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7 Tuesday, October 20,1992 Texas A&M University ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Battalion P a ge 5 'Candyman' coated in gore but suffers from weak script By TIMM DOOLEN Special to THE BATTALION "Candyman" Starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Vanessa Williams Directed by Bernard Rose Rated R Playing at Schulman 6 Who can take a body? Cover it with blood? Rip out the intestines and throw 'em in the mud? The Candyman, the Candyman can The Candyman can 'cause he mixes it with leg end to make the film sound good. OK, so Sammy Davis, Jr. is probably turn ing in his grave, along with half of the cast of this movie. Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Can dyman, Candyman. If you say his name five times while looking in a mirror, he'll appear behind you and disembowel you. Or so the legend goes in the fictional "Candyman," based on the Clive Barker story, "The Forbid den." The main protagonist, Helen (Virginia Madsen), is doing a thesis on urban legends — those modern terror stories that are told around campfires and at all-night sleepovers. The "Candyman," played by Tony Todd, was murdered 100 years ago by a lynch mob who cut off his right hand and then let a hive of bees sting him to death. Now he's sup posed to inhabit a run-down ghetto tene ment in downtown Chicago, bludgeoning residents every once in a while. Investigating the legend, Helen finds Can- dyman's living area in an abandoned apart ment. She soon finds herself being followed by the Candyman, waking up covered in blood next to a decapitated dog, and being blamed for the disappearance of a baby in the "haunted" tenement. For the rest of the movie, the Candyman kills other people and lets Helen take the blame for it, trying to turn her into a horror legend of her own. As horror movies go, this isn't the worst. but then again, this is no "Silence of the Lambs." It stays away from the senseless gore that other slasher films promote, but on the other hand it falls short in explaining the caus es for any of the murders. In the end, it's difficult to figure out what the point of the movie is, or why the Candyman wants to make Helen into another legend. The first half of the movie drags to the point of boredom (with intermittent shocks) and then the second half is a flurry of action, accusations and dead bodies. But in the hur ry to get on with the action, the story radical ly shifts its storyline and leaves behind any sense of significance. I'm not normally a big fan of horror films, especially shock-slasher movies that try to scare you by any means possible. And while this is not as bad as a "Friday the 13th" or a "Silent Night, Deadly Night," it is definitely not up to par with other better horror films. Who can take a movie? Turn it out so bad? Use icepicks on babies, make us feel real sad? The Candyman... Country charts fall short in percentage of female artists THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — In the midst of country music's celebration of its recent prosperity comes a most telling statistic: Only about 15 percent of the records on the Bill- ooard country singles and albums charts are by female artists. Country has long been a male- dominated genre, but that per centage is low compared to a decade ago. The conventional wisdom has long been that women make up three-quarters of country music buyers and are more likely to buy records by men, especially the ones who looked like they just stepped out of a cigarette com mercial and into jeans that are four sizes too small. But a recent Recording Industry Association of America survey in dicates that only half of country records are bought by women. Fe males are buying the hunks, but then so are males. Pam Tillis, racing up the charts with the single “Snake the Sugar Tree," thinks thir gs are getting better for female artists in spite ot what the charts may say. "I don't think women wen previously respected in Nash! ^ K 7° tike they are now," saystfe daughter of Mel Tillis. ! 'TI® Marycrt were expected to stand thereaii look pretty and not make® waves. But then Loretta Lynnori have i 0 i es earcl out and sang 'The Pill' andDol Parton wrote some of her womle. gooij f 0 i ful songs, and the attitude (towl y," Jose women) started changing." Suzy Bogguss' recent Cent Music Association Horizc bf you, : Award as best new artist shone day, to't that the Nashville establishma time aw is willing to expand its exp® his S imi tions of female artists. At thefci ; Ol anc j of awards votine, Boggussn* Wsider zoommg up the charts with 'Is ting Go, which is about a ter leaving home to goto — not your usual countrythernt Bogguss says it's importantfe women artists to keep their vat. es strong and their visioncb “We have a chance tosingatw so many real feelings and e® tions and sometimes givingli other side of the story. It's an & citing time to be in Nashville" she says. DES uck Lati: To The RUss ates, ar necome town. For th Battalion Sup Tuesdays OVER 30 ITEMS ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET $095 AT LUNCH 1^1 AM- 4:36 £SHANGHAI /’’%* CHINIII at AMIMCAM CU1IIHI 7 days a week 11 AM -10 PM $099 2rTEM LUNCH SPECIALS «t,.. Present this coupon <£ I when ordering and receive ^ OFF Any Dinner Plate or Dinner Buffet One coupon per person per visit please. Expires 11/7/92 Does not apply to any other offer. ‘Dinner Buffet ends at 9:00 PM 693-0052 1037S. Texas Ave. Across from East gate of campus. 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