Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then the Crimson caught fire in the water. In a hard-fought battle against the University of Richmond (Virginia) Saturday, the aquamen battle to an 8-8 tied. With only eight seconds left, Rich Guerra unloaded the game-winning shot, giving him a hat trick. Freshman David Fasi contributed three goals and two assists...
...gets a contract from a recording company, but heroically abandons a promising career as a rock star because the recording execs compromise his style by electronic remixing. If you've seen it, or even if you haven't, don't bother to see Paul Simon's new movie, One-Trick Pony--Simon's version of the same story will make you yearn for Brady Bunch reruns...
...bland music. The concentration of the camera and the script on Simon would be fine if he portrayed an interesting or at least three-dimensional character, but Jonah Levin is neither, and his colorless professional and domestic problems complement the monotonous musical score to make One-Trick Pony a very boring way to spend two hours...
...through One-Trick Pony, you get the feeling that director Young believed Simon's formidable reputation and following as an artist would make anything believable. The "live" concerts are extremely artificial because of both the perfect lighting and the flawless studio sound. Simon seems to be lip-synching his way through most of these scenes. The climax of the movie, where Jonah finally rebels against conformity, is sappier than the fight scene in Rocky, and less believable because Simon drops completely out of character. And finally, regardless of Simon's past musical accomplishments, the score in undistinctive, with the title...
Forward Cat Ferrante, who had an outstanding trip West, with four goals--including a hat trick against North Carolina--and an assist in the three games, midfielder Laurie Gregg, who's been a major force for the Crimson this year wherever she's played, and fullback Kelly Gately, who moved into the sweeper position for the first time this weekend and turned in a spectacular defensive performance, all garnered first-team honors...