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PAGE 6 - WESTSIDE MESSENGER - November 28, 2021 e Messenger newspaper’s delivery process is changing Home delivery of your Westside Messenger newspaper is changing in December. As of our Nov. 28 edition, you will receive your Westside Messenger newspaper free in the The Bag delivered in certain areas to your home on Thursdays. If you are a paid subscriber to the Sunday Columbus Dispatch, you will continue to receive your Westside Messenger with your Sunday Dispatch. The Westside Messenger will also be available for pick-up at no cost at numerous locations around the community. Paid subscriptions are available if you would like to have the Westside Messenger mailed directly to your home. Paid subscriptions cost $52 for 26 issues. Mail your subscription check, payable to Columbus Messenger, to 3500 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43204. For all of those who have already purchased a paid subscription, you will start receiving your notice that your subscription will be concluding well in advance of the expiration date. We sincerely thank you for being a paid subscriber and for the very many of you who have made voluntary payments over these many years we greatly appreciate your support as well. Readers and advertisers can always access our e-editions on our website, which is constantly showing a growing following. We have many likes on Facebook and Twitter social media as well with a growing number of readers liking us and the following on particular stories is amazing. We thank and salute our e-edition readers as well! The Westside Messenger staff appreciates our loyal readers and advertisers and we will continue to bring you the best in local news coverage, feature stories, and photos. We enjoy being part of the community. Hilltop History & Heritage This photo features (from left to right) Nancy Wilson, Roger Germany, and Clarence Potts on April 10, 1971. Nancy Wilson, the jazz and pop singer/stylist and 1954 graduate of West High School, had given a performance at Veterans Memorial benefitting the Hilltop Civic Council. At the time, Roger Germany was executive director of the organization and Clarence Potts was the board president. Wilson’s career spanned five decades, in which she earned both Emmy and Grammy awards. She died in 2018. If you have a photo to share, contact Stacy Berndsen- Campbell at stacyberndsen12@gmail.com. www.columbusmessenger.com Hilltop Library - 511 S. Hague Ave. United Dairy Farmers - Hague & Sullivant Ave. BP Gas Station - Hague & Sullivant Ave. Alex Carry-Out - Binns & Sullivant Ave. Shifflet Auto Care - 3374 Sullivant Ave. Dollar General - Kingsford & Sullivant Ave. Dollar General - Georgesville & Atlanta M & S Carryout - Georgesville & Atlanta United Dairy Farmers - Georgesville & Parkwick by Freeway Thorton’s Gas Station - Georgesville Rd. & Norton Rd. Shell Gas Station - Georgesville Rd. & Norton Rd. Kroger - Georgesville Square Turkey Hill - Georgesville Rd. & Clime Rd. United Dairy Farmers - Clime & Demorest Rd. Walgreens - Clime & Demorest Rd. Messenger Westside BEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER on the Westside Pick-Up At These Locations: Certifed Gas Station - Briggs & Demorest Kroger - Eakin & Harrisburg Pike Speedway Gas Station - Eakin & Harrisburg Pike Heartland Bank - Great Western Shopping Center BP Gas Station - Wilson Rd. & Lowell Speedway Gas Station - Wilson Rd. & Lowell Certified Gas Station - Broad St. & Orel Walgreens - Hague & Broad St. Circle K Gas Station - Georgesville Rd. & Industrial Mile Rd. Marathon Gas Station - Georgesville Rd. & Industrial Mile Rd. La Plaza Tapatta - Georgesville Rd. & Hollywood BP Gas Station - Georgesville Rd. & Broad St. Westland Library - Lincoln Village Plaza Giant Eagle - Lincoln Village Plaza Thorton’s Gas Station - 4990 W. Broad St. READ US ONLINE: www.columbusmessenger.com Walgreens- Broad St. & Galloway Rd. Kroger - Broad St. & Galloway Rd. Aldi Store - Broad St. & Westwood CVS Drug Store - Norton Rd. & Hall Rd. United Dairy Farmers - Norton Rd. & Hall Rd. Circle K Gas Station - Norton Rd. & Hall Rd. Dollar General - Norton Rd. & Hall Rd. Marathon Gas Station - Broad St. & Murry Hill Rd. Speedway Gas Station - Broad St. & Murry Hill Rd. Dollar Tree - Broad St. & Murry Hill Rd. Speedway Gas Station - Broad St. & Freeway Sheetz Gas Station - Westland Mall Speedway Gas Station - Broad St. & Wilson Rd. Kroger - Consumer Square Shopping Center Franklin Township Business Office - 2193 Frank Rd.
www.columbusmessenger.com In Entertainment Too much fan service in film The definition of fan service is material in a work of fiction which is intentionally added to please the audience — in particular, a certain sector of said audience. While all creators are guilty of succumbing to the demand of fan service from time to time, some go above and beyond the occasional throwing of the bone, much to the detriment of their own product. The issue that arises when creators blatantly pander to a small crowd within a larger crowd is they run the risk of alienating those who may not be as enamored or well-versed in the references, call-backs, and hidden eggs tucked away for a select few to enjoy. Some artists are talented enough to thread that fine line, creating a nice balance that makes both sides feel good about what they have read or watched. Most, however, are not. Writer and director Jason Reitman is a great example of an artist who is talented enough to thread fine lines, especially when he is bringing the divisive work of screenwriter Diablo Cody to life as he did with the underappreciated classics “Tully” and “Young Adult.” While there is no doubt in my mind of his skill as a storyteller, I do have to admit it was a bit of a head scratcher when he was initially hired to bring the “Ghostbusters” franchise back from the dead. For some background, Jason Reitman is the son of Ivan Reitman, the original director and co-creator of the 1984 supernatural comedy which became a globally beloved phenomenon and a staple in the pop culture lexicon. Much of his childhood was shaped by his father’s experience working within this world and that does not exactly give him a high level of objectivity when it comes to fixing some issues found in the first two films. After thinking the decision over for a bit, I realized why the studio chose him out of everyone else to revive the franchise — fan service via last name recognition. In 2016, this franchise and the creators behind it took a massive beating when a rebooted version dared to not only be comprised of four women to the busters of ghosts but to not show the appropriate level of reverence needed for a cultural icon. Much of the criticism levied its way was absurd and disheartening but the voices were affecting, making the studio shy away from bold choices and cling to the familiar. And that is, in essence, what “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is; something different, but familiar, like finding an old, favored sweater of yours at the store but in a new color. While Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan (of the re-booted “Poltergeist”, if that inspires confidence) try to infuse the story with some new ideas, it is ultimately a re-telling of the original story but sprinkled with heaps of fan service. The film begins promisingly enough with a man being chased through the plains by an entity of unknown origin. Though shadows cover his face and body, we know he is the great Dr. Egon Spengler who has seemingly lost his mind somewhere between New York City and his ramshackle farm in Oklahoma. In the aftermath of this event, he sacrifices his life as the creature comes near, making sure it stays locked up in a ghost trap, hopefully never to be seen again. The film then switches from this cramped but sprawling farmhouse to a cramped and decidedly not sprawling apartment where we find mom Callie (Carrie Coon), teen son Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), and precocious tween Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) getting evicted. As luck would have it, the family has just inherited the homestead of Callie’s estranged father though the film often plays coy with their relation to Egon for much longer than is cute. Once there, they begin to suspect that strange things are afoot both within the creepy home and within the community of Summerville. For starters, Phoebe’s chessboard comes alive at night, earthquakes keep rippling across the land, and growling noises are heard coming from the abandoned selenium mine once owned by the demon-friendly developer Ivo Shandor (J.K. Simmons in a cameo role). Though Callie would prefer to stay oblivious to the goings-on — after all, she has a massive home restoration project to do — the siblings set out to unlock the secrets of the town with the help of local teen Lucky (Celeste O’Connor), child podcaster Podcast (Logan Kim) and lackadaisical teacher Gary Grooberson (played to perfection by Paul Rudd). Had this film decided to solely focus on this unusual group of people as they fought ghosts hell-bent on overtaking the world, it may have turned out a little bit better. But where it starts to go off the rails is in the latter half of the film when they discover all of the known ghostbusting gadgets and review grainy footage of the exploits of the original GB’s — their actions long forgotten in the annals of history. While most fans of the original films may love all the eggs thrown their way, it begins to bog down the entire film as it has to stop every three minutes to do close ups of the equipment, peek-throughs of known ghosts, and tease the appearance of the living original Ghostbusters. (Harold Ramis, who played Egon Spengler in the original films, died in 2014.) As I said before about fan service, there is a balance to be had but there is none to be found in “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” It tilts heavily in the retread arena, hitting all the plots and points of the original movie despite the new and younger cast. Sometimes it feels as if the studio was pulling it back into more familiar territory, still reeling, perhaps, from the booming voices of angry fans lingering like a specter. Overall, this film is a miss of the proton stream but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have some merit; it features some great practical effects, has strong acting from the cast (Rudd and Grace in particular), and it has moments of humor though it does not fully embrace its own history of silliness. It’s just not that memorable, which isn’t always a bad thing. Grade: C The Reel Deal Dedra Cordle Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer and columnist. November 28, 2021 - WESTSIDE MESSENGER - PAGE 7
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