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Hamlet 2 offensiveto both artsy and

religious types

KATIE BRADFORDKOURIER-STANDARD

The arts can sometimesbecome synonymous withcontroversy. What is con-sidered artistic versus whatis considered slanderous,offensive, and (the mostpopular) sacrilegious isa debate that is seeminglynever-ending.

Yes, religion seems to bethe most popular of the con-troversies that face many art-

ists. In film, its difficult totoss a stone without findinga movie which the Vaticanhas banned, scorned, pro-tested, etc.

I imagine that they haveto have their own office tocover the work of Fox alone.I should stop here, though:I dont need an angry mobafter me, too.

Besides the Bible, ofcourse, the works of WilliamShakespeare are some of themost widely renowned, readand worshiped pieces of lit-erature in the English lan-guage.

Taking artistic licensewith these works is oftenacceptable, but re-writing

them? This appears to be astep too far for most, but notfilmmaker Andrew Fleming(The Craft), whose latestfilm attempts the unfath-omable: offending both theChristian and literary com-munities.

In this incredibly strange,yet fascinating, escapadewe meet high school dramateacher Dana Marschz(Steve Coogan); his mar-riage to wife Brie is startingto lull after they cant getpregnant. He also lives withthe peculiar Gary (David

Arquette) who likes to eat

hard boiled eggs and hardlysays anything, which is arefreshing change becauseDana never shuts up.

When the latest schoolplay (a theatrical renditionof Erin Brockovich) bombs,the school board threatensto pull the plug on drama.After the rest of the extracurriculars are cut and theshop and home-economicskids are forced into dramaand Dana cooks up a bril-liant plan to save drama byputting on a play hes writ-ten himself.

That play happens tobe a complicated sequelto Hamlet involving timemachines, Grease-styledance numbers and, yes,Jesus Christ. My personalfavourite dance numberis called Rock Me, SexyJesus. Not only is it deli-ciously blasphemous, butits a toe-tappin tune Ivebeen humming for days.

After the school boardbans the musical, they fightto put it on with the helpfrom ambulance chasinglawyer Cricket Feldstein(Amy Poehler).

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Kanata readers know where to find outwhats going on in their community

They look to the Kourier-StandardHAMLET,SEE PAGE 32

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Amidst protests, fires, fights, walkouts,fainting, budget cuts, and just about anyother problem a play could come across, welearn that it doesnt matter how horrible theplay is: it is irrelevant. What the film is say-ing, in a strangely funny way, is that some-times we allow a work to become more thanit was ever intended. We allow a circus tobuild around something that it never war-

ranted, or deserved.It shows that what we should really be

afraid of is not the safety and sanctity of ourbeloved icons and masterpieces, but rath-er the dangers of terrible writing, drunkenroller skating and men in skirts who enjoydoing cartwheels.

Hamlet 2 is not for all. It is so strangethat even I left the theatre thinking, I think I liked it However, it is like acar crash in that, like it or not, you cantlook away.

HAMLET,FROM PAGE 31

In the summer, the valleycan reach a scorching 54 C.

The only thing you cando in the summer withoutdying is driving along themain road, said Tremblay,

who chose to visit duringthe winter when the tempe-rature spikes in the oppositedirection.

In the morning you haveto put your coat on and atabout 10 a.m. you have totake it off, she said. Atlunch time you hide for acouple of hours.

While many artists willcamp out at a site to prepa-re for a painting, Tremblaytakes her search for subjectmatter to every extreme sometimes dragging herselfup tall cliffs or into deepcaverns on a quest for infor-mation and unseen beauty.

Lots of people go tovarious tourist places andtheyll basically see the

same thing, said Tremblay.I will do anything thatneeds to be done.

TREMBLAY,FROM PAGE 30

We dont have foreverto try to get noticed on abigger scale.

Lapointe has provenhimself willing to make

sacrifices for the better-ment of the band.One of those sacrific-

es: living on a musicianswage.

Its all I do, he said.Its my whole life.

"Sometimes I see peo-ple with real lives and Iget jealous.

Early this year, the bandwas robbed in London,Ont in the midst of a tour.

Though the thievesdidnt make it into the

trailer where the bandstores its guitars, drumsand amps they managedto make off with boxes ofband merchandise alongwith money, iPods and anew midi keyboard.

I dont know why they

did that, said Lapointe.It was a real (pain)because we didnt haveanything to sell.

Youre ou t the rea l r e a d y m a k i n g n omoney.

Lapointe and his bandbraved on with the tour.It was the only choice,really.

This is really who Iam, he said. Im a song-writer and Ive surren-dered to that.

TREVOR JAMES,FROM PAGE 29

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