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iJ 2F THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5 1998 THE HERALD A look at of Jewish light side history Got a pesky PC problem? fret ask CyberGuide items on the drive That works best if you have a reasonably fast 3 processor so that the behind-the- i scenes shrinking and unshrinking slow things down too much I Products for compressing the hard drive like DriveSpace and Doub- I leSpace are widely available where software is sold QI have a lot of bookmarks that I want to lose when I download a new Netscape How can I save my bookmarks and then insert them in the new copy of Netscape? HJ1 A new installation of Net- scape will automatically import the old bookmarks so you lose anything The only way -it will disappear is if you remove the old Netscape I recommend against removing the old Net- scape since that also strips out any mail you had there bookmark file is You can copy it anywhere on your hard drive or onto a floppy disk if you want to have a backup copy in case some- thing happens to it You can also bring it to other computers if you -want to have your bookmark list at home and at work Dan Keating can be reached by e-mail at dkeatingheraldcom by phone -at (305) 3 76-34 76 or by writing him at The Herald One Herald Plaza Miami Fla 33132 You can also read his columns on HeraldLink at wwwheraldcom of mine who have jumped from 8X to 24X and higher have been disappointed that the change is barely noticeable QI am a new computer user on an old computer and am having trouble I keep getting knocked off line and a message tells me that my drive is too full I have a basic computer manual but have been eager to get on the Internet without going through all the lessons Could you tell me step by step how I can get more space on the drive? I will be forever thankful EO assume using Windows 31 The drive your main storage area usually has three things: the operating system software program files and stored documents (data) that created To empty space you need to prune the second two things You can remove software that you are no longer using You can delete documents Multimedia documents like pictures and sound files take up a huge amount of space Letters and other text documents take up much space Taking out old software is probably your best bet If you have software on your computer check to see if the programs have built-in uninstall options If not you can just delete the folders the software is in You can also the drive squeezinshrinking the CYBERGUIDE FROM IF highlighted by default so if you hit the changes will be accepted and the box will close An easier choice is to make your changes and then click without clicking The changes then take effect until the next time you restart the computer QDo you have any recom- mendations on the new DVD drives? I am about to purchase a new machine My thought is that since most of my software is still on CD I am better off purchasing a machine with a fast CD-ROM drive rather than a DVD that can only read them at 8X JD A' Make sure you get the sec- ond-generation DVD-2 which is faster and has better compatibility with CD-ROMs If what you want to read is CD-ROMs then much wiser getting a CD-ROM since much less expensive The only good reason to buy a DVD right away is if something on DVD you really want to see Otherwise wait until prices come down The means that the CD-ROM spins and can read information eight times faster than a music CD spins Super-fast drives now max out at 32X The fastest DVDs only read at 8X so not as fast as fastest CD-ROMs On the other hand friends By CHRISTINE DOLEN Hanid Theater Crtttc The folks who created The Eleventh a show having its world premiere at the Off-Broadway Theatre in Wilton Manors have shouldered a task that might have sent even Moses himself scurrying back into the wilderness: How to compress 4000 years of Jewish history into a musical comedy (emphasis on the comedy) running just over two hours The California-based creative team composer Charles Fox lyricist Norman Gimbel playwright Leonora Thuna director Jules Aaron and choreographer Lee Martino have done some things right in the predictably arduous journey from idea to out-of-town tryout the best thing being casting actor-comedian Shelley Berman as the cheery heart of the show Berman plays Max a messenger from God whom the Big Guy assigns to accompany a family on its journey through history Max's not-so-secret wish beyond earning enough credits to become an angel is to shine as a stand-up comic Thus Berman gets to tell some of the oldest jokes in the history of comedy though he does so with endearing moxie He grimaces so we do He grins and we must Among costars Anthony Cummings has a bigvoiced leading-man quality as David patriarch of the family that wanders through history Carolyn Droscoski has some funny moments as both Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella (one side of the actress is cos- Have constant attacks on Clinton silenced outrage? True visions of beauty from an Italian master dent used to solicit money nor some incomprehensible land deal nobody cares about or under- stands but a stark and troubling question: Did the President of the United States ask a young woman to lie? If the wolf truly has come to call listening And like -the boy in the parable Washington has only itself to blame Leonard Pitts Jr 's column runs in Living Arts every Thursday and Saturday Readers can call Pitts at 1 (800) 435-7578 Please dial 1-800 even if you live in South reminded of Newt Gingrich shutting down the federal government because he like his seat on an airplane and it occurs to me that the surprising thing that we listen to Washington so little but that we still listen to Washington at all The capital is not unlike the shepherd boy who cried wolf one time too many Similarly the gray eminences have cried Scandal! so much that most people have come to ignore it Trouble is what faces us now some trifling technicality over which phone the vice presi THEATER REVIEW THE ELEVENTH turned and up as male the other female) as well as an equine-enamored Catherine the Great singer-dancer Heather Rolff really makes the anthem America sing and Ed Schiff is a commanding God which would seem the minimal requirement for the role Not all the actors come off as well Deb Snyder as mother Miriam Christopher Shea as brother Teddy and Hope Feifer as sistef Deborah have varying vocal problems and Louis Silvers seems to have confused his Swedish and Spanish accents in his turn as Tor-quemada Though The Eleventh is a musical that frequently aims for playfulness in the style of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat some of staging decisions come off as silly rather than clever And Bradley bare-bones set and painted wheel-on pieces suggest both frugality and a rush to be ready for opening: Why are the wheels on the movable platforms exposed? score is varied and eclectic as expect Highlights are the poignant ballad When Love Comes Late in Life sung wistfully by Berman Where Was delivered plaintively by Cummings the aforementioned America' and Strolling a chilling Kurt Weill-style number with ironic lyrics about the loveliness of Germany in 1939 The misses often more attribut- work shoots photographs and crosses paths with people whose stories are in the film At one point the director becomes part of the story In the first tableau a man and a woman meet at a roadside hotel fall in love but spend the night together Next morning gone Three years later when they meet again as if the idea of love makes real love impossible and they part without consummating their affair In the second story a beautiful woman the director has been watching comes up to him and blurts out a murder confession In the closing episode a young man becomes fascinated by a woman who brushes past him in a doorway he pursues her as she goes to a church After watching her losing her and finding her again they talk if I fell in love with he asks would be like lighting a candle in a room full of she responds Smart and sensual Beyond The Clouds is ultimately about a director looking back at old concerns our knowledge of the world around us ourselves and those we love and images especially the case in Carreteras Secundarias about a father-son itinerant relationship in circumstances that often are hard to believe let alone have fun with Teenager Felipe (Fernando Ramallo) take another lecture from his dad Lozano (Antonio Resines) when Lozano tries to explain their constant moving along Cataluiia Mediterranean coastline during the offseason Lozano lives off women and unsuspecting relatives and Felipe is forced to change schools as often as Lozano changes suits Lozano brags about a rich upbringing and driving the same Citroen model as the French president After one scam too many one involving cliched Americans living on the Zaragoza Air Force base background is revealed and Felipe leams a few 1 fringing 1 CLEANING RUG By FERNANDO GONZALEZ Herald Arts Writer The stories suggest haiku meticulously crafted down to a few details and deceptively simple gestures The characters sketched in sharply drawn lines are surprisingly rounded and complex The With its long shots and weighty silences the movie is a rewarding meditation on the pleasures and mysteries of observing by a great director Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni Blow Up Zabriskie Point The Red Desert) was 83 and already had suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed when he directed Beyond The Clouds in 1995 The film follows a director (John Malkovich) who has just completed a film and is wandering about Italy and France looking for characters and perhaps an idea for his next film He reflects on his OFF-BROADWAY: Shelley Berman stars in The Eleventh able to lyrics than to music include Part of My Heart (a celebration of Spain so generic it should immediately be pitched to the Spanish Tourist Board) and Brothers which contains the unforgettable lyric: will confirm Oy script strives mightily to touch on historical fact while keeping things buoyant but her spanning-the-millennia task is nearly impossible To create conflict she has David ask his Miriam for a divorce a plot development so artificial that a woman in the audience wondered (loudly) does he want a divorce Why indeed? The denouement the revelation of an 1 1th commandment comes off as a pandering hook on which to hang a musical Which the musical does quite well all by itself The Eleventh is at the Off-Broadway Theatre 1444 NE 26th St Wilton Manors through March 1 8 pm Wednesday-Sat-urday 2 pm Wednesday and Saturday-Sunday $25 (954) 566-0554 or 1(800)322-9477 IFESTIVALISCHEDULEI Here is lineup for the festival (all screenings at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts 174 Flagler St Miami) Tickets are $8 ($6 for Film Society members) and are available through Ticketmaster (954) 523-3309 in Broward (305) 358-5885 in Dade and (561) 966-3309 in Palm Beach or at the Gusman box office 174 Flagler St between noon and 6 pm Monday-Fri-day For more information call (305) 372-0925 Beyond the Clouds (ItalyFranceGermany 1995) 7 pm Carreteras Secondaries (Back Roads) Spain 1997) 9:30 pm windows always separating interior life and the world at large But mostly it is about Antonioni savoring his love for his craft Cut: Fanny Ardant Marcello Mas-troianni Jeanne Moreau John Malkovich Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Screenwriters: Tonino Guerra Michelangelo Antonioni Wlm Wenders Director of Photography: Alflo Con-tini Running time: 113 mins Rated in French Italian and English with English subtitles Released by Artificial Eye Plays tonight at 7 pm truths about his father As young Felipe Ramallo is the driving force of this team He is well-mannered or raunchy as needed and his changing moods and desires are believable throughout But Lozano is so shallow a character that even when he reveals his past to his son he draws little sympathy If director Emilio Martinez-Lazaro had allowed his film to be told by Felipe Back Roads would have made for a more pleasant trip Cast: Fernando Ramallo Antonio Reslnes Miriam Diaz Aroca Marlbel Verdu Director Emilio Martinez-Lazaro Producer: Ana Huete Cinematogrcphen Javier Salmones Unrated Some nudity and adult scenes Running time: 108 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles From Spain Plays at 9:30 tonight Emilio Martinez-Lazaro and Fernando Ramallo will attend SERGINC REWEAV DURA HOLD PAD Available the best for Oriental AT LARGE FROM IF oath Granted the credibility of accusers seems shakier every day Friends co-workers and now even her lawyer all describe the intern Monica Lewinsky as prone to exaggeration and less than a paragon of truth Yet the fact that these allegations have voters outraged still leaves many observers stunned They wonder what or if the people are thinking Me I suspect what the people are thinking is this: Does anybody in Washington have a real job? Does anyone there make anything for a living? Besides attacks that is In hindsight you could have seen this impasse coming For the six years of the Clinton presidency been beset by scandal and rumor of scandal From the Vince Foster suicide to Paula Jones to Gennifer Flowers to lost files to fund-raising coffees to Lincoln bedroom sleepovers to travel office firings to cattle futures to Whitewater Clinton critics have screamed bloody murder and postured in outrage while radio talk-show hosts promulgated outlandish conspiracy theories that did everything but place the President on the grassy knoll in Dallas They have been shrill they have been strident they -have been everything but convincing as evidenced by the fact that voters returned Clinton to office two years ago as if the charges against him the trifling ones the crazy ones even the serious ones all amount to just so much white noise Which means that either we the people are amoral dupes or else decided that Washington matter because Disneyland for politicians a land of unreality not worth taking seriously Politics is a chess game and the pawns our needs subordinate to the needs of politicians eager to bring each other down So they spend their days attacking They attack by reflex attack over trifles attack with studied indignation as if posing for pedestals a wonder any work gets done i ONE WEEK ONLY osem't DSflRDIZt ms rnrnms Broftdway i Smuth Comedy About Men Women APRIL 14-19 PARKER PLAYHOUSE FtJjeuderdele SCRUB 7PS List $1499 to S209? $S99 tzDo SCRUB PAWfS list $1499 to $1999 0)99 SCRUB jackets Shallow hard -to -believe road movie takes back seat to other flicks in genre '-v PHOTO FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES list $1699 to $2699 ONLY By MARTA BARBER Herald Staff Writer Carreteras Secundarias Back Roadi) follows the time-honored tradition of movies about two people who set off in a car on a journey of discovery From the time Bob Hope and Bing Crosby did the Road To series directors have loved this ploy MOVIE REVIEW Some films like Rain Man gACK are remem- nUAUb bered for the A--A acting (Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant) Others such as Thelma Louise proved women are good buddies too Paper Moon chronicled the exploits of a fatherdaughter team of small-time scam artists That is -7s TAKE AN i ADDITIONAL! 20 OFF ANY ONE ITEM IN THE STORE Must haw coupon Limited 1 par customer i iJExdude Uttman products and gift certificates Expires 21 598) SERVICE ORIENTAL RUG WALL TO WAIT CARPET CLEANING nn 1 in Bring your rug to be cleaned A receive 20 OFF Across Oomjo Op VM WtW 9 flrvi rUfB UUI ID I t0 Properly Care for your Rugs" SW 132 ST 232-3368 Pickup Delive arm ruga Cut to 1 1 I.