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Show Your Life MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2005 Top 5 movies last weekend PAGE 9 play preview || B Meet the Fockers [. Lemony Snicket's| 1 3 - The Aviator 1 4 . Fat Albert Ocean's Twelve In theaters this w e e k e n d • Coach Carter • Elektra • Racing Stripes New DVDs | this Tuesday ] Courtesy Phoio Without a Paddle Ashley Grant as Andromoche, Jen Wahlquist as Hecuba, and Anne Mangum as Helen and Athena. The Village Greek tragedy at UVSC The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan Michelle Lee- Week • The Billboard Top 5 | a Eminem- Encore Green Day- American . Idiot 2 Jon & The East Side 3 • LHBoyz-Crunk Juice Assistant Life Editor Lights, sets, costumes, music, choreography, and special effects...these are typical aspects of live theatre that audiences have come to expect. But in the Black Box Theater at 7:30 p.m. on January 13-15 and 20-22, the UVSC theatre department will break this tradition, with their performance of Euripides' "Trojan Women." The play will be presented in a reader's theater format, which allows the audience to interact directly with the cast. "The set is stark, the actors wear black and lines are delivered to the audience and not to one another," said theatre professor Randall King, director of "Trojan Women." "It's new for all of us." Actress Jen Wahlquist, cast "This is Euripides' as the Queen of Troy, said, "Trojan Women is really per- finest play [...] fect for this format because of the character analysis. The even though it's focus is on the characters and their feelings instead of other 2,000years Old." conventions of theatre." As English Department -Jen Wahlquist, chair, Wahlquist teaches world mythology and has a strong actress/dept. chair knowledge and love for the classics. With this background, she is able to further develop not only her character, but also to help her student cast members un- DVD review Jay-Z/ Linkin ParkMTV Presents... Ludacris- The Red Light District Numbers under eleven Coming t o stores this T u e s d a y • derstand the historical elements related to their characters. Wahlquist said, "This is the story of what happened to trie Queen of Troy after the Trojan War. She loses her husband, her family, her grandchildren and her city. This is Euripides' finest play and one of the greatest anti-war plays ever written, even though it's 2,000 years old." Tickets for "Trojan Women" are available at Campus Connection, (801) 8638797 or at the door. The cost is $10 general admission, $8 for children, and $6 for UVSC students and faculty. Coach Carter soundtrack • Elektra: The album • Closer- David Sanborn Coming to town this week Courtesy photo Zach Braff and Natalie Portman shine in Garden State, now available on DVD. Beauty in the breakdown Luke Hickman Phunkjunkeez and Royal Bliss© Liquid joes, Jan. 14 I I 2 @ Teazers Bar & Grill, Jan. 14 Cosm@ Club DV8, Jan. 15 Robert Earl Keen® Harry O's, Jan. 15 ' ber isn't usually stunning, but considering it only played in 813 theaters worldwide- it In a year where more people did quite well. were talking about indepenGarden State follows the dent films than the $200 mil- life of a 26-year-old Andrew lion blockbusters, Sundance's Largeman played by Zach hit Garden State broke the Braff from TV's Scrubs (who chains of Indie films. is also the writer and direcAfter a great run in theaters, tor). Since the age of nine, it's now available on DVD. Andrew has been on some Garden State opened to lim- form of emotion-killing medited theaters on July 28th, ication prescribed by his psy2004. Due to its unexpected chiatrist father. success, it opened nationwide After not being home for (except Utah Valley) on Au- nine years, "Large" decides to gust 20th. stop taking his prescriptions Audiences were captivated and returns to New Jersey and caught up in its realistic for his mother's funeral. For humor, natural dialog, and the first time in Andrew's life great acting, helping it gross he is beginning to experience over $27 million. This num- emotion and realize what life Life Writer is all about. Natalie Portman proves she ^an act as she plays Sam, the opposite of Braff s character, who is full of emotion and oddities. As the movie goes on, we realize the contrast between these two as Andrew discovers he is not sick at all and that his life has been lived without emotion- whereas Sam, even though sick as well, Uves her life filled with it. There are many other contrasts, but they are more fun for you tofigureout. Garden State is sure to grow-in popularity as more people see it and are pulled in by its likeable characters; chill soundtrack, and swell of emotion. o 10 9 8 8 5 .000025 4 -12 3 Jt 26 (brought to you by the English Department) 6 -oo 1-oo-l |