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Monday, June 4, 2007
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com

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quence and string chops (primar-
ily guitar) is Dominic Suchyta on
upright bass. Serving as the rhyth-
mic pulse to this percussion-less
group, Suchyta was last seen pluck-
ing and slapping on the Ark's stage
at the sold out Daisy May and Seth
Bernard show in April.
Rounding out the quartet are
multi-instrumentalist brothers Joe
and Andy Wilson. Joe, who plays
steel guitar, dobro and trombone,
and Andy, who plays harmonica,
trumpet and the Cajun button

accordion are the catalysts for
Steppin' In It's genre melding.
The virtuosic brothers and their
instrumental diversity allow the
group to transition from calypso
to blues to bluegrass without
crowding the stage.
Opening for Steppin' In It
will be the newly reunited Lost
World String Band. Active in the
late 1970s, LWSB offers a fla-
vorful concoction of Cajun, jug-
band and old-time music. The
combined energy of these two
vibrant bands will hopefully get
the usually seated Ark-goers on
their feet.

FILM IN BRIEF
'TV Set' is quick, Aside from Sigourney Weaver's
("The Village") and David Ducho-
funny take vny's (TV's "The X-Files") hilari-
ous pokes at the morally corrupt
microcosm of network TV, "The
"The TV Set" TV Set" lacks supporting humor.
At the State Theater As the show's premise shifts from
Think Film tragically comedic to nauseat-
ingly typical of sitcom standards,
Every year oodles of TV series "The TV Set" winds down with
never find their way to fall line- anticlimactic tragedy of its own.
ups. Most don't even emerge from Disappointingly and perhaps
the jumble of scripts and story- appropriate for the cynical tone
boards to reach the point of film- of the movie, "The TV Set" opens,
ing a pilot. Jake Kasdan ("Orange climaxes and closes set within 90
County") brings his typically minutes.
sardonic directorial and writing
style to the story of one potential A,.
show trying to make it through lSscary as
pilot season in "The TV Set." C Moore
Though "The TV Set's" humor Cos ner,
is often so dry you'll question and Cook canbe
whether laughing - or even smil-
ing to yourself - is appropriate, ***
most jokes ring brilliantly and
pathetically true in their criti- "Mr. Brooks"
cism of the televised schlock mil- At the Showcase and Quality 16
lions of viewers watch everyday. MGM
The initial subtle humor regard-
ing a new, hit show called "Slut Cheap thrills on a cool night
Wars" becomes an ongoing, over- don't get much more ludicrous
done gag - even though the mock than this. As the quintessence of
show's concept possesses dis- "guilty pleasure," Kevin Costner
turbing verity considering fallen ("The Guardian") puts an honest
primetime programming like effort into making "Mr. Brooks"
"Temptation Island." a dishonest, campy thriller full

of cheap tricks and absurd situa-
tions. But that's just the fun of it.
Playing Mr. Earl Brooks, Cost-
ner trades his sagely ex-ball play-
er roles ("Field of Dreams" and
"Bull Durham") for something a
little more exciting: a serial killer
with split personalities and cal-
culated charisma. Humane and
haunted, Brooks is a man sur-
rounded by danger, and he loves
every moment of it.
Worrying about whether or not
Mr. Brooks's tenacious daughter
will pick up on the homicidal and
grisly tendencies of her father,
the audience simultaneously wit-
nesses Demi Moore ("Bobby")
look shockingly decent as a hard-
boiled cop with nothing to lose on
the trail of this killer. And if that's
not enough, applaud the ever-
obnoxious Dane Cook ("Employ-
ee of the Month") as he gets his
brutal just desserts when he tries
to penetrate the elusive persona
of Brooks.
Yes, "Mr. Brooks" is just apoor
man's "A History Of Violence."
It's over the top, violent, brim-
ming with ham-fisted acting and
dialogue, and it tries a little too
hard to be deep and clever. But,
that's ok. "Mr. Brooks" is here to
give you an easy scare, and the
movie does at least manage that.

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