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By Kristina Buffin
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Striptease, unlike Showgirls, has a
plot. Unfortunately though, the plot is
simplistic and overdone, and there is lit
tle to no humor throughout the film.
Erin Grant (Demi Moore) is a di
vorced mother who must find a job to
wrestle custody of her daughter from
her drunk, wheel-chair-stealin’, overall-
menace-to-society ex-husband. She de
cides to take the night shift at the Ea
ger Beaver as a topless dancer.
David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds) is a
congressman with a fetish for strippers.
Although he risks exposure, he contin
ues to frequent the Eager Beaver until
in a drunken stupor, he decides Grant
is his “angel.” *
Unfortunately for the congressman,
he is discovered by
a patron, and a cy
cle of bribery in
volving Grant’s
daughter, Grant
and Dilbeck.
Jerry Killian
(William Hill) is
fascinated by Erin
and is willing to do
anything to win her
affection. Unfortu
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naked women.
The movie is about strippers and nu
dity is expected, but the nudity is gratu
itous in places. For example, seeing
Moore dance naked while she blow-
dries her hair. There are two or three
other dancing scenes where it is obvious
that the strip routines do not further
the plot, but instead serve to satisfy cer
tain members of the audience, who only
want to see Moore naked.
Ving Rhames does a wonderful job
portraying Shad the bouncer/bodyguard
for the strippers.
He is protective of
‘his’ girls and pro
vides the humor of
the film. But the
film relies on this
humor for the first
30 minutes.
Castle Rock ad
vertises Striptease
as a “sexy comedy”
but if falls on its
Shad (Ving Rhames) is a bouncer
at the Eager Beaver.
nately he tries to bribe the wrong con
gressman and he ends up at the bottom
of the river.
Detective A1 Garcia (Armand As-
sante) takes up Grant’s cause and tries
to balance catching Dilbeck with his
pants literally down.
Moore exemplifies the dilemma many
single mothers face everyday. She must
find a way to support not only herself,
but her child. Unfortunately the film
does not revolve around this storyline,
and instead overemphasizes the strip
routines and Dilbeck’s sickness with
face. Instead there is little comedy and
not everyone considers Demi Moore
flashing her breasts every 20 minutes
as “sexy.”
One good choice Castle Rock made
was the soundtrack.
Annie Lenox, formerly of the Euryth-
mics, contributes the music to Grant’s
dances and that plus a cameo appear
ance by Michael Jordan makes the strip
scenes bearable.
Moore mav have a great body after
three pregnancies, but her performance
did not merit $12 million.
Erin Grant (Demi Moore) puts her biggest fan, Congressman Dilbeck
(Burt Reynolds), back in his place.
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Murphy back with Nutty Professor
By Jeffrey Cranor
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The Nutty Professor
Starring Eddie Murphy and
Jada Pinkett
Independence Day is just
around the comer but judgment
day has arrived for Eddie Mur
phy. Luckily, the verdict is good.
The Nutty Professor provides
just the right comic formula to
get Murphy’s movie career back
in shape.
Fans and critics have waited
impatiently for years to see Mur
phy’s films return to the hilarity
of Trading Places, 48 Hours and
his classic “Saturday Night Live”
sketches. For the first time since
Coming to America, one of Mur
phy’s movies carries weight—
literally.
Murphy plays Sherman
Klump, an brilliant college profes
sor who is an expert in the field of
genetics and makes Fat Albert
look like Gary Coleman.
Loosely based on the Jerry
Lewis film of the same title, The
Nutty Professor is about an over
weight man who believes his life
will be better if he were thin.
Klump weighs in at over 400
pounds and has a diet consisting of
Snickers, ice cream and M&Ms.
Klump falls for Carla (Jada
Pinkett), a graduate student and
teaching assistant who admires
him for his work and research.
But on a date with her, he is
ruthlessly heckled about his size
by a stand-up comic. Klump be
comes overly upset about his
obesity and drinks an experi
mental serum altering his DNA
and mutates him into the thin
and trim Buddy Love.
Buddy is different from
Klump in more than just looks.
He has an uncontrollable sex
drive and attitude. Murphy
transforms his character from a
tubby, mild-mannered professor
to “Def Comedy Jam” on speed.
This variety in Murphy’s per
formance makes the movie fun.
Klump is heartwarming and
shows a side audiences have
never seen before: shy and de
mure. Then the film reverts back
to the craziness most people ex
pect from him.
One aspect of this variety is
his portrayal of multiple roles —
something he has done in his
last several films. In this movie,
the Klump family is played al
most entirely by Murphy.
The Klumps are perfect for
those who love raw humor. Flatu
lence, dirty jokes and Murphy’s
classic comic style abound, and it
becomes difficult to know whether
to laugh, wince or do both.
Murphy’s crude humor some
times grates on an audience over
a two-hour period, but his humor
is much more toned-down in this
film, making Klump seem lov
able and sweet. And Buddy is a
medium through which Murphy
can act as himself. In doses, this
humor is entertaining and not
annoying.
Tom Shadyac’s direction cre
ates a lively and fun tone, and
the morphing effects as Mur
phy goes from Buddy to Klump
are fabulous.
Murphy has learned that
maintaining stardom is diffi
cult, but this film should reas
sure moviegoers he is still fun
ny and talented.
Depression, dreary drag
Down on the Upside
By David Winder
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In the beginning Soundgar-
den stood out from the rest of
the Seattle music scene with
hard-core guitar riffs and furi
ously paced songs. Sure, their
songs were about death and
depression, but they rocked.
Since the release of Badmo-
torfinger five years ago, the
rockin’ songs have dwindled.
For every “Rusty Cage”
there seems to be at least three
more songs similar to “Black
Hole Sun.” It took a while to
notice, but the boys from
Soundgarden are slowly mor
phing into Softgarden.
On their latest effort,
Down On The Upside,
Soundgarden dismisses the
rockin’ songs altogether. In
stead, it’s 16 songs about
death and depression done at
a comparatively slower pace.
Soundgarden used to sound
like a grunge Led Zeppelin, but
now they sound like a electric
version of Nirvana’s Un
plugged album.
The guitar riffs are there,
but they never seem to go any
where but right back into the
same boring riff. The drums
barely get beat around, and
the voice of Chris Cornell nev
er reaches the fever pitch it
has on past albums.
The album begins with its
best song, “Pretty Noose.” On
previous albums the style of
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