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By CONRAD FOREMAN
Daily Arts Writer
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Johnny Knoxville will be a
kick-ass grandpa.
There are few things in this
world that you can be totally
sure of, but that's one of them.
Knoxville ("Jackass" franchise)
will make grandfatherhood bow
down before him like a peasant to
his king. He doesn't look so bad.
In short, an elderly Knox-
ville will be the polar opposite make sense. So, that was very
of his most famous character, unique to this film."
Irving Zisman - the protagonist He also commented on how
of Knoxville's latest film, "Bad the storyline of "Bad Grand-
Grandpa," which hits theaters pa" develops the grandfather-
this Friday, Oct. 25. But with grandson relationship.
Knoxville's tenure as a grand- "I think you're going to be
father still years away, he's still surprised at how much you're
making the world laugh as the going to be invested in the rela-
raunchy, rude and always inap- tionship between me and my
propriate Irving, in the mean- grandson," 'Knoxville said.
time. As anyone familiar with the
Knoxville understands that Irving character knows, the
the appeal of "Jackass" will introduction of a child to the
never go away; if he wanted to, prank's setup changes a few
he could make 50 more "Jack- things. Knoxville explained
ass" films, and loyal fans would -how having Jackson Nicoll
continue to flock to see them. ("The Fighter") on board as
With "Bad Grandpa," Knoxville his grandson made them more
decided to switch things up (if aware of potentially danger-
only slightly), bringing a pre- ous situations; they always had
viously limited gag to the big a team of people close by ready
screen for a film all its own. to step in, in case things got out
Of course, "Bad Grandpa" of hand.
takes a different approach to However, according to Knox-
filmmaking than previous ville, Jackson was perfect for
"Jackass" installments. Unlike the role, and these precaution-
its predecessors, this film tells ary measures were never any-
a story, chronicling Irving's thing more than that.
attempt to take his grandson "We could not have found
across the country to return any kid more gifted than Jack-
him to his father. Knoxville son. He is 8 years old and com-
spoke about the writing process pletely fearless," he said.
for himself and fellow writers Knoxville compared Jack-
Spike Jonze ("Adaptation") and son to previous children he's
Jeff Tremaine ("Jackass" fran- worked with, saying he showed
chise) on a conference call with greater poise, never freezing up
The Michigan Daily on Oct. 4. in situations where others had.
"Sometimes we'll try to work "Never (did) we enter a situ-
story points into the pranks. And ation where he was intimidated
everything has to connect and or frightened. .. Sometimes, if
PARAMOUNT
we were pranking someone and
didn't get the desired result,
he'd yell an insult at them as
they walk away."
Knoxville explained how
Jackson's parents felt about
their son's role in this R-rated
picture.
"There is a reason he is solid
and fearless and competent," he
said. "It's because he's got great
parents, and they trusted us -
thank God. ... I just wish they
would go back to having babies
because they have some won-
derful children."
Considering the heaps of
praise for Jackson and the
amount of confidence Knox-
ville has about "Bad Grandpa"
in general, there are certainly
high expectations for this film.
"I think I'm really excited for
everyone to see this film, and
I definitely think it's as good
as anything we've ever done,"
Knoxville said.
Knoxville will forever be
known as the king jackass. No
matter what he does from now
on, his legacy is set in stone. But
when you get a chance to speak
to him, you realize that Knox-
ville is more than that. He's a
genuine, kind guy - the kind of
guy that grows up to be a kick-
ass grandpa.
"Oh, I hope I'll be a much
better grandfather than Irving
Zisman. ... I won't be downing
beers with my grandchildren."
Government shutdown.
What happens when
musicians don't evolve?
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For theDaily
When I heard "Rap God,"
the new Eminem single, what
hit me first was how very, well,
2000 the whole song sounded.
This is clearly intentional -
Eminem's new album is titled
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 in
reference to his 21 million-
selling 2000 album, but with so
many critics praising Eminem's
new music as a "return to form,"
I started thinking: "Why do we
want Eminem to keep doing
the same thing he was doing a
decade ago?"
Since his comeback from a
five-year hiatus in the middle
of last decade, Eminem's new
music has shown little sign of
growth or maturity. His tech-
nical rapping ability thankfully
remains intact, but his lyrics
unfortunately retain the same
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of a couple of faggots and artists were trying to catch
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lics of last decade and are into baroque instrumentation,
eptable to most listeners stadium-rap, electropop and,
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, Eminem risks diminish- classic Yeezus. Instead of stay-
turns on his songs. When ing stagnate; West has gained
lone writing this, I'll be fame through his unpredictable
ing to old albums like The innovations.
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which legendarily threw out the
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sic's most beloved and attempting to innovate. Kanye's
cted artists face a dilem- last two studio albums have
with every new album: lacked mainstream crossover
d the same style of songs hits, and lately, Miley Cyrus's
made them successful, or drastic change in style has
h up their sound to try drawn ridicule and derision
ay fresh and interesting. from much of the public. Any
his comeback with 2009's band or artist that alters the
se, Eminem has opted for basis of its original successes
rmer, trying to recapture risks estranging old fans. Emi-
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g hits thanks in great part and he knows that's what the
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old work. Other artists fol- up? Acts that rely on a nostal-
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whose new album, Light- songs have a lot less to lose, but
Solt, sounds like it could've will also never significantly
recorded two decades ago, increase their fan base or gain
the band was just starting more critical respect. There's
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acclaimed albums based specific group of people, but in
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