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ENTERTAINMENT
‘Adventureland’ so-so effort for writer of ‘Superbad’ BY BRYAN MANGIERI Features Editor
“Adventureland,” the new comedy, simply tells a story well with a few laughs along the way. The key word is “few.” Set in 1987, James Brennan, played by Jesse Eisenberg, faces a setback when his father is demoted at work, so the college graduation present his parents initially promised—a trip to Europe—is now out of the question as well as the financial help James needed to pay for grad school in New York. Without much prior work experience, he finds a job at what seems to be the only place hiring in Pennsylvania, Adventureland, an amusement park. James’ job is remedial. His bosses are clueless. His co-workers are party animals. The film makes no statement, no substantial message, nothing of the sort. That would have been fine if there were more comedy thrown in, but in the end what we get is sappy, clichéd and just sort of satisfying. No, what we get is the standard story: boy meets girl, boy loses girl and we won’t ruin the rest, but you get the picture. The actors, however, give their best despite a less than stellar script by Greg Motolla, who also co-wrote “Superbad.” The girl in question, Em Lewin, played by Kristin Stewart (Twilight), is just distant enough to capture your attention and make you wonder what’s going through her head. Unfortunately, it’s not a lot once unraveled. Perhaps, the best part of the film is the comedy team of Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as the bosses of Adventureland. They shine, but only appear in the movie at points few and far between. The direction, also by Motolla, gives this film a truly 80s vibe. Motolla obviously wanted to present a piece of nostalgia that would fit in with classics like “The
Jesse Eisenberg pines after Kristen Stewart’s character Em Lewin in Miramax Films’ comedy, “Adventureland,” which is more like “Garden State” than “Superbad.” (Abbot Genser/Miramax Films/MCT)
Breakfast Club.” So if you’re a fan of that type of affair, you might like this movie. However, if you want to pee your pants laughing, skip this flick until you can rent it.
Hungry? PTK offers place at their table Oxfam Banquet slated Thursday, April 30 BY J.L. MORRISSEY Assistant Editor
The goal of Oxfam is to provide lasting solutions to poverty and hunger through education. (Photo provided by MCT Campus)
enlightening,” said Price. Tens of thousands of people take part in Oxfam America’s Fast for a World Harvest campaign every year at their churches, schools, colleges and community groups. “The event is free to attend, but we will be accepting donations for Oxfam,” Price said. Money raised from the event and on campus will go to Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Members of PTK, as well as NTSO, BSA and Go Green will be recruiting for the event and collecting donations throughout April. “We will also be collecting canned foods for the local food bank as well,” Price said. “At any given moment, there are 854 million people in the world suffering from hunger, and every day 30,000 children under the age of five die of preventable causes including
malnutrition,” said Price. “By participating in Oxfam America’s Fast campaign, we’re doing our part to try to raise awareness and change the reality faced by poor people across the world,” she said. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to reserve their place at the banquet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30 in the Student Center Main Dining Room. For more information or to “reserve a seat at the table” call Racheal Price 922-8014 or email her at rprice@rose.edu.
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RSC students are poised to take a stand against hunger Thursday, April 30. RSC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa is inviting community members, RSC students, faculty and staff to join the nation’s oldest and largest anti-hunger movement to raise awareness on the global food crisis and its relation to climate change. Oxfam America’s Fast for a World Harvest brings home the experience of living with poverty that is shared by millions in the US and overseas. Organizers of the event hope to bring together at least 100 people for the event. Participants will get a chance to experience a meal as a low income, middle income or upper income global citizen. This event is one of the thousands of events taking place across the country. “Participants will draw lots to determine what kind of dinner they will be served. What is interesting about the meals is the food is determined by the world’s average income. So, a low-income diner will expect to be served the equivalent of what an impoverished individual in Mexico or Ethiopia would be eating. The middle income diner will have a meal that is more like the poor in America,” said Racheal Price, vice president of leadership for PTK and Oxfam event organizer. “The event is part education and part dinner theater. We expect it to be fun, as well as
Norman Music Festival ent stages and venues around Norman. Most of the events festivities are to take place BY CHELSEA MCINTIRE on three full blocks of Main Staff Writer Street just east of the RailThe city of Norman will be road tracks. Main Street is to hosting their second annual be loaded with food vendors, music festival. The event art exhibits, and the site of th will be held April 25 from the four main stages of the 10:30 a.m. until midnight. In event. tradition the festival will be Of Montreal is to be headopen to all ages and is com- lining act of the festival. The pletely free to the public. band consists of front man This year’s festival will be Kevin Barnes, Bryan Poole, filled with multiple genres Dottie Alexander, Jamey of music and over 80 acts Huggins and Davey Pierce. performing on twelve differ- Of Montreal focuses on Indie
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pop beats and other forms of experimental music. Stylistically the band focuses on creating songs that either includes true often thought as humorous narratives about themselves or fictional characters. It is assumed that the band is to play music from their latest album “Skeletal Lamp” as well as new experimental songs. Another band that will be performing on the main stage is Man Man. Man Man is a all male group that features a large array of musical in-
struments in the songs. They have a heavy jazz and vaudeville experimental sound to each song. Members sing, hoot, holler and scream throughout each song. The group is also known for their very lively shows featuring lots of movement and dances. For a complete list of the events and performers for the festival one could visit the Norman Music Festival Web site at normanmusicfestival. com.