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The Banner April 20, 2000 April 1 Features "Ready to Rumble" a treat for wrestling fans By Lena Burns staff Writer Pro-wrestling fens unite. The mo ment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived: the release of “Ready to Rumble.” It is a movie about wrestling fans, made for wrestling fans. To those of you who cannot enjoy the adrenaline rush while watching your favorite wrestlers on televi sion, don’t see The duo let nothing stop them from meeting their idol. They hitch hiked to Adanta, Ga. from Chey enne, Wyo. in pursuit of King. Their adventure included wreck ing cars, getting drenched by sew age, singing to Britney Spears, co ercing nuns to sing Van Halen’s “Running With the Devil” and par tying with Nitro girls. Dawkins and Boggs also had many run-ins, which included either fight ing or befriending WCW super stars such as Sid Vicious, Saturn (whom, I might add, is now in the World Wres tling Federa- Onlytruewres- Review Bam Biggal ding fans Booker Goldberg Rumble Although King movie pri marily reaches out to boys> men and yes, girls who are pro.-wresriing fans. This movie is jam packed with humor and wrestling superstars, not to mention power bombs, pile driv ers, figure-four leg locks, low blows, spears and all those other moves wrestling fans adore. Brian Robbins directed the film, and was also the director of “Var sity Blues.” “Ready to Rumble” stars 1-800- CALL-ATT’s David Arquette, who plays Gordie Boggs, and “The was a trashy alcoholic with a phony past, Dawkins and Boggs eventu ally persuaded him to break into tlie arena during a WCW event and challenged Diamond Dallas Page for the championship belt back. The manager and conspirator against King, Sinclair (Joe Pantoliano), offered him a three-tier steel cage match against Diamond Dallas Page. IfKing won, hewould ter movie and made more at the box office if they had used WWF stars and included the legendary Hulk Hogan or Rick Flair. The one thing about the movie that I completely did not like was Rose McGowan as Sasha, a Nitro girl. She was unfit for the role as a dancer, because, from what I could tell, she couldn’t dance or act her way out of a paper bag. The film spoke-out to all the pro- wrestling fans in the world when Sinclair said to Dawkins, “I made wresding” and Dawkins retorted with “No. We made wrestling. The fans made wrestling.” “Ready to Rumble” sometimes has rather dry humor and disgusting scenes involving sewage, but, over all, is stupidly humorous and reaches out to wresding fans everywhere. So, if you’re like me and can’t get enough wrestling, go see “Ready to Rumble” right now. If you’re not a wrestling fan, sit at home and miss out on one of the best pro-wresding movies out there. Boiler Room’”s Scott Caan, who be reinstated into plays Sean Dawkins. Boggs and WCW, regain the Dawkins are two sewage workers world championship with no money, no girlfriends and title and receive one no lives besides wrestling, who live million dollars, in a small town called Lusk, Wyo. The only problem Boggs and Dawkins were avid and was that Sinclair had a obsessed fans of the World Cham- few tricks up his sleeve pionship Wrestling’s (WCW) to prevent King from Jimmy King (Oliver Platt). getting the belt and the Boggs and Dawkins constantly m^ney. received bitter teasing by anti-v tling folks such as Boggs’ law en- forcement-obsessed father. “Wrestling is fake,” his father said. Boggs retorted by screaming, “wres ding is not fake!” Amen. The local convenience store clerk Towards the end of the movie, I could only feel jealousy towards Dawkins and Boggs for what happened. I think it is every wres tling fan’s dream. also teased the men when he said There was a brief “wrestling is for retards. ” cameo by Macho Man After attending WCW’s live event Randy Savage and I “Monday Night Nitro” and wit- was rather disap- nessing King’s defeat and loss of pointed that he wasn’t career of King at the hands of included in the movie Diamond Dallas Page, the two set more, off to restore King’s faith and bring “Ready to Rumble him back into WCW. would have been a bet- REGIONAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION Looking for a Career in the Finance Industry? We’re looking for entry-level MANAGER TRAESfEES for possible career opportunities within our company. Regional Acceptance Corporation is a multistate, rapidly growing finance company and subsidiary of BB&T Corporation. Manager trainees will learn to collect past due accounts, and also learn details of loan processing, credit review, and other areas of branch management. Previous lending or collections experience is highly desired. Representatives from Regional Acceptance Corporation will be visiting the Highsmith Student Center on Tuesday, April 25, 2000 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to conduct interviews with students interested in a challenging career in finance. If you would like to schedule an interview with us, please stop by the Career Center for further information about our management Gaining program. You can sign up for an interview with us through the Career Center. J "The Family Project" By Kay Alton Staff Writer father introduced the stage to their story line. In “The Family Project’s” open ing act, the Asheville volunteer dancers were asked a series of game Familiar Movements (The Family show questions. What do you want Project)performed by the David from your family?” Predicably, the Dorfman Dancers ’ the Diana Wortham Theatre April 15, com mitted the original sin in the per forming arts. Dorfman showed no creativity in this dull and tacky performance. Dorfman spent two weeks and community public funds and re sources that include about two dozen Ashevillians, as well as thou sands of taxpayer dollars funded through the auspice of the National Endowment for the Arts, to bore This production strived to re-hash the idea that “family is what family does.” These words frequently.ap pear in theatrical productions seek- redefine family dancers had no clue what a family should provide. Pity that none asked the audience, since some of us surely know and enjoy family life. A lesbian-couple ended the family tribute, which attempts to establish that no one knows why they are here. Two young women, one dressed as a husband parroting a masculine attitude with touring cap and all, entered into a familiar dia logue with one another. This plea for legal recognition intended to reflect normal domesticity with the hope that they will have at least one to five children. Exhaustion describes the move ment entitled “Live Sax Act: HORN,” performed by David a Juried Sti Hall’s Ur As I Ic woman fi skirts and shoes. ght have Review yelled “Put clothes audience politically-correct ideals. Then, the Froot and Dorfman. The l directors present alternatives to the played the saxophone and cavorted conventional idea of family. monotonously, wearing kilt-type This “Mainstage Series 1999- 2000” produc tion worked for two weeks in the Asheville com munity, and re cruited a local cast to augment the professionals and dance in the po litical theme which Dorfman es tablished. Dorfman’s aroused modern dance performance gave burlesque trib ute to his family. Incredible chore- their hind parts, ography using kinetic contortions A tinge oforiginality surfaced in this of Dorfman’s body and slapstick piece. Playing individual saxophones, verbal deference to his mother and Froot’s young and lithe body inces- enthralled.Ji^ingandshakingmove- ments ended in intricate dance ma neuvers whereby Froot and Dorfman repeatedly dropped to the floor and rolled around, showing the audience their black scanty panties covering The David Dorfman Dance company performed along with local families on April 15 at the Diana Wortham Theatre. santly intertwined with the older Dorfman. The final act included women danc ers violently strong-arming othei women and forcing them, choreo- graphically speaking, down o stage floor. One male dancer fol lowed Dorfman and Froot’s “Sax” movement by pulling off his gauzy flowing britches on several occasions, revealing his private parts to the audi ence. Some enjoyed this. Some yawned. The performance culminated widi Dorfman arguing with the God who created him. Loud, passionate pleading, j panied by frenzied and wild ments best described as a fit, illus trated his confusion and tortured understanding of self he university of north Carolina at asheville KALEIDOSCOPE Saturday, 7\pril 29 UNCMSluad l-flpm %
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