Thank you for making a good film.Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard Who's who's 1. Contraction of who is. 2. Contraction of who has. who's who is or who has who's short for who is, who has. sick of dumb DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. A man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an idiot. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 304; F. N. B. 233; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2111. DUMB. One who cannot speak; a person who is mute. See Deaf and dumb, Deaf, dumb, and blind; Mute, standing mute. movies - or worse yet, movies where the filmmakers think you're dumb? You're not dumb. You read the paper. You don't go to movies just because they have huge budgets and are advertised everywhere. You don't go to movies just because the media say to, right? We know, we are part of The Media, so we also would like to tell you what to do, but you don't have to listen. Go see ``Thank You for Smoking." For you smokers out there who have heard that a pro-tobacco lobbyist is one of the main characters, don't worry. We know you feel targeted these days, but this movie aims more at the obscene Offensive to recognized standards of decency. The term obscene is applied to written, verbal, or visual works or conduct that treat sex in an objectionable or lewd or lascivious manner. injustices lobbying creates than Big Tobacco itself. Critics contend the film has that rare combination of social focus, entertainment value and thought-provoking screenwriting. It's just that the main character happens to be a tobacco lobbyist, and a major jerk to boot. The movie opens today at the Bijou. We also think you should go see to the McDonald Theatre on Thursday to see the premiere of "Hippies hippies 1960s “dropouts of American culture” usually identified with very long hair adorned with flowers. [Popular Culture: Misc.] See : Hair ," a low-budget, independent film set in Eugene. It may not be slickly slick adj. slick·er, slick·est 1. Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice. See Synonyms at sleek. 2. commercial, but all of its actors and crew hail from here. So even if it's not the best movie you've ever seen, it's worth supporting. Shoot, if we can't laugh at our hippie reputation, then there's something wrong with our funny bones. Earth Day weekend is also great time for the real hippies to come out and see some of the original Merry Pranksters The Merry Pranksters are a group of people who originally formed around American novelist Ken Kesey and sometimes lived communally at his homes in California and Oregon. Notable members include Kesey's best friend Ken Babbs and Neal Cassady, Mountain Girl (born Carolyn Adams but , who helped spread the idea Eugene was hippie haven to begin with, will put on a show at the WOW (1) (World Organization of Webmasters, Folsom, CA, www.joinwow.org) A membership organization for professionals who are involved with creating and maintaining Web sites. WOW also provides certification via testing centers throughout the U.S. Hall. They probably don't like being called hippies, but in Eugene, if it walks like a duck ... Ken Babbs and pals will be there. Remember Babbs from that famous book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"? The night of art and rock Thursday is called "Might as Well." |
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