BEHREND BEACON ixie Chicks and Jay-Z make new music for a new semester by Douglas Smith stall writer C start of the new semester at Be d always brings with it an odd ement for the 11CP, 111lP,ic releases played in those really even stereo systems inhahitinc the IMEME is past week. ',I V, ide\;u iris I releases encomphNsed all genre. telling with an album or two that ellish the classic colleLte ,w o ol. Dixie Chicks new release and the Streak soundtrack are. odtllN Igh, two of the Wrote anticipated that came out in the pa,t eek Dixie . tularit \ has car- mer and hcallincis lil.c .1;1\ / up the prc incntion,..(l Toilet humor 'stinks' in summer heat by Deanna Symoski features editot Fat Bastard, Big Daddy and Cartman—thoughJedis overpowered us this summer, it was mere mortals who made us laugh. Here's a com prehensive review of three of the summer's funniest flick s and how they fared in the "Summer of George." Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Heather-Shmeather! demand more scenes featuring Scott Evil, but I'd settle for more screen time from Dr. Evil and Weight Watch ers' poster child Fat Bastard himself. The hippest, most entertaining parts of the whole film came when one of these three characters appeared on screen, thanks in part to the witty ad fibbing between Mike Myers and Seth Green. Though Austin Powers himself is a little less shagadelic than the rest of the cast, its worth hanging in there just to see what he'll come up with TleXt. BEST LINE: "I want my baby back, baby hack, baby back, baby hack ribs..." Big Daddy: This is favoritism in its purest form: I loved this mos ie-- so much so that I saw it three times this summer. No, this isn't Adam Sandler's Truman Shut, but it wasn't meant to he. Though less aggressive MIMI% - A Total Tan 10 tans w/coupon only fires 11/30/99: otincltrack MOst students hat c abundant nut sic COHCCIiOnS that illSt keep grow ing for the sake or collection. The Uric Chicks ER in;iv he one album that most students are reluctant to pur chase simply because of the country label that goes ‘‘ ith this all lemale group. In sonic market. they ha\ made the crosso% er t o p/Top 4o sta tions. hut that does not scent to he the (...a•Ne 111 1110\ e:IS Of Pei - Ms\ I \ allia. Hu\ke\ cr, in ( ,ludenk ha\ C plob abl\ heard their biggest hit eniitlcti Wide Ope/i Sprices regartilcs i)1 liti prelacitcc. /ii/v is the sophomore telciise Crom ti t cowl try ch . art,:tll(.l litittil)ci . 24 (in the Bill than some of his previous films. Sandler does not sell out! He simply made a film that is not comprised solely of tantrums and fits (though, there's still nothing quite as amusing as a Sandier tirade), and extends him self into--hold onto your seats—some depth? Wait, is this still Adam "Canteen Boy" Sandler we're talking about? Yep. and paired with 6-year-old twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse. he turns in the hest performance of his career (and undoubtedly the smartest one as Big Daddy was one of the highest grossing movies of the summer). REST LINE: "Aaalriiighttt!!! .. South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut: Quite probably the most sur prising movie of the summer came from the cast-aside creators of the Comedy Central series. I mean, I 1 / 4 \. A wih --\-.\.- - 1) ??T'\. I ‘ k $3O c'nion, how were they going to stretch a half-hour of sloppy anima tion into a feature-length film? Smarten it up! Not only did Trey Parker and Matt Stone battle the NIPAA for an ''R" rating (originally they were tagged with an NC-17). they tackled censorship within the film itself. .S'outli Pork is a sly ma neuver in the wake of a new politi cal-Hollywood, where the blame for demoralizing America's youth is chucked back and forth daily between senators and filmmakers. Plus, the kids swear A LOT! They also brutalize such timely tar- ( . ( 1 1IIt' tti 7i'llere tin' Ctill ss'llitle.s till 10111/ Erie's NEWEST Eastside Tanning Salon... A 'Total Tan 1920 E. 3841 St. at Zimmerman Erie, PA 16510 (814) 824-5031 A Total Tan 1 :expires 11/30/99 FEATURES hoard 200. However. the Dixie Chicks have released R ea dy pi Rim fnnn the and it has risen singles and tracks chart. Most crit ics would sa\ that this is their 1101 %WM oil WI. 110111111 e 111 . '4 album; however. the grout 11111 a 101 of time into the new cuts and enli-ded some of Nash\ ille s most notable names to collaborate in one wa \ or ano th er . This is \\ by the croup Heuer \ es more respect. The group actually '.tailed \A, riling months after the rcledsc of Ihcir til st album. Group mcnlhcr Mastic Seidel Wand'. (111 Mil link' C vtarted go- irp2. n \N.riter.. reircak, where vve gets as Bill Gates and Jar Jar Binks, ;And any film that knew enough to ter rorize Jar Jar before the rest of us has to he a sure bet. BEST LINE: I don't think we can print that. So now that Labor Day has marked the end of the summer season, how do our boys stack up against aliens and any movie starring, oh I (tin' t know... Julia Roberts?? Well, Austin Powers and Big Daddy are both in the top live (2 and 5 respectively) ac cording to projected final domestic grosses by Entertainment Weekly. Though South Park didn't make the cut, money seemed less important than the David v. Goliath battle that the filmmakers won. The film could also help to bolster ailing ratings for the series. And finally, what does this all mean? Well, the good news is that with the exception (again) of South Park , critics were only mildly appre ciative of these comedic efforts and they were essentially ignored. Me diocre, even had reviews at times, could not, would not shake the faith of the average moviegoer, proving that the pen (though still mightier than sonic things) is not stronger than our need to laugh. Critic-proof movies nude a lot of money this summer, hut they also gave catch-phrase success to people who aren't, oh I don't know... Tom Cruise. 15 tans $4O w/coupon only SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 rented ea think v. crc I\i'C :'!!!!! hCL.III`C it ‘,n, (hal L!,t% C 11\ .11 L',lt I ICitth, IVCord 1111) c Illllvft di,\\ teml)ci . I c)')01 Suds t\lttrac,t .11111 .I', Jic mow 11,1 ir% ii;iy!;', ; ;'; ,t (Moil , \Atikcti II), 1 it, .1 Ilir I31()\\ 11,11 .nil I 1,1 Spri , (4,cl I IP_ LH, Student Government Association SOU c‘ct tiCCil thc H I to join S( Hug in\ ol cd, but w (len I , •c,;( you would he gcuill;2' licic Iti your chancc lind n t ii! cent inter\ icv.. the .uncut \ dent, Andrea 1)illa,h1o. 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