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Nature Boy" Buddy Landell was one of many World Championship
Wrestling stars at The Township Monday night.
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Whoooo! Body slamming
action at The Township
By COREY RAY
Staff Writer
What do you do when you are torn between two worlds?
Part of you longs for the opera, rich with drama and song. Yet, the other
half desperately craves the aggression found in football, like when some
idiot dares to run a cross pattern play and gets his head driven back into his
shoulders.
So what is a person to do? Is there anything that combines the theatrics of
the stage with the viciousness of the grid-iron? The answer is yes; professional
wrestling.
Professional wrestling (pronounced pra-fesh-nel rass-lynn) is quickly
becoming the sport of the future. From its origin as a circus sideshow where
strong men confronted each other in a battle of the tough guys, pro wrestling
has erown to further combine mild theatrics with true athletic skills tn
produce the sport of sequins, snakes and submission holds.
Professional wrestling visits The Township Auditorium at least once a
month. Believe me, you have not lived life to the fullest until you have
experienced a live wrestling match.
Watching a match on television is great, but it is nothing compared to
seeing one in person. The matches are extremely loud, and the crowd yells
every obscenity that it can think of. However, pro wrestling fans do not spit
on each other, and we do not throw rotten vegetables at the ring.
The most recent match at The Township was one of the biggest cards in
the history of Columbia. It featured such legendary wrestlers as the Fabulous
Freebirds, Buddy Landell and the Junk Yard Dog. The main event of the
evening was a 20-man, over-the-top-rope battle royal. If you think the Super
Bowl is great, then you should witness the excitement created when the Rock
'n' Roll ExDress lands their natented douhle-dron kick on some unfortunate
opponent.
Don't worry about feeling outclassed at a wrestling match. Pro wrestling
fans come from all different ages, regions and social classes. Many people
question the overly aggressive behavior that these die-hard fans exhibit.
However, pro wrestling fans do realize what they are watching is not
actually real. To wrestling fans, a match is like a soap opera. If you keep
watching long enough, you just get so caught up in the action that you
become totally hooked. Then the next thing you know, you start talking in
a loud, obnoxious voice, and begin wearing Four Horsemen T-shirts to class.
The next pro wrestling match at The Township is in April, so go by and
pick up a ticket. Despite the old rumors that have cursed wrestling for so long,
it's actually a lot of fun. In the words of the seven-time World Heavyweight
Champion, the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "whether you like it, don't like it,
learn to love it, because it's the best thing going today!"
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By TRACY MARSHALL and
DOUGLAS BELL \
Staff Writers
Tracy Marshall is a junior guitar [
performance major, and Douglas ;
Bell is a doctoral candidate in
music. i
The Doors, written and directed ;
by Oliver Stone (Platoon, Born on \
The Fourth of July), chronicles the i
1960s generation in which televi- s
sion provided a collective memory (
and music bound the era together
in a special way. Music reflected r
what was going on in society and c
seemed an accompaniment to the (
action. I
Jim Morrison was a rock idol. r
He brought theater of the absurd to
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their time. Their music was poetic, j
angry and seductive. Their stage p
show was brilliant theater. Morrison's
sensual stage presence ?
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projected a sense of danger, spoke s
to audiences' fantasies and became a
a catalyst for an era. s
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There's Nothing!!
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This is a listing of the events
open to the public in the Columbia
area for the weekend of March 22
? 24.
Crackerjacks ? 1325 Longcreek
Dr. Featured Saturday, Doug
Clark and the Hot Nuts. Show
starts at 9 p.m. Cover is S3.
Greenstreet's ?,1101
Harden St. Featured tonight, Harumbe
(formerly I-tal). On Saturday,
its the finals for the Battle of
the Bands. Cover for each night is
night is $5. Persons age 18 and
older admitted.
The Punchline ? 634 Harden
St. Featured tonight and Saturday,
Steve Harvey. Cover is $8. Shows
are at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Persons
age 21 and over admitted.
Rockafellas ? 2112 Devine
St. Tonight and all day Saturday,
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len on music,
Morrison's life
contradictions. Stone and co-writer
Randal Johnson use the music as
narrative to give vision to a story
based partly on facts and partly on
their imaginations of internal
events in Morrison's life.
Marshall: Put on jeans and a
Doors T-shirt, pop "Riders on the
Storm" in your car stereo and head
eut to your local theater for some
great recreated concert footage.
The Doors, it has been said and
accurately so, is a fan movie.
Everyone knows the music, but
io one seems to know the man.
This is especially true for Oliver
Stone. Stone is a camera pusher
ather than an actors' director. This
novie never moves beyond the
;urface of the music to answer the
piestion "Who is Jim Morrison?"
ueii: ine movie is a two-nour
nusic video. The characters, espe:ially
Morrison, lack development
Oliver Stone seems to want The
Doors to be judged by their music
ather than who they were as peo)le.
Great acting and cinematogra)hy
alone cannot carry this movie,
iveryone knows that you can't
udge a man by his work, except
erhaps Stone.
If you like The Doors' music,
he movie is entertaining. If you
lready know the music and expect
omething more, you will be disppointed.
This movie is worth
ecmg uui oruy ai a oargam pnce.
Vait for its appearance at the local
ideo store.
it's the United Way Benefit. Calvin
and Friends will be featured
tonight. On Saturday, 15 bands including
Blightobody, Lay Quiet
Awile, Silly Rabbit and the Root
Doctors will perform. Cover
charge is $5 for each night.
The Cockpit ? 922 Main St.
Ionight, Public Ayes. Cover is $3.
On Saturday, disc jockey Madd
Max. Cover is $1 for age 21 and
3ver, $2 for under age 21.
The Golden Spur ? Russell
House beside Pizza Hut. Club
Spur, dancing and music, from 8
p.m. to midnight. Free.
Nickelodeon Theatre ?
Main Street. Tonight and Saturday,
'Visions of the Spirit: a Portrait of
Alice Walker." Shows at 7 p.m.
ind 9 p.m. Tickets are $3 for
nembers, $4 for non-members. On \
Monday at The Punchline, the
Nickelodeon will have its annual
\cademy Awards party. Features
'ood from Columbia's finest re;taurants,
prizes and a costume
contest. Tickets are $15 for members,
$17 for students and $20 for
he public.
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