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Entertaintnent Page IO December 10, 2002 Pink Thunderbird Rolls Over Audience With Laughs ACC Player's Fall Production Welcomes New- comers, Success KARA EUBANK Features Editor As I walked into Granum theatre, old Hank Williams' tunes filled the room. I sat down in my seat at the same time the lights started to dim. At this point in time, I had no idea what to expect. Little did I know that the ACC Player's production of Pink Thunderbird was about to run full-throttle throughout the theatre. The first act started and I was a bit skeptical. The scene was the back porch of Elizabeth's house. It was summer, two years after the end of the Vietnam war. The witty remarks from Hattie Dealing (Ginger Davis), the dreamy thinking of Elizabeth Caulder (Heather Garant), and.the arrogance of Amy Lee Fullernoy (Erica Detro) made the first act immedi- ately interesting and enter- taining to watch. "I loved the part when Hattie was talking about Amy and then Amy shows up wearing the same dress as Hattie. It was something that would so happen to me," said Jamie Scott, a sophomore theatre goer at ACC. characters are often men- tioned, it became the men's tum in act two.The second act is from the male point of view. The second act takes place in an :tlley behind a bar. Roy Caulder (Ben Gougeon) is the husband of Elizabeth and the owner of the 1959 Pink Thunderbird (the play's namesake). He went off to serve in Vietnam and has not been You could see and hear the same since his return. the personalities each char- During the scene, acter was portraying. Gougeon does an excel- Davis, Garant, and Detro lent job of slowly reveal- each made their characters ing that his character has come alive in a way that the had a hard time adjusting audience could relate to. to post-war life. Often, region~! .dialects During this second act, sound like they are coming Roy and his younger right off of the script and brother (Chris Oposnow) the characters do not come sit in the alley and talk to life. However, each ac- about everything from the tress conquered the dialect war to Baby Ruth candy and gave a believable per- bars. Ray is not the formance. smartest man on the The first act is from the fe- planet, but that is what male point of view. After made his character so hi- the women finish their larious. comic act, in which the male Later in the scene, the Ben Gougeon, Chris Oposnow, Matt Petrovich stay in character after opening night performance. two brothers are joined by Cletis Fullernoy (Matt Petrovich), husband of AMy Lee. Cletis is a shy, preppy, rich boy who wants more than anything to be like Roy. This longing to be like Roy creates major problems and laughs in the play. During the second act, I don't think I ever stopped laughing. · It was a very funny act and the men acted out their char- acters well. Beth short, an an ACC student, said that "the Baby Ruth candy bar story cracked me up. I did not ex- pect him to say something like that at all. it was great." On a scale of 1 to 5, I give Photo by Kara Eubank an overall rating of 4. This production was definitely worth seeing. I commend the directing, and acting of both the male and female charac- ters. I also want to point out that the bacI<:ground scenery, courtesy of the ACC Theatre Production class, was truly amazing. Greatest Hits Album Brings Nirvana Tracks Back to Life Mark Wills Releases Greatest Hits Album ISRAEL MUNSEY officially released. If you These songs mark a three- Staff Writer were online during the year struggle with different Napster and Audio Galaxy drummers and guitarists Nirvana fans and critics alike days you might already have under the Sub Pop label. have awaited the arrival of a this track under the name The pre-Geffen(Dav d new song since 1994 when "Autopilot", itis alive version Geffen Records) tracks are lead singer, Kurt Cobain, of the same quality. The track performed and mixed ended his life and the band's was expected to be the best differently than the Nirvana career. The new self-titled Nirvana song, but to some versions we are used to and album, Nirvana's seventh, reviewers this is an incorrect this is evident when trying to contains 14 tracks. assumption. The song is not sing along. The band had several Nirvana; it is Kurt Cobain Track five marks Nirvana different drummers and guitar drowning everyone else out. days, the 1991 Nirvana that players in the short career but This is very disappointing to the world knows. Smells the band as the world knows the fan who is used to Krist Like Teen Spirit is where the it, the popular band, the band Noveselic's melodramatic album really starts and that started the "Nirvana bass guitar and Dave Grohl's should have been number frenzy" contained just three astounding percussion / one; after all, it is the song members, Kurt Cobain, Krist back-up vocal performance. that emerged punk rock Noveselic, and Dave Grahl. The next three songs are: into the mainstream. (Note Nirvana starts with the long "About A Girl", "Been A to editors: Nirvana defined awaited "You Know Your Son", and " Sliver". The their music as "punk rock" Right." This song was versions chose for this not "grunge" please see recorded January 30, 1994, greatest hits record were all video "Nirvana Live! Sold! just three months before recorded before the band as Out!. Tonight! 1994"the Cobain's life ended, and nev.er we know it. came together. video contains several Star Wars Episode II Lives up to Modem Standards KARENSCHUMAN Staff Writer You don't have to be a Star Wars fan to enjoy "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Oones". It's basically an action/ adventure movie with a bit of romance thrown in for good measure. It has a PG rating, mostly because of violence. This film takes place 10 years after Episode I. It features Anakin Skywalker as a Jedi in training. He's assigned to guard Padme, who is now a Senator. Those familiar with Episodes IV -VI will notice a lot of foreshadowing. The characters and scenery are wonderful. George Lucas, director, producer, and writer, has a good imagination for coming up with alien people and landscapes. The special effects are entertaining, the acting is great, and the story moves along fairly well. I only found two problems with the movie. There are a few parts that seem a bit slow, and the movie is a little long (142 minutes). I had two favorite scenes in the movie. One is when Yoda, an old Jedi Master, hobbles into a battle scene, leaning heavily on his cane. He then whips out his light saber and kicks some tail! It's just a short scene, but I'd like to be that spry when I'm almost 800 years old. My other favorite scene is when Padme, Anakin, and Obi-Wan (Anakin's Jedi mentor) have been captured and are about to be executed in an arena. They are chained to three separate posts while alien beasts are sent into the arena to attack them. Padme had a pinhiddeninhermouth which she uses to pick the lock on her chains. She then uses the chaintopullherselfupontop of the tall post she was chained to. While she's doing that, the two Jedi are still tlying to free themselves! 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