Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 25 2002 SHERMANS LAGOON m'mmsi THtRcs n urrriHC of gg $ MJVNKIN Deleted scenes to die miwmi STUFF CRMMC9 IN IhtRV Uto KNOW WAT YOOlLOtCOONTtR ' "5d for in 'Training Day’ DVD using die police radio - because the better crim- inals are also tuning in to it scene gives Washington a Another left-omemorable monologue in which he talks to Hoyt about his own early days as a detective As they drive past a house where dogs are sitting behind a fence he tells a story about seeing a man viciously beating up a young doberman He wanted to intervene but his partner stopped him It turned out Harris explains that the man administering the beating a black man had been hired by a another man who was white to train his guard dogs to hate black people Given the cruelty of the episode and the complicity of his partner Harris says he felt like turning in his badge that day These scenes are important because they further establish the decency that once and still characterizes Harris making the story’s turn all the more shocking (This does raise another issue: When judging a performance should an Oscar voter consider deleted scenes that were not included in the theatrical release of a By Brice Davies Sacramento Bee ut Has there ever been a movie where the best scenes from an Academy Award-winnin- g per- formance were left on the cutting-roofloor? Such an occurrence could take place this year if Denzel Washington wins a best actor Oscar for his performance as a rogue Los Angeles ' 'police detective in “Training Day"' The DVD edition of “Training Day” (Warner Home Video $2698 rated R) was released Tuesday which was ironically the same day Oscar balloting concluded It's doubtful that Oscar voters had a chance to see this DVD before casting their ballots but if they had I have no doubt that Washington’s chances of winning would have increased That’s because there are several deleted scenes on the DVD that are as good or better than anything included in the version of the film that played in ‘ movie theaters Frankly I don’t think Washington will need ' the “help" these bonus scenes might have given him In his first starring role as a villain- ous character undercover LAPD narcotics detective Alonzo Harris Washington delivers a movie?) The DVD of “Training Day” also includes magnificent nuanced performance ' His Harris is a tough street-wis- e cop who ah alternate ending that perhaps too neatly ties has been corrupted by his power and the ready up some loose ends in die story -- 1 prefer some availability of women drugs and especially of the ambiguity that was left in the real end- money that fall before him on his beat ing “Training Day” takes place entirely within “ Director Antoine Fuqua (whose earlier work one eventful day which begins with a new includes “The Replacement Killers” and detective Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke nominated “Bait” as well as music videos by Arrested ' for a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance) kissing his wife and baby goodbye and Development Prince Coolio and Toni Braxth ton) provides a commentary that eagerly repotting for his first day on duty and is mentor the and rambles Hoyt’s partner goes off on tangents occasionally Harris who we find out has specifically but is for die most part quite informative chosen Hoyt for the assignment because the He gives a great deal of credit to his contacts young cop is smart and ambitious among Lo? Angles gang members for not only At first it appears that Harris is just a tough speaking with Washington and Hawke about detective who will occasionally use excessivetheir roles but also providing safety for the ly violent or duplicitous methods to achieve a film crew during its work in the good result - the arrest of dope dealers ' South Central section of Los Angeles But as the day unfolds and as Harris reveals ' Fuqua also offers an impassioned defense of himself to Hoyt as someone who has gone over his film’s use of the “N” word and other prothe line separating right and wrong justice and fane language on the grounds that they are injustice the conflict between the two men becomes a imperative to showing “the harsh reality” struggle as full an a actor The DVD also includes music videos for Washington’s ability gets workout here as he repeatedly tests confronts Nelly’s “No 1” and Pharoahe(cq) Monch’s cajoles tricks flatters and bullies his new “Got You” the theatrical trailer and a behind-the-scenrecruit Harris is both mercurial and calculatdocumentary featuring all of the ing teaching the young detective genuinely ' actors principal (including Dr Dre Snoop important and techniques and and Macy Gray) director Fuqua and othDogg strategies but also keeping him continually ers generally engaging in a mutual admiration shaken and surprised festival ' The deleted scenes deepen Harris’ character But that’s OK since there is much to admire as several emphasize the veteran cop’s mentor' in “Training Day” starting and finishing with ing of Hoyt : One scene in which Harris talks about surthe towering performance of Denzel Washingthe streets on about includes advice ton viving m CATHY- UK WERE confident NE WERE CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN OUR FEWNINnN TO WEAR SAFARI PANTS IN OUR FEflUWWTN TO WEAR MEN'S SUITS ENOUGH ARE WE CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN OUR FEMlNINtTN TO WEAR FLOWERS AND FRILLS?? 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' KMBROOK'S SCHEDULED ONE OF MS UTILE To SLEEP THROUGH THE ENTIRE THREE HPllRS- - WHATEVER COMPANY-WID- E FOR PRESENTATIONS FOR 1WS AFTERNOON AND X WANTED TO BE FULLYPREPARED J REAL LIFE ADVENTURES Television review In “Subway Monkey” Green does his dard shdek — basically annoying bystanders — but he does it so well It’s easy to take him ' for granted since he’s been away for so long To realize how much of a talent Green really is look at the lame “Jamie Kennedy Experiment” on the WB ah attempt for a wannabe to best the master Kennedy shows that Green’s style is hard to imitate and so far no one has done it well Green’s best moments come from the stupid and the obvious: He’s on the floor during rush hour at a subway station noting how people epough to walk around him ' areHegracious dresses as Godzilla and walks through a zoo much to the irritation of the zoo’s staff His ignorance of die language only aggravates die staff more Sure this is nothing really all that new Allen Funt was doing the same basic style 40 years mentv' ago on “Candid Camera” However when “Subway Monkey” reinforces that Green adds his own juvenile personality to the the are if Maybe ratings strong enough MTV will beg Green to come bacL He and the mix there’s a potent apd fenny punch channel need each other because they are per-- ' ' It’s that element that makes Green’s “Sub- feet complements way Monkey” a welcome return Tom Green is back in more ways than one Just as' it seemed as if the MTV comedian was yesterday’s news gooj only for tabloid fodder the kind of piersonality even Andy Dick mocks then along comes “Tom Green’s Subway Monkey Special” (1 1 pm Wednesday MTV) While the show isn’t overly daring or origi- nal in its humor it does provide the perfect backdrop for what makes Green so fenny In a conservative country such as Japan Green’s silliness is magnified even more And “Subway Monkey" is die perfect way to make us forget what a mistake Green made by going into die movie business Some people should stick with what they do best and Green is one of them Movies have not really been his forte but television —especially MTV — is his ele- : ’ YVinat bridge CLOSE TO HOME mond Declarer lost only two mediate jump overcall Hamman seems to have four hearts and one diamond 02002 NEA unavoidable losers: one spade George Bernard Shaw wrote “You must not suppose two hearts and one diamond because I am a man of letters - But somehow he guessed fee North A IS full layout and found a way to : that I never tried to earn an honest living” ' make one of the four evapo- ¥A S' S A K 10 9 S Fbw players' nuke a living rate from bridge Even die world’s V After wipning the first trick East"" WbsE with his dub ace Hamman performer Bob S 7 KS 1 I 4 Hamman' of Dallas earns only played a trump to dummy's 7 10 I ¥QJ 7 I ace and returned a heart get- part of his annual income Q 3 ' ting the bad news Going up from the game 10RS KQ ' Hamman declared this cpn- -' with hu king declarer crossed South tract more than 20 yean ago to dummy’s diamond Idnjg A QJlO ' How did he bring home four ruffed die dub seven in hind ¥ J9 4S hearts withou( peeking at die and played a diamond to dip o4 a v a opposing hands? 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