Hearing about how an opener cold-calls a whale, remembering to always ABC and never pitch the bitch, was part of the attitude that set the tone of The Boiler Room. Written and directed by Ben Younger, Boiler Room sees Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi), enter the New York brokerage firm JT Marlin and succumb to its… Continue reading Boiler Room doesn’t make you sweat
Month: February 2000
White trash, two chicks, and a chicken
By David Kenney
The trailer park myth. Inside rows of single and double-wide domiciles supposedly lie those left behind. Some call them white trash. Others say the types vary. And for actress Anne-Marie Leigh, it was culture shock. Spending 10 days in a backwater Ohio trailer park, she got a good whiff of white trash, Kraft Dinner and… Continue reading White trash, two chicks, and a chicken
Yousuf Karsh goes beyond celebrity
By Ali Abel
Yousuf Karsh received his first camera when he was a young child. His uncle entered his very first print in a photography contest, and Yousuf won first-prize. Ever since that day, he has photographed the men and women who influence our lives. The selection of portraits, which is on display in the Illingworth Kerr Gallery… Continue reading Yousuf Karsh goes beyond celebrity
No Use For A Name: Sunnydale’s finest export
By Laura Glick
Frenzied punches of thudding drums fly towards your tympanic membrane as the incessant kick of guitars jiggle your eyeballs. Sigh. No Use For A Name. Listening to them makes you feel good–worn out from the intensity of the experience, but good. Born 13 years ago in drummer Rory Koff’s basement, No Use has risen steadily… Continue reading No Use For A Name: Sunnydale’s finest export
Malinsky’s sketches find the dark clown
Charles Malinsky loves clowns, but if clowns bring to mind cheerful entertainers in face paint who make balloon animals, think again. Malinsky’s work looks at the dark flip-side of the archetypal jester figure. Throughout the ages, the jester and the clown have had important roles in society. These were voices for the dark side of… Continue reading Malinsky’s sketches find the dark clown
Modern Romeo and Juliet
In the tradition of Valentines Day, the local Pumphouse Theatre sought to extend our romantic notions for a longer period this year with a modern version of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. We are, once again, introduced to the two most famous characters in romantic poetry and the story of their forbidden love.… Continue reading Modern Romeo and Juliet
Black History Month:
By Doug Errico
Among the events currently going on around campus to mark Black History Month is a screening of Selwyn Jacob’s documentary, The Road Taken. To illustrate the premise of this film, please indulge me for a moment. Picture yourself in a job where you are forced to do everything that no one else wants to do.… Continue reading Black History Month:
Culture Jamming :
If you have ever tried to find a Snapple or a Coke on campus, you have glimpsed the power of advertising. There’s not a Coca-Cola product to be found because Pepsi helps pay for your university career in exchange for your undivided consumer attention. Big business means big money, and big money means anything’s for… Continue reading Culture Jamming :