'Last Supper Michael Zlberman Daily Arts Writer It's absolutely impossible to tell the plot of "The Last Supper" without mak- ing it sound sillier than it is, but here goes: It's about a group of liberal grad students who invite ultra-conservatives to dinner and kill them. As it is, howev- er, "The Last Supper" is political satire at its best. With an outlandish premise hat neatly exposes quite real issues, it's a "New Yorker" cartoon of a movie, smart enough to leave a part of the audi- ence shrugging helplessly while the rest ARTs Wednesday,M serves up New Yorker-esque comedy ver who picked him up after his car died conceived subplots: one concernsa B..EVIEI W on a freeway. In a matter of five min- female sheriff investigating a kidnapping (d1 The Last Supper utes, the trucker reveals himself as an and the authors have neither the time no Directed by Stacey Title ignorant fascist. He is, by the way, desire to make us care about her; anothe Wth Cameron Diaz and Courtney played by Bill Paxton, currently seen one is about how all the killing is sup At stare chasing tornadoes in "Twister," in a posed to revive the characters' sexua ***f remarkable performance that transcends lives (or mess them up; it's never quit are rolling in the aisles. its cameo status. Paxton's Zack sheds clear). In its very end, however, "The Las The story, which unfolds almost layer after layer of sanity with each line Supper" finds strength to throw in at exclusively in a house rented by the five (did I mention the dialogue is terrific appropriately bizarre plot twist that com liberal buddies, starts out in innocent even as written?), and when he finally pensates for the sagging narrative. banter and winds up in a swirl of pulls a knife on the host, we almost Make no mistake, nobody would eve dementia. On a rainy night, one of the expect it. In the ensuing squabble, Zack confuse "The Last Supper" with a wor students brings home Zack, a truck dri- ends up being stabbed. Nobody seems of art; but for what it is, it's damn nea ay 29, 1996 - The Mier gw Daily -9 a ,1 )r r al st cn x- r -k it Cameron Diaz stars in "The Last Supper." perfect. Looking for something bigger in this clever, punchy, pocket-sized movie would be like criticizing bvsh- strokes, shadows and perspective in anything signed "Gary Larson." George Duke brings jazz to the Fox- i }dyef too willing to go to jail for murdering a neo-Nazi psycho, and so a new tomato patch appears in the backyard. From there, it's only a matter of time before the friends cope with the shock, admit certain pleasure and a sense of fulfillment in ridding the world of the scumbag, and finally turn the incident into a weekly practice. It's another minor triumph of screenwrit- ing, acting and staging that this esca- lation from "purely hypothetical" murder fantasy to demented resolve seems quite plausible. As the weeks flash before our eyes, the movie is at its most wickedly energetic. There's a couple of celebrity cameos that put "Blue In The Face" to shame; espe- cially memorable is TV's Jason Alexander as an "anti-Earth" activist ("Spotted owl's time is up, hasta la vista, baby!"). The time passes, though, and the task of eliminating right-wingers from the face of the Earth proves too much for the friends - and for the movie as a whole. In its third quarter, "The Last Supper" starts visibly running out of steam. It tries to develop a couple of ill- ROADWAY PACKAGE SYSTEM tert PACKAGE HANDLERS PERFECT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS great scores.. Law School Business School Denta School Graduate Schoo Medical School great teachers..11 Kaplan helps you focus your test prep study where you need it most. 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