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Keaton's 'My L : By J.E. WILLIAMS shav Staff Writer He USC ? I cried. leag Yes, dammit, it is the '90s, I am has a man and I cried at "My Life." ^ ^ Not surprising, seeing c , as how it is the most LAAJ ^^ emotionally manipulative movie since "Ghost." If Well, lookathere, "My Life" was made by the same folks who brought rus "Ghost." Playing a typical yuppie couple, Michael Keaton and Nicole best Kidman's posh world comes crum- cam bling down when he is diagnosed ?PP< with kidney cancer, then lung can- cIeni: cer, then brain cancer. O Instead of waiting to die, Bob tons Jones (Keaton) begins filming 311 [vignettes for his yet to be bom son, giving him tips on everything from in?> Dozing for dollars tJHKBK Damon Bellamy and Frank Kettrel Russell House patio Wednesday to h I Jfl.? _5^T5T3^^ t217 Street CK &UU*K.6U% ,S<St /?e*? 6? 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We < Oh, what a cute and precio " montage with the baby bui the baby smiling, the bal W*kw l of Phi Beta Sigma are elp raise awareness and r I ' ' ttdcolc4e<i taxfa, 9 until (HiduiyAt ewuf, ni$& i you late *UyAt feunx 6d id & New % *, ft Kecords >F MUSIC SICAL, BLUES & JAZZ LZ RECORD SHOPPE Telephone: 29205 (803) 256-0095 iiiumauB^BuauiauMUM & Seed Co. 1944 t Place to Buy ! dy Shampoo nditioner aker 912 Lady Street 252-7391 ulative weepy ve. falling over, the baby puking. We ol- see how wonderful the baby makes he the Jones' lives, then Keaton col)ld lapses in the nursery and that ws begins the end. After Keaton dies (and I am not on giving away a surprise ending), we or are thankfully spared a funeral )n, scene. This rates the film higher as than the misleadingly titled "Dying be Young." is- "My Life" is a movie that everyone should see but probably will tiis not want to because it is a three- j he Kleenex box weepy. It makes you j :ry want to call your parents, sign up :te for "Friends and Family" and kiss r th. your dog. it- Most of all, it makes you appre?et ciate the things you have and cherus ish them now because you never 1 p- know when they, or you, may be by taken away. E S v Photo Illustration by Emily Petersen S( among those who slept on the ac loney for the homeless. MMPVVI IfH * I i|jr rfinfflr L'V11 ! Bp :lf?; ' 'III t I HUgM BA|JZ&||2UaLAiijp K7SmttryiiT??TiM?7{TiiT3B r??? ; j 2 Piece I Square Deal ! $199 I | JL n"?T" E* 2 Pieces of Chicken 1 Buttermilk Biscuit I I I Offer good tor OripralReope or Extra Tasty Crapy"* CtncXen Offer good at partapatng IKFC restaurants Not good asfh any other spsasf offer. i If > | Dtcsmter 15,1993 | JCJrv 1 .... BL^. iW|iry y Puppet Regime presents "Two F rheater organi: ove story, poli ?y ELIZABETH CARPENTER IUI I Til IIOI USC ? Puppet Regime, the uniersity student theater organization, 'ill present the drama Two Rooms" tonight trough Sunday at the enson Theatre. J |j The play is a love story I T rapped in a political fcvil rama, which tells the ory of a man held capve in the Middle East id his wife's efforts to free him. he struggles to tell her story with le help of a tenacious reporter ispite the government's attempts > silence her. "It's easy to say this is a propaanda piece: anti-government and nti-media," director Steven arpenter said. "But I'm concenating on the relationship between ie husband and wife and the love iat lasts throughout." "Two Rooms" is the Puppet egime's second play of the sea >n, following the highly :claimed "Women Behind Bars." k1 H * r < ' $.v .< fch'' 7/^ llll A - f < .. ' *; ' y . Br j^B BKiP's;* _ ^Hp 1825 Rosew r , 15 Pieces of Chicken I lam J 6 FREE \ Buttermilk I Biscuits ! $099 i j "-f" Ofl*r good for Ongnal Raope or Extra Taity | Crispy Ctiickan. Oflw good at partxapatmg | KFC restaurants. Not good ~ '~ //////?7 I Oaoambtr 15,1993 ^wc" MkJr\~ * sti * ^ ^ ^TpS % ?. ?. **. 4*1^1 p *g? S i? _2L ^-?i<'^ ....... J| 77Looms" through Sunday. zation presents tical drama $ ] Productions are chosen at the pn beginning of each year when mem- prj bers vote on proposals submitted ca, by various directors. pjc The group is composed of undergraduate and gradu^ T ^ ** ate students, mostly theater P majors, but member James Carmine said anyone is gei welcome to get involved. stu The organization is 77funded in part by USC, but it is completely student-run and provides a type of experimental theater unique to Columbia. < Carpenter said Puppet Regime is a &iC?u piuviug grounu ior stu- lllg dents. It gives them a great sense afu of accomplishment to have fully mounted a production on their Tlu own." twc Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and ciat Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. pri Tickets are $3 for students and $5 spc for the public and are available at the door. Benson Theatre is on Bull Street between Whaley and Rice t streets. Call 777-2551 for more . information. * : ' Mk m ^311 ,;4 ||p ? - ^ ^ ^ A. Bf *, %> ^H| ^B B y we DO 4 ooa urive Ww^V r M ipr Quarter | Mh Snack \ Chit Leg Quarter of Chicken Whole R< Choice of 1 Com oread Muffin or 1 Buttermilk j Otter good at partapatng - | Otw good at parte KFC -restaurants. Not good KFC raateurants. ntfi any other special otter . m mmmmmmmm I w*i any o*w spec s'sr IIIIIImr srcrDecember 15,1983 Wm I December IS, 199 O0=CI983 - * twc,"a g^datebook Friday, Nov, 19 "Two Rooms," 8 p.m., nson Theatre. Presented by ident theater organization. 7-2551. Saturday, Nov. 20 "Two Rooms," 8 p.m., nson Theatre. Presented by ident theater organization. 7-2551. Sunday, Nov. 21 "Two Rooms," 3 p.m., nson Theatre. Presented by dent theater organization. 7-2551. BSU Paper Airplane Race, 3 National Guard Armory, zes will be given in eight legories. 799-3854/700 kens St. Monday, Nov. 22 "Two Rooms," 8 p.m., nson Theatre. Presented by dent theater organization. 7-255 1. Thursday, Nov. 25 IS A Thanlrsoivino Srvrial* Uiv UUJ , U11U1V1 JOVIUl ?( tutw ;moon. 777-2477. ? deadline for Datebook is ) days before the publication e. Submissions are free and nted according to available ice. Gamecock Classifieds Work! IK I $;% ':4EBI wSi pcvm Wirn/ B.nrr- M ' 0 ^99] IWTu lie I zken rtisserte Chicken Not good ~ I I IIIIB \ (if