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Carolina Life 4 The Gamecock Friday, March 2, 1990 Richland Fa premieres ne By SCOTT PRUDEN c Carolina Life Editor tl Downtown Columbia will see F the opening of its first multi- n auditorium cinema complex when c the Litchfield Rooftop Cinemas h open their doors tonight. d But with 26 screens already in nnorotinn in the* PnlnmKia ore*o thp C wpvi uuvju in uiv vuiuwiuiu uivu) uiv possibility of multi-plex saturation n might arise. Jack Jordan, director d of advertising for the theater's pa- f( rent, the Litchfield Company, n doesn't think it will. Since the downtown area is h rather short in the way of movie theaters, Jordan feels that the d Rooftop Cinemas will draw mainly s from that area. "We look to draw t from about a five mile radius," he t said. k USC economics Professor Frank c Hefner, who recently moved into the Shandon area of Columbia, t said, as a consumer himself, he r would be inclined to go to the a Rooftop Cinemas before driving c out to the suburbs. From an economic point of view, Hefner said, F "If downtown Columbia continues p to grow? I think the theater should f do OK." a Professor Abner Butterworth, v who teaches a film history and cri- C tiricm rlacs in TTS>f'<5 F.ncdish dp.- T partment, wasn't as positive. "It's a just overkill," Butterworth said. "I c don't think it's going to help the / quality of films being shown in c Columbia." "What we really need is more E art houses, but I don't think Col- p umbia can support another Nick- $ elodeon," Butterworth said. n Even so, the Rooftop Cinemas s include some niceties not found in 1 ^ifi A Six string sensation Guitarist Richard Thompson } jaM&SPRING E T-SH] fl! ' Made For Surf St ?7 i Hj IUU70UUHUU UCd U y 12?? Value I BEACH HEAI Everything Imaginabl Mosisino Beach Wear - J Duckhead Khakis - Timbe Duckhead Shorts - Washi Woolrich Shorts - Cotton Bonefish Flats Shorts - S Quick Silver - Local Motic Jansport T-Shirts - Shorts Raybans - Beach Access |H shion Mall jw cinemas A ther area theaters. Located atop Pilpf he newly refurbished Richland ' ashion Mall, the Rooftop Cinelas features seven screens, a spa- OI 1 ious lobby and waiting area, a igh-tech sound system and even a After eal on concessions. st Each auditorium of the new started tl omplex is fitted with high backed, is st on-rocking chairs with cup hoi- movies ir ers in the arms. This is in an ef- Stereo ort to reduce spills, making the movies. ; lovie experience more pleasurable 10 s t w i or the patrons and the staff who characte ave to clean up, Jordan said. Loner, th Of all the special additions, Jor- able Side an seems to be proudest of the Those ound system, which has the capa- about are >ility of making monaural sound- is the Ni racks sound like stereo. "We can racial an mock you out of your seat with routinely >ur sound system." In maji The screens vary in size, from have stari he smaller ones Jordan calls "inti- lywood. 1 nate," to larger ones for films that gan Free ire anticipated to be more popular and Dam >r require larger screens. popular tl For those that like to plan ahead, other mi tooftop Cinemas allows patrons to hind blac lurchase tickets at the box office Maybe rom the time the theater opens. order: Rooftop Cinemas opens tonight + t 6 p.m., and will begin operation Mexicans vith the premiere of Hunt for Red general) October, Glory, Driving Miss most any ~)aisy, Steel Magnolias, Ski Patrol if 0ne nd War of the Roses. Three- Prejudice ategory-Oscar-hopeful My Left portrayec 7oot will also be shown in an ex- lent, and lusive first run engagement. ken Engl A special concession deal, the must sell lie Three, includes a large tub of pans the topcorn and two large drinks for long to s 15. Ticket prices are $3 for adult This I natinees, $5 for adult evening back tc hows, and $3 for children under America 2. ams to a full house at Greenstreet's Sunday i iREAK SPECIAL [RTS... \ ''/^l7 iops ^ ?nZ50? S a*-? tiful Colors -7 * A Vow $500 )QUARTERS if e For The Outdoors! jWr" ansport Travel Packs If ^ jrland Deck Shoes n ed Cotton & Madras umT Shirts In Washed Canvas your hirts - T-Shirts Co1 )n - Uncle Bob > - Swimwear ories - Tropicalwear mil view fron imakers still stereotyp basis of race and re< viewing the movie Reairing Kevin Costner, I JIT**** linking about a problem W _ ill a major problem with % W L/AVIC i general - stereotypes. , " ? BOWr types are a standard of ^n action movie would be At ti thout such reliable m. a Box 0 r-types as the Heroic " 1 e Evil Druglord, the Capkick, etc. bandits were the primary c are fine. What I'm talking ioaaer ror jonn wayne an ; the racist stereotypes. It Today, Mexican and Bolivu neties already yet certain dealers are shot up by Kevii d ethnic groups are still ner, Nick Nolte, and Ti insulted in film. Dalton. ar motion pictures, blacks The Japanese Stereot; ted to gain respect in Hoi- the movies, Japanese are Slack actors such as Mor- toothed bureaucrats with c man, Denzel Washington around their necks. They be ly Glover are now more and probably know karate, han ever. However, many This purely racist vision norities are decades be- Japanese can be seen in Gu ks in cinematic portrayal. Black Rain, and many othe: a few examples are in Maybe Hollywood figur< since they are kicking our I i Mexican Stereotype: trade, we can make fun of t j (and Latin Americans in much as we want. I disagree are treated worse than al- Hopefully the purchase i other group in films. umbia Pictures by Sony wi sees Revenge or Extreme that studio to stop making ?, one can view Mexicans the nationality that is no 1 as fat, sweaty, lazy, vio- employer, alcoholic, speaking bro- The Arab Stereotype: ish. If they are rich, they from the Middle East ai drugs. If they are Ameri- stantly used as bomb-th y wear hair nets and be- Islamic terrorists in such treet gangs. films as Delta Force and "lorrible stereotype goes Dead or Alive. > old Westerns where In these movies, Arabs n Indians and Mexican profusely, kill lots of peop Freshman . By The Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Conn college freshman was s when he returned to hi? room and found his bed hi occupied by someone w been dead for a long, Ion The body was a 2,500-yeark wrapped Egyptian mummy. The mummy had been from its Wesleyan Univers " ing place and slipped in Abel's bed as a practica k campus public safety offici Abel said Tuesday. Abel said he had return? rinrm rnnm SatnrHav nicrht ? a crowd gathering and a pi Comic rc] By The Associated Press CLEMSON ? Research laughter really is the best r films to about 150 elderly the Carolinas. The study will use com the Marx Brothers and W humor can reduce the re prescription pain medicatio of the project. "If this kind of thing is t ous tool for activity direct other group settings, McGu A small-scale film stuc years ago indicated what a] creases" in requests for pai ' night. could have been the result THE ARMY HAS THE FIERCEST HELICOPTER IN THE WORLD.. It can see in the dark. And attack \ ?ut being seen. It can strike like lightn = It's fast, smart and mean. - But the AH-64 Apache helicopter doesn't fly by itself. It needs trained a\ tors capable of handling its awesome Warrant Officer Flight Training tal a ability, dedication and commitment. It: if ?iP' !* :? an intensive 40-week training progran njk ? y| ' . designed to take the very best people J 1 make them pilots, vou have a hiah srhnnl dinlnma nreferahlv two vears of college omplete Basic Training, we just might have a flight suit your siz o find out if you qualify for Warrant Officer Flight Training, see local Army Recruiter today or call urabia Dentsville Lexing -7930 787-9638 359-1 AND WE WANT TO TEACH YOU HOW TO FLY IT. n Holly ?e gion w a lot One film that portrays si of the Americans is Revenge, sta >.ng Ho, leine Stowe and Anthony C r films. is that speak English with a goofy ai outts in jn other words, they are very hem as jar Hollywood Mexicans e ' that the Arabs wear turban; ?, f praise Allah. 11 force Let me just say j fo n, fun of iieve that any of these sterec w their reflect reality. I think they ar pid and unnecessary. The; People used by lazy screenwriters e con- don't want to have to think o rowing listic, three-dimensional villai classic. Alen Ipf it hp saiH that thp Wanted ethnic groups mentioned ar the only ones who are treate sweat fairly in movies. British, F] >le, and Germans, Russians, Chi gets surprise vis trying to spirit a body away . ? A grabbed the body to see if : hocked real and was disgusted tc 5 dorm Bakes chipped off in his han< ad been prankster, whom Abel declii ho had identify, fled, clutching the b g time. "ff was one of the most -old un- things I've ever seen," said of Wilmington, DeL "I lool swiped my bed, and there were all ity hid- skin chips in it. It was ] to Tim disgusting." il joke, The episode is being in als and gated by Middletown polic campus security officers. We d to his President William M. Chace to find ises to make sure the mumr rankster ceives proper care and resp I r uer may cure body reli( lers will try to determine if which woi nedicine by showing comic McGuii nursing home residents in elusive fi study will tic films, such as those by with findi . C. Fields, to see whether improve tl sidents' requests for non- In addil n, said Fran McGuire, head dication, I dents' hap rue, it would be a tremend- Clemso ors" in nursing homes and and Three ire said. Boyd, wh< ly by the department two "They ( 3peared to be "dramatic de- Men and < n medication, he said. That the Films ' of chemical changes in the sidents wl I ^fffl I vith- f * Spacious 2 & 3 bee ling. k * Excellent roommat I * Flexible lease terrr f * 3Vi miles from US' "a" k use Sp I 900 Gracern Rd. ^es Off Greystone Blvd. and and flj 1 *c JT Make the tran t , Q advertising for <4^ directories nati ton ^ Q 009 > U , i ki ^ Gain valuable < relations. 2 fa Travel to Chap program. Train |l| Earn an average opportunity for Largest Publisher , Of Campus Telephone Itlterviewinj Directories Monday, Ma i wood <^P"> an tereotypes of both women and Latinrring (from left) Kevin Costner, Madeluinn. xent. American Southerners, and Italiansimi Americans are all treated with :xcept spite in certain films. 3 and One of the most recurring bad stereotypes is the Helpless Female ot be- Love Interest that the hero must )types save. Women are still the objects e stu- of men's violence and jealousy in y are movies, but I'll let Amy Loomis who talk about that, if rea- What is there to do about racism ns. in the movies? Don't go to see three movies that exploit minorities for a e not start. If it really bothers you, write d un- the studios. They do care about rench, public opinion. They make their nese, money off of it. J it from mummy . Abel school spokesman said, it was A Wesleyan classics professor ) find bought the mummy in Athens in i. The the 1880s, at a time when pilfering led to Egyptian tombs was popular. The ody. 5-foot-2-inch body was displayed putrid at the university's natural history Abel, museum until the 1950s, when inced at terest in mummies waned and it these was stored in a library attic, pretty University scholars decided in 1978 to study the mummy further, vesti- Since then, it had been wrapped in e and plastic and stored in a wooden sleyan crate. After its suiprise appearance prom- in Abel's room, it was returned to ny re- its climate-controlled resting place >ect, a in a campus building. what ails you iving pain or the result of reduced stress; uld reduce pain. e said that study was so small that no con-; ndings could be documented, but the new; attempt to broaden the scope and come up ngs that could be used by nursing homes to heir residents' quality of life, lion to the quantitative measure of pain me-; the study also will try to measure the resi-; ipiness through a written test. ; n researchers will be using "I Love Lucy'; 5 Stooges television shows, said Rosangel^ 3 tested films at a nursing home in Seneca. ; lid not find modern comedies, such as Three^ 1 Baby, to be funny nor did they like any o? with offensive language," she said of the re-j 10 viewed the films. s $ewver?) 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