)v Gw w w V V W V 14B - The Michigan Daily - Wekend Magazine - Thursday,April 4, 2002 A guide to who's where,' Thursday, April 4 what's hap ening and, why through Wh Sp dThe \Weekly List you nee Fobestheren...es Wednesday,April0 Films opening The Michigan Daily - Weekend Mag Big Trouble The film's release was delayed a few months for some reason that I cannot currently recall. At Showcase: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:10, 11:15 (Fri. and Sat.) Van Wilder Us lucky folks at the Daily had the honor of seeing this National Lampoon comedy a couple weeks ago, and let us tell you, it is as bad as it looks. At Showcase: 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50, 11:55 (Fri. and Sat.) Films holding All About the Benjamins Even "Next Friday" wasn't in theaters this long! At Showcase: 8:15,10:20,12:35 (Fri. and Sat.). A Beautiful Mind Still no comment, just waiting for it to leave the cineplex. At Showcase: 12:55, 3:40, 6:30, 9:05, 11:35 (Fri. and Sat.). .4lade 2 Hey, didn't Kris Kristofferson die in the first one? Wait, didn't he die in real life? At Showcase: 12:10, 12:40, 2:40, 3:10, 5:00, 5:30, 7:20, 7:50, 9:40, 10:15, 12:00 (Fri. and Sat.), 12:30 (Fri. and Sat.). Clockstoppers You may laugh at it, but it did make more money than "Smoochy." Who's laughing now? At Showcase: 12:20, 2:25, 4:40, 7:10, 9:15, 11:20 (Fri. and Sat.). Death to Smoochy DeVito, you just lost out to a kids' flick about stopping time. Man, how the mighty have fallen. At Showcase: 12:25, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45, 12:20 (Fri. and Sat.). E.T. That's right, "Al" was in my top 10 list, so take that you bottom feeding public you. At Showcase: 12:10, 1:40, 2:50, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 9:30, 11:45 (Fri. and Sat.). ice Age Not the sequel to "Cool As Ice." At Showcase: 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:45, 8:45, 10:45 (Fri. and Sat.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Man, Jackson is ripping us all off with this DVD bullshit. But whatever, 30 minutes of additional footage is worth my life savings. At Showcase: 1:05, 4:35, 8:10, 11:30 (Fri. and Sat.). Monster's Ball Halle's speech has earned this film a million dollars more for each minute she cried. At Showcase: 1:30, 3:35, 5:50, 8:05, 10:15, 12:25 (Fri. and Sat.). Monster's Inc. The sequel where P. Diddy comes back to life and starts a corporation is set on making Halle cry. At Showcase: 12:00. Panic Room Title taken from the code name for Woody Allen's bedroom. At Showcase: 12:15, 12:45, 1:35, 2:35, 3:05, 4:20, 5:05, 5:35, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:25, 9:55,10:25,11:40 (Fri. and Sat.), 12:10 (Fri. and Sat.), 12:40 (Fri. and Sat.). Resident Evil Fifteen minutes until "24" is on; come on, Jack Bauer, lets get those terrorists! At Showcase: 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:55, 10:00, 12:05 (Fri. and Sat.). The Rookie And in sports, after seeing Dennis Quaid throw a 98 mph fastball, the Tigers recently signed him to a four year contract. At Showcase: 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20, 11:50 (Fri. and Sat.). Showtime This would have been much funnier if it really starred Showtime itself: Magic, Kareem and Pat Riley. At Showcase: 1:10, 3:20, 5:40, 7:45, 10:05, 12:35 (Fri. and Sat.). The Time Machine And Guy Pierce dis- appears into no man's land again. At Showcase: 12:50, 3:15, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00, 12:20 (Fri. and Sat.). We Were Soldiers We were Scottish rev- olutionaries. We were American revolu- tionaries. We were Americans in a war we didn't belong in. Nice evolution of character, Mel. At Showcase: 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:35, 12:15 (Fri. and Sat). Courtesy of New Line Cinema In "Blade 3" Wesley Snipes fights a new breed of vampires. Oh wait, we're still on "Blade 2." Thursday BOOKS Alaska Fiddling Poet Ken Waldman pre- sents an evening of song, poems and fid- dling. 7 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave, free; 327-4200. Scott Laser Reads Laser reads from his latest book, "All I Could Get: A Novel of Wall Street." 8 p.m., Shaman Drum Bookshop, 315 S. State, free; 662-7407. CAMPUS CINEMA Gosford Park Altman still hasn't won the Oscar, and I feel that his next film will be about a child-star turned hack- director. State Theater, 9:15 p.m. Iris Kate Winslet is nude once again, but this time it is for the art. Michigan Theater, 7:15 p.m. Kissing Jessica Stein The perfect date film; romance for the girls and les- bians for the fellas. State Theater, 7 & 9 p.m. Monster's Ball If you missed seeing Halle cry, then go see her depression filled performance. State Theater, 6:45 p.m. No Man's Land The last Ann Arbor showing of the Best foreign film. Michigan Theater, 9:15 p.m. Return of the Secaucus Seven "The John Sayles Retrospective" begins with his first film and the man himself. Michigan Theater, 7 p.m. MUSIC Glass, Hopescope A rock band and a pop band cohabitating like it was nor- mal. Elbow Room, Ypsilanti, 10 p.m. $4 483-6374. The Ron Brooks Trio Congratulations on making the Best of Ann Arbor list, its noting compared to making this list but it's something. Bird of Paradise 312 S. Main St., 8 p.m. $5 662-8310. Gemini Hold off onsmaking any impor- tant decisions till tomorrow; listen to people you don't usually pay attention to. Habitat Lounge, Weber's Inn 3050 Jackson Road 8:45 p.m. Free 665- 3636. THEA TER The Balcony University Productions presents this racy avant-garde play about a brothel, where clients escape the revolution around them by fulfilling their fantasies of power and death. 8 p.m., Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Bldg., $15 or $7 for students w/id; 764- 2538. Bit of Wit This Basement Arts staged reading confronts socialrsituations ranging from the dynamics of a dys- functional family to the decision-mak- ing process involved with obtaining breast implants. 7 p.m., Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg., Free; 764-6800. The White Rose This play portrays the true story of five German college stu- dents who protested against the Third Reich during WWII. 8 p.m., Performance Network, 120 E. Huron, $20; 663-0681. ALTERNATIVES Cavafy's World This exhibit, located in the Works on Paper Gallery, presents a series of etchings by well-known British artist David Hockney. The drawings focus on Hockney's repre- sentations of themes explored by poet Constantine Cavafy, including homo- sexuality and human memory. Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State, Free; 764-0395. Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons 1500-1650 This exhibit focuses on the representations of powerful females during the six- teenth and seventeenth centuries, a time when numerous states and king- doms were led by women. Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State, $8, free for students w/id; 764-0395. Friday BOOKS David Hadju Reads Hadju reads from and signs copies of his book "Positively 4th Street." 7 p.m., Borders Books & Music, 612 E. Liberty, free; 668-7652. CAMPUS CINEMA Gosford Park See Thursday. State Theater, 9:15 p.m. Iris See Thursday. State Theater, 7:15 p.m. Kissing Jessica Stein See Thursday. State Theater, 7 & 9 p.m. Monsoon Wedding A well-received film from India featuring romance, music, rain and of course, a wedding. Michigan Theater, 7 & 9 p.m. MUSIC Morsel, Midwestproduct Any band that calls its music "Artscapes" is just asking to be made fun of. The Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St., 10 p.m. $5 ($7 under 21) 996-8555. Debbie Fogell There are thieves in the temple and jazz on the six string. Zou Zou's, Chelsea, 8 p.m. Free 433- 4226. The Clouds Small time punks. Elbow Room, Ypsilanti, 10 p.m. $4 483-6374 Emerson String Quartet-Joined by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Emerson performs the works of Beethoven, Wolf, Schoenberg and Brahms. 8 p.m., Michigan Theater, $20-36; 764-2538. THEA TER The Balcony See Thursday, 8 p.m. The White Rose See Thursday, 8 p.m., $25. A LTERNA TIVES Tricon takes, tradition out of eating tacos' Weekend Magazine Analysis By Zac Peskowitz and Jess Piskor Daily Arts Writers Fast food restaurants are at the vanguard of the global economy. They are often the first Western companies to move into developing nations. Advertised as embodying American culture, fast food restaurants have achieved a dominant position through questionable practices. With 6,683 franchises worldwide, Taco Bell is a leader in the industry. But Taco Bell isn't the friend- ly neighborhood restaurant that it bills itself as. Instead, it is an appendage of the bloated Tricon Global Restaurants Corp. This massive multi-national business runs not only Taco Bell, but Pizza Hut and KFC. Tricon Global is also-in the process of acquiring Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Family Restaurants. These united franchises will be all under the control of a renamed corporation -Yum! Brands, Inc. Phase one, homogenization of American food services, complete. The taco, once a symbol of home cooking and healthy eating, has become yet another exploited product farmed out of factories. Today's tacos aren't made at the local restaurant. Instead, the restaurants only serve as assembly points. When asked if their beef was cooked before arriv- ing at the facility, a Taco Bell employee who wished to remain anonymous succinctly told the Daily, "absolutely." Even more disturbing is the actual source of that meat. Prime beef is not even an option at fast food restaurants Instead, a large percentage of the meat is culled from aged milk cows no longer able to produce milk. Everything is pre-cooked, pre- sliced, pre-packaged and deep-frozen. This centralized and substandard method of food preparation drives out local business and replaces them with identical restaurants, managed and con- trolled from a distant CEO, unconcerned with investing in the local community. Local businesses provide stable jobs, while Tricon and other leading fast food corporations thrive off high employee turnover and anti-union practices in order to suppress wages. Profits at local restaurants cycle through the local economy, while the earnings of corporations have a negligible effect on local economies. So, next time you bite into a Gordita Baja know that there's more wrapped up in it than beef, cheese and tomatoes. Editors: worn Matt I Grandstaff Jane Krull MAGAZINE Associate Editors: Caitlin Nish, Andy Taylor-Fabe Writers: Will E-Nachef, Mike Grass, Max Kinbrough, Zac Peskowitz, Jess Piskor, Manish Raiji, Mark Sandri Photo Editor: David Katz Photog rapher: Emma Fosdick, Debbie Mdizel, John Pratt, David Rochkind, Alyssa Wood, Cover Photo: Emma Fosdick Arts Editors: Lyle Henretty, Luke Smith, Managing Editors, Jeff Dickerson, Associate Editor Editor in Chief: Jon Schwartz EMMA FOSDICK/DAILY Need a little excitement? Grab a hard shell taco! When eating a taco after a long day, nobody wants a wimpy soft shell. Eating a taco, as any taco traditionalist will tell you, needs some crunch to it. For LSA senior Adam Rouls, whose family made tacos every Friday night when he was growing up, hard shell tacos were the only tacos in town. "I'm a man, I don't want to waste my time with soft shell tacos. I consider myself hardcore, so I can't walk around eating tacos that are going to hurt my reputation with the ladies." Guys aren't the only ones on campus who can't stand soft shell tacos. LSA sophomore Haleigh Peters claims that you can find out a great deal about a person from the kind of taco they eat. "My ex-boyfriend used to only eat soft shell tacos. To be honest, I was a little bit embarrassed by the whole situ- ation. He didn't like hard shell tacos because they were too sloppy," Peters Hardcore t prefer the I By Matt Grandstaff Weekend Magazine Editor sa di sl ta shf re sp io hai tac ma tac ar de th bi th Th wa wo Soft tacos are fun and eas By Mark Sandri For the Daily Do you love tacos? Don't you hate it when you bite into a hard shell taco and all the substance falls right in your lap? There's a solution: Soft shell tacos. Like hard shell tacos, soft shell tacos feature meat, vegetables and cheese. But that's where the simi- larities stop. The biggest asset of the soft shell taco is its soft shell. Soft shell tacos feature a durable, yet delicious shell that doesn't disap- point by breaking under pressure. For Engineering senior Keith Kelly, durability is -important in taco eating. "I hate when I get a value meal at Taco Bell and I forget to make the hard taco that comes with the value meal a soft taco. They always break right when I pick them up. With soft tacos, I have nothing to worry about," Kelly said. In addition to staying together, soft tacos actually hold more top- pings than the standard hard shell taco. Pedro Hernandez, a worker at the Taco Bell on Stadium Road, isn't sure, but thinks that he is able to put more meat and toppings in soft shell tacos. "Usually, I can get two scoops of meat into the hard ones," says Hernandez. "With the hard tacos, I can't put as much meat in because the shell breaks on me." Yet another benefit of the soft shell taco is the taste of the squishy shell. While hard tacos have great texture, for LSA soph- omore Vicki Lesiw, they lack the great flour taste. "I'll eat hard shelled tacos if that is the only available taco, bu honestly, I don't think they taste nearly as good as the soft one, Lesiw said. But while soft tacos feature great taste, Kelly feels the bes part is the price. - Phone Numbers: Michigan Theater: 668-8397; Quality 16: 827-2837; Showcase: 973-8380; State: 761-8667. Showtimes are effective Friday through Thursday. Matinee times at State Theater are effective for Saturday and Sunday only. Look at that soft shell. No spillage here.