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WHAT'SUPI Guide to Arts & Entertaii
AUDITIONS OP S
The South Carolina Philharmonic and
will hold auditions for the fully-staged Uniti
production of "West Side Story" on
Friday, Sept. 30 from 7-10:00 p.m., mjss
Saturday, Oct. 1 from 2-5:00 p.m. j
and Sunday, Oct. 2 from 7-10:00 2Q1(
p.m. at Cottingham Theater on the
Columbia College campus. The show
will run Jan. 29-31. Anyone inter- ^
ested should prepare a song from ^
the show. The dance audition seg- Sep1
ment will be held first, and callbacks amir
will be held at Dreher High School nom
Auditorium Oct. 5 at 7:00 p.m. For Japi
more information, call Ashley can
Senseney at 771-7937.
THE
COMEDY Lon
Renee H icks will appear for free on |_an)
the Russell House Patio, Thursday,
Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. Rain location is ..
in the Russell House Theater
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LECTURE SPe
"Rainforest Conservation and the 0
Search for New Jungle Medicines" izen
will be presented by MarkPlotkin, staff
author of Tales of a Shaman's Ap- on s
prentice," Monday, Nov. 21 at 6:00 mati
p.m. in the USC law school audito- is 8
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MOVIES "Las
Intematbnal Student Programs kicks th
off it's "Cinema du Monde" film fes- c
tival at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 in p
the Belk Auditorium. "Tie me up, Tie are!
me Down," from Spain will be the den1
first in a series of five movies from dins
around the world. Other films include 209.
"Raise the Red Lantern," "Europa, at 7
Europa," and "The Last Metro." All
the films are in the original languages Tov
and subtitled. "Fid
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Nickelodeon Theatre The
"Southern Circuit," at 8 p.m. Sept.
20. For more information call the wn
theater at 254-3433.
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TEPHEN BROWN Staff Writer
ORRINA, CORRINA
r-k\2 (ou< of f?ur stars)
The bittersweet melodrama "Corria,
Corrina" deals with the theme of
reaking down barriers. Even casting
ftioopi Goldberg ("The Color Purple")
ad Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas") as interacial
romantic interests suggests
riter/director Jessie Nelson is crafting
uite a daring piece of cinema. Unfornnifliny
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old enough to take its themes to the
mit, leaving sometimes flimsy results
i the screen. But the film deserves credfor
its celebration of life, complete with
rell-developed characters and subtle hulor.
Liotta plays Manny Singer, an adertising
jingle writer whose wife's rernt
death has left him in deep denial;
nd at one point, the camera shows the
nages of a home movie featuring his
ife projected across his body as he tries
ard to forget the deep love he once had.
[is daughter Molly, played by Tina Mairino
("When a Man Loves a Woman"),
as completely stopped talking. She lies
1 an open field beside her mothers dress,
taring at the sky for a sign of her loved
ne.
Goldberg enters the picture as the
rassy, snazzy Corrina Washington, a
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STEPHANIE SONNENFELD Staff Writer
X>GS UNDER STRESS Moe Tucker
For the 3.45 people who read this reiew,
2.38 probably have no clue whatever
who Moe Tucker is. They probacy
won't even know about her new reease
"Dogs Under Stress," but that's
)K because it really isn't worth knownrr
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It's not that Moe Tucker isn't cool,
tecause she really is. She was the drumoer
for Velvet Underground from 1965.971
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juru Lou Reed and has played with sev
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home. She is often accompanied by a bass
tune to indicate her mystery and magic.
Upon her arrival, she questions Manny
about his household and proceeds to
lay down the ground rules. Manny reminds
her she is only at the interview
stage, but Corrina reminds him not to
miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime
to gain her invaluable assistance.
She gets the job and immediately begins
preparing spicy foods and attempting
to drive a car for the first time when
she nonchalantly volunteers to run an
errand to the supermarket.
Corrina develops a new style of communication
with Molly in which the girl
taps her nose as a way of saying yes.
Soon Molly begins talking and tells her
new friend she wishes she could be in
heaven with her mother. Corrina tells
Molly she should first sample all of the
31 ice cream flavors and demonstrates
the excitement of living each day to its
fullest potential.
Corrina and Manny have a similar
affinity for mellow roots music. Manny
writes jingles for Mr. Potato Head and
Jell-0 commercials, struggling to figure
out a word rhyming with "pudding." Con
rina is a poet of sorts who cannot get published
because of her ethnicity, even
though her smooth poetry is "like fine
crvstal held ud to a soft light" She tells
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Manny the iambic pentameter of his latest
jingle is off just a bit, and she helps
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eral other musicians such as John Cale
and Charlie Pickett.
So now it has been established that
Tucker is somewhat musically gifted, a
good question arises. Why do nine of the
11 songs on "Dogs Under Stress" sound
exactly alike? Thafs too predictable. The
music is generically bouncy and is somewhat
reminiscent of old Velvet Underground
days. Tucker herself sings and
plays rhythm guitar on a majority of
songs, but ifs too bad the songs all sound
alike. They all have the same changchang
guitar rift to open up and then
rely on a monotonous drum rattle to carry
the rest of the song.
Another problem with the songs is
that the lyrics are boring, not that you
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him make harmony when he has writers Cor
block. Molly invites Corrina to join her sim]
father and herself at the dinner table, car <
Both Corrina and Manny, mildly attached as a
to other love interests, cannot stop think- chol
ing about each other. Needless to say, ]
the neighbors and townsfolk express dis- part
approval" of the budding relationship, deft
One sequence in particular shows the Mai
happiness Coijina brings to their lives, sons
Corrina helps Molly cut school, and while ing
Cornna is supposed to be cleaning a ly t(
woman's mansion, the two friends float ly ti
fot hours in the woman's sparkling pool, mot
Their carefree adventures bring fun back a pi
into both lives. Backyard picnic barbe- Cor
cues, hula hoops, pogo sticks and loads
of fun fill this surrogate family's world, righ
"Corrina, Corrina" explores the im- he a
pressionable world of youth. The open- bloc
ing sequence is shot from floor level, so
you only see busy feet scurrying around dee]
at a funeral. The disturbed Molly, who falls
has just lost her mother, watches the activities
from underneath a table. Her tim
viewpoint is retained through most of fam
the film as she comes to grips with her enjc
loss and the possibilities life still offers.
Bright colorful tones filled with pleasant imp
images provide an effect reminiscent of on t
a more innocent era. Corrina exposes him
Molly to her entirely separate culture, rina
and it is amazing how accepting and eel- jure
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when uncorrupted by society's prejudices, feai
ess' howls sin
can actually hear Tucker singing on "Da
any of the tracks. Forced rhyme really voit
isn't exciting, and Tucker uses it on too voit
many songs. For example, the first few Voi<
lines of "I've Seen Into Your Soul," go (jiir
like so: Tve seen into your soulAt wasn't 0f.^
very hard/There's a great big hole/Tve
seen inside your soul." That makes no
sense arid this trend follows in Train"
"I Wanna," and "I Don't Understand."
Tucker's voice is another downfall c
of the CD. In the few songs she can ao- ^
tually be heard above the music, it sounds 1
like a watered down version of Lou Reed s^e
singing, not a woman. The only two songs haN
on the entire CD that are good are a ren- waj
dition of the Irish favorite "Danny Boy" she
and a remake of "Poor Little Fool." On uni
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'Corrina'
rina and Molly discover the joy of
ale activities in life. Even taking their
>n a spin through the car wash serves
catharsis to wash away the melany
of the past.
Molly is delighted to have Corrina as
; of the family. The three lonely souls
nitely grow attached to each other.
my is nooKea to uomna s warm perility
and good-natured charm. Durdinner,
when Corrina reminds Mol)
drink her milk, Manny accidentalells
his daughter, "Listen to your
her." In class, when assigned to draw
cture of her mother, Molly sketches
rina.
When Manny has trouble finding the
it words for one of his ad campaigns,
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lsks uornna: nave you ever naa a
:k before?"
'All my life," she says, conveying a
p despair which is dwindling as she
3 deeper in love with him.
It seems the two have spent a lifee
looking for something more. The
ily they create together helps them
>y the best time of their lives.
"Corrina, Corrina" is an ode to the
lortance of family and a meditation
;he joy of putting your troubles bei
you. When Manny, Molly and Cori
learn to take each others' hands and
ip forward to the next stage of life,
f discover love can conquer their worst
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lilar tunes
inny Boy," Tucker sings in a raspy
:e that is completely opposite of the
? she uses on the other tracks. Her
le on the others seems to be stradlg
the line between off-key and outline.
Perhaps out there in this big, wide
rid there are a few scattered Moe
:ker fans who will find this CD a treae
in itself. More power to you. Maybe
ker's CD isn't exactly evident of what
's made of. But for those of you who
re never heard of Moe Tucker, don't
3te your time with this CD. In a nutill,
it's boring, trite and completely
nteresting.
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