6A — Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Arts
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
puzzle by sudokusnydictation.com
By Kevin Christian
©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
01/15/20
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
01/15/20
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
Release Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
ACROSS
1 Minor
misunderstanding
5 Long part of an
arrow
10 Pride Month
letters
14 Sticky pod
15 Grammy winner
Jones
16 Channel marker
17 Letter starter
18 Speechify
19 Soda __: fountain
worker
20 Dog, barking
23 “Understand?”
24 Common
Scrabble tile
value
25 Afflicts
27 Satisfied sigh
sound
30 Dog, begging
36 Driving problem
38 Sinewy
39 Rio contents
40 Burton of “Star
Trek: TNG”
41 Rhea cousin
42 Harry’s mom Lily
__ Potter
43 Not buttoned, as
a shirt
44 “Bummer!”
45 It flows below the
Pont Neuf
46 Dog, ears erect
49 Nada
50 Steel-toe item
51 “Just a __!”
53 Southeast airport
code
55 Dog, tail wagging
62 Thigh muscle,
briefly
64 “Outlander” series
novelist Gabaldon
65 Big name in big
projections
66 Bear overhead
67 Sprinter Bolt
68 Daughter in the
2019 film “Judy”
69 Unwelcome
diners
70 __ hose
71 Agenda bullet
DOWN
1 Mary __ Lincoln
2 Swedish
superstore
3 San __: Cal. city
nickname
4 FX series
inspired by a
Coen brothers
film
5 Noisy bedmate
6 Traditional group
dance
7 Decimated Asian
sea
8 Karma
9 Course of
treatment
10 JFK-RMN link
11 “No, still not
right”
12 Snooze inducer
13 Tot
21 Go in
22 Up to, briefly
26 Split
27 Luminous
28 First Hebrew
letter
29 Enjoy oneself
immensely
31 Fancy pitchers
32 Focus on, as a
bull’s-eye
33 Alternative to
dare
34 Branch of Islam
35 Watercolor prop
37 Totaled, as
costs
42 First name in
beauty products
44 Went out with
someone
wealthier, say
47 Amaze
48 The same
number
52 __ dog
53 Teal relative
54 Go bad
56 Legal thriller
writer Scottoline
57 Scott of “Hawaii
Five-0”
58 Tending to the
matter
59 Exclude
60 Puzzle with dead
ends
61 Checkup
63 Prosecutors,
briefly
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WHISPER
“Birth
control?
I’m above
it.”
“College
made me
sweaty.”
“What? I
can’t be
unhinged?”
The beginning of the end
has arrived for the loving,
joyful and witty show that is
“Schitt’s Creek.” It may feel
like it’s leaving our lives just
as fast as it was introduced,
as many of us didn’t know it
existed until we uncovered it
on Netflix within the last year.
Regardless
of
how
long
we’ve
individually
adored
“Schitt’s Creek,” we’re all here
now for a final season. For
more than five years, we have
watched the development of
Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy,
“Finding
Dory”),
his
wife
Moira
(Catherine
O’Hara,
“The
Addams
Family”),
their adult children David
(Dan Levy, “Admission”) and
Alexis (Annie Murphy, “The
Plateaus”), as they transitioned
from their lavish lifestyles to
one without money, where all
they have is each other in the
town of nothingness that is
Schitt’s Creek. Now that the
Roses have found their place
in the town, this final season
might be the last time they’re
all together, as the premiere
made it clear that the family’s
lives are headed in different
directions.
Picking up about a week
after the events of the season
five finale, the soap-opera
star Moira is still in despair
from losing the leading role in
“The Crows Have Eyes 3: The
Crowening.” Alexis is packing
to leave for the Galapagos
with Ted, while David and
Patrick (Noah Reid, “House
of Lies”) are looking for a
wedding venue, and Stevie
(Emily Hampshire, “Save Me”)
is still trying to figure out her
purpose in life. At face value,
these stories will inevitably
push the characters away from
each other over the course
of the season. The season
premiere reassures us that
despite the divergent arcs, the
heart of the show has always
been the family dynamic of the
Roses.
Remember back in the day
when Alexis and David were
arguing
over
who
should
get
murdered
first?
This
season, with Alexis’ imminent
departure for the Galapagos
and
David’s
engagement,
neither
of
them
want
to
share how much they’ll miss
each other, so they engage in
immature bickering in a way
that may feel a bit too familiar
for those of us with siblings.
It’s the kind of bickering
where everyone but the people
who are a part of it can sense
the subtext. After a flight
mishap — which results in
Alexis not leaving for another
month — accompanied by the
sounds of animal slaughter
off in the distance from a
potential wedding venue, we
are treated to one of the most
hilarious
sibling
apologies
ever. When pressured to say
“I’m sorry,” David resorts to a
roundabout way of saying so,
eventually telling Alexis that
he “might have overreacted,
and for that (he is) apologetic
and remorseful over an action
(he) participated in.”
What is astonishing about
“Schitt’s Creek” is how true it
has remained to the original
story it set out to tell. The
decision
by
the
creators
(father-son duo Eugene and
Dan Levy) to end the show
after six seasons was met with
surprise by many fans due to
the perfection of the show. But
the Levys are aware that what
makes the show so special is
its commitment to telling the
same story it set out to tell in
season one. Keeping it running
for
longer
than
originally
intended
risks
sacrificing
the quality storytelling that
separates
“Schitt’s
Creek”
from the rest of the family-
centric television landscape.
It would have been impossible
to keep the Roses all together
in Schitt’s Creek due to the
individual
journeys
each
character must face, as their
career paths would naturally
take them away from the town
that brought them all together
in the first place.
The season six premiere
was not anything flashy or
noteworthy, but a show as
genuine as “Schitt’s Creek”
doesn’t need to be anything
other than itself in order to
guarantee success. There are
only 13 episodes left, and this
first one reminds us how much
we missed it in the offseason
and how much we will miss it
when it’s gone.
‘Schitt’s Creek’ Season 6
off to routine strong start
TV REVIEW
TV REVIEW
POP TV
“We wanted to create a
good mix of performances.
Because the subject matter in
‘No Safety Net’ is so heavy,
we didn’t want to have such a
dark event to start this series
off. We wanted it to be fun,
you know?” SMTD senior
Jamie Sharp said about the
University Musical Society
(UMS) Student Committee’s
“No Safety Net Student Kick-
Off Party.” “No
Safety Net” is
UMS’
three-
week festival
featuring four
provocative
theater
productions
that
“foster
timely
conversations
around
topical social
themes.”
“These
performances
are so cool and
so relevant to
what’s
going
on
today.
This
year,
the
focuses
are white feminism, toxic
masculinity,
the
refugee
crisis, patriotism and whistle
blowing,” LSA senior Jacob
Gibson, a coordinator of the
event, said.
Sharp,
Gibson
and
the
rest of the UMS Student
Committee,
have
worked
over the last semester to
organize the “No Safety Net
Kick-Off Party.” The event on
Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.,
will
feature
performances
from
U-M
students
and
alumni
across
disciplines:
Midnight Book Club (improv
comedy), a.n.g.e.l.i. (hip-hop/
rap), Aldo Leopoldo Pando
Girard (spoken word/poetry)
and Virago (free improv/new
music).
Taking place in the intimate
Canterbury House, the event
is designed to bring people
together
through
multiple
forms of art. Midnight Book
Club is sure to ignite laughter
throughout the room. Virago
and a.n.g.e.l.i will perform
unique musical acts, and Aldo
Leopoldo
Pando
Girard’s
poetry will melt hearts and
minds.
“When we first thought
about who to
ask to perform
in
the
Kick-
Off series we
tried to pick
performances
that
mirrored
the
event,”
Gibson
said.
“But then we
realized
that
if people are
actually going
to
attend
(No
Safety
Net) we want
them to fully
experience
what the shows
have to offer,
while they are
watching them,
not at the Kick-Off Event. We
wanted Thursday evening to
moreso create a celebration
and fun kick-off party.”
The subject matter of the
shows in the “No Safety
Net” series deal with heavy
political and social themes.
However, the event planners
aim to craft a bit of a lighter
tone amongst attendees.
“People should come into
this kick-off event with an
excitement to see students and
their friends perform,” Gibson
said. “There’s no pressure! It
will be a fun night to celebrate
all the great theatre to come.”
UMS kicks off
‘No Safety Net’
COMMUNITY CULTURE PREVIEW
JUSTIN POLLACK
Daily Arts Writer
ALIX CURNOW
Daily Arts Writer
Schitt’s Creek
Season 6 Premiere
Pop TV
Tuesdays @ 9 p.m.
What is
astonishing
about “Schitt’s
Creek” is how
true it has
remained to
the original
story it set out
to tell.
No Safety Net
Student Kick-Off
Party
Thursday, Jan. 16
Doors at 7 p.m., show
starts at 7:30 p.m.
Canterbury House
Free