tember 20, 1993
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AND REVIEWS

 

alactic Cowboys.

  
  
 
   
  
  
   
 
 
   
  
  
  
  

iewed by Trent Ernst

Vocal harmony, says a good friend of
e, is an art form that is overused and
ly done well.

n’t often that you run across a drop of
ty amidst the dréss of popular music
Be days.

Taylor is one of those producers who,
created high karate-quality works of art.
prima group, Kings X is garnered much
se from musicians for balancing well-
ught harmonies over top intelligent,
Hressive riffs.

The Galactic Cowboys have these
e beautiful harmonies but they sit
hed atop
abyss of molten music. King’s X is lyrical.
ise guys are just plain heavy. Imagine, if
will, the Beatles meeting Metallica in a
-for-all musical brawl. It’s nasty, but
asionally slips into softer, acoustic driven

space In Your Face

moments, offering a brief respite from the
overall aural assault.

Lyrically, the Cowboys tend towards
the overstated. Recently MuchMusic was
considering banning the song ‘If | Were a
Killer’ because of its lyrical content. The song
is anti-abortion, but perhaps the meaning
gets lost behind the words.

Another example of the meaning
getting lost is in the song ‘Mrs. Leslie,’
perhaps the best song on the album. The
song is about a well to do socialite who locks
her husband up in the attic and pretends he
died. The point? Don’t gossip about other
peoples failings, because you probably have
problems of your own.

The Galactic Cowboys: Coming at
you like a runaway circus train; Loud,
colourful, and a whole lot of fun.

 

 

Other Press Telereg Extravaganza! 15

 

Laughs at Warp Speed
- Treking on Granville Island a
Galactic Gargle Blaster of a Time
reviewed by Mike Gaylord

In the second to last week of week of July, I managed to scrape up enough cash to go and see a
couple of plays ( yeah, and you thought we always got in for free! ) down on Granville Island. Although
this was not a regular thing for me.I decided it would change from the same old video/ movie night out.
Being somewhat conservative I wanted to stick to something semi-conventional and something I might
know a little bit about. Well I found it. Or rather them... “StarTrick the Musical” and “StarTrick the Next
Improvisation”. | had seen their posters around but had never given them much serious thought, but
“Oh well! What the hell!” I thought as I threw: caution to the wind and boldly went where I had rarely
gone before.

First I saw “ Star Trick the Musical” There I saw Captain Quirk, Spork, guts/ (bones) and Lt.
therrya on board the StarShip Improvise boldly seeking stuff, etc. Where they went and what they discov-
ered all depended on the audience and their suggestions. The idea was a good one. With flashbacks to
my drama class. I watched as they squeezed in all of the standard tricks that a theatre sports troupe
would do. It almost seemed like the show was a shallow excuse for some be tay korieatina! showing of
But thal Was okay with me, I loved it

  
 
 
 
 

present in one form or another.’ :
eee rimben Lage .

 

 
  
 
 
  

“Improvise”)
great time and it ‘opened 1 me up iat to d co

_ They came and went where no o other Comedy troupe had gone - before... these were |
of the Theatre Sports Troupe at the Water Front theatre on Granville Island. :
_ ‘The final performance v was on July 31st (but it may possibly be playing dewhere afterwards).

 

 

 

 

Qui Joue en Chine? A Review of the Story of Qiu Ju.

 

eT A OE SE IED PII AE
As Qiu Ju (played by
Gong Li) deals with each
level of bureaucracy she
moves further and further
away from home...

 

 

 

iewed by Manjit Brar

 

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

I was in the Other Press room one day when I overheard someone talking about the movie The
y of Qiu Ju, which won the Golden Lion Award at the 1992 Venice Film Festival. My interest perked,
nd out that it was directed by Zhang Yimou, the same person who previously directed Ju Dou and
the Red Lantern.

Qiu Ju is a story of a woman in modern day northern China, who is determined to get justice for
ong done to her husband by the village chief. This isn’t as easy as it seems, as Qiu Ju encounters
baucracy and layers of red tape which try to hold her back. She is also condemned and ridiculed by a

y knit society which believes that a woman should not be as independent and headstrong as Qiu Ju.

As Qiu Ju deals with each level of bureaucracy she moves further and further away from home, as
she travels from her small, rural village to a big city metropolis, teeming with people and activity. The
story is at times quite slow paced and you'll get frustrated and wish that it would speed up, but that is
exactly how Zhang Yimou wants you to feel. The audience experiences the same frustration that Qiu Ju
experiences on screen as she deals with the governments red tape. You will realize things are going jus:
as slow for Qiu Ju and that makes it easier to relate to her and her plight.

This movie is a‘must see’ not only for the comedy or the great acting done by Gong Li as Qiu Ju,
but also for the filming itself. This movie gives its audience a look at everyday life in China, as half of the
film was shot with a hidden camera. It’s a great movie to initiate people to foreign films.