THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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CELEBRITY FROM PAGE 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
A 'THIN VEIL'
lowed me to get to know him during a 24-hour period.
At the Q&A after the movie screening, Dick and Marshall Cook, the co-star, writer and director, explained the effect students can make by fulfilling their dreams right now.
"Whatever it is you want to do, just get up and do it," Dick said. "I'm here to light a fire under your ass."
Coach Vice, the football coach in Division III and Dick's character, is described as hardcore, physically and verbally abusing his players. But there's also a deeper sensitivity to the coach as well. He is an absurd, larger-than-life character with a troubling past that includes the attempted murder of a
"I guess it's not that thin of a veil, because I thought that I'm doing a character," he said. "And I thought that maybe people might notice that it's kind of autobiographical, but probably they're not going to because I'm a football coach and I look different and I've got that mustache."
little league team. In the midst of a plot not unlike "Remember the Titans" or "Friday Night Lights". Vice is wild and abrasive, yet he is grounded as a shaken, distressed man who cannot get it together and wants to do something good.
I pointed out the similarities to Dick between him and his character in "Division III."
While Dick admitted he never played football, unlike Cook who played in college, he said that he did see parallels between himself and Vice.
"I do connect with somebody
who has had a horrible time in life," he said. "Don't get me wrong. I've had a great time in life, sometimes too good, but to get to a place in my career where people are crapping on my head a lot, rightfully. I deserve a lot of it, but to try to crawl out of that ditch that I dug for myself is hard for anybody. I'm having a hard time, you know?"
Andy is crawling out of that ditch with the help of the documentary he is filming, tentatively titled "Andy Dick: Flip a Bitch" in which he is depicting his trials during his sober screening tour on college campuses.
FLIPPING IT AROUND
This flip is also the reason for his university tour to reach out to students. Dick said he wants to inspire and put dreams into motion.
"I'm really trying to flip it around," Dick said. "I don't want you to look at my past and say, 'It's just going to be more of the same; He's going on college campuses; he's bound to get drunk and end
up in jail. Nope. I'm turning over a new leaf. I'm flipping a bitch."
"I've been there, done that," Dick said. "I've already
lowing a more formal interviews At Free State Brewery, he greeted in
made millions of dollars over and over on a number of series, and I get more turned on now just seeing somebody else say, 'Wow, I can do it,' and I'm the one that motivated them, as opposed to the old Andy Dick who would get more get turned on in a sexual way, drinking and going out and causing a ruckus, and then going to jail.'
Dick invited me to dinner fol-
ANDY DICK
Actor
briated fans and listened as a woman admitted to him she also suffered from alcoholism. When his crew ordered beer, Dick got a water.
Dick is four months sober, an accomplishment he proudly proclaims after years in the spotlight, including stints on Dr. Drew's "Celebrity Rehab."
Dick left Lawrence Tuesday morning bound for Boulder, Colo., for another stop on his tour.
— Edited by Jonathan Shorman
park.
OCCUPY FROM PAGE1
One of the major factors in the city's decision was public safety.
"Our parks are not designed for overnight camping." Wheeler said. "They are for daily use."
The group had difficulty reaching a decision because of various opinions about how the movement should go forward. Many felt the need to move forward as a single group. Other suggestions included only protesting during park hours or moving to other locations.
One issue the fire chief had was a small fire the group had built to stay warm, Occupy member Jason Phoenix said. The group decided to put it out in order to avoid a larger issue.
"If we back down, we're saying we agree with their authority," Lawrence resident and Occupy member Jim Davidson said. "I, for one, do not agree with their authority."
Edited by Alexandra Esposito
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Shari Hilton (right), a freshman from Scottsdale, Aniz, celebrates with a friend after winning $10 on the KU Cash Bus Wednesday afternoon. KU Cash Bus is put on by Student Union activities and will run again this Friday at 1 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
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