Thursday, October 3, 1991
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The Collegian
How many times have you
gone to see a movie and
found the T.V. commercials
misleading? Goldie Hawn's latest
movie, Deceived, is another film
that proves to be less than what
is expected.
Goldie's character, Adrian
Davis, restores ancient artifacts
at a Manhattan museum. She
falls in love and marries the
museum curator (John Heard).
Five years and one daughter later,
the happy family appear normal
in their affluent neighborhood.
The plot thickens when Goldie
finds a dead body at a museum
reception, and a series of events
leads Adrian to distrust her
husband.
When her husband is killed in a
car accident, Adrian becomes a
crack investigator and uncovers
his true identity.
From there the suspense and
storytelling lead to standard
Hollywood shock techniques and
an unimaginative chase scene.
This isn't a bad movie; it's just
very average. There are a few
Jewish holidays...
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is not a punitive fast, but instead
you are so absorbed in praying
and reflecting that you don't eat."
Yom Kippur is taken very
seriously in the Jewish
community.
"On Rosh Hashanah, God
begins to review the books, and
on Yom Kippur he decides who
will live and who will die in the
next year," Halperin says.
On Sept. 23, Jews celebrated
Sukkot, the "Festival of the
Tabernacles," which honors the
time when the Israelites dwelled
in booths built in the wilderness,
before they reached the promised
land of Canaan.
Press explains how her family
celebrates this day: "We build
Sukkahs in our back-yards.
Sukkahs are three-sided huts with
an open loot so you can see the
stars at night."
The Sukkah is used as a place
of worship and at least one meal
is eaten in it.
be
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scenes which have promise, but
the script lacks the nerve to scare
the audience into tossing their
popcorn.
If better movies like Jagged
Edge, Fatal Attraction, and
Presumed Innocent hadn't been
released, this movie may have
been considered "unique" a decade
ago.
Goldie Hawn is an appealing
protagonist who shows some real
acting ability that is much better
than her early appearances in
Laugh-In and romantic-comedy
films written by Neil Simon.
Perhaps Disney studios should
stick to producing nice, family
oriented movies like Rocketeer
instead of entering the mystery
suspense genre.
Don't be fooled by the
commercials which show Goldie
peaking out of doors and running
down hallways. If you want a
true thriller, rent a Hitchcock
movie or Silence of the Lambs
when it's released later this
month.
Deceived is entertaining to a
degree, but don't get excited.
You've seen this movie before.
"Sukkot is also a holiday of
thanksgiving for the harvest of
nature, and so when building
Sukkahs we cover them with
flowers, cornstalks, and anything
representative of the harvest," she
says.
"We don't always notice the
passing of the seasons or how
important the rains are to the
harvest," Halperin suggested.
Besides the Sukkah, the
traditional symbols of the holiday
include the "lulav" (a palm
branch, a myrtle branch, and a
willow branch) and the "etrog"
(an Israeli citrus fruit).
"The etrog symbolizes the
heart, the palm symbolizes the
spine, the myrtle symbolizes the
eyes, and the willow branch
symbolizes the mouth," says
Press. "You take these two
things, hold them together, and
shake the lulav in the four
directions of the compass to
symbolize that God is
everywhere."
The Collegian
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The Collegian
One of the two major
alternative acts from
Pennsylvania (The Ocean Blue is
the other), the Lancaster-based
Innocence Mission released its
first album in 1989 to critical
acclaim. However, with the
release of Umbrella, the follow
up to the self-titled debut, The
Innocence Mission attempts to
go for popular success as well.
With a single already steadily
climbing progressive music
charts, this goal seems attained.
Sadly, on the whole, Umbrella
loses to a sense of unoriginality
that prohibits the group from
reaching an even higher status of
popularity - at least for now.
While Umbrella does not
appear to be leaping to the top of
any charts in the near future,
there is still hope for the group.
Since The Innocence Mission
is managed by Peter Asher, they
sound a lot like the 10,000
Maniacs.
Keep in mind though that
it's early-day Maniacs here,
minus the slight reggae
influences. If trained listeners
know of earlier Maniacs' work
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(1985's The Wishing Chair most
notably), their songs all seemed
to sound quite similar. Such is
the case of The Innocence
Mission
Led by the deep, alluring
vocals of Karen Peris, who does
sound a lot like Natalie Merchant
at times, The Innocence Mission
stays somewhat optimistic
throughout Umbrella. Peris, who
wrote the lyrics here, attains this
feel-good sense through dreamy,
poetic writing tinged with
ambiguity; ambiguities that leave
songs open to interpretation and
serve to keep the group from
falling into a specific category.
One particularly excellent
effort is the lead single "And
Hiding Away." This is far and
away the album's finest track.
Tinged with melancholy
descriptions hidden by the upbeat,
driving tone of the music, the
single is one of the year's best so
far. Too bad the remainder of the
album can't measure up to these
lofty heights.
Aside from the slower "Sorry
and Glad Together" and the
provocative "Beginning the
World," where Penis appears to
question her own abilities as a
musician, the album sorely lacks
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much musical substance
Penis' lyrics never lose their
integrity, but the music, led by
Peris' brother Don on guitar,
does.
The endless repetition of Don
Penis' showering rhythms begins
to nag at the listener before the
first side is over. This critic feels
that this may have colored his
thoughts when he heard Side
Two, already in a coma-like
trance, but when he listened
again...well, let's just say that
first impressions are sometimes
true.
Sophomore slump perhaps?
Maybe, maybe not. Maybe
Umbrella needs more than two or
three perusals to leave a favorable
impression on the listener. But
then again maybe first
impressions are more true than
first imagined.
Regardless, The Innocence
Mission is a band that's not to be
kicked aside. There's enough
musical genius on Umbrella to
keep this reviewer eagerly
awaiting the group's next release.
Here's to hoping it won't
disappoint.
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