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“Helleborine"
Shelleyan Orphan
Columbia Records
***y 2
Shelleyan Orphan appears
to be following in the footsteps
of the Cocteau Twins and
Prefab Sprout with the album
“Helleborine,” which features
the fine voices of Caroline
Crawley and Jemaur Tayle.
The Cocteau Twins was one
of the first bands to prove that
the attention of “progressive”
music fans is not limited to
bands with a repetitive dance
rhythm, a loud and obnoxious
sound or fast beats.
The group was able to
accumulate a reasonably sized
audience by interweaving the
excellent, if not always
intelligible, vocals of lead singer
Elizabeth Frazer with a nice but
unobtrusive sound.
Prefab Sprout made a
similar accomplishment a year
or two after the Cocteau Twins'
debut. Prefab Sprout’s
vocalists are not as talented as
Frazer, but their lyrics are more
meaningful. Still, like the
Cocteau Twins, the band’s
overall sound maintains a
soothing ambiance.
Shelleyan Orphan combines
the vocal style of Prefab Sprout
with the lyrical ambiguities of
the Cocteau Twins and adds
instrumentation that is more
fully orchestrated than that of
the other two bands.
The result is a sound that is
pleasing and consistent but
somewhat lacking in diversity.
No single song stands out from
the others since most are
similar in style, but all are good.
The album succeeds in creating
a nice mood when listened to
as a whole.
“Helleborine” is of a quality
close to that of “Treasure” or
“The Pink Opaque” by the
Cocteau Twins or “Swoon” by
Prefab Sprout and shows much
promise for the future of
Shelleyan Orphan. The
audience for such bands seems
to be growing, and with records
like this it should continue to
expand.
-Review by Tom Reinarts
"Planes, Trains and
Automobiles"
Starring Steve Martin and
John Candy
Directed by John Hughes
Rated R
**V 2
Since Steve Martin gave up
his career as a stand-up
comedian to pursue an acting
career, he has appeared in
several average to slightly
below-average films. His only
films worth noting are “The
Jerk,” in which Martin had his
premier starring role, and
“Roxanne.”
“Planes, Trains and
Automobiles” is not of the
quality of these two movies,
and is just another average
film. It is frustrating to watch
Martin continue to appear in
movies like this which do not
take advantage of his
considerable comedic abilities.
Martin plays Neil Page, an
advertising executive who has
just finished business in New
York City and is trying to get
home to his family in Chicago
for Thanksgiving. On the way
he meets Del Griffith, a shower
curtain ring salesman portrayed
by John Candy.
They are both on a flight that
gets rerouted to Wichita,
Kansas due to a snowstorm in
Chicago, and the two men are
John Candy and Steve Martin star in
“Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” directed
by John Hughes.
forced to share a room tor the
evening.
When the- chance of getting
a flight back to Chicago for the
holiday looks slim, Page and
Griffith decide to try some
alternate forms of travel to get
home. No matter how they
travel, however, they have the
worst of luck.
The contrast in personality
between the two traveling
companions is one of the major
sources of humor in the film.
Candy is the typical hearty and
over-friendly traveling
salesman and Martin plays the
uptight businessman.
The two actors give
adequate portrayals but both
appear to be restricted in their
stereotypical roles. If both had
been given more freedom with
their characters this could have
been a much better film.
The other major source of
humor is the incredible bad
luck the travelers experience.
Most of the attempts at making
their misfortunes funny are
unoriginal and many of them
appear to have come straight
from National Lampoon’s
“Vacation,” starring Chevy
Chase.
“Planes, Trains and
Automobiles” could have been
much better with a little
creativity and fewer restraints
on the acting of Martin and
Candy. Instead, it is
disappointing and only slightly
funny.
-Review by Tom Reinarts
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