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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 21 - 27 September 2000 Issue No. 500 
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 21 - 27 September 2000 Issue No. 500
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Egypt Elections Development Region International Economy Opinion Culture Features Special Travel Living Sports Profile People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters On screen
Me, Myself and Irene
Amongst the things that superstar Jim Carrey and the mega-popular Farrelly bothers writing and directing duo (There's Something About Mary) have in common is their over-confidence in thinking that whatever misbehaviour they commit on screen, they will get away with. This probably stems from: 1) their belief that they are too hilarious to be taken seriously; and 2) their ability to distribute their offences evenly between the right, left and centre, thus never hurting any one party too much. In short they embody that certain "we're-all-naked-and-silly" spirit. Here Carrey plays a policeman suffering from a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde-style split personality, who falls in love with a woman -- Irene, played here by Renee Zelwegger (Tom Cruise's love interest in Jerry Maguire, and Carrey's in real-life) -- who may just be able to help him.
Small screen
Premiering on Egyptian television this week is Evita (1997), considered by some to be the most significant Hollywood musical in 15 years. It tells the story of the working-class heroine Eva Duarte, a 1930s actress who was born into poverty but worked her way into the chambers of the military dictator. Her death in 1952 caused sorrow to the entire nation as Evita had become Argentina's spiritual leader. The movie casts Madonna and Antonio Banderas in the script co-written by Oliver Stone and the film's director Alan Parker (Angel Heart, The Wall).
See listings for venue and show-times.
Around the galleries
Marianne Bloch exhibits recent works in the Kamal Khalifa Gallery and the adjoining garden at the Gezira Arts Centre, Zamalek. Reflecting a profound capacity for interaction with Egyptian society and a fascination with Islamic architecture, these paintings are swiftly and cleverly executed in a predominantly low-tone palette and with an emphasis on motion. In Bloch's depictions of both figures and architecture, a visually enriched Egypt is in constant flux. Therefore no one painting looks the same on two occasions, a feature that will make you want to go back to the Gezira Arts Centre again and again.
Reviewed by Nagwa El-Ashri
