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sion is necessary.
Performers have a minimum of three years
training. After completing a two-year apprentice
ship, trainees will go on to a probationary junior
year and upon successful completion, their posi
tion in the troupe is determined.
Kodo is involved in a number of projects
including “Earth Celebration” where it collabo
rates with other villages on Sado Island. The
ensemble is also involved in the Cultural
Foundation, managing the KODO Apprentice
Centre and conducting cultural research pro
grams and workshops.
There has been an overwhelming response to
KODO performances, Rosen said. Audience
members commented they have left the show
feeling energized and transformed.
People who have heard about the show or
seen a picture may have certain expectations
prior to the show, Rosen said.
“That does not make them prepared for what
KODO does,” Rosen said. "They are surprised by
what they feel.”
Rosen was careful not to reveal specific details
and elements in the performance and said that
audience members are better left in the dark
before the show.
“Come with an open mind, leave preconcep
tions at the door and try to take it in with all your
senses,” he said.
Taiwanese
movie long
butengaging
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text.
Those who speak
Taiwanese will have no prob
lem, but those who do not
would be wise to bring their
glasses and get a good night’s
sleep.
It is easy to see why Edward
Yang won best director at the
2000 Cannes Film Festival,
especially since they have all
day to walk around and view
films that are similar in nature.
Its direction is very easy on
the eyes. The landscapes are
breathtaking, and the director
definitely didn’t cut any cor
ners on the awesome represen
tation of bridges which do
seem be a theme in this movie.
Overall, I would recom
mend this movie to anyone
who is intrigued with how a
middle age crisis affects a fam
ily.
I would also recommend it
to anyone who has a night to
kill -1 mean a whole night
“Yi YT Not rated. Directed
by Edward Yang. Starring WU
Nienjen, Issey Gogata, Elaine
JIN, KeUy LEE, and Jonathan
Chang. Starting Thursday at
the Mary Riepma Ross Film
Malkovich, Dafoe shine
in 'Shadow of a Vampire'
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to the grainy, dreamy black and
white of early film.
What is achieved through
this is a disconnect between the
two worlds within the movie.
The events of the real world, in
which Mernau is filming a
Dracula picture, are forgotten
when the crank begins turning.
As long as the camera is rolling,
we’re in a different reality.
Mernau sums it up nicely
when he says at one point, "if
the lens doesn't see it, it doesn’t
exist."
What begins then as what
looks like a corny little picture
about an eccentric German
director takes on a deeper, more
recalcitrant subject - that of
where reality ends and our own
phantasms begin. The subject is
approached through a mixture
of reality and illusion.
Nearly every actor in this
film works to create this effect,
particularly Dafoe and
Malkovich, the main charac
ters. Dafoe, who earned a Best
Supporting Actor nomination
for the performance, is delight
fully sinister as Schreck playing
Dracula, and even somewhat
comical in certain parts.
Malkovich plays director
Mernau with his usual preci
sion. Even Memau’s outbursts
and fanatical tendencies are
counterbalanced by
Malkovich’s steady control over
his character.
This film is not for everyone,
but not because it’s overly
offensive, raw or violent. On the
contrary, it feels like entering a
dream, like drawing back an
ectoplasmic curtain and walk
ing in on the subconscious. But
some people may not make the
connection with the film and
will simply find it boring.
This movie is made for those
who crave the unorthodox, the
eclectic and the strange.
Whether you decide to venture
into this film depends largely
on the degree of that craving.
Elton John 'big fan' of Eminem
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because "artists are tuned to
artistic expression, and I don’t
think any of them would favor
stifling that.”
One of the few gay artists
who has voiced disdain for
Eminem is Boy George, whose
gender-bending ways with the
band Culture Club pushed the
boundaries in the 1980s.
“Nobody wants to sort of
battle against success. It’s one
of those things; if you slag him
off, you on the one hand will
appear bitter, and on the other
hand you will appear uncool,”
George said.
“If Pol Pot had a successful
record, people would probably
be running around him as
well."
He accused John of per
forming with Eminem simply to
bolster his own hipness.
“Eminem is a really cool
young artist, and Elton I guess
feels it’s good for his career. I
don’t think it’s anything deeper
than that,” he said.
“The thing is, €lton John is
fine, Elton John is a multimil
lionaire - Elton John lives in a
bubble,” George said. “But what
about all the little kids who live
in the projects, the effeminate
boys or lesbians and gays out
there in the real world, getting
beat up? What about people like
Matthew Shepard? They don't
live in that bubble.”
John has said he does not
believe Eminem is hateful.
“I’m a big fan of his music,
and I said I would be delighted
to” perform with him, the
British superstar told the Los
Angeles Times. “If I thought for
one minute that he was (hate
ful), I wouldn't do it”
When Eminem’s Grammy
nominations were^announced
last month, Recording
Academy President Michael
Newsmakers
Rapper Eminem reaches out to his fans during a concert April 21,2000, in Montreal.
Greene defended artists' right
“to say things that anger peo
ple."
He called Eminem’s lyrics
“truly some of the most repug
nant things that we’ve heard
recorded this year,” but added:
“He hates everybody. He hates
himself. He uses the micro
phone as a therapist most of the
time and doesn't edit himself.”
Gay activists plan to picket
the awards ceremony.
George supports the rally,
but wonders whether attention
paid to Eminem isn’t counter
productive.
“I think sort of blacklisting
him is just as bad,” he said. “The
more people moan about him
being there, the more people
moan about what he’s saying,
the more records he seems to
sell.”
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