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University Press
Friday, February 22, 1991
'LA. Story1
Martin shines in silly, romantic satire
By Seames O’Grady
UP staff writer
TV weatherman Hams K. Xelemacher (Steve Martin) obeys a myste-
riously communicative freeway sign and kisses English journalist Sara
McDowel (Victoria Tennant) in the comedy "L.A. Story."
Certs comedy search hits
SSC Perch tonight at 8
By Christy Burrow
UP contributing writer
.TLamar students will have an
op!portunity to tickle some funny
bchves and their pocketbooks at the
same time in the Certs Search for
Campus Comedy competition today
at-5 p.m. in the Setzer Student
Qjrjter Perch.
'Certs annually visits many of the
nation’s college campuses and choos-
es one student from each to compete
in the regional contest This year the
Larpar University Setzer Student
Center Council opted to participate
in the program, said Ken
Lamartiniere, assistant director for
programs. The finalists in the
regional contest will travel to the
national competition in Daytona,
Fla,
SGA
Continued from page 1
SSC or in the SSC Ballroom if there
is a large crowd. Taufiquc is a lay
leader for the Islamic Society of the
Triplex, and he will discuss the dif-
ferences between Arabs and
Muslims, and then he will entertain
Questions.
U" Lance Graham announced a
Malcolm X
march in support of American troops
that will take place today at 12:30
p.m. The march will begin in the
SSC arbor and greeks are asked to
participate and wear their letters.
All students were asked to sup-
port the baseball team by attending
the game at Lamar against the
University of Oklahoma on March 1,
and the meeting was adjourned.
Continued from page 1
policies.
J “Yes, in certain periods of his
^development, he was angry and
^filled with rage, which sometimes
•came out in a misdirected way. But
as he grew older and gained insights,
4ie changed. And he eventually
Jeached a stage in his life where he
Jelt that racism must not only be
Jverthrown for the sake of black
^people, but also for white people.
* “I think that when someone says,
3] can’t get with Malcolm X, he’s a
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racist,’ they should be challenged,
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The thing that made Steve
Martin big in the 1970s was that he
was silly. When most comics were
trying to make some grand state-
ment, Martin was “getting small” or
he was singing “King Tilt” or being a
Czech lady-killer or just generally
coming from way out in left field,
•and he carried that attitude to most
of his earlier films.
Then in the mid-1980s Martin
became a romantic leading man.
Now, Martin has combined those two
different approaches in the film
“L.A. Story,” co-starring Victoria
Tennant and Sarah Jessica Parker, to
create a romantic-comedy from left
field.
Harris K. Telemacher (Martin)
loves L.A. He is a “wacky weather-
man” for a local TV station, and he
has a trendy, superficial girlfriend,
Trudi (Marilu Hcnner). Everything
in his life is fine until he loses his
girlfriend and his job, a digital free-
way sign starts talking to him and he
meets two completely different
women, an English journalist on
assignment in L.A.(Victoria Tennant)
and a clothing store clerk who’s
studying to be a spokesmodel (Sarah
Jessica Parker).
“L.A. Story” is an over-the-top
satire of Los Angeles with dancing
suburbanites, freeway shoot-outs,
and yuppie power lunches and is at
its best when it embraces the stereo-
types of Los Angeles. When “L.A.
Story” turns to the romance part of
the film, it goes downhill.
Movie Review
L. A. STORY
& & &
out of 5
Martin is excellent as Harris, no
matter whether the film is farcical or
fanciful. Martin has proven that
comedies and romances are only a
small part of acting range.
Henner as Trudi, Harris’s too-
materialistic-for-life girlfriend, is
wonderful. She’s only in the film for
a short time, but she makes this live-
action cartoon character a real joy to
dislike.
SanDeE (yes, that’s how her
name is spelled) is deftly played by
Parker. This bouncy spokesmodel-
in-training is saddled with the most
stereotypes, and instead of trying to
rise above them Parker welcomes the
cliches and defivers a wonderfully
ditzy broad.
The only chink in the acting
armor is from Tennant’s performance
as Sara. She has none of the triviality
of the rest of the cast and thus seems
out of place and tougher to like.
There was one bit of kookiness from
Sara when in one scene she played
“Do Wa Diddy,” on a tuba, while her
mother, on an overseas phone call,
accompanied her on the piano. Other
than that, Tennant seems a bit stiff
next to all the stereotypes.
There are three uncredited
cameos by Woody Harrelson as
Harris’ jerky boss, Chevy Chase as
some big shot actor and Rick Moranis
as a grave digger in a parody of the
grave-digging scene from “Hamlet.”
“L.A. Story” is not the definitive
statement on Los Angeles, but it is
certainly great to see Steve Martin be
silly once again.
Todd Langston ;
Correction -
On page 1 of Wednesday's UP, a .
picture of Stace Harden, Beaumont
junior, was identified as Todd
Langston, winner of the pie-eating
contest.
Langston, pictured above, was the ..
official winner of the contest, accord- - ^,
ing to a spokesperson in the Student
Government Association.
Woodsy Owl says
Injuries Hurt!
Give a hoot. •
Don’t pollute.
“The national winner will win
$5,000 in scholarships and an all-
expense paid trip to New York City,
where he will perform in a comedy
club,” said Lonni Godley, Houston
sophomore and SSCC member.
Lamar students who are interest-
ed in participating may sign up in the
Perch today up to one hour before
the competition begins.
The routine must consist of three
minutes of clean comedy, and all
participants must be currently
enrolled, full-time college students,
Lamartiniere said. No other restric-
tions apply. A group of students and
faculty members will judge the con-
test
Last year’s national winner
attended University of North Texas
in Denton, Godley said.
because that concept is wrong.
“They say Malcolm preached
hate, and, yes, he did preach hate.
“He said to his people, ‘Hate
dope and hate drugs, hate gambling
and hate exploitation, hate racism
and hate capitalism, hate oppres-
sion,’ so in this manner, yes,
Malcolm did preach hate.”
Shabazz’s film series will close on
the 28th of this month with the
video “Countering the Conspiracy to
Destroy Black Boys.”
It will be featured at noon in 206
Setzer Student Center.
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