene, Shaw watches so stupid to just run into open gun>lack
soldier in his regi- fire like that?" It was the same
tting flogged. The black ideal that led people to Vietnam ?
reets Shaw's stare with a freedom.
Dk as a silent tear rolls
face during the flogging. The movie makes us realize our
these occurrences, Shaw actions and question them, even
that the black men are today, almost 125 years later. And
d much more willing to what's so sad is that the ideal of
i the white soldiers. How- basic freedom is still being fought
las to go through red tape for; history is repeating itself in
and his men are allowed South Africa,
themselves. Glory is a reminder of reality,
portrayed by Denzel not tradition. Let's remember that;
on, is a harsh product of it was the impact of troops like the
y of slavery. To ease his 54th Regiment that led to the
displays a tough-guy im- eventual Union victory and the end
has been molded by the of slavery.
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