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Carolina Life
4 The Gamecock Friday, March 2, 1990
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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basis of race and re<
viewing the movie Reairing
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linking about a problem W _
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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
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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
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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
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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<
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3peared to be "dramatic de- Men and <
n medication, he said. That the Films '
of chemical changes in the sidents wl
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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.
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