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...Gary Oldman just doesn't push it far enough. It's cartoon work, really (imagine Henery Hawk trying to be the Tasmanian Devil), but fun to watch. And Shakur, as the sensible guy, plays nicely off Roth. He is both Stretch's keeper and the film's conscience. "When gettin' high becomes a job," he muses, "what's the point...
Another example of satirical excellence is the play-within-the-play, "Disney's Adam and Eve," featuring an effortless Darin Goulet '97, singing in his best "I-m-gettin'-nothin'-for-Christmas" voice, and Jessamyn Conrad '00, a convincing temptress. The serpent, played by Chuck O'Toole '97, also makes an intense cameo...
...They remain transfixing, not so much for the musical acts--the ABBAS and the Sheila E's--but for the constrained, robotic movements of the voluminously coiffed dancers who orbit each other so stiffly, their smiles as synthetic as the Qiana on their backs. This was the decade of gettin' down? In funky town? Somehow most of these young men and women manage to dance without ever moving their heads...
...going to become the most dysfunctionally fearsome gangsta in America just to spite them all. In Wonda Why They Call U Bytch he offers up a dishearteningly crass justification for calling women cruel names. In Ambitionz az a Ridah he raps, conspiratorially, "Now these money-hungry bitches gettin' suspicious/ Started plottin' and plannin' on a scheme to come and twist us." Since his last album, Shakur has switched from Interscope to Death Row Records, home to controversy-courting rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre, and in the song 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted Shakur engages in a boastful duet...
...preparation is paying off. Since his first gig, in 1990, he's had steady work. "I'm like a snowball rolling downhill," he says. He can even afford his own apartment now. Gettin' to It showcases his wide-ranging skills-in swing, bebop, blues, free jazz-and his full, throbbing sound. McBride may be the most promising and versatile new bassist since Charlie Mingus. To some people, that may not sound so sexy, but for jazz fans, it sure is exciting...