A MOST GORY BARD.The Ragedy of ``Tromeo and Juliet'' THE PROLOGUE (Enter Chorus, a band of drooling drooling the discharge of saliva from the mouth. A normal feature in some breeds of dogs such as St. Bernard, Newfoundland and English bulldog, presumably because of their loose, pendulous lips. mutated monster-people familiar if you've ever seen a movie made by oddball independent film studio Troma Inc.) CHORUS: One film, alone in creativity, In fair Westwood, where we lay our scene, From ancient tale break to new fantasy, Where blood FX make Shakespeare seem unclean. From forth the fertile loins loin n. 1. The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips. 2. of Troma's house A pair of star-crossed mutants splice genes (Oh!), Their misadventured riotness dares to oust And doth doth v. Archaic A third person singular present tense of do1. bury Baz, Branagh and Pacino. The playful canon of gore-mocking fare And the decades' twice of rabid fans' gaze, With ``Tromeo & Juliet'' premiere, Is fortnight's traffic of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , The which if you with open eyes attend, What the Bard hath missed, Troma strives to mend. (Exit.) TRANSLATION: A UCLA Film and Television Archive retrospective of films produced by cult-cheese kings Troma Inc. will begin with the 7:30 p.m. Saturday premiere of ``Tromeo and Juliet'' at Melnitz Theater, near the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue. The film adds Troma's combination of nuked-up mutants, winking sexploitation sex·ploi·ta·tion n. Informal Exploitative use of explicit sexual material in movies and the media. [Blend of sex and exploitation.] Noun 1. and high-brow humor to the fifth Shakespeare movie this season. Also showing during the minifestival - it runs through Nov. 30 - are ``Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). ,'' ``Vegas in Space,'' ``Surf Nazis Must Die,'' ``Class of Nuke 'Em High,'' ``Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD'' and everybody's favorite, ``The Toxic Avenger.'' Tickets cost $6 (or $4 for students and seniors) at the Melnitz Theater box office on campus. Call (310) 206-3456 for showtimes. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--2) Jane Jensen, above, stars as Juliet in Troma Inc.'s less-than-traditional, engaging individual who has ``Tromeo and Juliet Tromeo and Juliet was released in 1996 by the B-movie production company, Troma Pictures. The punk rock violent parody of William Shakespeare classic, Romeo and Juliet .'' At right, a more gory Jensen mugs for the camera with director Lloyd Kaufman. The film premieres Saturday. |
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