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\PANTHER page 9 September 25, 1991 ENTERTAINMENT Film Reuieufs By Veronica Fields Entertainment IZditor Jungle Fever Spike Lee has done it again. The heat of summer was intensified by the release of his latest film. This movie focuses on two central themes, interracial relationships and crack addiction. Flipper Purify [Wesley Snipes] is a Black architect in a white firm and he and his Italian temp secretary , Angie [Annabella Sciorra] have an affair. Their families find out about their relationship and are outraged. Flipper’s wife throws him out of the house and she and her girlfriends have a heated discussion about the good and bad characteristics of men. Angie's father accuses her of degrading her family by dating a Black man, beats her up and tells her to leave and not come back. She and Flipper move in together which creates more problems than it solves and eventually Flipper comes to the conclusion that he was just curious about white and Angie was curious about Black. Then the two try to patch things up with their families. Gator [Samuel L. Jackson], is Flipper's brother who is addicted to crack. Their father, "The Good Reverend Doctor," played by Ossie Davis, has banished Gator from his house and does not have anything to do with him. Their mother, played by Ruby Dee, refuses to believe the truth about Gator being a crack addict and secretly cooks for him and gives him money. His addiction makes him violent at times and causes his death at the hands of his father. This movie is very emotional. It causes you to feel anger, sadness, disappointment and is thought provoking. It gets three paws. Boyz N' The Hood John Singleton's movie focuses on growing up in South Central Los Angeles and the different directions two young Black boys take as they grow up. Tre goes to live with his father [Larry Fishbum] after getting into a fight at school while living with his mother. Doughboy and Tre are best friends until Doughboy gets caught stealing and is sent to juvenile. His brother Ricky and Tre become close friends while he is away. The drama begins at Doughboy's welcome home party where we are introduced to the characters as young men. Doughboy, played by rapper Ice Cube, and Tre, played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., are reunited. Tre and Ricky are high school seniors making big plans for the future. Doughboy and his friends usually just hang out in the hood and have street smarts that Tre and Ricky do not. Doughboy's mother shows favoritism toward his brother Ricky who has the opportunity to go to college on a football scholarship. She feels that Doughboy is not going to amount to anything in life and treats him that way. Ricky gets killed as a result of an argument he had with a local gangmember. Doughboy avenges Ricky’s death and shoots the guys responsible. He in turn gets killed two weeks later. This is a very dramatic movie that makes you recognize the many problems in the Black community. At the same time, it makes you realize that there are ways out of bad situations that are positive. It leaves you with something to think about. This movie gets three paws. Marla Blakey, choreographer-director of the musical Dancers BERTS WINANS "Different Lifestyles," the second album recently released by the multi-Grammy winning gospel duo , BeBe and CeCe Winans, is a follow up to their 1988 solid gold success "Heaven." The current single, "Addictive Love," is topping the charts. The brother-sister team worked with rapper M.C. Hammer on a song titled 'The Blood" which can be heard on their latest project. YOUNG M.C. Rapper Young M.C.'s latest album, "Brainstorm" was performed and produced by the entertainer in four weeks and features the single 'That's The Way Love Goes." This is his first album since his double-platinum "Stone Cold Rhymin'." His award-winning debut from that effort, "Bust A Move,” introduced Young M.C. as an artist to contend with. SUAVE Suave, the multi-talented performer who had a 1987 hit with an updated version of the Temptations hit, "My Girl," is back on the music scene again after a three year absence with a new album titled, 'To The Maxx." This is his second album, which was three years in the making after he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1988. After learning he had the disease, the entertainer decided to become totally involved with bis work to avoid letting illness destroy his goals. Suave accredits his success to being around people who believed in him and never gave up. announcEmEnTS THE PHANTOM Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "The Phantom of the Opera," will be opening at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 8 for a four week engagement through Saturday, Nov. 16. Tickets are available at the Fox Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster outlets. The musical is based on the classic novel 'The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux. It is the story of the hideously deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, exercising a reign of terror over all its occupants. He falls fatally in love with the young soprano Christine, devoting himself to creating a new star for the opera by nurturing her extraordinary talents and employing all the skills at his disposal. GEORGIA MODEL OF THE YEAR The National Crusade Against Drug Abuse is sponsoring the 1992 Georgia Model of the Year Awards contest which will be held in October at the Georgia World Congress Center. Some of Georgia's most beautiful and talented male and female fashion models vying for the coveted title of "Georgia Model of the Year and a share of over $4,000 in cash and prizes. The theme of this year's event is, "Keeping the Spirit Alive," and a special feature will be a tribute to the various branches of Georgia Military that were represented in the Persian Gulf War. There will also be the spectacular introduction of all Atlanta area college queens. Program producers are now accepting applications for participation in this year's contest. Applications and information may be obtained by calling 872-6480 or 758-8044. Contestants are judged solely on their runway/stage modeling abilities and are not required to perform talent; outines, make speeches or wear swimwear.