Arts ^Entertainment
Tuesday, January 30,1996 Page 9
Cliff A. Hicks
Web sites
scrutinize
conspiracy
The following sentence is true. The
previous sentence was false. Now you
know the truth... or at least... my truth.
Is the government hiding things
from us? Are aliens really living among
us? Is everything you see on “X-Files”
based on truth?
The Web is one of the last frontiers
that is not yet fully censored. It’s like
a giant ham radio where information
is up for the taking, and the display
ing.
So you think there’s a conspiracy
going on? You think THEY might be
trying to pull something over your
eyes? Seek and ye shall find.
The Internet houses many vesti
bules of information, where people
think the same as you. If you want to
begin your search for enlightenment,
a good place to start is with The Con
spiracy Pages (http://w3 .one.net/~con
spire/).
Here you can read about people’s
theories and what facts they have to
back them up. Where does the proof
lie? What kind of things are they try
ing to hide?
They are not alone. There are oth
ers, like them, who find out what re
ally happened, who want to know the
facts, who trust no one, who believe
the truth is out there.
Another place to find refuge is
(http://www.conspiracy.org/con
spiracy/conspiracy.html). Here, at the
Department of Conspiracy Investiga
tion and Propagation, you can report
your conspiracy, as well as glance
through the conspiracies reported by
others like you.
wuiu ui wdiiimg, uns page uiay
come and go at will. Its authors claim
to have top-secret information, and
one never knows when THEY will
come to wreak havoc.
Another place to continue your
quest for knowledge is at (http://a
albionic.com/a-albionic.html). This
page has no name, nor does it require
one. It merely houses information of
many different types.
Or maybe you’re interested in just
one specific conspiracy. November
22,1963? One gunman? Many? Doc
tors losing a brain? Suspects turning
up dead? Oswald? Ruby? A man
named Kennedy? Are any of these
facts solid? Does anyone have proof
of any of it?
A whole page is dedicated to the
Kennedy Assassination (http://
mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm).
Here you can search out information
regarding the Warren Report, and ev
ery single bit of press since then, as
well as some things that never saw
print.
Another place is (http://
www.webcom.com/~lpease), where
the page’s author is convinced Orwell
was right: The victors always rewrite
history to their benefit. The author
takes it upon himself to sort out what
really happened.
If it’s aliens you want to know
about, try (http://www.islandnet.com/
~micron/alien.htm) to see if they can
help you.
Of course, the real truth is, I did it
all. I implanted a listening device in
every single copy of the DN, and I’ll
know every personal secret you have.
Big Brother IS watching you...
Hicks is a freshman news-editorial and
English major and a Daily Nebraskan staff
reporter.
'Angels in America’
Two-part play crosses controversial lines
By Brian Priesman
Staff Reporter
Seven hours of sex, death and
religion.
That’s what audiences can expect when j
the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Angels in America” comes||
to the Lied Center tonight and Wednesday at 7:30. f§|
In describing the two-part play, playwright Tonyt|:
Kushner has said that “Angels” is a box office rarity as||:
a non-musical sellout. m
In its straightforward dealings with highly political i||
issues such as homosexuality, AIDS, and Ronald f||
Reagan’s presidency, “Angels in America” crosses ft
many boundaries that other Broadway shows haven’t Jj|l
even approached. mjL
The story concerns the lives of several diverse i|||
couples whose lives intertwine, sometimes against mm
their will. .
Set against the political backdrop of the end of the mm
Cold War and the rise of AIDS,“Angels in America” Wm
follows several gay men, a young Mormon couple
and the infamous Roy Cohn as they all learn to deal §|§H
with their own secrets and destinies. l&i
Cohn was the conservative lawyer who died of m
AIDS in 1986. He made a name for himself as Sen.
Joseph McCarthy’s right-hand man during the Commu
nist witch
hunts of the 1950s. He also
arranged for Julius and Ethel *
(osenberg to be executed as :
spies for the Soviet Union.
Cohn was anti-Semitic and
homophobic, although he was Jewish
| as well as gay.
“Angels in America Part One: Millenium
Approaches,” which will be presented tonight
at 7:30, follows Cohn’s assistant, a young Mor
mon man trying to cope with his pill-popping
wife and his own homosexuality, and a gay man
ij,. dying of AIDS and coming face to face with a
f beautiful angel of death,
p:-. “Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika,”
P| which plays Wednesday night at 7:30, continues the
||f story as the angel reveals its plan: Prior, the AIDS
'S infected man, is to become a celestial messenger,
ijl Although each part can be seen as a separate
ip play, Kushner recommends seeing both.
||§ “Angels in America” deals with controversial
§f|: contemporary issues and includes male nudity as
jg well as profanity.
1|! Tickets for each night are on sale at the Lied
pt Center box office for S3 6, $30 and $20. Students
pay half price.
Photo courtesy of the Lied Center
Hard knocks spur big-screen romances
Steadfast
love in
Las Vegas
By Gerry Beltz
him Critic
As a gut-wrenching tale of alco
holism, sexuality and human nature,
“Leaving Las Vegas” makes an im
pression on the viewer.
Set against the backdrop of Las
Mnifin Vegas—land of
IflOVIc high stakes and
Review lowlifes-Ben
1 . Sanderson
i ... in a
(Nicolas Cage)
has come here to
end his life. His
alcoholism has
cost himhis fam
ily, his friend
_ ships and his job.
He nas come to Las Vegas to liter
ally drink himself to death.
Whether drunk or sober, Ben does
show his one Achilles heel — he’s
lonely. The companionship of hav
ing someone, anyone, to talk to and
spend time with is the only thing
keeping him alive.
See VEGAS on 10
Photo courtesy of United Artists Inc.
Elisabeth Shue and Nicolas Cage star in Mike Figgis’ award
winning drama “Leaving Las Vegas.”
Story line
blooms like
red roses
By Brian Priesman
Film Critic
A few words of warning—do not
see this film without a date.
“Bed of Roses” is a heartwarming
story about a once-in-a-lifetime kind
HJIjmiS a of love* This
IVIOVie storybook ro
RpifiPVtf mance tells the tale
nC T™ . of Lisa Walker
(Mary Stuart
Masterson), a
workaholic invest
ment banker who
doesn’t believe
that she has the
time for romance,
ana her mysterious secret aamirer,
floral designer Lewis Farrell (Chris
tian Slater).
Set against New York’s seasonal
backdrop, “Bed of Roses” is tailored
after the great Hollywood romances
such as “An Affair to Remember,”
“Sleepless in Seattle” and “When
Harry Met Sally.”
See ROSES on 10