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THE HERALD Wednesday August 30 1M9 Page 25 joins fight against drugs STAR SPEAK How times have changed Cheech Marin half the comedy team of and who celebrated drugs in a series of film comedies dur ing the 1970s has come out against drugs In his new film Rude Awaken ing he plays a 60s hippie who has spent the past years in the jungles of Central America When he returns to New York In the present he finds his lifestyle and drug use outofdate The comic film could be a post script to Marins own career In the early 70s Marin and his partner Tommy teamed up as zonked out nippies in a nightclub act They duplicated their success first in a se ries of comedy albums and then films Their first feature film Up in Smoke was the highest grossing comedy of As the publics attitude toward drug abuse grew more serious Cheech and Chong weaned themselves from drug- oriented humor Marins last film Born in East avoided the issue altogether as it chronicled the mis haps of an Americanborn citizen of Latino origin who is mistakenly de ported to Mexico A native of Los Angeles Marin un like his screen persona had a conven tional middleclass upbringing grow ing up in the conservative San Fernando Valley The son of a police officer he was a student in high school and graduated from col lege with a degree in English Did have any qualms about playing a hippie who does a lot of drags in Rode Awakening A Yeah the director had been after me for years to be in this but I didnt want to play a hippie again Finally he made some changes that gave the movie an important message so I agreed to do it Q I couldnt discern a message in Rude Awakening What is the message A Yesterdays hippies have turned into todays yuppies The passion has been lost even though the important causes are still there even more so now than in the 60s acid rain the homeless nuclear proliferation The list goes on and on Have you become a yuppie A I have some yuppie characteris tics I have a phone and an answering machine in my car No fax yet Im resisting that The point of the movie is that drugs are passe A I have other concerns now my wife kids career pressures I havent lost my commitment to social issues I just dont have time for all of it now Which doesnt mean Im completely detached I still get involved I talk al high schools and warn kids about the danger of drug abuse What do you say to nighschool students A I tell kids that drugs can get in the way of what you want to do Thats why I stopped doing them because they prevented me from doing all I wanted to accomplish I try to teach kids to have control over their lives Cheech Marin Come Play Today 10th Line River 8772254 Across From Geo Goll Club Marin Im surprised youre against drugs because in Rude Awakening your character spends most of his time high on marijuana and acid A My character is an anachronism Hes a 60s hippie whos spent 20 years in the jungle Little has changed for him The point of the movie is that drugs are passe We made them a fun ny anachronism as outofdate as the funny hippie clothes I wear Have you ever met Nancy Reagan DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS LIC PATIO Across From GO Station 37 King St Georgetown RIVIERA CENTRE 530 Street Box Norval Oni LOP 1KO A No If you did what would you say to her A Nice red dress What was the audience you ever performed before as a stand- up comic A Jackson Miss in the mid 70s Before we went onstage a redneck sheriff came up and said You better not say anything thats going to offend my 14yearold daughter The first dirty word out of your mouth and Im gonna bust you That was the shor test show we ever did Your films with Tommy Chong were huge commercial hits Why did yon break up A The split was entirely amicable We just decided we both wanted to do different things So instead of killing each other we decided to go off and make our own movies and be happy Actually Im thinking of teaming up with Dean Martin That was a joke Whats next for Cheech Marin A Im going to be in a film in New Zealand called Shrimp on the Bar bie Emma Samms of Dynasty hires me to be her boyfriend because her father doesnt approve of her real boyfriend She hopes I will make her boyfriend look better by comparison Then theres Angel of Oxnard which Im going to write direct and star in Its about tortillas miracles and the Home Shopping Network NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ON I 8771234 I AIRPORT SERVICE PARCEL DELIVERY STEAK LOBSTER FOB THE MONTH OF AUGUST 8731409 WE GOOEY Hilt GOOD TRY OUR NEW I DELIVERY SERVICE Guelph St Have yon found that youve be come less committed to social causes you grow older COUNTRY PUTT I DRIVING RANGE I NOW OPEN THE TAVERN This Thurs Fri Sat Aug 3031 Sept 2 RICK JONES SATURDAY AFTERNOON MATINEES 36 COME OUT TO NORVAL FOR SOME GOOD COUNTRY FUN NORVAL 87741 61 Taper off gradually Taper oft becomes smaller or de creases gradually If you tend to over use this verb phrase its time to taper off A heavy or sustained attack is a barrage Its spelling ends with rage but rage is often what 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