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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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Charlestons^
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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).
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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"!
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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
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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
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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.
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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"
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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.
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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,
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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.
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Julia Roberts may have been a "Pretty
Woman," but Kathy Bates won Best
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BLAKE GIBSON Special to The Gamecock
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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
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