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Dalmations stay cute in live-version movie By Ann Stack Movie Critic On a scale of one to 10, the cute ness factor in this movie is — you guessed it — about 101. One of the most anticipated mov ies of the holiday season, Disney’s “101 Dalmations,” opened last week to high ratings and long lines of puppy crazed children of all ages. This is a live version of the origi nal animated heart-warming tale, com plete with good guys, bad guys and spots galore. Glenn Close (“Fatal Attraction”) stars as the ultra-evil businesswoman and puppy snatcher Cruella De Vil. Jeff Daniels (“Dumb and Dumber”) plays video-game creator Roger Dearly, and Joely Richardson (“Four Wedding and a Funeral”) plays his fashion designer wife Anita, who works for Cruella. Roger and Anita are literally thrown together early in the film by their smit ten dogs, dalmations named Pongo and Perdy. After a double wedding, Perdy aadAnitabeth find themselves expect ing Perdy and Pongo are the proud parents of 15 puppies, and Cruella, who’s got a fetish for furs, is itchingto get her hands on them. When Anita won’t sell; Cruella enlists some shady characters to help bar get what she wants. Enter bumbling bad guys Horace and Jasper (Mark Williams and Hugh Laurie) and a host of barnyard critters to overtake them. Writer/producer John Hughes de parted from the original animated film j here—there are no dubbed-in voices i ■ 1 ■■■ - 1 * Film: 101 Dalmations Director: Stephen Herek Cast: Glenn Close, JelT Daniels Grade: B+ Rating: G Five Words: Cuteness abounds in Disney flick for any of the animals. That’s fine, be cause these animals are so well-trained, they don't need to speak English to communicate (thanks to animal trainer Gary Gero). One character who does communi cate loud and clear is Close. She plays the villainess role to the hilt, and with her two-toned hair, four-inch spiked heels, snarling demeanor and scathing one-liners, she’s so psychotic she makes rock singer Marilyn Manson look like Mr. Rogers. In fact, it’s some of those creepy scenes that makes this more of an adult’s movie than one for the kids. There are some rather dark scenes that Granted, most of the gratuitious violence is directed at the two bumbling idiots who manage to get outsmarted at every turn by disgust ingly cute protagonists. (Hmm... where have we seen that holiday movie for mula before?) It just might be a good idea to preview the movie first before taking the kids to see it. All in all, this flick will leave you howling. Although it’s marketed to ward children, there are some parts only adults will fully appreciate. Art student plans to vomit on paintings TORONTO (AP) — A Cana dian art student says he can’t stom ach some of the art world’s master pieces. So, he is on a mission to publicly vomit on at least three of the paintings—each time in a pri mary color. Jubal Brown of Ontario College of Art and Design fortified himself with blue gelatin and cake icing on Nov. 2 before throwing up on “Composition in Red, White and Blue” by Piet Mondrian at New York’s Museum of Modem Art. He spewed red on Raoul Dufy’s “Harbour at le Havre” at the Art Gallery of Ontario in May. He said he plans to gush yellow on an as-yet unannounced target. The 22-year-old student said that the paintings arc “stale, obedi ent, lifeless crusts” His intention: “Tb destroy art, to liberate individu als and living creatures from its ba nal, oppressive representation.” He claims he needed no induce ment to heave on the Dutch master’s work in New York, which he called a typically geometric canvas. “I found its lifelessness threat ening and it made me sick,” he said. Neither of the paintings defiled - ,-r., »>y* so far has suffered permanent dam age and Brown has not been ar rested. Shortly after the New York at tack, museum spokesman John Wolfe was quoted in the New York Times as saying, “It was an unfor tunate incident, a fluke.” Glenn Lowry, director of the New York museum, has been in touch with the Ontario museum since then and the two museums have begun an investigation, the Please see ART on 14 praaiaw SPRING BREAK STUDENT SPECIAL 10 sessions for $20 with student LD. Offer good only with this ad Expires 3-31-97 Wolff System Bed & Bulbs for a darker tan PWTWs 70th & A |i}/4*M998 | $ I I •vs I I _- -- -- — -_i____ ■... .. ■ i i ^ : ^ r ' ". ; . ^0'omens Services, P.C. • Abortion Services Performed During All Legal Stages • Tubal Ligations Birth Control - • Awake or Asleep • Outpatient Care • Total OB/GYN Health Care • Canng Staff Call (or an appointment: 201 South 46th St. 554-0110 or 1 -800-922-8331 . 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