MOVE would like to address the negative responses to columns in the March 2 issue. LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
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Last Friday, MOVE published two columns that have received negative attention on social media websites in the last few days: “Grindr lovin’, had me aghast” by Emma Woodhouse and “Jane Eyre: Prude ‘n’ proud” by Claire Landsbaum. MOVE Magazine and The Maneater were criticized for publishing these columns, which were deemed offensive to the LGBTQ community and an example of “slut-shaming,” respectively. It is first necessary to acknowledge why these columns were published: We do not censor our columnists’ content, unless it is on the grounds of length, style, fact-checking or hate speech. MOVE columnists do not represent the opinion of MOVE Magazine. They are hired based on their strength with words and creativity, as well as their ability to write columns that MU students can relate to. (Claire’s column, specifically, is meant to take books she believes to be of a good quality and to relate them to college life and encourage readers to check them out in the process. Emma’s is intended to be a romance column told through her quest to have her very first kiss.) We edit these columns for style and length. If we were to censor them based on content, there would be little point in having columnists at all, as we would be projecting our own views onto the columns. Readers have the right to disagree with our columnists and are encouraged to provide feedback. However, as stated, these columnists have the right to voice their opinions. (It is their job, after all.) That’s not to say it is to our benefit — or anyone else’s — to be offensive in the process. Emma and I have discussed the column and, in retrospect, we understand why it is offensive and regret that it was published the way it was. It perpetuated stereotypes of the gay community, and even though her examples were based off real life incidents, when presented in this context, they became an over-generalization of the entire gay community. Furthermore, the column objectified gay men by compartmentalizing them. Like I said, it’s not that I, as MOVE editor, should have censored Emma’s column. Rather, I should have made sure Emma was aware that we were running a column that could offend. Emma and I regret not coming to this agreement (and again, we do agree that it was offensive) until after the article was published. Again, she fully has the right to express her thoughts as a columnist, and her writings don’t represent MOVE’s beliefs, but that’s not to say we couldn’t have employed some self-editing in the process. We apologize to anyone who was offended by this column and want to clarify that this offensiveness stemmed from poor judgment, not from hatred or bias. In regard to Claire’s column, I feel there is a different issue. Arguments against this column seem to take offense with the apparent stance of the columnist rather than, as with Emma’s column, characterization of a demographic. Therefore, I must again present the reminder that a columnist is an individual expressing his or her opinion, not a representative of the magazine’s beliefs. As these columns are the opinions of the individual columnists who wrote them, we decided it would be best to let both aforementioned columnists give their stances on the public outcry. You can read Emma’s response on page 3 and Claire’s at move.themaneater.com. I encourage anyone with further issues or questions on these topics to send me an email at bfoster91@gmail.com or to write us a letter to the editor. We appreciate your feedback. Columns are intended to create a forum, which cannot exist without response from readers. I truly appreciate the fact that people are willing to stand against something they believe to be offensive so that we can have these necessary discussions.
brandon foster | MOVE editor
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KISSLESS IN COLUMBIA
Emma Woodhouse expresses her sincerest regrets.
GEEKING OUT SINCE '81
Bartender-slash-cartoonist talks to MOVE.
04-05
MOVE HITS THE DOUBLE DIGITS One decade down; one million to go.
BACK FROM THE DEAD
Former MOVE editors reflect on their favorite section.
MOVE MAGAZINE TIME MACHINE
MOVE shows off profiles and obsessions from the last ten years.
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MAIN SQUEEZE DOES ART
Local photographer opens exhibit in café on Ninth Street.
'ZELDA' AFTER ALL THESE YEARS 25 years of the video game.
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TRUE/FALSE, A RECAP
Dylan Chapman writes about the best moments of last weekend's film festival.
PEOPLE STILL WATCH 'THE BACHELOR'? Apparently so.
'BENT'
Columbia Entertainment Company puts on a play about homosexuals in Nazi Germany.
Woodhouse column a negative reflection on important student publication. LETTER TO THE EDITOR I am writing in response to Emma Woodhouse’s controversial Grindr column published in last week’s edition of MOVE. This week, the piece has made a splash on Facebook and Twitter, and I have seen a good deal of negative reactions from offended readers, most citing Ms. Woodhouse’s use of negative stereotypes. While the biggest issues I have with this column are its unclear objective and journalistically lazy generalizations, there are also fundamentally detrimental claims made that need to be addressed. As a member of the LGBT community here in Columbia, I am disheartened by The Maneater’s publication of this column. It is not that the stereotypes presented are anything shocking. Yes, we get it, gays love Lady Gaga and drink Starbucks — you can find these stereotypes just about anywhere in pop culture. These claims became increasingly offensive, though, as the column went on. The disparaging claims made about Grindr — and no, I do not have an account — were unfair and ungrounded, and made the rest of Ms. Woodhouse’s stereotypes all the more offensive. My main problem was the writer displayed a lack of very basic understanding about why a service like Grindr exists. Homosexual relations have historically been marginalized, forced to darker corners of society. For at least the last 40 years, homosexuals have played by entirely different sexual rules than the rest of society. In the 1970s, many relied on cruising — essentially picking up a stranger at a park — to find sexual partners. Perhaps it seems gross or unromantic to you, but this was at a time when being “out” was a relatively novel concept, and in many parts of the country, it was a dangerous one. To hit on a stranger of the same sex at a bar — and enjoy that charming “pre-hookup dance” — was a risky bet. Sometimes, in towns like Columbia, it still is. The relegation of homosexual courtship to a service like Grindr is something that has been evolving for decades, and benefited greatly from the Internet. In the days of cruising, the gay-friendly park would be established by word-of-mouth, and one would just hope the man he approached would not be a cop. Today, there are multiple gay dating websites — and yes, some of them are used for dating — that promise a wide range of potential prospects. You seem to miss the point that Grindr is an app men willingly sign up for, and any risk one might be taking is consensual and shared. The casualness of the sex might make you uncomfortable, but it is nothing different than any bar in downtown Columbia, where at the end of the night two strangers might end up going home together. I am disheartened by what the publication of this piece says about the strides we are making as an equal and accepting culture. In light of the recent success for gay marriage in Washington and Maryland, I have not yet lost hope. But Ms. Woodhouse’s column speaks volumes about what our culture can tolerate when it comes to stereotyping the LGBT community. I am a former columnist for The Maneater, and I approached the work with a mindfulness of quality and pedigree in light of our university’s dedication to journalism. That the editors let this piece slide by is a negative reflection of an important student publication.
thomas leonard | tsandtheleonard@gmail.com
/ staff move editor / brandon foster editor-in-chief / travis cornejo managing editor / abby spudich copy chief / kelsey maffett production manager / ashley lane photo editor / nick ehrhard designers / ashley lane, savannah kannberg, casey purcella, jacob sharp writers / david adams, dylan chapman, brandon foster, lucia lee, megan lewis, alicia tan, greta weber, emma woodhouse
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Head to MOVE. THEMANEATER .COM to read Claire Landsbaum’s explanation of last week’s column, “Prude ‘n’ Proud.”
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SKIP HARVEY:
get serious This is unprecedented, I know, but I’m starting this one off on a solemn note. I’d like to sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by the content of my last column. I perpetuated gay stereotypes and made broad generalizations based off of my experiences interacting with a small portion of the gay community. My intention was not to insult but to poke fun at the influences some of my close friends have had on my life. These friends, as well as their actions and opinions, are in no way representative of the gay community as a whole. I have friends who are gay who read the column and thought it was all in good humor, but I didn’t think about those who did not know my friends or me personally. In hindsight, it was tasteless and insensitive. I love my friends because they are wonderful, fantastic, amazing people, not because of their sexual orientation. I did an unsatisfactory job conveying that. I’ve made plenty of bad judgment calls in my lifetime, but this is one of the most embarrassing. This is more than a formally mandated apology. I am truly, deeply sorry for the narrow-minded and offensive themes in my article last week. On that note, I hope you, for some reason, still think I’m a decent human being. If so, I invite you to continue on this journey with me. I’m halfway through my adventure now, and I’ve gotten nothing but a few more strikes on my list of suitors. In defeat and discouragement, I turned to my one of my favorite authors, John Green, for a bit of advice. In a YouTube video Green filmed for Seventeen Magazine, he said, “The better you do at imagining what it’s like to be other people, the happier you’ll be.” Later in the same video, Green said, “In the end, that is my relationship advice. Muddle through, try to imagine other people, or else get with a vampire.” Since I’m not sure I can handle a guy who sparkles, I think I’ll try the first one. I used to have this fear that the more I got to know someone, the more I’d see his faults. More and more things would start to annoy and distract me. What I didn’t consider was the possibility that getting to know someone can have the opposite effect. I have to quote Green again, just because I don’t think I’ll ever be able to say it better. This one’s from his book, “Paper Towns.” “When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.” I’m still caught in the glow of True/False Film Fest, and if the assortment of documentaries I saw over the weekend taught me anything, it is that there is a world of experiences behind every pair of eyes, every set of ears. There is more than I can, as one person with one perspective, even come close to understanding. But the point is to try. I realize this sounds incredibly cliché and overdone, but it’s something that is continually relevant and incomprehensible. It gets me every time. I’ve seen the movies and I’ve read the books. I know people are complex and infinitely difficult to understand. I know the importance of imagining them that way. It’s just so hard for me to put it into practice. This week dealt me a massive ego blow. But it was also my halfway point, and there is a new beginning around the corner. I ask that you try to imagine me as a person who makes frustrating mistakes but who also genuinely cares about learning. I will do my best to imagine everyone I encounter the same way.
MOVE THE KEY TO YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
Presents
The Blue Note
March 13 8:30 p.m.
Dr. Dog
and Givers
geek from conception A Superman trick-or-treating bucket sits on the bar, brought into focus as the bartender flicks on the tribal mask lamp on the alcohol display behind it. It is 8 o’clock on a Wednesday night at Eastside Tavern, and the place is deserted, save for a few employees. A sense of the usual crowd isn’t hard to get, though. Posters adorn the walls, advertising comic books, Star Trek memorabilia and various other geek paraphernalia. Skip Harvey, the bartender and a self-proclaimed “third-generation geek,” is right at home. Knowing the crowd will not arrive for another hour or two, Harvey takes a break from his bartending to discuss an incredibly hot topic both in Columbia and the world of geeks at the moment — himself. Morgan Spurlock’s recent documentary, “Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope,” focusing on the comic convention hosted in San Diego every year, featured Harvey at his most vulnerable. A comic geek to the core, Harvey traveled to the convention hoping to advance toward his goal of becoming a comic book writer. It didn’t turn out quite as he’d hoped, but it was beneficial all the same. Harvey said his favorite moment as a geek happened during his first visit to Comic-Con. When he walked in the first time, he looked at the empty baseball stadium across the street and compared it to the thousands of people at the convention. “I remember thinking, ‘We won,’” he says. “The people that used to beat us up in high school or junior high won’t even leave the house because we’ve totally won.” Because of Spurlock’s commentary, Harvey is now receiving some attention in the comic world. “I’ve run into a lot of people who didn’t know I did this,” Harvey says, referring to encounters he has had in Columbia since the publication of the documentary. The attention isn’t just in his hometown either. Recently, in an Austin, Texas comic book store, New York comedian Demetri Martin approached Harvey to say hey. “I was shocked when he came up to me,” says Harvey, who studied at MU. “Although there’s a pretty good chance he mistook me for someone else.” Harvey tugs at his True/False Film Fest T-shirt, lost in speculation of whether he can fairly suspect the famous comedian knew who he was. But regardless of the newfound attention, Harvey’s daily life must go on. “I eat, sleep and breathe geek,” he says. “It’s what got me in the movie and keeps this ball rolling.” Before leaving home in the mornings, he makes sure he has his comics with him.
“I bring them everywhere I go,” he says, noting this is especially the case on Wednesdays, which is new comics day at a local comic book store. He and his friends continuously look forward to this event. “It doesn’t matter if your power’s getting shut off, you’re a month and a half behind on rent or you’re eating Ramen noodles,” he says. “You’ll still come up with a way to get comics.” After packing his satchel, Harvey runs errands (like returning Storm Trooper costumes) before heading to the KOMU-TV station, where he works in production. When the station is on air, Harvey is constantly on the floor, directing or making graphics. On commercial breaks, he catches up on comics. “I used to get in trouble for that,” Harvey says. “But several of my bosses are comic geeks, and after the movie came out, they were like ‘OK, well, I guess we get it now.’” After he ends work at the station, Harvey heads straight to Eastside Tavern, where he alternates as a bartender and a DJ, loving the sci-fi/ horror/fantasy theme. “(Eastside is) a dive bar with a specific identity,” Harvey says. “It’s comfortable and gives people a lot of opportunities. The owner, Sal Nuccio, considers himself an outcast. He takes chances on people.” Harvey said this is great, because the weird guys usually end up being successful. “You have to have passion about something to be successful,” he says. During his shift at the bar, Harvey has time to interact with his fellow geeks. Once, they spent an hour and a half (that’s right, 90 minutes!) discussing their safety plan for a zombie apocalypse. “Real geeks plan for any contingency because they know at any moment there could be a robot, alien or zombie invasion,” Harvey says. “Everybody’s got a plan.” Harvey and his pals have a decisively well thought-out plan, too, which he is graciously letting everyone in on. “We’re booking it to KOPN across the street,” he says. The radio station has a fire escape that can be unbolted, and only one narrow flight of stairs. “It would be so easy to keep zombies out,” he continues. He even provides an answer for the question of food. “There’s a Chinese restaurant next door, and we can get to it without going outside,” he says. “We’re ready for this.” Zombie jokes aside, Harvey takes his status of a geek very seriously.
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A world of pure imagination isn't always gumdrops and chocolate rivers.
Justin Pierce/Staff Photographer
Eastside Tavern bartender Skip Harvey hopes to one day be a comic book artist. He came one step closer to his dream when he was featured in Morgan Spurlock’s latest documentary “Comic Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope.” “My grandfather got off the boat a geek,” he says, diving into the family history, which has taken him to where he is today. Harvey’s grandmothers were both artistic, and he attributes some of his personality to them. His father’s mother had the foresight to save her son’s comic books, knowing he would never truly outgrow his childhood passion. She was absolutely correct. Harvey’s father met his mother while they were preparing for a geek convention. “My mom was trying to play the Star Trek theme song on the piano,” Harvey says. “But she kept playing one note wrong. Everybody down there was probably getting really irritated, and finally my dad walked over and pounded on the right key. It was the beginning of their love/hate relationship.” Harvey’s parents saw at least one Star Wars episode on _every single_ date, totaling 77 times. His mother says he was a geek from the point of conception. “I hope I live up to the kind of geek my parents have been,” Harvey says. He is certainly on the right track. Although Harvey might not have instantly become the stuff of comic book legends at Comic-Con, he hints at a local project in the makings. He says an anthology book of local artists and writers might be coming soon, but didn’t want to give out any more details. He did, however, say he wants to showcase people’s artistic talents. “Working is what people do to pay the bills,” he says. “(Art) is the only thing that advances the human condition.” megan lewis | staff writer
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THE BIG Unless you’re an Anaheim Angels fan, chances are the year 2002 doesn’t ring too many memory bells. Following the inaugural year of Y2K and a year that would change America forever, 2002 hardly stood a chance. Besides “Minority Report,” “Songs about Jane” and “Turn on the Bright Lights,” its claim to fame is generally limited to being the last palindrome year we’ll see in a while. But here at MOVE, we have a special place in our heart for the ol’ ‘02. That’s right, we’ve hit double digits — on Thursday, to be exact. As we enter the next decade of entertainment coverage both in Columbia and beyond, we look back at the good times, the rough times and the times we were just happy to talk to cool bands. We also look back (to page 2, specifically) at the times when we learned our lessons. We’re not little nine-year-olds anymore. We’ve grown up. We’ve grown smarter. We’ve grown a beard.
MOVE has undergone many a change over its first 10 years. What began as a pull-out (and don't we all?) became its own entity before it was absolved into The Maneater as a combo section with Arts & Entertainment. It might still be there today if not for editor Theresa Berens, who redesigned MOVE, shook up its website and created the MOVE that lives on today.
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SOME STUFF MOVE HAS DONE ACTORS YOU PROBABLY WON’T BELIEVE WE’VE INTERVIEWED: George Clooney Jesse Eisenberg Nick Swardson (OK, maybe you believe that one)
BANDS WE’VE TALKED TO THAT I’M TOTALLY JEALOUS OF:
THINGS WE’VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH: The Foundry Field Recordings “Snakes on a Plane” Graffiti White space (It's a new obsession)
SOME PAST SEX COLUMN TITLES:
WEIRD THINGS WE’VE DONE:
Kept silent for 24 hours Gone undercover as a bro “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” CoMo style
OFFICIAL MOTTO: Grow a beard.
Lady in the streets. Freak everywhere else. Vagina seeks whirlwind sex odyssey CurrentSex/LoveSounds
OFFICIAL MASCOT: The gnome
Vampire Weekend St. Vincent Animal Collective Cut Copy Deerhunter Girl Talk of Montreal The Hold Steady Death Cab for Cutie Los Campesinos!
CATCHING UP WITH PAST MOVERS WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?
Joel: “Pursuing the my lifelong dream of attending college for free/watching Cougar Town.” Andrea: “I’m in my last semester at MU, doing the freelance thing, taking some classes and trying to enjoy my last few months in good ol’ CoMo.” Pierce: “Getting ready to graduate and pretending to search for a job.” Meg: “I now do enrollment and administration for preschoolers as an outreach worker for Head Start in North County, St. Louis, and in my free time I play roller derby.” Theresa: TA for MU, Creative Director for Vox, graphic designer for True/False, graphic design for Student Design Center. Natalie: “I’m getting two for one appetizers at the Berg.”
SUM UP MOVE IN A WORD:
Andrea: “WOOWOOWOOGOODTIMESBADTIMESWOO.” Pierce: “Gnomes.” Joey: “Beards.” Joel: “HAZY.” Meg: “RIDIC.” Theresa: “Changing.”
WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL MOVE?
Andrea: “A scratch and sniff pull out complete with trading cards of corgi pups.”
THINGS THAT SUCK ABOUT BEING MOVE EDITOR:
JOEY VERGARA
Andrea: “Wait, you’re the editor of MOVE? What’s that?” Pierce: “Late nights. I had class at 8 a.m. Friday, and I very rarely went to it. Even when I did, I was hardly conscious.” Joel: “I missed new episodes of ‘Community.’”
JOEL BERNSTEN
THERESA BERENS
“I DO THINK THAT STUDENTS HERE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE IDEA OF FAME OR SUCCESS AND WORK THEMSELVES TO THE BONE HOPING TO SOME DAY GO WORK FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OR GLAMOUR OR WHATEVER. DOES WHERE YOU WORK MATTER IF YOU’RE DOING IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU LOVE? IT SHOULDN’T, BUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT DOES. I LIKED TO THINK OF MOVE AS THE REFUGE FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T REALLY GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ALL OF THAT.”
PIERCE COURCHAINE
“THERE IS A MYTH THAT ALL MOVE EDITORS AND WRITERS ARE HIPSTERS. I DON’T THINK THAT’S TRUE. WE JUST HAVE EXCELLENT TASTE IN MUSIC AND AN AMAZING SENSE OF FASHION. THAT DOESN’T MAKE US HIPSTERS, RIGHT?”
“MY TIME AT MOVE REALLY TAUGHT ME HOW TO WORK WITH A CRAZY SMORGASBORD OF PEOPLE TO PRODUCE A SINGLE PRODUCT, WHICH SOUNDS LAME, BUT I’M PRETTY CONFIDENT I CAN MAKE IT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR NOW.”
MEG WALSH
“THE FIRST ARTICLE I WROTE FOR MOVE AFTER BEING HIRED AS EDITOR GOT ME A BEST FRIEND AND A BOYFRIEND. SEE, Y’ALL, JOURNALISM IS SEXY!”
“JORDAN SARGENT (A FUTURE MOVE EDITOR HIMSELF) WENT TO SEE BE YOUR OWN PET AT THE PAGEANT IN ST. LOUIS. AFTER THE BAND FINISHED THEIR SET, JORDAN JUMPED ONSTAGE TO GIVE, I THINK, THE GUITARIST A COPY OF MOVE. HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE VENUE.” “(IT’S) A GOOD WAY TO GET YOUR FEET WET AT THE J SCHOOL AND GET TO KNOW THE TOWN AT THE SAME TIME.”
NATALIE CHENG
ANDREA KSZYSTYNIAK
“I ONCE RECEIVED A BOOK FOR REVIEW TITLED “PENIS POKEY,” COMPLETE WITH A CUTOUT HOLE FOR EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK.”
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NERDS NEED LOVE TOO lucia lee
Russell Malone: Master of guitar
video game columnist
‘Zelda’ formula
rings true
“The Legend of Zelda” franchise has accompanied gamers through the early years of video games, starting its debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System with “The Legend of Zelda” and making its way toward the revolutionizing Wii with “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.” There’s a reason (or many) why the “Zelda” franchise has been able to create successful games that still capture the hearts of fans 25 years later. When the original “The Legend of Zelda” hit the market, the basic structure was set. Players had to rescue a princess (perhaps with a slight love interest) from the bad guy Ganon while harnessing the power necessary for the final battle by restoring the shattered Triforce that could only be found by braving puzzling and dangerous dungeons. With such a hit foundation, “Zelda II: The Adventure of Link” released within the next year. However, this title included a sidescrolling adventure, a voice for Link and a jump button, betraying all that “Zelda” fans had come to expect. While these unpopular additions were quickly nixed, what was added to the series were towns and magic, a “Zelda” staple. “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past” is the title that most think of when they look upon the 2D age of “Zelda,” and for good reason. “A Link to the Past” took the idea of towns and created a massive (for the era) world for Link to explore further than just to get to the next dungeon. The key element of side quests to receive bottles, pieces of heart and unique items was implemented to add more depth to the game. Link also now owned an arsenal of weapons, such as the iconic Hookshot and traveled between two dimensions (a light and dark world) to further add a complex level of gameplay. The 3D era dawned with “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” at its back, introducing the last of the iconic devices we now see in modern “Zelda” titles as well as implementing the successes of the past. The new features included your trusty steed Epona, a lock-on button, a musical instrument, a 3D world in which to fight and the Zora and Gorons races. These early games created the cornerstones of “Zelda.” Now with a title like “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker,” “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess” or “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,” you expect to see the core mechanics as well as improvements to the foundation as technology improves, whether that be a new art style or motion controls. Some of the most important features that makes “Zelda” still lovable after 25 years and a dozen or so titles are the expected gameplay elements that are both timely and innovative. Another important element is the story. You embark on an epic quest as a hero out to save his maiden from a bad guy. Is there any more relatable or timeless topic than that? This simple story line has allowed the gameplay to be the main focus of the games while still allowing for creativity. You know you will be embarking on an adventure to save Zelda, but why and how you will go about that always changes (think “Wind Waker” and the open pirating world versus the darker, more realistic “Twilight Princess”). Further, “Zelda” has benefited from its lack of sequels. Each “Zelda” game can stand alone as its own story because no event in one game directly impacts what has to happen in the next. This allows for endless spins on the traditional story that allows for a welcomed number of takes on the formula, and thus increases the number of plausible “Zelda” games that have been released. Sure, the “Zelda” games link together on an ambiguous timeline. However, that was not the goal of the franchise, but rather a byproduct. Games with a linear story suffer from a game that inevitably has to end due to lack of believable content and a fan base that wants a conclusion to a story. Nintendo has hit on a franchise that capitalizes on its unique and constantly improving formula while portraying a timeless tale that can be reiterated in countless fashions. These two combinations of elements have led the “Zelda” franchise to become one of the most successful that the gaming industry has seen to date, and that I’m positive that it will continue well on into the future.
Nick Ehrhard/Photo Editor
Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Russell Malone offered advice to a group of local musicians during a master class Wednesday night at The Bridge. Malone worked as a mentor with several groups at the venue and told stories. He is in Columbia this week as artist-in-residence for the “We Always Swing” Jazz Series.
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Local photographer holds exhibit at Main Squeeze Photographs dot the right wall of Main Squeeze Natural Foods Café on Ninth Street, each image displaying some aspect of agriculture — organic black lentils escaping between a farmer’s fingers or palms embracing a piglet, a goat and a rooster. “The World is in Our Hands” photo exhibit by local photographer Dan Hemmelgarn features 24 photos that have a continuous theme of farmers and the naturally grown food they produce. The exhibit will be displayed until the end of March. Hemmelgarn says the main focus of the exhibit is the way in which farmers grow their food and the impact it has on the environment and people’s health. “I hope to get people to start questioning and learning more about how their food is produced,” Hemmelgarn says. “(The organic farmers) take pride in how they produce the food, the nutrient content, and they’re producing it without poisoning the water and poisoning the soil.” Spurred by his and his wife’s organic lifestyle, Hemmelgarn started taking the series of photos that are on display in this exhibit in 2008. For many years, Hemmelgarn and his wife, Melinda, have purchased a large portion of their produce from the Columbia Farmers Market. At the time, the market was trying to create a pavilion as a protection from weather. In order to contribute, Hemmelgarn and his wife came up with the idea of creating a calendar as a fundraising project, each month donning a photo taken by Hemmelgarn. “It gives me an opportunity to create an image, to capture a moment in time that will elicit an emotional response from viewers and hopefully to tell a story, whether it’s a landscape photo that helps people understand the significance of beauty or the importance of protecting it,”
Dan Hemmelgarn's work features 24 photos of farmers and food at the café on Ninth Street.
Hemmelgarn says. Main Squeeze owner Leigh Lockhart says the café tries to present a new exhibit once every month, ranging from showcases of paintings to sculptures to photography. Lockhart is also a subject in one of Hemmelgarn’s photos, her hands holding a cabbage. Because Main Squeeze serves all-natural food, Lockhart believes the current exhibit provides “a beautiful match.” “He’s really captured what’s important about agriculture,” Lockhart says. “Look at my hands. … We use our hands in the field, and he really captures how gnarly they look.” Hemmelgarn also began a series of eight greeting cards with one of his photos of a farmer’s hands as the front cover, a thumbnail of the farmer’s portrait on the back and a quote from the farmer about why they farm the way they do. He and his family extend their involvement in agriculture beyond the calendars and greeting cards. Melinda, a registered dietitian and food writer, has a show on KOPN called Food Sleuth that airs at 5 p.m. every Thursday. Hemmelgarn produces the show. Melinda interviews farmers and researchers. Their daughter recently finished a summer internship on an organic farm in Quebec. She is also a subject in Hemmelgarn’s favorite photo at Main Squeeze. Her hands are cradling the last tomato she picked while in Quebec. “The most important thing you can do for yourself and your children and your children’s children is to eat organic,” Hemmelgarn says. “The other food is just a slow steady process of poisoning.” alicia tan | reporter
MOVE HIGHLIGHTS (MOVIE RELEASE)
JOHN CARTER RELEASE DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 9
(ALBUM RELEASE)
SAY ANYTHING ANARCHY, MY DEAR
(VIDEO GAME RELEASE)
MARIO PARTY 9
RELEASE DATE: SUNDAY, MARCH 11
OPENS: TUESDAY, MARCH 13
What to know about this movie: The character of John Carter turns 100 this year. Plans to make it a movie in the ‘30s would have made it the first animated feature film. Director Andrew Stanton has also directed Pixar’s “WALL-E” and “Finding Nemo.” Taylor Kitsch of “Friday Night Lights” plays John Carter. Boom.
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Emo has kind of become the Rodney Dangerfield of genres. (“No respect!” Alternately: dead.) But things were different in 2004 when Say Anything released “…Is a Real Boy,” its beloved, four-time-reissued album. Hopefully the band can replicate that magic with its fifth LP. And no, John Cusack is not in the band.
In its latest attempt to become the “Land Before Time” of video games, the Mario Party franchise is back, and there are some big changes, including a boss battle at the end of every board, even more mini-games and a new gameplay style. And if you don’t like the changes, it’s not like you don’t have other Mario Party options.
Koch | staff writer
Recap { True/False ’12
DAY BY DAYVID
david adams
pop culture columnist
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This season of “The Bachelor” proves just how trashy it really is.
I’m usually completely shameless about my pop culture obsessions. I have no qualms about admitting my love for awful ‘80s one-hit wonders, Adam Sandler movies or Us Weekly. But there’s one obsession that I try to keep relatively secret: “The Bachelor.” I used to hide my love for the show by mocking its ridiculousness, forced drama and inability to produce a true loving relationship. But something changed this season; these qualities became the reasons for my addiction. So much has already been said about this season’s (and perhaps the entire show’s) most hated contestant, Courtney Robertson. Yes, she’s a bitch. Yes, she’s a slut. And yes, she’s there for all the wrong reasons. Basically, she’s the greatest reality show contestant of all time. It should be made a law that Courtney is required to appear on every single reality show for the reminder of her life. She would win “Survivor” and “The Apprentice.” She would bring back the snarkiness that American Idol judges have been missing since Simon’s departure. And last, but certainly not least, she would be the inaugural winner of a new show I’ve been floating around to the networks, “America’s Next Top Psychopath.” But even worse than Courtney is the bachelor himself, Ben Flajnik. Ben is awful in all the wrong ways. He’s boring and unattractive. It’s completely baffling to see 25 women fighting over this poor excuse for a man with some of the worst hair in television history. To the viewers, it’s completely obvious that the doppelganger of Francine from “Arthur” is only on the show for two reason: fame and sex. Any contestant that showed even an ounce of intelligence or a true personality was sent home without a rose. Yes, some of this made for great TV. Ben and Courtney’s skinny dipping adventure in Puerto Rico proved that these two hornballs were absolutely perfect for one another.
SPOILER ALERT Tabloids and gossip blogs have already leaked photos that show Ben proposing to Courtney on top of a mountain in Switzerland. Not only is this a perfect proposal for the season’s ice queen, it finishes one of the most talked about seasons in the show’s history with a giant middle finger to the audience. Millions of people watch this show for the illusion that two fame whores can fall in love during a dating competition. Sure, next to none of these couples ever stay together in the long run, but it’s nice to pretend that they genuinely found true romance for a little bit. Courtney and Ben have completely ruined this façade, and that’s why I fell in love with the show this season. They exposed the show for the fraud it really is. Both did an awful job pretending that they were there to find legitimate love. Instead, it turned into a showcase for bad behavior and the rest of the contestants trying to get the wicked witch to leave. If that’s not great TV, I don’t even know what is anymore. There has also been photographic proof that Ben has already cheated on Courtney with multiple other women after the show’s run. I honestly can’t wait to watch a live interview with these two wackos where they try to justify their behavior to America. My only hope for the next season of “The Bachelor,” or even “The Bachelorette,” is that the crazy antics are increased even more. ABC needs to stop pretending they are airing classy and romantic entertainment, and instead embrace themselves for the trash mongers they truly are.
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The film projectors have been taken down and put into storage, the banners and artwork are gone from our streets, the churches that were temporarily theaters are churches once again and the out-of-town hipsters are back in Brooklyn. The True/False Film Fest is over, and it’s a sad thing indeed. It’s the 26th of December. It’s the day after your birthday. But don’t despair. Another True/False is on its way in less than a year’s time, and we have plenty of memories of this past weekend to occupy us with nostalgia until then. This isn’t the time to count the days that have yet to come, but to reflect warmly on those that have already come to pass. And so I offer these, my four best moments of True/False 2012. 1. STANDING UP AGAINST BULLYING.
“Bully,” a chronicle of middle and high school bullying and this year’s True Life Fund recipient, left not a dry eye in the house in the sold out Missouri Theatre as it had been an emotionally powerful and touching experience from opening to closing credits. But that was just the beginning. Just as the roaring standing ovation for the film had ended, tears had been wiped away and the audience was sitting down or making their way to leave, out came the teenage subjects of the documentary. Without missing a beat, the audience sprang back to their feet, applauded with genuine emotion, and began shedding tears anew onto their recently dried cheeks. We had seen these kids ridiculed, beaten and shunned, and had welcomed them and their families firmly into our hearts. And to see them standing there, beaming and standing awkwardly in front of a crowd of thousands cheering and standing up just for them, was a truly special experience none of us will soon forget. 2. MORGAN SPURLOCK IS HILARIOUS.
We all know Morgan Spurlock as the
guy who ate nothing but McDonald’s for a month and filmed the experience. Maybe even some of us know him also for the successful career as a documentary filmmaker he’s had beyond “Super Size Me.” But when he came to the stage to announce his new film, “Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope,” those lucky enough to be in attendance began to know him as something else: a comedian. This man sure knows how to work a crowd and how to tell a joke. I don’t know exactly where it came from, this charisma, but just in case, get me 30 Big Macs ASAP. 3. BUSKING THE NIGHT AWAY.
Music probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a film festival (nor should it be), but that doesn’t mean you should discount the contribution buskers (the musical acts that play onstage before a screening) bring to the overall experience of True/False. They set the mood, they entertain and they help to fill long silences in awkward pre-screening chatter. Sometimes they even bring the house down. Brooklyn-based band Pearl and the Beard’s performance before Saturday’s Jesse Auditorium screening of “Comic-Con” was energetic, fun and vocally impressive (those high notes!), and managed to elicit just as much applause as the film itself, surely securing the band a theater full of new fans, myself included.
4. A VISIT FROM AN OSCAR NOMINEE.
The rumor that James Franco had made a visit to Columbia for this year’s fest didn’t catch the blogosphere alight quite as much as the Brad Pitt fiasco of ’11, so I guess we learned our lesson. But the funny thing is, this time the rumors were true! Nothing quite compares to that exhilarated feeling that you might catch a glimpse of someone famous, or may even talk to them (and
CEC presents ‘Bent’ While the terrors of the Holocaust centered around the persecution of Jews, there were also other minorities that faced widespread imprisonment and death, one them being homosexuals. This often-overlooked aspect of the Holocaust is the theme of the 1979 play “Bent,” which will be presented by the Columbia Entertainment Company March 8 to 11 and March 15 to 18. The title of the play comes from the slang word “bent” that many Europeans used to refer to homosexuals. The play itself follows the life of a young gay man living in Berlin named Max. In the midst of struggling with his own homosexuality, he is suddenly swept up by the unforgiving force of Nazi persecution and forced into imprisonment. Comparable to the way Jews were given a gold star to exhibit their status, homosexuals had to wear a pink triangle. Furthermore, a kind of hierarchy existed among the persecuted. Director of the Columbia performance, Meg Phillips, explains this organization.
“There was a hierarchy within the camps amongst the prisoners,” Phillips says. “The Jews were at the top and then there were criminals and political figures. The ‘queers’ were at the very bottom.” “Queer” was another common word used to describe homosexuals during that time. Phillips also discusses the impact that the play had in increasing awareness about this particular part of the Holocaust. “It really did shine a light on a part of history that had largely been ignored up until that point,” Phillips says. “Bent” also revolves around Max’s relationship with another gay man living in the concentration camp. Their complicated relationship is central to the play’s development, transposing a sense of personal emotion onto the historical backdrop of the Holocaust. Phillips stresses the play’s relevance for many of the issues the gay community continues to face today.
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MOVE columnist Dylan Chapman takes a look back on the moments that made the T/F festival something special. get a cool story to tell at parties for years). That, coupled with the hilarious tweets that inevitably followed (@NassimBnchabane: JAMES FRANCO FOUND AGAIN INSIDE @CAFEBERLIN, DEVOURING @HOTBOXCOOKIES, CONFESSES EXTREME GUILT OVER FILMING “YOUR HIGHNESS” #FAKELIVETWEET), kind of make the fact that the Franco actually showed up for a showing of Secret Screening Green seem rather irrelevant. (Plus, if you missed this Oscar nominee, you could find an actual Academy Award at the screening of “Undefeated,” so there’s that.) 5. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
The mood at the Missouri Theatre before the final screening of the festival was bittersweet, consisting of a mixture of satisfaction with the weekend’s events and a sadness that it was all coming to an end. After every single member of the True/ False staff (sans volunteers) made their way to the stage for a heartfelt good-bye, the lights in the theater dimmed and the final screening, “Searching for Sugarman,” began. And then it cut out after a minute. Oops. And then it came back on, but with no sound. Double oops. But you won’t hear me complaining. It was a funny, lighthearted moment that so beautifully cut the tension, you’d almost think it was planned. It even allowed for an impromptu Q&A session with the creator of True/False himself as the crew in the projection room tried to get things going again, which they eventually did after only a few minutes. All in all, it was an appropriately fun and quirky sendoff to a fun and quirky festival, as we finally were able to settle in for “Searching for Sugarman,” which, as my pick for Best in Show, well justified the wait. “I think it is definitely relevant today,” she says. “One of the main messages in the play is that we are all just people. The larger message of the play, too, is that it is a demonstration of the human condition. It’s this idea of being true to who you are, not being afraid to speak out, not being afraid to love.” Although she was not directly involved with the Columbia Entertainment Company’s choice of “Bent,” Phillips was very pleased with their decision and has enjoyed preparing for the upcoming performances. “This particular piece has been just a joy to rehearse,” Phillips says. “Everybody is very, very dedicated and (the actors) are willing to try new things, willing to be directed and explore some new directions that they might not have thought of. I feel like we have really ended up with an amazing end product.” The Columbia Entertainment Company Community Theater will be putting on night performances of “Bent” Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and matinee performances Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for students and $8 for seniors. However, everyone can enjoy the $8 price on opening night. greta weber | reporter
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On Metacritic, this movie has an aggregate rating of “No score yet,” which just happens to make this the highest-rated Eddie Murphy movie since at least “The Nutty Professor.” And since Eddie Murphy has to stop talking in this movie, that’s gotta be a good thing, right? What we’re saying is go watch “Eddie Murphy Raw.”
At the expense of forcing an awful “Don’t Stop Believing” joke, here’s what is being said about this game. G4 TV: “’Journey’ stands head and shoulders above all artistic games.” PlayStation Universe: “Miss out on ‘Journey,’ and you’ll deny yourself one of the greatest gaming experiences on any platform to date.” ‘Nuff said?
If you just couldn’t get enough of The Decemberists’ “The King Is Dead” from January 2011 and the outtakes EP “Long Live the King” still didn’t do it for you, you’re in luck, you greedy bastard. The Portland folksters are dropping a live album from their 2011 Popes of Pendarvia World Tour. It’s like December in March. 03.09.12 •
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