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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, October 3, 1997
Professional wrestlers grapple for title in KC
WWF matches scheduled to open with pyrotechnics
By Tom Winter
Kansan staff writer
Before the pile drivers, suplexes and clotheslines begin, thousands of fans will stare with anticipation, waiting for their spandex-clad, overweight heroes to slap each other senseless.
At 7 p.m. Monday, the World Wrestling Federation's traveling show "Raw is War" will come to Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
The opening ceremonies will simulate a battle range with pyrotechnic explosives. Plus, many wrestlers will have their own pyrotechnic entrances.
"It's going to be an unbelievable show," said Jay Andronaco, media relations manager for the WWF.
The show features a title match between Bret "The Hit Man" Hart and Ken Shamrock (The World's Most Dangerous Man) and an eight-man tag team match. Other matches will include people such as Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker and Vader.
The melee will be aired live on the USA network Monday night. Tuesday night, the show will travel to the Kansas ExpoCentre in Topeka, where it will be videotaped for Monday, Oct. 13's "Raw is War" show. They expect about 6,000 in Topeka, Androncoa said.
Dan Gelston, Pawling, N.Y., senior, he planned to attend the grappling extravaganza in Kansas City.
"I'm a big fan," Gelston said. "I started watching when I was a little kid and I never stopped watching."
Gelston said he planned to take his girlfriend to the event.
"It's like watching a soap opera, except instead of sleeping with someone else's husband, someone gets whacked over the head with a steel chair," he said.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, above, will battle Ken Shamrock as part of the World Wrestling Federation's traveling "Raw is War" show. Monday, the event will be in Kansas City's Kemper Arena, and on Tuesday, it will be at the Kansas Excentre in Topeka. Contributed Photo
By Scott Eric Travers
s-travers@ukans.edu
Kanson movie guy
'U-Turn' delivers adventure
Natural-born director Oliver Stone strands Sean Penn in the desert this week, takes all his money, tempts him with lust, antagonizes him with extortion, annoys him with young infatuation, mystifies him with Indian folklore and teases him with thoughts of illegal salvation. Then the story begins.
Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) is lured into a game of lust, madness and money by Grace McKenna (Jennifer Lopez) in Oliver Stone's latest film, "U-Turn." photo courtesy TriPictures
"U-Turn" is a constant struggle against life itself for Bobby Cooper (Penn), a loner on his way to pay an apparent gambling debt to goons who have already removed a few fingers for tardiness. But after a radiator hose blows out in Superior, Ariz., Bobby's priorities change.
But the hell begins with this mistake. Not long after strolling into town, Bobby is bombarded with disjointed advice from an old blind
Stone wastes no time showing off his artistic genius; his quick intercut edits suspend time and make every moment last deliciously long. Even Bobby's breakdown in the middle of a desert highway becomes an event unto itself, and one wonders, can things get any worse? The answer is a resounding "yes."
Bobby's first encounter with the natives acquaints him with Darrell (Billy Bob Thornton), an infuriatingly demented man who only foreshadows the emotional trauma that seems to infect the entire town. Bobby soon learns that getting out of Superior and on his way will not be as easy as planned, so he ventures into town to bide his time.
Indian (Jon Voight), is coyly seduced by a beautiful woman (Jennifer Lopez), flees from an angry husband (Nick Nolte), all the while hiding from the sheriff (Powers Booth). Lying low solves nothing; a simple country girl (Claire Danes) develops a crush for him, much to the dismay of her jealous boyfriend (Joaquin Phoenix).
The entire film is spent in the tense hope that something good will happen to Bobby, that he can just get on his way and out of Superior. But robbed of all his money in an almost funny sequence involving a convenience store holdup, he cannot even afford a train ticket, let alone the over-priced repairs to his car.
"U-Turn" explores the consequences of pure, raw emotional violence, a subject that shows Stone in his element. There are no expressions of politics in this film; one of our most brilliant directors has made a movie that all can enjoy.
'U-Turn'
Tri-Star
Rated R, 125 minutes
Directed by Oliver Stone
- Starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Voight
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