Meredith Herald
April 25, 2001
8
Campus Reviews
Freddy Got Fingered far from fantastic
Jennifer Boyce
SiaKWrHer
Are you a fan of over-the-
top sight gags, raunchy bath
room humor and can-only-be-
described-as-perverted sexual
innuendoes? Then Freddy Got
Fingered is a movie you proba
bly already have seen.
On Friday, the new movie
starring Tom Green {Road
Trip), Julie Hagerty, Rip Tom,
Eddie Kaye Thomas, Drew
Barrymcwe and Marisa Gough
ian hit theaters.
It begins with Gord (Green),
as a 28-year-old man who still
lives at home with his parents
and has not yet found a job.
Oord is attempting to follow
his dreams of becoming an ani
mator. While pursuing this
dream and then facing rejection
several times, he meets a hand
icapped young woman named
Betty, who is pursuing her
dreams of creating a rocket
powered wheel chair.
They begin a relationship as
Gord continues to fight with
his parents, particularly his
dad, who are ashamed of him
because he has not made any
thing of himself and is
approaching the age of 30.
The plot gets deeper and
even more ridiculous when his
mother leaves his father when
rumors begin that his father
sexually molested his 25-year*
old brother.
The movie continues as
Gord and his father end up in
Pakistan when Gord spends his
one million dollars that he
receives for the cartoon he cre
ated, “Zebras in America.”
The title of this movie
should be enough to allow
movie-goers to realize that it is
not going to be the latest Meg
Ryan/Tom Hanks romantic
comedy.
This movie is rated R for
crude sexual language and
bizarre humor, as well as
strong language, much to be
Seek refuge, relaxation
at Vineyard Cafe
Dana Turnage
Guest Writer
As fmais approach, I must
recommend that Meredith stu
dents try retreating to the Vine
yard cafe when studying. One
of the best-kept secrets of
Raleigh, the Vineyard Cafe was
opened by the Triangle Vine
yard Christian Fellowship in
December of 1999.
Located a mile from Mered
ith's campus at 3915 Western
Blvd (beside Amedeo’s), The
Vineyard is a great place to
visit if you are longing to
escape your dorm room and are
looking for a new place to
study, relax, or play.
The main attraction of the
Vineyard is, of course, the food
and coffee. The cafe offers a
modest but tempting variety for
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Meals easily fit within the col
lege student’s budget since all
sandwiches and salads are
roughly $5 or less and soup is
no more than $3.
Sandwiches are served on
freshly baked bread; I person
ally recommend the smoked
turkey with provolone cheese.
A variety of soups, including
clam chowder and tomato, are
dished out through the week.
} did not find the garden
salad as tempting as the other
menu items since it was merely
a few tomatoes and croutons
scattered among iceberg let
tuce. Still, there are five other
types of salad available, and
you can add items such as
chicken or seafood to your .
The Vineyard offers enough
delicious choices to make a
handsome meal.
The Vmeyard is not only a
great stop for lunch or dinner
but for a snack as well. It
serves a variety of pastries,
bagels, cookies and other
desserts that are replenished
each morning and are guaran
teed to satisfy your sweet
tooth. My favorite is the choco
late croissant, but all are worth
a try.
If you are already indulging
in dessert, you might as well
have coffee to complement it.
The Vineyard’s selection will
thrill coffee lovers. Cappucci
no, latte, mocha, and Ameri
cano are a few of the coffee
choices that can be served with
or without caffeine.
All of the Vineyard’s coffee
is made from locally roasted
Larry’s Beans and can be
enhanced with any of the 19
syrups available.
Syrup flavors range from
vanilla to coconut, from butter
scotch to almond, from rasp
berry to mint chocolate. If you
want warmth but don’t like
coffee, the Vineyard also offers
steamers, tea and the classic
hot cocoa.
More than reasonably
priced, the most expensive cof
fee would be an X-Large
mocha priced at $2.85. A large
hot chocolate is only $1.75,
while tea is $L25.
Another attraction of the
Vineyard is the atmosphere. It
has a warmth and appeal creat
ed by dozens of little details.
On all Saturday and some Fri
day nights a variety of musi
cians grace the small stage of
the cafe.
The sweet and sassy notes of
blues, jazz, and acoustic rock
always draw a crowd. The
cafe’s walls are adorned with
large windows as well as works
of art created locally and pro
vided by the Local Art Associ
ation. These works of art are on
display for roughly two months
before they are either pur
chased or replaced.
The staff of the Vineyard
cafe is helpful. On occasion the
manager, Richard Friedman,
will walk around personally
greeting people and passing out
coupons. Staff members call
regular customers by name and
are particularly patient with
those who might not under
stand the terms latte or steamer.
The Vineyard cafe is an ideal
place for Meredith students.
The cafe’s slogan is: “The
Vineyard Cafe is place of
refuge from a hurried and
impersonal world.”
For additional information
visit www.vineyardcafe.com or
call (919) 858-8700.
expected of a movie starring
Green.
The humor was bizarre and
extremely disgusting, as any
one who's seen MTV’s The
Tom Green Show might have
guessed. I found it be very
inappropriate and tasteless.
Second only to The Talented
Mr. Ripley, Freddy Got Fin
gered is by far one of the worst
movies that I have ever
watched. I do not recommend
going to see this movie and dis
courage those who like to wait
till movies come out on video
from even renting this movie.
And just seeing this movie
with Green kind of makes you
wonder how he and co-star
Barrymore, who also co-
starred with him in last fall’s
Charlie’s Angels, ever fell in
love and got married.
Hedda Gabler, by
Meredith Per
forms, runs
through Sunday
Meredith Performs, for its
last production of the semester,
is staging Hedda Gabler, by
Henrik Ibsen, author of A
Doll's House.
The play runs tonight
through Saturday, Apr. 28, at 8
p.m., and the last performance
will be on Sunday, Apr. 29 at 2
p.m. All performances will be
in the Studio Theatre. TTie per
formances are free to Meredith
students, faculty and staff. Oth
ers pay a small fee for tickets.
Call the box office at 760-
2840.
Hedda Gabler should be an
enjoyable, intimate experience
for all who attend.
Betsy Walters (standing) stars as Hedda and Nichole
Cantwell (seated) stars as Thea in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda
Gabler, performed by Meredith Performs.