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'Unhitched' marries paper-thin characters with overused jokesThe Farrelly brothers' first TV show falls short of the duo's comedy legacyby Matt SevitsFox's new comedy "Unhitched" comes to us courtesy of the Farrelly brothers, the creative minds behind "Dumb and Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary." It comes as no surprise, then, that the show's pilot opens with a scene that involves a character being violated by an orangutan. |
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Visual VitriolA new art exhibit explores the punk rock revolution through Xerox art found on flyersby Tiffany ReaganDo it yourself. The punk rock manifesto did not just encourage inexperienced musicians to pick up instruments, it started a revolution. |
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Dancing away stereotypesA belly dancing troupe hopes to reverse ideas about the popular artby Lindsay FunstonA troupe of curvy females is going to war with a social taboo, armed with the arsenal of the way their bodies shimmy. |
Speaker analyzes meaning behind work of Asian artist Cai Guo-QiangThe speech was part of the UO's Fowler Memorial Lecture seriesby Kevin GlennThe Taiwan Museum of Art filled with smoke as the trails of gunpowder crisscrossing the building ignited. The museum appeared to be getting bombed. Luckily, no one was hurt; the warfare was an elaborate contemporary art exhibition by the artist Cai Guo-Qiang. |
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Bijou Art Cinemas plays host to Lunafest filmsIn Briefby Tiffany ReaganThe seventh annual Lunafest film festival will be presented at Bijou Art Cinemas on Tuesday. Lunafest is a national festival that features short films made by women for women. The Bijou showing, hosted by The Duck Store and Life Cycle Bike Shop, will be just one of hundreds throughout the country. |
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Ferrell's 'Semi-Pro' is just more of the same laughsMovie Reviewby Collin Elwyn | Freelance ReporterIt's been a year and a half since Will Ferrell starred in "Stranger than Fiction," a pretty successful dramedy with an off-beat vibe. Though not exactly a landmark in itself, "Fiction" marked a departure from the normative Ferrell character and had people wondering if a more subtle, thoughtful version was on the horizon. |
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