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IN 1 7, Hou ton' econd
album, Whit� set nother preee­
den by becoming the only album
�rdcd by a female solo artist to
debut at the '1 spot on the album
cbans. That album featured three
more'1 hi ;"1 WQIIM Dance With
S�""Didn"Wt!AImostHave
It All," "So EmotioMl" and "WMJy
Do Broltu HetITU Gt,. "
D - JAZZ IS TOO ••• - "Mlc 'Brade a d Harold McKi ey et tbe tow 0 nre with
I st w ekeDd a d will aID J e 28-3 ,at t e Attic T eatre. Tbelr latest feature, "JGU Is Too ... " pic up where Its predece or
"Jazz Is" left oR. BradeD aDd McKiDDey are ceo paDled by Gaye LYDD McKiDDey OD tbe drams, Ray McKiDDey OD Ba . Mlcbe'
I tbe ultry Dd iv dou fe al voice of tbe productloD • ell tbe director wblle Harold tickle tbe ivory's like Dever before. ,
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a : Cab C lIoway, Du e EIIlDgloD, Cole Porter, aDd Lloael HamptoD. CODtact tbe Attic Theatre 1D Detroit or TlcketMater.
'Straight Out' Says'
By Fred RlcIllanlloa
Ute Tony Brown' terrible 01
"Whitt! Girl" which opened and
quickly closed 1 t yea, Matty Rich'
"Straight Out OfBrooIdyn, " says
to drup, • but it does it in a
lmoOUllDl'
miCb. JIlt the
Cnepltx Odeon Metropolitan and,
of course, I t in the c with two
rows of school-age children,
-Itraipt out of Red Hook" who
spent the movie detailing which Red
Hook apartment was theirs, where
the front doors were and where the
part WIS.
Since this is writer, director and
'producer Matty Rich's first movie, .
there can only be congratulations
. and accOlades out there for him. He
i also a fairly good actor, playing
leuer par:t of Larry, the guy who
always "wolfs· people and gets them
into trouble.
"Straight Out," reminiscent of
parts of Lorraine Han berry's
"Raisin in the Sun," is the tory of a
. father, George T. Odom as Ray
BroWD,·who works hard for his fami­
ly, but who cannot seem to make
enougb-and so he gets drunk and
beats his wife, Ann D. Sanders
Frankie Brown, when he is
�trated.
• lnwhile, his son, Lawrence
Gilliard Jr. as Dennis Brown thinks
tbat the only �ay the family, ,will
prosper is to get "that money" out
there-no matter what he has to do.
So together with two friends,
Mark Malone Kevin, and Larry,
the trio plans and carrie out the theft
of drug dealer.
The end re ul t, of course, i
edy all around. '
It is a poignant story, a simple
story, and it tells volumes to those
who would listen.
THIS MOVIE IS not heavy on
violence, ex and langua&e, as some
would have believe. In fact, it
appeared to me to be pretty light­
weight, compared to some I've seen,
and some I know our young people
have seen .
. The one sex scene is over like
tbat-and I_know, without having
seen them. that "New Jack: City" and
"A Rage in Harlem" have far more
graphic sex scene ,and I imagine the
kids behind me saw them both. The
violence is more imaginative than
graphic (nothing at all like Farrah
Fawcett's interpretation of "Ex­
tremuies" or "Glory,,), and the lan­
guage is not as broad or vicious as
"Die Hard" or "Predator. "
Uneven would be the right word
for most of the movie as it runs from
beginning (finding the family'
problems) to the end. Sometimes the
transition scenes are slow, but they
flow smoothly unlike "The White
A Hair-Raising Affair
CHICAOO - Hair stylists form
ICI'OIS the country will convene in
Chicago July 6-8 at the Knicker­
bocker Hotel, to get a first-hand look
at 1boma Hayden'a DeW hair tyl
for Fall/Winter. "Hail'-RDising Af­
/_" is the title of the latest bend
re� by the NBH Group, Inc., a
profeuional oraanization of bair
pen and cosmetologists .:
Tbc new tyles' will be introduced
dud NBH Group's semi-annual
Educational Retial. Stylis will
receive a complimentary copy of the
trend releue book with technical
, have an opportunity to
Ieam bow to cut, roll and perfect the
.ty .
Tbere alIo wUl be el on
Artistic Styling, Braidina
nc:lmkllueI, n'. Hair Sculpti
'Roller Placement, Nail Art Trends,
. aDd Marketing & Motivation.
tyUI attending tbe "HaNlr-Oll
. 8 worbbop will rec::eM
mJ._In-= YidDo OIl the new �nd
"�D. internationally
a.lper and Artiadc
NBH Group, ya
of I of the relreat
be • "HtJlr.RlJi.rbrg AII_" ben
mode • tep off the " of the
DeW trend rel� at a pectacular
Hair and Fashion Revue being held
in the Knickerbocker's Grand
Ballroom, Sunday, July 7 �t 8:30pm.
·Tbi event ia not J t for hair
Ityli 11," aaya Hayden. ·Anyone
wbo appreciatca beauty and on
will want to attend this extravaganza,
to ICC the exciting hair creations and
clothing by leaders in the industry."
Mitchell, ChIcago; J ckie. Randolph,
Washington, D.C.; B rbara Ed- r
monds, Oakland; Stephan Zielinski,
Minneapoli; Patt Patter on, •
Chicago; and Paul Robinson, Jr., •
South Carolina. .
KINKS, Avlon, TCB and other •
major cOmpanies in the hair care in- I
dustry will host entertainment even _
during the Retreat. I
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For registration, tickets or add;-
ALONG WITH Tom Hayden, tioNU in/OIf'1IIIItioll 011 the EdIlcatiott­
other top national educato for the GI Retreot and "Hair-RitJimg Affair"
two-day peminar include: Wanda caU 1-8001922-0058.
Patterson, Los Angeles; Reglnat
0' 'to Drugs and Mo.re
Girl" which faded to dark and then
lit up. Sometimes ctors got in the
way of their own motivations-Rich
should have direct them better.
The sound technology could have
been better well. '
One P rticularty poignant scene,
and one that mes closet to genuine
feeling and emotion is the one where
Ray Brown is in front of the projects
with his son, Dennis.
Ray is not drunk. He peaks to his
son, man-to-boy, and tells him he
loved him, and DeMis, after Jooking
confulod, smi and the viewer
.the closeness that might peen
po ible in this family (or that 0
was!. In any case, this i youthfu
Ricfi's first venture-and such.
deserves an a pplause for eve
trying.
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regular subscription prices'
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