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‘Deep Blue Sea’ is
so bad, it’s good
By Patrick Miner
Staff writer
Don’t call it a comeback, LL Cool
J’s been in movies for years.
The star of Gap and rap that’s crap
has returned to the big screen for
“Deep Blue Sea,” which is Cool
James’s first major film since last
year’s “Halloween H20.” “Deep Blue
Sea” also features Samuel L. Jackson,
Michael Rapaport, and newcomer
Saffron Burrows as Dr. Susan
McAlester.
The film is the tale of Dr.
McAlester desperately trying to find
the cure to Alzheimer’s disease. She
finds the best way to end human suffer
ing is to genetically re-engineer shark
brain activity to see if any effects could
be transferred to human brain tissue.
Besides it being an unethical exper
iment, McAlester learns that the
increased brain size makes the sharks
smarter. After the experiment, the
sharks have human-like thought
processes to aid them in chomping bad
actors.
If the plot sounds a little far
fetched, that’s because it is. However,
it’s not more far-fetched than LL Cool
J’s character Sherman Dudley, a chef
who befriends a parrot, outsmarting
these super-sharks time and time again.
Considering the plot is unbeliev
able and several events in the film
make no sense, the film carries itself
with plot twists that are both funny and
The Fact?
Title: "Deep Blue Sea”
Stars: Saffron Burrows, Samuel L
Jackson, LL Cool J, Thomas Jane
Director. Renny Harlin
Rating: R
Grade: C+
Five Words: Sharks and LL do battle
exciting.
The characters in “Deep Blue Sea”
commit so many inconceivable mis
takes that it’s amusing to see how long
it will take for them to get eaten. In the
end, the film is like an episode of
“Scooby Doo,” where the challenge
this time is to guess which characters
will be the last ones standing.
Due to the simplicity of the film,
Jackson and Rapaport have mediocre
parts and therefore give forgettable
performances. Burrows is simply bor
ing as Dr. McAlester, and she is unable
to carry any dramatic moments of the
film. The sole good performance is
courtesy of Thomas Jane, who plays a
shark expert that tries to help the other
characters stay alive.
However, this film is best enjoyed
when not analyzing anything such as
characters, plot or anything that makes
a good movie. This film is the perfect
example of a elementary summer flick,
and it’s a nice brain rest from the more
thought provoking films of the season.
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small town entrepreneurship that As for the side dishes, they are
By JJ. HARDER Nebraska loves. Its symbolic status classic potlkuck-types, with potato
Staff Writer is rivaled be only one thing - its salad, cole slaw, and the like. The
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America is not just mom and Smokehouse serves hometown Sunday afternoon meal taste, com
apple pie. It s not just the flag and the barbecued foods and appropriate plete with French onion straws. The
fourth of July. It’s good old-fash- side dishes for takeout or catering, steak fries are the best items on the
ioned capitalism, which is alive and The meat is the deli’s strongpoint, menu. Try dipping them in ketchup
well in Lincoln’s restaurant scene. offering everything from ribs to and see what real potatoes are all
Smokehouse Deli, 48th & Hwy. poultry to wings to sandwiches. The about.
2, embodies this spirit of Americana chicken is meaty and is marinated in But when I think of the macaroni
by sticking it to corporate America, a great sauce. The flavor isn’t strong and cheese, images of Selleck Hall
Understand that Smokehouse throughout the breast or leg, but the food are conjured up as well. Stick to
moved into a space’ previously occu- sauce is good enough so that a little the blue box and make them yourself
pied by the all-too-trendy national goes a long way. at home.
chain, Subway. And one of the own- The turkey breast sandwich All in all Smokehouse Grill is
ers left her job at Applebee’s, a nau- however doesn’t go very far at all. much like your typical Boston
seating excuse for a restaurant that is The meat doesn’t have that “smoke- Market, without the glitzy signs and
about as common as a belt buckle on house” flavor, and it was minimal fancy chicken roasters. The food
East Campus. compared to the bread. maty be up and down, but be confi
And the Smokehouse itself is The wings are probably the best dent that supporting a place like this
actually a branch of the Watering in town. You get all the taste that the is good for the community.
Hole, a local bar & grill. So Watering Hole offers daily without Sure, the food is good, but the
Smokehouse sort of signifies the the smoke and dingy surroundings, capitalism is great.
Rock opera returns to Lincoln stage
By Patrick Kelly
StaffWriter
“See me, feel me, touch me, heal
me,” are seminal lyrics in the world of
rock and roll. They are the plaintiff
request of Tommy, the title character
in The Who’s rock opera currently
running at the Lincoln Community
Playhouse.
This production, which runs until
Aug. 22 is the latest incarnation of
Pete Townshend’s brainchild which
was first released 30 years ago. The
story centers on a young boy who,
after witnessing his father’s murder,
becomes blind, deaf and mute. The
only contact Tommy has with the out
side world is through a pinball
machine. Soon Tommy’s skill bring
him fame and fortune and a new chal
lenge, the life of an icon.
The original album is revered as a
classic and cemented The Who’s leg
endary status. The opera contains
songs that would become stage
favorites for the band such as “It’s a
Boy,” “I’m Free” and “Pinball
Wizard.”
One of the most famous exhibi
tions of this album came at a dawn
performance at the original
Woodstock Music and Arts Festival
in 1969. In 1974, the band tried to
capture that same momentum on the
silver screen with Ken Russell’s film
adaptation. Despite guest appear
ances by Elton John, Tina Turner and
Eric Clapton, the film was a critical
failure.
The 1990s have brought
“Tommy” back to the main stage. The
opera was a smash hit on Broadway
thus prompting touring companies. A
reason for the opera’s longevity
would be because its central message
is as timely as ever. “Tommy” deals
with a person who is caught in a
media hype, sensationalized, com
mercialized and exploited.
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