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Arts Stories for 5-30-2000

Kiss packs it in, just in time

The Kiss Army has changed a lot since Kiss first established themselves as rock gods in the early '70s. Back then, Kiss fans were a ragtag group of kids who worshipped the band (maybe you saw the movie "Detroit Rock City"), but were scorned by outsiders. Just like any rock clichŽ, the fans have aged. Wednesday night when the group performed the first of two farewell concerts at the Palace of Auburn Hills, people showed up with their kids and the new Kiss Army war chariot, the SUV.

MMW goes live, creates a gem

The creation of an MMW composition must be similar to the creation of the universe. Both begin in chaos and gradually, carefully, unflinchingly find an order in their senselessness.

'Mission' cruises on boring action, script

"This is not mission difficult, it's 'Mission: Impossible," says chief Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins) to agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) near the beginning of John Woo's latest bravura action flick, "Mission: Impossible 2." While this self-reflexive line is cute from Hopkin's straightforward cameo, could this be screenwriter Robert Towne reflecting on his own drafting of the script for this shoddy blockbuster?

Family breaks tradition in 'East'

Based off a play of the same name, Damien O'Donnell's breakthrough "East is East" is a film that is, at the same time, charming, honest, funny and brutal about the issues of family, tradition, culture and rising modernity.

'Think' makes philosophy fun

Simon Blackburn, a philosophy professor at the University of North Carolina, has written an introduction to philosophy for the average reader. The brief, beautifully presented book will challenge the way you think and prompt you to question your current conceptions of the world.

5-30-2000