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Married 23 years to Beverly Ogden (TAMU Class of ‘89); father of three, Michael, 22 (U.S. Naval Academy, Class of ‘98), Stephanie, 20 (TAMU Class of ‘99), and Kristen, 18 (TAMU Class of 01). Steve FOR STATE SENATOR P.O. Box 3126 Bryan, Texas 77805 Paid Political Advertisement by Steve Ogden Campaign, Andrea Woods, Treasurer, Box 3126, Bryan, Texas 77805 EARLY VOTING RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. SWlMfiv Election Day is Tuesday Pagf Tuesday • January21,li m Metro Continued from Page 3 Disclosing the ending would take all the fun out of guessing it seven minutes into the movie. Metro is a two-hour cliche, and viewers might suspect the film makers have a rare, painful allergy to original thought. Examples: Roper’s initial reluc tance to take McCall under his wing turns into friendship and a warm, fuzzy bonding experience. His captain refuses to put him on the murder case of his friend, snarling at Roper that he is “too close to the case.” In fact, the whole movie plays out like a Saturday Night Live par ody of a typical action film. But unlike Murphy’s past few movies, however, Metro is delib erately not funny. Murphy at tempts a straight-ahead action god posturing, which is pretty hi larious in itself. His performance is tepid and unconvincing, although he was not given much of a script. Maybe he should stick to comedy. Of course, that was what The Nutty Professor was supposed to be, so maybe not. The pleasantly vacant Ejogo walks through her lines harmlessly enough. And Rapaport (Zebra- head, Beautiful Girls) makes the most of his role. But the real standout perfor- Roper (Murphy) teaches McCall (Rapaport) how to handle hostage neji ations as a San Francisico SWAT team officer in the new action flick Mf!: mance is by Wincott. Wincott’s Ko rda is chilling and even credible, and he growls his part with clever ness and something like originality. But Wincott cannot save the movie by himself. Screenwriter Randy Feldman has crafted charac ters so two-dimensional that they degenerate into stereotypes. Ejo- go’s Ronnie is a damsel in distress who loves to cook (’cause she’s a woman, see?), and the villain Korda recites old Naples proverbs before exacting revenge (’cause he’s Ital ian, see?). Both Feldman and director Thomas Carter deserve scarlet let ters for their none-too-subtle sex ism. The only major female char acter is Ronnie, who parades front of the camera wearing a bra. Metro takes place in SanFrt cisco, a setting Carter doesni ploit nearly enough. Theoni echo of the city is a cable-car scene so ridiculous even Keai Reeves would be ashamed toad it, dude. In short, it has nothing that li not been done before. Metro is sad example of filmmakers andai tors who are simply going throus the motions. Eddie Murphy, thepaperssa is on the road to a comebaci But then, so were Vanilla Iceaai Bob Dole. Comedian Continued from Page 3 Green likes to push people’s buttons, and he is especially fond of picking on people who look uncomfortable. Green said when he sees a girl giving her date the “I-can’t-believe-you-brought-me- here” look, he often singles them out and makes them his next victims. “I just want to make sure that everyone is having a good time,” he said. Green has been spreading good times and earning a living performing his comedy act for the past 12 years at clubs like All- eycats in Dallas and Pat O’Brien’s in New Orleans, La. Green trained pianist Mike Williams, who later went on to open the national chain of piano bars known as Jellyrolls. During his time as a comedian, Green has mastered his genre; mak ing people laugh is not only how he entertains, but it may be his own form of art as well. Unfortunately, Green’s career in College Station may be ending soon. His one-year contract with J.D. Well’s will expire at the end of February. Even though he has brought in strong Tuesday-night crowds throughout his stay, atten dance lately has been declining. Without any sort of Aggie sup port in these last few weeks, Green said, he will become another one of those entertainers — and another one of those artists — reservedt bigger cities like Austin, wherein currently plays fourshowsaweek Pete’s Piano Bar. “If College Station likes thissoit of thing, now is the time theyned to come support it,” Green saii Once he is gone, he maynothavt the opportunity to comebackofe he said. Green will be at J.D. Well’s del- ling the ivories and funny bones every TUesday at 9 p.m. until theeni of February. Green said he hopes to set mobs of Aggies supporting hislasi few shows in College Station. He said he will do his best to keepiie mobs laughing, because oneiear- death experience in 12 yeairt enough for him. Sk< HU i Tier ^calling yc COME BEFORE 4 P.M. 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