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Meredith Herald October 2,1996 8 Campus Extras First Wives Club not much more than seen in promos Movie Review By Carey Gore Future homemakers/wreckers take note— Hugh Wilson’s The First Wives Club is a two- hour lesson ou what makes a uiairiage lick. Or sliould that be a lesson in how to transronn a happily-married woman into a ticking bomb? Audiences would have to agree on the laiier after sitting through a filiii packed with male- bashiiig antics and slapstick revenge tactics. The movie opens; with a scene we all know well (or will eventually)—four friends toasting their 1969 college graduation with gifts and promises of staying in (ouch forever. Flash forward 20 or so years to one of the friend's (Stockard Clianiung) suicidal plunge from her penthouse balcony as a result of losing her tycoon husband to a younger woman {Heather Locklear). Theremaming three friends catch up and bond at the funeral after learning that they have all been traded in tor younger models by their husbands. Each woman has her own differetit prob lem. Goldie Hawn plays Elise, an actress made upof 65%silicone and 35% vodka, wlio refuses to be cast as anyone’s motlier, although her career is dwindling. Diane Keaton is apologiz ing Annie, who acts as apinball bouncing off of her lesbian daughter, controlling motljer, and manipulative ad-exec ex-husband’s bumpers. Bette Midler deserves the most applause as Brenda, the overweight and dejected moUier of a thirteen year-old son who is having as h;ird a time dealing with his parejit's divorce as he is with puberty. “Cheers" veteran Dan Hadaya isaJso excel lent as Midler’s philandering electronics-king ex-husbaiicJ who falls for the convincingly ditzy Sarah JessicaParker, whom Midler tenus “Little Miss Midriff.” Tobacco: continued (ran page 1 titled, “Others to feel tobacco's pain,” says that the FDA regulations will not have a direct effect on “farmers, cigarette makers, ware house operators and retailers.” John Maxwell, a tobacco analyst at Wheat First Securities in Richmond, Va„ is quoted in tlie anicle as saying that, for the aforementioned businesses (hat depend on tobacco, the impact of (he regu lations would be “neiirly 7i;ro,” He says tliat die cigare(fe business has grown overseas and made upfor any lack it hadin the U. S. For this reason, he says, North Carolina tobacco is in demaix). The industries that will be most hurt by the FDA regulations, says Maxwell, are advertis ing, publishing, and entertainment. However, most people in North Carolina disagree. Senator Jesse Helms is quoted in tlie September 1996 issue of North Carolina fannerassaying'The president, if heattempts to regulate tobacco, will declare war on tlie more than 76,000 North Carolinians who make up tl»e tobacco community.” Helms goes on to say that in (he president’s attempt (o curb (een- age smoking, he is only attacking the people “who earn tlieir living growing, manufactur ing, and selling tobacco.” He also called (he FDA’s regulations “unconstitutional” because they “violate the First Amendment.” North {'arolina governor Jim Hunt vehe mently opposes Clinton’s anti-tobacco cam paign and says he will fight it. Gov. Hunt has a history of opposing any anti-tobacco or ami- smoking campaigns by the federal govern ment. In an article by Barry Yeoman in last week’s Independetu. it mentions that in 1983, Hunt worked against a bill for tougher warning labels on cigarettes. In 1984. he wanted the Surgeon General, C. Everett Coop, dismissed because Coop was against smoking. This article also states tlial tobacco is not as imporiani as it was 10 years ago. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s tobacco program administrator, Carl Sofley, says there are fewer than 10,000 farmers growing to- The plot stops there, folks. The rest of the film is little more than an unrealistic scene-by- scene attempt to make the three ex-husbands pay for being the lowlifes tliat they are. The women are righteous; the men arerascals. Midler makes a great over-bearing atid loud Jewish housewife with ancestral mob ties, while Hawn and Keaton are slightly less-convincing in tl»eir roles. There’s lots of girlish squealing with a few scat(ered good jokes (hroughou( (most of which can be caught in the television ad for the fihii). My recomjnendation to (hose of you who haven’t seen it yet? Unless you are really in a “death to men” kind of mood, wail for the Blue Ridge debut! bacco. Many farmers stopped growing tobacco because the tobacco companies found it cheaper to buy tobacco from other countries. Without tobacco, what other alternatives do North Carolina’s farmers have? There is always the possibility of pliasingout tobacco and grow ing other cix)ps. But that too has its drawbacks. Gordon says, “[Tobacco] has given us the abil ity to grow food crops to feed this country because these crops usually do not bring in (he money to justify growing them alone.” If food crops do not bring in enough money, what about utilizing tobacco in another way? Re.searchisalreadybeingdone to seewliatotlier uses there are for tobacco besides smoking products. Because tobacco proteins are easily manipulated, tobacco is aheady being used in gencticengineering- Atllie University ofCbapel Hill Employee Forum on July 5.1995, ('hancel- lor Michael Hooker s(ressed that because to bacco can be used in genetic engineering, the University should resciirch more ways to use tobacco to help tlie mdusu’y. In November of 1995,BiosourceTechnologics announced plans to build a tobacco-processing facility in Ken tucky. BiosourceCliairman and CEO, Robert L. Erwin, said (hat the company is “excited about theopportunity to aggressively pursue alternate uses of tobacco.” No one knows what the future of the to bacco industry in North Carolina will be in the years to come. Farmers like the Gordons can No Code works for Pearl Jam By Tory Hoke Now is the time wlien all college pawn shops and music stores see a surge in used music. The flood of fall releases isover, and students have to decide whether tliey want to keep “New Adventures in Hi Fi” or eat. They' II ch«ise eating, but dieir loss is your gain, You'll want to bring a CD or tape player to check whai you buy: most places don't provide listening stations but will let you listen if you bring your own. Along wi(h the following. I recommend Toni Braxton’s “.'vecrets” and Tracy Chapman’s “New Beginning,” but fat chance of finding those used. Pearl Jam’s Code: Where Viialogy was dark. No Code is faded. The band seems worn-out, probably because (his is their fourth album in as many years, not to mention the many side-projects and soundtrack conu-ibulions. But worn-outwo/fo for PearlJam, just like iuigry and funky and grimy have worked for them. Lisieners expecting the usual rockin’ album opener may be disappointed by the quiet “Some times.” which would have been more welcome as an end-of-side pala(e cleanser. But “Hail, Hail” more than picks up the pace, and it’s atovesong! “Who You Are” has been criticized for its anemic world beat, and “Smile” has been called a bad Neil Y oung rip-off, but if you listen without prejudice, you find tliat both are perfectly pa.ssable WRDU night music. "In My Tree” is the best thing here - if Eddie Veddereverchununies to the news media, lie’ll ioseahugesourceofinspirat ion. (Andlthink 1 hear Stone Gossard’s riff from side-projeci Brad’s “20th Century” in “In My Tree’”.^ chorus.) “Habit” is. predictably, about drug use, but lis(en for Veddcr’s spin un Mike Watt’s “speakin’ as a child of the 70’s” line from his hilarious “Against the 70's," on which Vedder siuig for the Walt compilation, “Ball Hog or Tug Boat.” Fresh blood Jack Irons brings his Chili Peppers sound most notably to “Red Mosquito” in a swinging 6/8. Gossard sings on “Mankind,” which would beallover tlie Top 40 had the Gin Blossoms released it. There’s a heaping helping of soft songs here, all su-oiig except for "I’m Open.” Vedder talks over it. but Langston Hughes he ain’t. The ballads would play better if they were the exception rather than the rule, but make no mistake: this is an end-to-end album. You’ll mean to rewind a track and never gel around to it because tlie next one’s so good. Hail, hail, Pearl Jam, Mark Your Calendars! White Iris Ball “Puttin’ on the Rilz" Saturday, October 26 at the Ritz in Raleigh yp.m.'lam. Band: The Usuals more information to follow only hope ii doesn’t end up in smoke. GOOD WEEKLY INCOME processing mail for national company! Free supplias, postagei No selling! Bonuses! Start immediateiy! Genuine opportunity! RushSAS.E^ V M C. SUITE 174 1861 M.PEDERAI. aWT H0LI.7W00D,FI. 33020
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