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Getting out of Africa 'Good bad] UGHTSCAMERAREACTIOI STEPHEN BROWN Staff Writer A GOOD MAN IN AFRICA 1/2 (out of four stars) I was a good man indeed to Mo the story of "A Good Man in Africj for its entire duration without bi coming fully comatose. This film, d rected by the mildly talented Bru< Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy") an exercise in pathetic storytelling, film so misguided you might need compass to find your way out of tf theater. William Boyd adapted this screei play from his own novel, a comic fan about a man who's in over his hea in a foreign land. The intended hie o o comedy of manners instead manifes in dreadfully obvious and routine joke At the heart of this darkness Australian star Colin Friels, who pla^ Morgan Leafy, a blundering wimp < a diplomat who is first secretary i the British high commissioner, sti tioned in Kinjanja, West Africa. Th film follows Ids misadventures as i is the victim of manipulation by otl ers and of his own severe charact( excesses as he makes one mistake a ter another. He likes sex and alcoh way too much and ignores his missic as ne attempts to charm his way \ the top. Sean Connery is the high point < the story as a kind doctor named Al? Murray. An incorruptible spirit, he immediately put off by Leaffys floui dering weakness. At one point the do tor has to examine Leafy for a ven real disease, but notes in 007 fashic that he sees "nothing significant." K suggests that Leafy abstain from s? and alcohol, warning him of "indi criminately dipping your wick" an extolling the virtues of safe sex I telling him to always "use a sheath Despite the doctor's positive influent on Leafy, the diplomat even attemp to bribe him into helping out a co rupt politician. Leafys exploits are silly and episo r ~~ 1 "****" 1 g?S^'35" \ oead\n9. Ho^es-Bea \ poeWV ! ' upemngs aval you are an a opportunity to < credit and earr Listen to what this former student had to say about worh The Garrtec Candidate: have goo have reliE have amt have 20 i (hours are fl Pick up an ? or Th l Man,' ? MUS movie a seen ic and include playing an aroused San- ^rs_ ~~ ta Claus at a gathering of dignitaries, ? ~ having a concurrent affair with two mom different women, confronting a naked disaf ~ old woman in a shower and playing R a completely clueless game of golf. All as w e the while his very unfunny narration hard haunts us with its frightening void of humor. , 0 t)0 VI1 jg Friels never understands his char- _ acter's intentions, and his performance zigzags in every direction while the &roul )e story piles on even more comic com- lie E* plexities. When you have to work with tribu n_ lines such as "I want our loins to min- dust: 2Q gle?" you might as well hang it up. "Mus 1(j John Lithgow positions himself as ^he f< the current king of overacting as come ^ Arthur, the British high commissioner , ,g who gives orders to Leafy in one of an ' js the worst British accents ever recorded on a film soundtrack. His occasional tenal 0f doses of humor include his pieces of it is c 0f advise such as "Tomb robbery is not Plam a_ good protocol," spoken in an effete and and 1 ie c?y tone. y0U jj ie The apparent point of this non- 0fpj; sense is that Leafy is completely obliv- j . ;r ious to etiquette and does not easily f. clue in to the cultures around him, 01 British or African. He sleeps each vor ^ m night with an African woman but does tion. to not attempt to understand ner ner- neve itage. He tells the country's president er" ? of that Africans should be taken sim- anyv jx plistically and then scrambles to re- title* is state himself. And most of all, he comes o- in contact with "a good man in Africa," ^ c- Alex, and does not understand the e- value of the doctor's generosity and in good will until it is too late. A theme [e of redemption is addressed in the film's ;x last thirty seconds, but otherwise di- rp s- rector Beresford and screenwriter id Boyd fail to allow their main characiy ter to undergo any sort of change, i." A dull main character, poor direc- 50 ? tion and a story that takes us to an ts exotic foreign locale but doesn't realr ly take us anywhere provide for a film ^ experience severely lacking in good ah d- judgment. _ Got i " \ HOL in yt resu The Gameco lable for advertising sales rep d/PR or business major, this i gain valuable experience, rec 1 a salary commensurate with By working at The Gameco school, I gained the skills a employers were looking for a good job immediately upc I know that "experience" w< ung nrk " ^'chael Van Bergen, Spring 1 uorv. Media Representative with Jom 3 should... d oral and written communi ible transportation )ition and enthusiasm lours per week to work exible and adjusted to your schedule) application in Room 323 of the Rus call 777-3888 for more informatio Gamecock A! Monday, Septe rime time to put UNDADVICE seem to be the combination N WILSON Asst. Sports Editor awareness of "Nation of Mil ;E SICK-N-HOUR MESS AGE and the firepower of "Apocs 5 Enemy <91" f 2 ^0Ut ?* f0Ur StarS^ Also with this album, Chi ver the years, rap music has bas become more vitriolic in ] x .1 n a great ueai 01 cnange. ivap- tack against the powers th like Hammer, Run DMC, and There are times I felt tha )addy Kane have all had their wuld breath fire, he would. ( ent in the spotlight and then track "So Whatcha Gone Do ] >peared. he fires back at gangsta rap: ap music has seen its changes big dat driveby shit/Everybod; ell. Genres such as hip hop, ing dat gangsta core, and gangsta rap have re- shit." led the way rap music should Public Ene- Rati I ewec*- my has always hrough all the changes, one the stan,d p has remained constant: Pub- ^at education is *** lemy. No other rap act has con- the key to the ** ited as much to the music in- rjse 0f African ry as PE. Their new release, Americans into * le Sick-N-Hour Mess Age," has power. In the alxus and integrity that has be- bum overl ay, ' synonymous with Chuck D. each song title (a followed by :ompany planation of the thought proce: verall, the album is very lis- generated the title. Die. As far as beat and tempo, The explanation for "Give :omparable to "Fear of a Black illustrates the value of a war it" Most of the tracks are dense ?Ask those to question what a leavily laden with samples. If jn our bodies without thinking sten dosely, you can hear some and Blunts are gateway dri i s older stuff replayed as sam- bigger highs, confusion ar In the background. struction. Some of us treat 01 he lyrics of Chuck D. and Fla- better than we treat ourselves, lav have redefined a genera- about it." Catch-phrases like "Don't Be- "Muse Si ck-N-Honr Mesi the Hype" and "Fight the Pow- is a ^ album. Whether it's ire instantly recognizable played as background musi /here in the U.S. (As with the party or as something to stu a play on "Music in our Mes- you will find yourself doing th< that Public Enemy wants you lost of the songs on this album listen. As you approach your car, have yo Hiy key ready. Look around, under and your car before getting in. * . Always keep your car doors lock* y and try to stay on well-lighted and pi pulated streets. Always be rrwORK 252-8393 ^<omi(s on camp t&WMORROHT! uui r lur _ tips1 me? 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Honld use of instruments estly, the words are hardly notice;rs, "Throwing Cop- able and kind of add a little variety stened to in its en- to the music. For those who thrive ans each song must on four letter words, Live really st twice. doesn't overuse them for shock valiceable thing about ue, yet use them to simply convey a i can actually under- few heated ideas, ig of lead vocalist Ed- This CD is worth the price athou. You don't need mu- sand times over. It's not trendy, and s to figure out what you won't pawn it at Papa Jazz two i lyrics he sings arent months from now to get money for leep but flow togeth- your cash card account Its both heavy ed rhyme. and moderate songs Oyrics and muzvf songs seem to cen- sic wise ) insure that Live won't be eric death and love, a one-hit wonder. In fact, they have t remotely like any- a previous CD entitled "Mental Jewstud Michael Bolton elry," which is comparable, if not betti the Block. For ex- ter than, "Throwing Copper." fBut, of course, darling... ^5^wasc-FM S on campus <omi<s?"?x"i*? ?ptember 13 \^W0RR0HT/// RHTKiVnVV im-4pm 1ED BYHILLEL issell house W W HI MQUllsL i witnesses later recalled, two small dogs just waltzed into the place grabbed the cat, and waltzed out.