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Show Thursday, October 19,2006 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Pikame? Pikachu! Careful what you say at this weekend's anime convention; getting beaten up by a Pokemon is embarrassing a national animation convention tour. The Daily Utah Chronicle This Friday and Saturday at the \ Dust off your costume and Salt Lake Community College-Redwood Road campus, participants brush up on your PokSmon: can get into animated heaven it's time for Banzai Anime, \ for $15: People can come, meet famous anime artists, discuss \ Anime Banzai anime and discover new titles. Particularly enthusiWhen: astic supporters can even Friday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. live anime—many participants dress up and actually Saturday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m act as their favorite characters in a pasttime referred to Where: as "cosplay." Student Center at Salt Lake ' /.< For those unfamiliar with Community College, Redwood the wonderful world of Campus (4600 S. Redwood Road) Japanese pop culture, "anime" is short for an animatHow much: ed' television show and/or $5 for Friday, $10 for Saturday. movie. Essentially, "anime" Kim Peterson BABCOCK PRESENTS 'A STREETCAR ' NAMED ; DESIRE' a character, not as a person of a good or bad countenance, but as a being who genuinely acts out of his or her own concept of truth and reality. Hackney succeeds in presenting Blanche without judgment, offering 1 continued from Page 4 audiences a filter of innobegan her work by watch- cence with which to intering interviews of play- pret her character's deceitwright Williams in order ful behavior. to better acquaint herself In much the same way, with him, placed an em- Shand aims to bring a new phasis on the ability to em- approach to KowaJski. pathize with her character. "A lot of plays, not just "The biggest challenge I this one, get overdone and face as an actor is getting recycled and put through out of my own way," she the same motions so many said. "Getting around that times that they lose a pocritical voice in my head tency," he said. saying 'You're not doing "I wanted to give this enough; you won't get it.' " play a shot to see what Hackney's performance I could do with Stanley of Blanche exemplified her Kowalski to bring him into personal work of pushing a new light that can be apthrough her own world to plied to a larger audience," reach that of her charac- Shand said. ter's, portraying a sense "It may be a play that of desperation so sweet it even your grandparents excuses any wrongdoings saw when they were that may exist in Blanche's young, but, man, this play make up. has some serious stuff in Hackney's approach il- it that will keep you thinklustrates an element cru- ing, even if it was written a cial to any actor's prepa- half a century ago." ration for a role—the a.gregory@ unbiased ability to look at chronicle.utah.edu is a cartoon, but it's not usually a cute, "for-children" cartoon. Anime spans most genres—including everything from horror to comedy to "adult programming." Popular "anime" titles include "Full Metal Alchemist" (a show about alchemy), "Naruto" (a show about ninjas), and the world-famous, "Pokemon" (a show about...uh, Pokemon). If none of the above titles rings a bell, this weekend's anime convention is the perfect chance to increase one's animated television repertoire. If an afternoon of anime doesn't tickle your fancy, the entertainingly unique individualsdecked out in costumes of their favorite animated characters—certainly ought to. "It's going to be crazy and sweet!" U junior Jenny Guerra said. "Any LUCERO AND VOTOLATO TO PAIR UP TONIGHT continued from Page 4 Springsteen and Big Star so notable. Lucero achieves this quality by virtue of its singer Ben Nichol's sandpaper vocals and lyrical predisposition to loss. Nichols writes the kind of songs that keep you from sleep: They're almost terrifying in their reportorial tone and simultaneous tenderness—a feat made more impressive by the fact that some of Lucero's most moving tracks deal with the lives of dead soldiers and the haunted South itself. Votolato, on the other hand, manages to sound so authentic because his music sneaks up on you without any pretense. Votolato disarms audiences with his songs' tendency to start with a kind of atmospheric slow boil—an eerily persistent single chord place that there's a chance of seeing a 6foot-tall Pikachu is a good place." For more information, check out www.animebanzai.com. k.peterson@ chronicle.utah.edu building into cacophony, say—and end with what might be described as a sonic full-frontal: all notes, instruments and vocals straining, leaving nothing to the imagination. No matter how one considers the distinct • (and distinctly complementary) styles of Lucero and Rocky Votolato, one thing is certain: The pair's event this evening is one not to be missed. Although singular artists come through town constantly, rarely do concertgoers have the opportunity to find a duo so perfectly matched. e.green@ chronicle.utah.edu SECOND SEASON OF 'LOST' HITS DVD continued from Page 4 from "Party of Five" could act?) who plays spinal surgeon Jack Shepard, and Terry O'Quinn, who plays spiritualist John Locke. Both characters have a dynamic that keeps the show fresh, while at the same time providing anchors for the viewer to latch on to. No matter what reservations you might have about "Lost," do yourself a favor and cast them aside. Rest assured that—and I want readers to listen to me very carefully here— ABC's "Lost" is the best show ever to hit the airwaves. 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