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Home Video Review:
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by Melissa Roberts
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Everyone knows what it's like to
walk into a video store without hav
ing a clue what movie to watch. You
walk in hoping a movie will jump off
the self into your hands, hut most of
us realize that this will not happen.
For those days when you find your
self wandering around the movie
store... you may want to pick up a copy
of Picture Perfect. Picture Perfect can
satisfy anyone's taste with one simple
story line.
Girls can enjoy a nice romantic
"chick flick" while the guys who
watch it can spend an hour and a half
drooling over a scantily-dressed Jen
nifer Aniston.
Director Glenn Gordon Caron took
a story plot about a woman who
couldn't find "Mr. Right - and be
lieved she was doomed to singlehood
and added a lot of good looking
people to make a very pleasing movie.
Friends actress Jennifer Aniston
plays Kate, a talented advertising di
rector who is having trouble advanc
ing in her career for the simple rea
son that she is unattached to anyone,
and the advertising agency feels since
she is unattached she has no respon
sibilities and could leave the firm at
anytime
Kate's best friend Darcy (tleana
Douglas) helps Kate to pretend she is
engaged to a stranger named Nick
(Jay Mohr) in a picture taken at a
photo by Jason Blake
The cast of The Pirates of Penzance is currently rehears
ing in the Studio Theatre. The spring musical will be
presented in the Reed Commons on March 25 through
March 29. Tickets go on sale after spring break.
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weddine she attended alone. After
announcing her engagement, Kate
was promoted at the agency, and
things in her life seemed to he pro
gressively improving.
A co-worker, Sam (Kevin Bacon),
who Kate has had her sights on, sud
denly becomes interested in her. She
soon realiies that the only reason he
is interested is because he is attracted
to the idea that she is taken, making
the relationship more interesting.
Seeing as her new promotion in
volves a lot of business/dinner meet
ings with her co-workers, over time
they want to meet Nick (her fiancée).
unfortunately, he probably doesn't
remember who she is. But, after much
convincing from Darcy she calls
Nick, meets him, and hires him for
one night to pretend they are engaged,
only to cut off brutally their engage
ment in front of her co-workers.
The story becomes fast paced and
confusing now, but not confusing
enough to lose the interest of the view
ers. It's the type of movie that no
matter how much you want to quit
watching, you just can't because, by
this time you know you want her to
end up with the good guy (Nick);
though you just aren't sure who she'll
end up with so you get sucked into
watching the rest.
Nick conies to town and he and
Kate begin studying all the aspects of
each other's lives, learning more
things about each other then most
married couples know, to prepare for
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their big dinner meeting. Nick falls
in love with Kate, and cannot break
up with her; and Kate is confused, she
is attracted to Nick, but she still likes
the attention she is getting from Sam.
With all the mess between the ad
vertising agency, Darcy, Kate, Nick
and Sam, you add in a meddlesome
mother (Olympia Dukakis) and the
power of love to confuse the story a
little more. Many comic misunder
standings lead Nick heading hack
home without the girl of his dreams,
and Kate to figure out what is truly
important in life. Both Nick and Kate
need to figure out what makes a per
fect match, and whenever Kate ques
tions it she is sent back to that one
fateful picture.
This movie leaves you guessing
until its last minutes; and the last min
utes are the only real downfall of the
movie. Kate finally gets the man she
deserves, hut it almost seems like they
have run out of time, and they just cut
off the movie. They work so hard to
get to this point and the credits just
start rolling right in the middle of it.
Nonetheless, it is a classic roman
tic comedy, that allows you to walk
away with that warm fuzzy feeling
inside that makes you rethink your
earlier thoughts that true love doesn't
exist and gives you hope that your
"picture perfect" match could really
be anywhere.
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Kuumba Night provides students
with outlet for creative expression
by Ayodele Jones
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On Monday February 23 The As
sociation of Black Collegians held
their annual Kuumba Night celebra
tion. Kuumha is one of the seven prin
ciples of the Ngutu Saha: it is de lined
as creative works or a celebration of
creativity. Various students from the
Behrend community presented their
works to a warmly receptive audience.
The Gospel Choir sang two selec
tions, "Blessed he the Name" and
"Caught Up." They returned with an
encore performance of "God is in
Control."
The speaker of the evening was
Reverend Keith Ladson of The Christ
Church of Transfiguration in Erie.
Reverend Ladson touched on a vari
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ety of subjects that related to students.
He encouraged students to exercise
their faith in their studies and their
daily life. for it is only by faith that
we truly obtain success in all aspects
of life, said Ladson. Along with se
lections by the Gospel choir and en
couraging words by Rev. Ladson,
other students contributed to this night
of student creativity.
Russell John Baptiste presented an
original work of poetry and Timothy
Tate gave a solo performance of the
song "Healing Hands." both of which
were acclaimed by audience mem
bers. Various students also presented
short poems and pieces by the great
poets Maya Angelou and Langston
Hughes that were influential and in
strumental in their lives.
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Kuumba Night displayed the various
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"I thought Kuumba Night was re
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was wonderful and Reverend
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daily lives was really uplifting.
Kuumba Night showed how creative
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