Voice from He 11...
Robert Caton
Capital Tlmes Staff
The rap group 2 Live Crew is
arrested in Broward County, Florida.
The book, The Adventures Of
Huckleberry Finn, is taken from high
school reading lists for "racist language."
Sinead O'Connor is blacklisted from
many U.S. radio stations after refusing
to have "The Star-Spangled Banner"
played before her show at a state-run
concert facility in New Jersey.
Which of these is the most damaging
form of censorship? Take 2Live
Crew...they were arrested by a narrow- -
minded redneck who merely wanted to
pump up his vote-getting capabilites
this election year. At this point, the
Crew should send a big Christmas gift
to the Sheriff in Broward County. "
As Nasty as they Wanna Be", 2 Live
Crew's current album, was falling off the
charts with nary a whimper when this
moron decided to arrest them for
performing to CARDED adults at a
club. Naturally, the charges were
ridiculous and 2 Live Crew looked like
heroes. The end result-. 2 Live Crew
sells literally MILLIONS more copies of
"Nasty", gets an MTV Video Music
Award spot, and gets far, far richer than
they would have normally. Now, if
they would only knock off the self
defeating posture that "you can't stand a
brother making more money than you."
That's absurd...l think Bill Cosby.
Michael Jackson, and Eddie Murphy
(three of the top five richest entertainers
in the WORLD) would tend to disagee.
Anyway... 2 Live Crew turns out
winners.
sinead O'Connor, at this point,
needed controversy as well. Her latest
album had peaked, her tour was nearly
over, and she was fading from the
memory of Americans (despite the
efforts of Sam Kinison). For radio
Movie Review
Darkman Imitates Robocop
Robert Caton
Capital Times Staff
The movie Darkman from Director
Sam Ramie is supposedly a "creative,
fresh approach" to the tired superhero
movie format.
Darkman is about as creative as a IC-
Tel record, and about as fresh as the
vegetables in Murmansk. I cannot
understand why such praise has been
heaped on this film, when the plot is
such an obvious ripoff of RoboCop,
with chunks of Phantom of the Opera
thrown in.
In RoboCop, the hem was mangled
by bad guys in the name of corporate
power...same with Darkman. In
Rob°Cop, the greedy corporation wanted
to build a new, advanced city and tried to
destroy the old one with crime from
within...as does Darkman. In RoboCop,
The hero is tormented by his inability to
be accepted by his former lover after his
transfonnation...yep, you guessed it,
Darkman does too.
Get the paint?
This ia =WNW to be an action
fantail? flick, but even the most
enthralled smien-year-old is sure to find
stations to stop playing her records was
a statement about as strong as WTPA
never playing the Carpenters' greatest
hits...it isn't like Sinead was number
one on the request line anymore. If
anything, Sinead gave herself a bit of
extra life before she fades away...Sinead
O'Connor wins, despite the loss of
airplay from a few stations.
For redneck school boards and so
called "concerned parents groups" to take
Huck Finn out of the libraries and the
classrooms to satisfy pressure groups is
the biggest mistake possible. When we
back down and remove a word...next
comes a page...then the book, and ihat is
the next step towards ignorance forever.
Don't get me wrong...the word "nigger"
is offensive to every intelligent person,
but it's important for our children to
know that, in the era of Huck, it was
common. Why is it important? So that
children • know we have passed such
ignorant times by! That the era that
Huck lived in is gone forever, and should
NEVER be allowed to surface again is a
lesson that children everywhere should
take not to their hearts, but to their
minds. A person who teaches a child
prejudice and ignorance is worse than
someone who beats a child. The child
beater is only hurting the child...the
teacher of ignorance is hurting every
person the child will come in contact
with for the rest of his life as well.
The result of not allowing students
to - examine 'Why 'racism is wrong (in a
supervised cIassroom)...EVERYONE
loses! All in the much used name of
"protecting" our children.
I realize that the old "Voice" was not
too funny this time around, but then
again...there isn't anything I could find
funny about this.
Until next time:..
holes in the logic that are just too
stunning to overlook. I can buy the
cutting-off of Darkman's nerves, giving
him superhuman powers, but his delicate
computer equipment surviving a blast
that ripped a brick wall to shreds, yet
only "scorched" the very computer the
bomb was sitting on?
Somehow I doubt it.
Sure, Ramie's swirling shots add
some depth to the film, but when you
add the "Buck Rogers" bluescreen effects
to the mix, it erases the good camera
work as everyone comments on how
"fake" they look.
Liam Neelson as Darkman was not a
bad idea...the man can act, but for
someone who is supposed to have such
wild fits of sorrow and rage, Neelson is
disgustingly laid back. The best
performance by far was by Larry (L.A.
Law) Drake as the leader of the bad guys.
From watching him as Benny on TV,
one would never guess the capabilities
he showed here. „
Basically, should the burning desire
to see Darkman OVerC.OOlO you...rent
RoboCop, save the money, and see a far
bettor execution of the craft.
RATING—(Out of Five Stirs) *
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Hanks Pen Rambles...
on Cliches
Hank Rappokl
Special to the Cap Times
Why is it that every time something
happens, someone always has a cliche or
a saying that fits the situation?
Like, they always say "Never look a
gift horse in the mouth." I want to know
why can't I look a gift horse in the
mouth? What will it do...bite me? I
don't understand. Does this all mean I
can look a gift horse in another part of
it's anatomy? Like say it's hoot? Just
where should I look a gift horse?
This all makes me wonder where
cliches started? And what do they all'
mean? Sayings like "That's the way the
bubble burst" make me wonder just how
does a bubble burst? Can it burst only
one way? If it can only burst one way,
just then, why don't bubbles have the
capabilities to burst differently? I guess
from all of this I can assume bubbles,
no matter if they are American,
European or even Japanese, burst the
same way. •
One of my favorites has to be "That's
one smart cookie." What is a smart
cookie? And how did it become smart?
Do cookies go to school to become
smart? Still, what is a smart cookie? If I
had to decide I would choose a cookie
like an Oreo. Now that is a smart
cookie! Just look at it. Classic. Very
classic, Good color contrast between the
black outside and the white inside.
A chocolate chip cookie and a glass
of milk always seems to "hit the spot."
Does anyone know exactly where this
spot is? I guess it is "right on the
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"That's the way the cookie
crumbles." My personal feeling on this
one is that dumb cookies, a.k.a.
oatmeal, crumble faster and messier than
any other cookie.
"Just wait one cotton picking
minute." How much cotton can you pick
in a minute and if you can pick so much
cotton in a minute - then how much
wood could a woodchuck chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood? "On].)
time will tell" can answer this one.
"Only time will tell" is another of
my personal favories. :Time will tell
what? I know you can tell what time it
is and what day it is. But what can time
tell? I thought it was only a perceived
measuring device. Only "the shadow"
knows with this cliche.
Think about this. "If talk is cheap,"
can someone please explain 1-900
numbers to me?
A "chip off the old block" doesn't
make much sense to me. I mean if the
block is old, won't it chip? Usually
objects become frail with time.
"A bird in a hand is r What is
the rest of this one? Oh, never mind
Next!
You have to take the good and the
bad. But why? Give me the good, let
someone else take the bad.
"Last but not least." I don't know
about you, but at times I would like to
get my hands on the people that "left
their mark" with these cliches. Then
again, most of them are probably "dead
and buried".