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/r\\ VI [PEOPLE PLA Head Deadman Jerry Garcia kept Charlotte Coliseum. Deadheads m ALLISON WlilAMS Asst. Features Editor Even after 30 years of playing, curing and using more than just a iew drugs, the Grateful Dead and their fans made it clear Wednesday night at the Charlotte Coliseum they're going to keep on truckin'. On its 30th anniversary tour, the Dead played to a nearly full house }f excited fans on the opening night af their stay in Charlotte. The band also performed Thursday night and will play a final show tonight, which ts sold out. Prom Charlotte, fans and the group alike will travel to Atlanta for shows Sunday through Wednesiay. It was surprising that the Grate!ul Dead could bring that many people for that many nights until I realized that you just don't go for one concert - you go to them all. Unlike Dther performers that typically have a planned set list, the Grateful Dead will play different songs all three lights in Charlotte. People come back night after night, said a student from Cornell University who decided to devote his spring areak to following the band, because #ABAI 111 A iwivunn Char If you aren't originally from South Carolina, then you are probably the only person who will even dare to read this edition of Roadtrip. Why? We're going to Charleston, and everybody from South Carolina knows something about and has been to Charleston. How to CM There Leave Columbia, get on Interstate 26 East, and go straight until you find yourself in Charleston. If you get lost, follow the signs. What You May Wait To Do When You Get Thar*: Missing USC's social life already? Go on over to the College of Charleston Technically, the address is 125 Bull St, but youll soon find that isn't where the action is. Chances are, you'll either know somebody in one of the lovely on-campus living facilities (i.e. Wentworlh, St PhiSp's, College Lodge; or at an off-campus locale. Remember, if you go to a dorm be prepared to have your bookbagi I searched, and don't be surprised if e Barney Fife-esque security guarc searches you for various illegal sub stances that you can't get until you'rf 21. rei, uou siuuerus uun i ww anything about that. After you've gone and done th< College of Knowledge scene, you'l probably be the regular tourist am go to the marketplace ? hey, we'vi all been there. The market is locate< on Market Street between Meetim and East Bay. It was originally buil in 1841 and features small shops, i I flea market and restaurants. The fie. market sells everything from jewelr to decorative flags, which all mom seem to love today. In need of a date? Well, look n farther than The Citadel. Ifs the plac ! Jjp I CES WHATNOT] | J0\ i I I fckyfiflA > JAMES PONCE The Gamecock on truckln' Wednesday at the lake the show , they know they'll hear something different. ' Wednesday night, the show opened at about 8 with "Jack Straw" and kept on going until after 11. Hie Grateful Dead usually don't travel with another band except in the summer, when entertainers such as Traffic and Sting have opened. Fans are impassioned about their devotion to the group and without prompting want to tell about it. . And just like a lot of other social I activities - football games, the Car olina Cup, etc. - Grateful Dead con- ' certs are just an excuse to get together. Ever since the parking lot onened at 1 Wednesdav afternoon, -?r - | people cooked, drank beer and hung out. | A Grateful Dead concert is definitely an experience. The excitement | of the band and fans creates an at- . mosphere for concert-goers that is unique. The guy sitting next to me . put it best when he said it's not one crowd of people having a good time i and another crowd not having a good ' time - everybody's having a good time. ROADTRIPIJ leston ?.Columbia y Charlestons^ Lnsnei that has the Save the Males paraphernalia such as T- shirts and bumperstickers. Established in 1842, it and Virginia Military Institute are the last two state-run military colleges in the nation. If you really want a date for Friday night make sure you catch the ( dress parade every Friday at 3:45 p.m. during the school year. | Twenty-one miles from Charleston is Kiawah Island, which for those who don't know is a 10,000-acre is> land with two resort villages, villas, i restaurants, tennis and 10 miles of I beach. Two miles down the way is Seabrook Island, which is basically ) the same type of resort, only with an / equestrian center. Also, Wild Dunes Resort, which is 15 miles from 3 Charleston, offers the same stuff as I the latter, but has two-and-a-half miles j of beach. Edisto, Folly and Sullivan's islands are also worth going to. i Other places in Charleston you g should see: Waterfront Park (along It the east side of the Harbor); Boone a Hall (remember Mount Royal in "North a and South"?); Fort Sumter; Rainy bow Row (83-107 East Bay St); and s the Music Farm (with such greats as Toad the Wet Sprocket, Indigo Girts 0 and soon the Jayhawks). e ? Stephanie Sonnenfeld I When Q CHUCK: Well, we all know who's going to win. STEPHEN: Yeah, it looks like "Forrest Gump" will pick up a box of Oscars this year. CHUCK: No way! Tarantino is going to steal the show. How can some idiot like Forrest take on Travolta? STEPHEN: Chuck, I think both movies offer viewers a slice of Americana, and I love them both, but . the Old Guard voting for the Oscars will probably accept the story of a guy who remembers to send letters to his mama over a story a guy who stabs I his girlfriend with a heroin needle. Besides, Chuck, you completely underestimate the power of "The Shawshank Redemption." CHUCK: How can anybody like a movie they can't pronounce? And as for "Quiz Show," Redford has already won before, so you can count him out. "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is a comedy de force, but its European humor may hurt its chances. STEPHEN: It's people like you who insult a movie like "Shawshank" because of its lousy name who prevent Americans from seeing one of the most mov| ing films this year. Sure, they could have called it "Stephen King's Shawshank Redemption," but they | would have lured the wrong audience to the wrong . movie. Or they could have called it "Penitentiary I IV" and sent it straight to video. But it was a Stephen King movie in the same vein of "Stand By Me," an I intensely cathartic and personal drama. CHUCK: OK, it would have been nice to see that ? movie on the straight-to-video format, because then it wouldn't have wasted my time. Surely, "Bullets Over Broadway" or "Hoop Dreams" should have had the Oscar nod. Morgan Freeman was a desperate attempt to attract audiences to see "Shawshank," and he is by far the worst nomination for the Oscars. He deserved it for "Glory," but Castle Rock Entertainment just used him as an exploitation ? in King's novel, the character is a white Irish | male. Besides, you have to agree that the main contenders for the Oscars are "Forrest" and "Pulp Fiction." . STEPHEN: Well, you're the only misguided IrishAmerican in the room. CHUCK: Yeah, this is coming from a guy who de fends "Legends of the Fall"! sitrncn: earring yuur uuviuua iauuic en, cuw tionally connecting to the message of a movie, you have a good point about "Bullets" and "Hoop Dreams." B Both films deserved to have the nomination slot that "Four Weddings" inexplicably contains. "Weddings" was funny, but it did not stand out even in this flat year. CHUCK: 111 agree. "Four Weddings" was good, but I have a feeling it will walk empty-handed, as will "Shawshank." STEPHEN: About this Morgan Freeman thing ? I _ will venture to say that Freeman will topple Hanks, Travolta and Newman in "Nobody's Fool." . CHUCK: Uh, Stephen? I STEPHEN: Oh! And...Nigel Hawthorne. I just don't think it is the year of "King George." CHUCK: I agree what you're saying about Hawthorne, but Hanks will win for his second year ? in a row. His performance is more deserving than last year, but it would be nice to see Travolta's subtle acting technique rewarded. STEPHEN: Travolta should lose simply because Samuel L. Jackson gave an upstaging performance in the same film. CHUCK: I agree that Jackson's performance was outstanding. It was Oscar caliber, and he will win r\f Qimrvni*finrr nn TVTnn U1C liyiiiiiiatiuii v/i i/cou k/u^vi vmg aavwa w?* day. STEPHEN: No, Chuck, Martin Landau of "Ed Wood" has that trophy. I would love to see Jackson win, I but Landau will win because of his life's work as a character actor. I CHUCK: True. That's politics for you. STEPHEN: Unfortunately, the same thing may hap pen for Paul Newman. 1 CHUCK: Again, the politics involved here will conI ^ " _ a!M STEPHEN BRaW^jp|| 1 ... I tflfarnhni AVO juowimvwiuij m r; Robin Wright was robbed of the nomination. He character went through more transition and emt tional turmoil. CHUCK: How cliche... STEPHEN: What I'm trying to say is that she wa the core of the film. Sure, Forrest shook hands wit the president and steered a shrimping boat, bi; Jenny went through sexual abuse, drug addictioi single-parenting, AIDS and false hopes. CHUCK: Once again, I have to point out the flav of "Forrest Gump." Although it will sweep the Oi cars because of its family- values material. "Gum] is all cheese and no meat. First, there's the clicl" of a stupid guy having his luck guide him blind] through life. Second, how many problems did Jei ny need to have? The subplot of her father was good way to expose the dysfunctional family them but then it went on and on. Too much for me. The there's the montage of history that is used just i your dad and my dad will actually go to a mov this year. "Gump" is the best Zemeckis film mat and is a good entertaining film to watch, but in n Oscar world, "Pulp Fiction" should win. The Tara tino script will win Best Screenplay without a dou on Monday, but I fear it will fall short of anythii else. After all, it is Tarantino's second time at c recting. "Pulp" should carry it away because of i parallels to the Bible and the evil in the world. Tec nically, it's a marvel and has an incredible cast. ! though it has been pronounced ultra-violent, so society, and Tarantino is asking us what we shou do now that the world is saturated with violent STEPHEN: It's a funny year for movies. In a norm year, I wouldn't even think of comparing "Pulp" a] "Gump." One is a dark comedy, one is a feel-go< film; but they're both fundamentally about Am< ica. In "Pulp," you have the references to Americ icons like Marilyn Monroe and Travolta himself, shows the unusual morality present even in t1 luck met Well, folks, it's Oscar season once again, and it's time for The Gamecock's official movie reviewers to claim their Oscar picks. trol the destiny of the nominations. Most Oscar voters see Jackson and Travolta as actors who have longer careers ahead of them and may get nominations in the future. On the other spectrum of the nominations, I heard that Jessica Lange is the shoo in for Best Actress. STEPHEN: Nobody, I mean nobody, saw her movie "Blue Sky." It was on the shelf for five years before it got released. Ill admit she might have had a shol in she had been nominated in 1990, but it's unfaii to dust this movie off and present it as fresh Hoi lywood. CHUCK: All that matters is that Jodie Foster, the princess of cinema, wins for "Nell." STEPHEN: I can't argue with you there. I think thej should have a permanent trophy with her nami imprinted on it every year. Heck, I even liked hei in her in "Freaky Friday" and "Foxes." CHUCK: Speaking of Foster, what about her lifelonj friend Dianne Wiest for Best Supporting Actress ii "Bullets"? STEPHEN: I completely agree. Her role as the flam boyant alcoholic diva steals the show. CHUCK: I'm glad we agree on something. Uma Thui man's character in "Pulp" is poorly conceived. He talent was undermined by the role. I didn't ge enough of her. She added so much to the chaos c the film. She was the character that most of us cai identify with. She's confused on what she want and thinks she's in control, when finally she real izes she's not. ?WBUCN- Tt'o inot lilra .Tonnv ir? ITnrrpat. frlimn is STEPHEN: I hear everyone is congregating in in' Jd Golden Spur Monday night to watch the Oscar :e- live. l?*J CHUCK: I heard that, too. I'm definitely going to b qcj there. Free food, prizes, big screen TV?where els ;r would I be at 8 p.m? an STEPHEN: I'm sure well be fighting until the ver It end when "Forrest Gump" wins, he CHUCK: I can dig it, Daddy-o. s Misdemeanors" lost his second Best Supporting Actor nomination to Oenzel Washington from "Glory." (And his first to Kevin Kline in "A Fish Called Wanda" }r the year before.) Life wasn't so sweet for Tom Hanks ^ when his "Big" role didn't beat out lf Dustin Hoffman's "Rain Man" for Best . Actor. rs s. While Cher had the Academy f "Moonstruck" enough to give her the ie Best Actress Award, Holly Hunter, in [y "Broadcast News," had to wait for i- 1994's 'The Piano" to get hers, a ^ hearts of scoundrels and gangsters. A lot of Amer 30 icans are going to gravitate to Gump, the most ac ie cessible American character one could imagine le Both were fabulous films, but the awards will be ? ly case of feel-good over challenging. "Pulp" was defi n" nitely creative filmmaking at work, complete wit! kt interlocking plots and biting dialogue. "Gump" wai ^ fun, too, and I liked them both in different ways CHUCK: If "Pulp" hadn't been released this year, would have said "Gump" all the way. That's wha makes the Oscars fun. t ""mmmmrn i ?f ft Martin Landau of "Crimes and Cdl riV/lUIC. UlllV/IIUIluibi;, > TIU0 uw j Silence of the Lambs" that took the 1 cake. And the liver. Julia Roberts may have been a "Pretty Woman," but Kathy Bates won Best r Ar?trocc fr?r "MiserV." BLAKE GIBSON Special to The Gamecock Stephen*.. Oscar the Grouch The Academy Isn't always popular with critics or moviegoers. Here's a short list of nominees that could have ? but didn't. Critics thought "The Age of Innocence" would be Winona Ryder's ticket to a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. The ! Academy chose the truly innocent Anna Paquin from "The Piano" instead. Al Pacino lost Best Supporting Actor for "Glengarry Glen Ross" to Gene 't Hackman's role in "Unforgiven." But Pacino got the last laugh when he walked away with the Best Actor Award for "Scent of a Woman." , "Beauty and the Beast," the greatest ; movie of all time, made history as the r first animated movie ever nominated for ^I Irtf/\i4i inotak/ it u/oc "The