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Show ry " t p rr p f7'r'i"ri' 'P11 r 'i' The Park Record Section B Thursday, September 21, 1995 0 Page B3 I Peter Pan Syndrome scrutinized and the drug scene described by RICK BROUGH Record guest writer THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN Edward Burns shows talent with "The Brothers McMullen," but after watching the film, I'm a little baffled by the hosannas Burns received in winning the . Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The movie starts with an interesting inter-esting prologue. The patriarch of the McMullen clan is buried on Long Island. His widow then announces that after 35 years of a loveless marriage to a drunk, stupid stu-pid lout who was abusive to his wife and sons she's moving back to Ireland to her true love who is still waiting for her. The time line then jumps to five years later. We find that the three McMullen sons have developed to various stages of the Peter Pan Syndrome the boy who never grew up. They're all congenitally squeamish squea-mish about moving on to the commitment com-mitment stage of their lives. Commitment, to them, means being trapped in a life where they might become like their father, who they loathed. The brothers each have a different differ-ent story, a different neurosis and a different haircut. The youngest, Patrick (Michael McGlone), has a somewhat greasy pompadour, is just out of college and doesn't know what to do. While his Jewish girlfriend tries to ensnare him into a life she has planned for him, Patrick is distracted by a tomboy ex-girlfriend from his old neighborhood. neigh-borhood. Middle brother Barry, (director Burns), disdains romance and fancies fan-cies himself to be a love-'em-and-leave-'em type. He sports a floppy hairstyle in which his hair frames his face like a parenthesis. And Jack (Jack Mulcahey) seems to be the wise eldest brother, broth-er, since he is married and has settled set-tled down in the family's old house. However, behind his sober front topped by curly hair cut in a suburban trim he is terri- I v fip.fl hv HUMjMfr Vnprdstprit cii'-' ;l ! (10"!''-! !U.t! I.".;: 1 '."v'1 Starstream... Week of Sept. 21 -Sept. ARIES (March 21 - April 19) It's that time of the year when your thoughts turn to relationships and (oh, gosh) long term commitments. (With your impatient nature, "long terra" is anything where you actually need to wear the same outfit more than once , during your "relationship".) You're especially vulnerable to affairs of the heart on Sunday and Monday when the Moody Moon in your opposite sign requires that you accommodate your mate's desires instead of your own. The remainder of the week may make you darkly moody and magnetic. Find a dimly lit corner table in a dingy bar and think about every Humphrey and Lauren movie you ever saw. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) As the week begins you're feeling rather industrious and motivated. You want to get some work done in spite of the new Fall TV season (or perhaps because of it?). The New Moon on Sunday stimulates you to do something to improve your diet or your health. Have those summer barbecues left a little lit-tle "marshmallow" belt around your middle? Leave the car at home and . walk to the football game. So what if it's an Away game? Take your Walkman TV and a bag of diet marshmallows with you. GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) If you aren't feeling playful, lucky, and at least infatuated this weekend, then you were probably switched at birth and aren't really a Gemini. OK, maybe I'm overdoing it a little, but you surely should be having a pretty good time right now. With a predominance of planets in sociable Libra, it's an opportunity oppor-tunity for you Gemini's to show off your incredible skill at entertaining and amusing the masses. Jupiter's been messing around with your marriage house for awhile now. If you aren't married, you're probably thinking you should be. If you are married, you're probably wishing you weren't And if you don't know if you're married or not, then you must have had a great weekend in Las Vegas. ' ' ; CANCER (June 21 July 22) As if you weren't already touchy enough, the gathering of planets in the charming but slightly daffy sign of Libra drives you crazy with the endless superficial social situations in which you feel obliged to participate. , , (Especially the ones your mate has arranged to take place in your living room.) On Tuesday and Wednesday ( your lunar ruler joins the assertive plan-, et Mars in the intense sign of Scorpio. " Now when someone tries to have a lit- tie light meaningless chat with you, you'll change the subject to something . j more interesting. Like sex, capital pun- 1 ishment, andor politics. - Linda Ray's Starstream s r , All gestions that they have a baby. His fears drive him into the zestfully adulterous ar,ms of a family friend. The trio comprises the stereotypical stereo-typical Male Who Won't Commit. Burns surrounds them with a triad of less neurotic women who are more self-assured about what they want. Even the women who are not particularly likeable have an advantage over the men. Burns' task is to bring a liveliness, liveli-ness, a bittersweet warmth and a wry sense of romance to this story. Unfortunately he does this only intermittently. McGlone fares best in Burn's script as the staunchly Catholic brother faced with situations that don't fit his dogma. While he evolves from that stand, Burns manages the transition without its appearing to be church bashing. McGlone's character includes a sweetness and romance, which help him embrace other possibilities possibili-ties in life. While Mulcahey plays the role of eldest brother with a silence used to mask a lot of self denial, brother Barry, played by Burns, is the weakest of the three. Ironically, "The Brothers McMullen" is at its most awkward when the three brothers are together. togeth-er. In two major scenes one near the beginning of the movie, the other close to the end the actors appear to be staged and uncomfortable. The two scenes play as if they were shot on the first day of production. The better moments show the brothers paired off with each other in various combinations. As they fight with each other or offer comfort com-fort to one another, they ponder matters of morality, sex, marriage and love. Burns notes the churlish affection among them sensitively. When one brother says "You're a better man than I am," the other replies, "That's not much of a stretch. CLOCKERS Spike Lee's "Clockers" begins by snowing a young boy playing a virtual reality game called ' Gangsta, which allows him to "! shoot computer-generated charac- 'i.'! ' : MH '. I !.-'' 't"'H LEO (July 23 Aug. 22) Those of you with cellular telephones and friends, in foreign countries can count on racking up some big long distance dis-tance charges this week. Your need to reach out and communicate is especially especial-ly strong and you're way too lazy to ' actually sit down and write a letter. (Plus, you need the immediate satisfaction satisfac-tion of hearing the excitement of your friends "live and on-air" over the telephone tele-phone wire.) Things may be a little emotionally traumatic on Tuesday or Wednesday. No matter what you do, your mate will find something wrong with iti And that will certainly ruffle YOUR royal fur . . . VIRGO (Aug. 23 Sept 22) Things are in your favor as the week . begins. Both the confident Sun and the emotive Moon are in your sign. You're able to express yourself in a way that impresses one and all. By Sunday, both of those celestial luminaries have left your sip for the indecisive sign of Libra and the confines of your 2nd solar house of finances. Your focus turns to money and the various paths open to you for accumulating material wealth. The opportunities are there. Now, if only you can decide which one you really want . . . LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) -You're rather preoccupied and absent-minded absent-minded as the week begins. On Saturday, your birthday month begins and by Sunday it's in full swing when the luminous Moon showers your sign with extra attention. You continue to be attractively enhanced by the double presence of your lovable ruler Venus in your sign along with the clever conversationalist conver-sationalist Mercury. With this combination, combina-tion, you could convince President Clinton to create a new government position for you "Social Distracter" for the President. You engage and charm the Republicans while he gets a few things done for the country. SCORPIO (Oct 23 Nov. 21) Careful there. Your current Impulsive behavior could land you in a situation that you're not equipped to handle. (I told you it wasn't a good idea to flirt with your boss's spouse. Will you never learn?) This week you're better off indulging yourself with extra sleep and long daydreams. (Even YOU can't get into trouble when you're sleeping. Are you just pretending you're sleeping?) Your imagination is coming up with some pleasurable and artistic visions. Why not take advantage of that and do something creative? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec 21) On Thursday and Friday you're still dealing with the pesky details of your career, but the remainder of the week sponsored by Park City Draperies and Blinds, 649-3865 mini-vertical blinds, pleated-Duette shades 70 off ters. Before the film is over, the boy will commit murder. Lee's film portrays the culture of violence and drugs in which young, urban, Black males grow up. It also shows the forces that draw them into crime and death, and their usually-slim prospects of escaping from such a life. . Three generations are involved in the movie's violence. The eldest is adult criminal Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), the jovial proprietor propri-etor of a corner store and barber shop that is the front for a neighborhood neigh-borhood drug operation, . r .,, ., ,,. With an optimistic line of patter, pat-ter, Rodney recruits young drug peddlers. One of his major "clockers" "clock-ers" (drug peddlers) is Strike (Mekhi Phifer), barely into his twenties and suffering from a bleeding ulcer brought about by his years of street deals, risks and rousts. He drinks Chocolate Moo milk for his stomach and dreams of escaping from the neighborhood with his collection of model trains. Strike has already begun teaching teach-ing the dealing trade to the youngster young-ster Tyrone (Pee Wee Jones). Each generation passes on its knowledge, knowl-edge, usually with the delusion that the trade contains some principle prin-ciple and prudence. For example, Strike shows Tyrone how to market the white powder, but tells him not to use it just as Strike was advised by Rodney. Rodney assigns Strike to kill a double-dealing employee, the night manager at a fast-food business. busi-ness. Strike is reluctant and asks his older brother Victor to find a contact who can carry out the hit. The intended victim is found dead with four bullet holes in his body. Victor (Isaiah Washington) confesses he shot the manager after running into him on a dark street. Although police officers are prepared to write off the murder as just another black-black killing, Detective Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel) senses something is wrong. Is Victor taking the rap for someone else, thinking that with his clean record, he will only be - . )' i . continued on B7 27 by Lynda Ray end is much more to your liking. You're likely to find any sort of group activity to be filled with pleasure and Saturday could provide you with an opportunity for love, art, andor creativity. The remainder of the week is great for your powers of imagination. Your dreams are extremely active and possibly filled with somewhat violent adventure stories. sto-ries. Don't worry. You're not having scary premonitions. It's just Reckless Mars wreaking havoc in your 12th house of the unconscious. Buy some popcorn and enjoy the show. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 Jan. 19) Get out the Armani wardrobe. (I never met a Capricorn that didn't look good in Armani.) In your quest for making important career moves this week, you're expected to include a certain amount of "networking" and "social climbing." Your professional gracious-ness gracious-ness is emphasized right now, so don't turn down any invitations to prestigious cocktail parties this weekend. You never know who may turn up looking for a new CEO ... and you just happen to have all the right credentials (not to mention the right clothes). AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 18) You're going to need some intellectual stimulation this week. Find some way to learn something new or broaden your horizons. Sign up for a class , . . or sign up to teach a class. You always think you're smarter than the teacher,' so why not just BE the teacher? (I mean that in the kindest way. Usually you really ARE smarter than the teacher. That's why you space-out during class. You're busy inventing new ways to rid the planet of pollution while providing an energy source for intergallatic travel. How can you be expected to listen to another lecture on the French literature ofthel800's?) PISCES (Feb. 19 March 20) Yes, I know. You've had a hard time being understood lately. Poor, poor pitiful piti-ful you. Well, you'll be happy to hear ; it's "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" time. 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