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Jerica Shilt
There is a terrifying moment in adolescence when suddenly some of the kids are twice as big as the rest of the kids. It is terrifying for everybody: For the kids who are suddenly tall and gangling, and for the kids who are still small and are getting beat up all the time. My Bodyguard places that moment in a Chicago high school and gives us a kid who tries to think his way out of it.
The kid's name is Clifford. He has everything going againsthim. He's smart, he's new in the school, he's slightly built. As he's played byChris Makepeace, he is also one of the most engaging teen-age characters I'veseen in the movies in a long time. Too many movie teen-agers have beensex-crazed ("Little Darlings"), animalistic food-fighters ("Meatballs"), orhopelessly romanticized ("The Blue Lagoon"). Clifford is basically just yournormal, average kid.
He has just moved to Chicago with his family.His father (Martin Mull) is the new resident manager of the Ambassador EastHotel. His grandmother (Ruth Gordon) hangs out in the lobby and picks up oldmen in the bar. Life is great, backstage at a hotel (he gets his meals in thekitchen or some-times in the Pump Room). But it's not so great at school. Themovie sends Clifford to Lake View High School, where he's immediately shakendown for his lunch money.
The extortionist (Matt Dillon) is the kind ofkid we all remember from high school. He's handsome in an oily way, he's goingthrough a severe case of adolescent sadism, he's basically a coward. His threatis that unless Clifford pays protection money, he'll sic the dreaded Lindermanon him.
Linderman (Adam Baldwin) is a school legend, abig, hulking kid who allegedly killed his brother, raped a teacher, hit a cop,you name it. The movie's inspiration is to have Clifford think his way out ofhis dilemma neutralizing Linderman by hiring him as a bodyguard. This isgenius, and there's a wonderful scene where Clifford springs Linderman on therest of the kids.
Then the movie takes an interesting turn.Clifford and Linderman become friends, and we learn some of the unhappy factsof Linderman's life. It turns out Linderman isn't the Incredible Hulk after allhe's just another kid going through growing pains and some personal tragedy.This whole middle stretch is the best part of the movie, developing afriendship in a perceptive and gentle way that's almost shocking in comparisonwith the idiotic, violent teen-agers so many movies have given us.
The ending is predictable (it's a showdownbetween Linderman and another tough kid). And there are some distractions alongthe way from Clifford's family. Martin Mull makes an interesting hotel manager,whimsical and charming. But the movie gets off track when it follows RuthGordon through some of her adventures, including a romantic collision with ahotel executive played by John Houseman. These scenes just don't seem part ofthe same movie: The hotel stuff is sitcom, while the stuff in the high schoolis fresh and inventive.
I avoided him for weeks after until I found out I was pregnant. My mom encouraged me to stay with him and so did my pastor. With their pressure, I agreed to try to make it work. I moved in with him and he immediately started isolating me from everyone and restricting my money. He took away my car and forced me to quit my job.
Once we arrived, I was very rarely allowed to leave a 1010 room unless I was cooking or cleaning for them. I had no contact with my family. I was told to contact them once a week by email but he would rewrite my emails. His mother would allow him to abuse me right in front of her and even egg him on.
At one point I tried to leave and I walked 3 miles in July, 9 months pregnant with no money, just the clothes I could carry. I got to a gas station and a young girl helped me get to the train station. She did not know he was waiting for me inside to take me back. 2 weeks later, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter.
No one in my family knew I had given birth. She was so precious and tiny and I swore to protect her with my whole being the second she was born. I knew I had to get out. I collected every dime, nickel, and quarter I could find and bought myself a train ticket and left.
He followed of course and I spent the next three months trying to get away from him. He attacked me and raped me when I was 4 weeks postpartum. This resulted in yet another pregnancy. I chose to have an abortion but managed to hide it and tell him I lost the baby. At this point, I had nowhere to go.
He went to jail for 24 hours and was released on a release agreement. The agreement was he was to go straight to Washington. Instead, he hung around town unsupervised. I felt very unsafe. Living like this, looking over my shoulder, truly began wearing on me. Kadie suggested hiring a bodyguard, so I asked our silly friend Derek if he would do it. Little did I know, I would fall in love with him and he would save me!
This all happened so quick. I went from being a 22-year-old newly single mom leaving a very violent, evil situation to a newlywed in the matter of weeks. No one thought our marriage would last a week let alone 13 years. We have had our ups and downs, but in the end we always have each other.
This journey was one of the hardest things I have been through. but in the end it is what made me who I am today. It changed me in a way I never thought it could. It helped me see even in your darkest times, there is always a light. Derek, also known as Big Red, is a person I thought only existed in dreams. He is kind, loving, sweet, and giving. Not only to me and our family, but to every person he meets.
This topic is hidden or dismissed way too much. Most of the people in my current life did not even know our story or what I had been through because I had felt shunned if I spoke about it. That is a stigma that needs to be abolished.
What do you call a show that is more than a show but instead is an experience and an escape from the harsh reality this life provides? I would call it a musical at Footlite but more specifically I would call it this specific show, The Bodyguard. This show captivated the audience members and transformed a simple theater in Downtown Indianapolis into a nightclub, a cabin in the woods, and even a big time showcase performance.
The characterization of the actors and actresses is truly so fitting that I could not have imagined that this was not the original cast from Broadway itself. The main actress, Rachel Marron played by Angela Manlove was truly the showstopper in more ways than one. Not only did she grow in confidence throughout the entire show, but she also showcased a lot of attitude, vocal range, and control in her choreography skills. I will however say that when Ms. Manlove was singing truly just to sing and not trying to mimic the vocals of superstar Whitney Houston the audience members, including myself could tell a difference in vocals, confidence and how truly believable she was to be the popstar, Rachel Marron.
The next character I think that truly grew throughout the show was Nikki Marron played by the radiant Melissa Urquhart. Ms. Urquhart showcases not only that she has a voice that has a range unheard in the theater in a long time but also the control and the ability to change musical styles in more than one way with each song she sings. I do however wish that she was also given a microphone so on songs that were hushed or that she was moving more than just standing and belting that she was able to be heard more so audience members were able to hear when she sings because the notes are there, and they need to be given their own moment to shine.
The bodyguard himself, Frank Farmer, played by R.C. Thorne was not only engaged in the audience but also truly made his character come to life. His relationship on stage with Fletcher Marron, played by Cairo Graves, is not only believable but the most beautiful relationship of the entire show. The way Fletcher looks up to Frank and sees him as a father figure and respects and trusts him right from the start and not only because of him being an adult or being a bodyguard but because Frank took the time and opportunity to get to know Fletcher on a serious and personal level. Their bond is what creates the entire dynamic for the show and what is the most believable.
Music for the show is not only entertaining but the band blew it out of the park. The vocals are beautiful and full and believable when they are true to the actors and actresses, but the full band matches the expectations of these truly mesmerizing songs and dances.
I highly recommend going to see this musical because it not only makes you want to get up and sing and dance but it also makes you fall in love with the father son dynamic, makes you feel scared for a successful pop star and also makes you feel the emotions of the characters on the stage because the actors and actresses really make you believe what they are saying. Director, Bradley Lowe, truly outdid himself in placement, choreography, costumes, characterization, and the all over experience of the audience members to be transformed into a different atmosphere.
In order to reach it, the President had to take a military helicopter, then drive for nearly half an hour along unpaved roads and, for the last few hundred paces, hike through the dirt with a handful of soldiers and bodyguards.
I want to focus here on two main elements of the film: portrayal of the ICC and how it functions; and portrayal of Interpol and how it functions. Both are so far from reality, it is teeth-grindingly frustrating.
The Hit-mans bodyguard? I thought his part in Goodfellas (1990) was a big stepping stone, seeing how Scorsese directed it and his character, while limited in screen time, added a good bit of depth to the plot..
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