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'Momma' a washout

By Chris Sikich and Jim Poeppelman · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

ANNOUNCER: Greetings ladies and gents to yet another fine column of "The Continuing Misadventures of the Calamitous Critics at Large." Today our special guests are William Butler Whitman, an upper-class bourgeois expatriate from the Solomon Islands, and Andy Sidares, a video store clerk from Peoria, Illinois. The fine specimen of celluloid sewage to be examined is "Big Momma's House," starring Sir Martin Lawrence and a ton o' make up. Andy Sidares: Waz' up?!?

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Bucket Brigade

By Bryan Harris · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

It can be played by young and old with equal skill, but it's not golf. It's often played while drunk, but it's not bowling. It's usually played in a bar, but it's not billiards. It's Sink the Bismark, a tradition at Nick's English Hut since, well, for a while. In any event, the peculiar game of pitchers, pails and pilsner never would have been conceived if it wasn't for Dick Barnes.

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Don't 'Duet'

By Kate Lewis · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

There are some fads in popular culture that, while they may be fun in practice, should never be put onto the big screen. You can add karaoke to that list. In "Duets,'' six lost souls come together to find solace in the microphone, and boy is it off-key.

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Pumpkins, Offspring surprise industry

By Jeff Piniak and Jeremy Piniak · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

Like a quick one-two combination from a championship boxer, the recording industry was left stunned the past two weeks. First, The Smashing Pumpkins unleashed its final album on an unsuspecting public Sept. 5, but don't start scouring record stores for Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music. The album was pressed onto two vinyl LPs and three 10-inch singles and given to 25 friends of the band, with the intention of distributing it for free on the Internet.

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'Sunshine' brightens up the screen

By Martin Tsai and Martins Tsai · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

While the Holocaust is certainly one of the greatest tragedies in history, many cinematic attempts to convey this event have been so shamelessly animated that the entire Holocaust genre has already gone tiresome. Films like "Schindler's List" and "Life is Beautiful" blatantly aim at the viewers' tear glands and reduce a human tragedy to a plot device that manipulates the audience. Most seasoned and sophisticated moviegoers eventually find themselves becoming increasingly suspicious and even disgusted by these filmmakers' attempts.

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City Lights is full of 'Adventure.'

By Chris Sikich · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

As Michelangelo Antonioni approaches his 88th birthday, it could not be a better time to view the film that put him on the cinematic map 40 years ago -- "L'Avventura." The movie concerns itself with a group of wealthy hedonists whose yachting trip to a deserted Mediterranean isle goes awry when one character suddenly disappears.

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Two strikes: you're out

By Rachel Kipp · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

Having trouble waiting out the Olympics for the beginning of the fall TV season? Just wait until next year. Wish all entertainment could be real like "Survivor" and "Big Brother"? Well, you just might get your wish. According to a recent report from Entertainment Weekly, the Writers Guild of America plans to go on strike May 2, 2001. What that means is that next May every writer of film and television screenplays will cease working on current projects and refuse to market anything new.

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BNL exposed

By Liz Beltramini · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

They've come a long way since the days of "If I had $1,000,000." Following the success of Stunt two years ago, the original boy band Barenaked Ladies are millionaires.

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LL Cool J 'back with a vengeance'

By Martin Tsai and Martins Tsai · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

Watch out, Jamie Foxx and Canibus -- L.L. Cool J is back with a vengeance. On his latest album, G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith -- The Greatest of All Time, the multi-talented L.L. returns with his most fierce and clever album in recent memory. Although the album does not necessarily prove he is indeed the greatest of all time, it does prove that L.L. is certainly not to be messed with.

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The rules of Sink the Bismark

By Bryan Harris · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

Sink the Bismark, the game of drunken finesse, requires a container of at least 55 ounces, a small glass, a large amount of readily available beer and, ideally, at least three participants, each with a beer of their own. Note: Each contestant should be drinking the same kind of beer that's in the bucket.

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World music offers world of opportunity

By Rachel Kipp · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

The road to Mexico is a long one, even when the method of travel happens to be phone lines. First comes the 14-digit phone number. Then, after a few foul-ups and a few recorded messages from the operator, it's time for a seven-digit billing number. The phone starts ringing and finally a voice picks up, saying "Hola?" Lila Downs quickly switches from Spanish to English when she realizes her caller is not from the area. She's used to making adjustments.

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Buskirk on the brink

By Joseph S. Pete · Thursday, Sept. 21,2000 12 a.m.

Mayor John Fernandez has said the Buskirk-Chumley is "more than just a theater." Judging from Saturday evening's Leo Kottke concert, he'd be right. With tickets going at $17 a pop, the virtuoso folk guitarist packed the house.

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Professor lectures about South Africa

By Elizabeth Williams · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2000 11:58 p.m.

"In my country we say that South Africa is actually the beginning of Africa," professor Simeon Maile joked as he began his lecture, "Learning About Africa," Wednesday in Ashton Center.

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Don't 'Duet'

By Kate Lewis · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2000 8:47 p.m.

There are some fads in popular culture that, while they may be fun in practice, should never be put onto the big screen. You can add karaoke to that list. In "Duets,'' six lost souls come together to find solace in the microphone, and boy is it off-key.

The Indiana Daily Student

Buskirk on the brink

By Joseph S. Pete · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2000 8:33 p.m.

Mayor John Fernandez has said the Buskirk-Chumley is "more than just a theater." Judging from Saturday evening's Leo Kottke concert, he'd be right. With tickets going at $17 a pop, the virtuoso folk guitarist packed the house.

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'Momma' a washout

By Chris Sikich and Jim Poeppelman · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2000 8:31 p.m.

ANNOUNCER: Greetings ladies and gents to yet another fine column of "The Continuing Misadventures of the Calamitous Critics at Large." Today our special guests are William Butler Whitman, an upper-class bourgeois expatriate from the Solomon Islands, and Andy Sidares, a video store clerk from Peoria, Illinois. The fine specimen of celluloid sewage to be examined is "Big Momma's House," starring Sir Martin Lawrence and a ton o' make up. Andy Sidares: Waz' up?!?

The Indiana Daily Student

Two strikes: you're out

By Rachel Kipp · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2000 7:49 p.m.

Having trouble waiting out the Olympics for the beginning of the fall TV season? Just wait until next year. Wish all entertainment could be real like "Survivor" and "Big Brother"? Well, you just might get your wish. According to a recent report from Entertainment Weekly, the Writers Guild of America plans to go on strike May 2, 2001. What that means is that next May every writer of film and television screenplays will cease working on current projects and refuse to market anything new.

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Pumpkins, Offspring surprise industry

By Jeff Piniak and Jeremy Piniak · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2000 7:43 p.m.

Like a quick one-two combination from a championship boxer, the recording industry was left stunned the past two weeks. First, The Smashing Pumpkins unleashed its final album on an unsuspecting public Sept. 5, but don't start scouring record stores for Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music. The album was pressed onto two vinyl LPs and three 10-inch singles and given to 25 friends of the band, with the intention of distributing it for free on the Internet.

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