^rts & Entertainment
February 12,1998
Winteistock '98
Jada Moore
Staff Reporter
The Elon College Department
of the Performing Arts presents an
other theatrical production which
displays the wonderful acting tal
ents of a handful of the student
body with “The Robber Bride
groom.”
The play, directed by Sara
Romersberger, is adapted from a
novella by Eudora Welty. The mu
sical comedy takes place in 1800 in
the small town of Rodney, Missis
sippi. It is about a sau ve fellow who
actually has two personalities, one
good and one bad. Jamie, the rob
ber bridegroom, is played by^ Joel
Gruver.
During the course of the play,
Jamie disguises himself with black
berry juice and becomes the “gentle
man” robber. He steals everything
he is able to get his hands on. At
one point, he steals the gold stiched
clothing of Rosamund, played by
Amanda Smith.
Rosamund falls in love with
this bandit of the woods but is actu
ally betrothed to the bandit’s alter
ego, Jamie. The bandit is also in
love with Rosamund, although she
does not know his real identity.
She is in love with his bad guy
personality. Jamie and Rosamund
have no feelings for each other
because Rosamund is obsessed with
the bandit and acts very immature
around Jamie.
“It’s high society meets low
life and talk show all rolled into
one,” said Joey Boyles. “A regular
Jerry Springer episode.”
Boyles plays Clement
Musgrove, Rosamund’s rich father.
This play has it all; A love
triangle or love square, a wicked
and greedy stepmother, a theiving
disembodied head and a hit man
that acts like a goat.
The cast has been practicing
very hard to make this play all that
it can be. Erin Highsmith, the play ’ s
stagemanger, said, “The cast has
been rehearsing since mid-Decem
ber, before Christmas break.”
The play’s musical ensemble
is a mixture of folk and square
dance to give the play the appropri
ate country feel. There is singing,
dancing and a whole lot of other
excitement. So be prepared to laugh
and have a good time.
Make sure you look for Elon's
n€xt theater production
Euripides'
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April 17-19
Chow Yun-Fat has arrived
Chuck Buckley
A&E Editor
There are many reasons to see
"The Replacement Killers".
It is the debut film of "Gangstas
Paradise" video director Antone
Fuqua. It is starring Academy
Award winning actress Mira
Sorvino and is loaded with wall to
wall action.
Now all of these reasons are
good ones, but the only one that
really matters is that this is the first
American feature starring Chinese
action legend Chow Yun-Fat.
For those of you who have
never heard of him, 42-year-old
Yun-Fat is the crowning jewel of
the entire Chinese action genre. He
is the king of Hong Kong cinema.
The film is about an assassin,
played by Yun-Fat, who is ordered
to kill the son of a cop. The assassin
can't bring himself to do the j ob and
so finds himself running from the
men who have been hired to re
place him.
In desperation to get of the
country and away from the killers,
the assassin kidnaps a document
forger, played by Sorvino, and
forces her to make him a passport.
Needless to say the script is
not the reason to see this movie. It
is merely a vehicle for Chow Yun-
Fat's superbly choreographed ac
tion sequences. Despite that fact,
Sorvino and Yun-Fat work well
together and manage to keep the
audiences interest up. Both of them
embody charisma.
Yun-Fat and Sorvino In "The Replacement Killers
Director Fuqua's extremely
stylized approach to the movie
flows well with Chow Yun-Fat's
method of acting and gunplay.
Fuqua's camera work and lighting
feels like a hybrid of Michael Bay,
director of "Bad Boys" and "The
Rock," and John Woo the execu
tive producer of the this film.
Every sequence gives us some
thing new from both the star and
the director. Who could imagine a
gun fight in a working car-wash?
Overall I think that this movie
is definitely the appropriate choice
from a producers standpoint to in
troduce Cho w Yun-Fat to America.
He looks great through out the en
tire production.
If you have ever considered
yourself to be a fan of action mov
ies, than you cannot afford to miss
"The Replacement Killers."
Look for more of Chow Yun-
Fat in his next movie "The Cor
rupter" directed by Oliver Stone.
Yun-fat will be playing a evil cop
who gets rookie Mark Wahlberg as
a partner.
If you are interested in seeing
more of Yun-Fat's work I suggest
the following films :
A Better Tomorrow
Full Contact
The Killer
Hard Boiled
I recomend you getting them
in their, original Chinese •
Emily MacDonnell/r/7e Pendulum
Amanda Warren plays Goat's mother in the upcoming
musical, "The Robber Bridegroom" this weekend
The Blon College Chamber singers will
perform at the annual colle^ate choral
festival at Wake Forest this Saturday. Hiey
are one of six choral groups invited to pre
form at the festival.
■A" The envelope please.,.
The Nominatians for the 70th Axmual
Academy Awards
Best Picture
As Good As It Gets
Good Will Hunting
LA. Confidential
The Full Monty
Titanic
Best Actor
Matt Damon
Robert Duvall
Peter Fonda
Dustin Hoffman
Jack Nicholson
, Best Director
James Cameron
PererCattaneo
Atom Egoyan
Curtis Hanson
Gus Van Sant
Best Actress
Helena Bonham Carter
Julie Christie
Judi Dench
Helen Hunt
Kate Winslet
Best Supporting Actor Best Supp6rting Actress
Robert Forster
Anthony Hopkins
Greg Kinnear
Burt Reynolds
Robin Williams
Kim Basinger
Joan Cusack
Minnie Driver
JuJianne Moore
Gloria Stuart