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Film touches heart, stirs mind
“The Joy Luck
Club”
It is rare that a film comes along
that can touch the heart and stir the
mind.
“The Joy Luck Club” is one
such film.
Based on the novel by Amy Tan,
it is the story of mothers’ love and
the barriers that stand between
mother and child. It’s the story of
how little two people can know
each other, even if they love each
other very dearly. It’s every daugh
ter’s desire to make her mother
proud and every mother’s pain and
inability to convey understanding.
And it is an inspiring and heart
tugging film.
“The Joy Luck Club” focuses on
pivotal moments in the lives of four
women, Suyuan (Kieu Chinh),
Lindo (Tsai Chin), Ying Ying
(France Nuyen), and An Mei (Lisa
Lu). Their extraordinary lives are
filled with much heartache and pain,
hopes and dreams, love and loss.
And, the hopes and fears they have
Courtesy Buena Vista Pictures
The complex story of two generations of Chinese
women and their American daughters unfold in the
movie, “The Joy Luck Club.”
for their daughters, June (Ming-Na
Wen), Waverly (Tamlyn Tomita),
Lena (Lauren Tom) and Rose
(Rosalind Chao) respectively.
Their four daughters’ stories—
and troubles — are also an impor
tant part of the film. Their mothers’
wisdom, often ignored, is impor
tant in each of the daughters’ lives.
Director Wayne Wang and
screenwriters Ronald Bass and Amy
Tan seem to keep true to Tan’s
novel, telling most of the story in
various flashbacks. What could
have been an annoying distraction
is instead an intimate Took at each
person.
Credit must 20, of course, to the
fine ensemble of actresses that make
this film so wonderful. Many are (
familiar faces, but never before
have they been given the opportu
nity to play centerstage—and they
do it very, very well. Hollywood
should take heed: there is abundant
talent in this picture.
“The Joy Luck Club” is being
touted as a film to take a hankie to.
That’s not too far off base, but it
would be a good idea to take your
mother, too.
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Rap
Continued from Page 9
Not all of Lincoln's rappers are
college students.
Tara Moody attends Lincoln North
east High School and raps under the
name Baby T. She moved to Lincoln
from Bronx, New York. She said she
comes from a musical family. Several
of her cousins are rappers, and her
father is a DJ.
Moody said she used a combina
tion of styles in her rap, which all
reflected her influences.
Moody said she rapped righteous
like Queen Latifah and fun like MC
Lyte.
Rap isn’t destined to be her career,
though. She has other plans.
“I want to be a doctor," she said.
Rudy Moseley, also known as Deja
Ranks, grew up in the Bahamas with
his Jamaican parents. He moved to
Lincoln to attend UNL.
"Like rap is (big) here, (dance hall
reggae) is the big thing down there.
That’s all they play,” Moseley said.
Moseley, ajuniorbiology/pre-den
tistry major, said the dance hall style
was different from the traditional rap
sound.
“They dance different. To me it’s
more fun,” he said.
Moseley said rap for him was “kind
of a hobby,” even though he wrote his
own lyrics and produced all the tracks.
Moseley said he thought Rapfest
would be good because it would “bring
a lot of people together because a lot
of people like it.”
Jones said Lincoln’s lack of a real
rap scene had been a concern of local
rap artists and fans.
“There’s no place period (for rap),”
Jones said.
Suhayb agreed, but said he had
noticed a slight increase in the number
of rap concerts in Lincoln.
Things have “picked up slowly but
steadily,” Suhayb said. He cited the
recent rap shows with national acts
Positive K and Kris Kross and the
upcoming Rockin’ Robin/APU show
that features Shabba Ranks and Mad
Cobra. In November, national acts
Boss, Onyx, Tag Team and Scatface
will visit Lincoln.
While things have improved, there
still isn’t much rap in Lincoln, partly
because of the many misconceptions
about the music, Suhayb said.
< “Rap has been stereotyped,” he said.
“People are afraid of what might hap
pen.
“(Rappers) don’t create the prob
lems; they rap about them," he said.
Admission to the all-ages event is
$7 and $5 with a UNL student I.D.
There will be an additional $1 dis
count for people who bring a can of
food, which will be donated to the
Lincoln and Omaha food banks.
An after-concert party will be held
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The party will
feature DJ Dynomike from Muvement
Enterprises. Admission to die party is
included in the Rapfest price.
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