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The guy behind Fox’s “The Following” is clearly in need of a hug.I don’t mean the half-assed nudge a seven-year-old gives his

grandmother under the threat of a week without television. Kevin Williamson — the same guy who brought us the sometimes-alright “Scream” saga — needs a warm, compassionate embrace. If his prime-time drama is any indication, the guy must be going through a rough time.

“The Following” is undoubtedly one of the coldest, most cynical dramas to premiere in more than a decade. The writing lacks humanity and voice. Gratuitous gore is used in an effort to establish credibility. Characters often project a negative view of the world.

But what’s really depressing is that this lifeless show has absolutely no saving grace. The reality is made abundantly clear just minutes into the pilot episode.

The series opens on serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) inex-plicably walking out of prison. Here, we are led to believe that busting out of a high-security penitentiary is as easy as befriending a guard. But this Carroll guy is not your everyday maniac — he’s a former English professor with a British accent and an affinity for Edgar Allen Poe. He’s, like, super poetic and can convince anyone to do anything at any given moment in time.

Upon Carroll’s escape, disgraced former F.B.I. agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) is told that he’s needed — because that’s what always hap-pens in television land. This guy used to be an expert at hunting down guys like Carroll but hasn’t served in years. Now he’s just an alcoholic and wants nothing to do with the F.B.I. However, he willfully throws away this notion and wholeheartedly rededicates himself to the cause.

From that moment on, it’s Carroll vs. Hardy in a battle of wits and brawn — like “Tom and Jerry,” but with less depth. And, sadly, the rest of the characters are just as dull. There’s Carroll’s ex-wife who fears for her life. There are F.B.I. agents who wear suits and say recycled garbage like “You’re unstable!” or “You’re going to blow this whole operation!” Every character in “The Following” is a cardboard cutout that could topple over from a light breeze.

But perhaps the most asinine aspect of the series, even more than the characters and clichés, is its aggressively implausible premise. The program completely relies on the narrative that while Carroll was behind bars, he found “followers” on the Internet to do his dirty work for him. So now if the F.B.I. catch up with him, they'll have a blood-thirsty, Myspace-obsessed cult to worry about, too.

I can’t speak for my reading audience, but I like to think if I got a Facebook message from a serial killer, I would probably not respond. At the very least, I would pretend to go offline. If I saw a Craigslist ad that said “Need killers, accept at own risk,” I don’t think I would reach for my chainsaw and pitchfork. But “The Following,” in all of its improbable, trite, murdery awfulness, is just that lazy.

Maybe I’m being a little harsh. Maybe I’m digging too deep into the minor details of Fox’s new serial killer drama. The honest-to-God truth is that I could overlook some of the clichés and implausibilities if it had some freaking life. In this culture we’re living in, a culture that’s become aggressively violent, the subject matter is borderline offensive. It’s a program trapped in cynicism.

I don’t know who hurt Williamson in the past. I don’t know if his high school sweetheart broke up with him over the phone or if his mom didn’t come to his fourth grade soccer games, but shows need someone to root for. “The Following” needs a discussion of morality like “Breaking Bad” or maybe a lovable antihero like “Dexter.” It needs something, anything, to give it a little bit of light.

And Williamson, clearly, just needs a hug.

JACK HOWLANDon Fox's new cold, cynical and all-around awful drama

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“I really like ‘Django Unchained.’ I like how it was serious but also funny at the same time. Also, the music was great. And I really like Quentin Tarantino.”

“I haven’t seen all the movies, but from what I’ve read, I think ‘Lincoln’ is going to win it. Daniel Day-Lewis is such an incredible actor and he gives an amazing performance.”

ALEX SHUPERT, freshman speech pathology major

RUSSELL LEVINE, sophomore communications major “’Argo’ has won lots of awards at the

Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards. Plus, I like historical movies, and it was a good historical movie and also a good thriller.”

LANDON HEID, junior economics major and finance major

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Oscar Night

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Drinking Game

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The (Un)Official MOVE

The set-upPlay at your own risk. You are by no means obligated to follow every last rule.

General rulesEveryone takes a shot when:- Seth MacFarlane, the host of the Oscars, makes fun of a celebrity (be careful with this one).- The orchestra plays “get off the stage” music during an acceptance speech

Everyone takes two shots when:- The cameraman shows a bored audience member (think Tommy Lee Jones at the Golden Globes).

Finish your drink when: - An actress (or actor) cries during an acceptance speech- You pass "Best Picture" on the board.

Wardrobe rule: The first player to notice and point out a wardrobe change may choose one other player to take a shot.

The Big LeaguesBest PictureIf “Les Misérables” wins, pour out your drink for the tears you cried (or didn’t, if you’re a robot) while watching that masterpiece of cinema. Then pour yourself another one and chug it.

Best ActorIf Bradley Cooper or Daniel Day-Lewis wins, take a gulp. If Joaquin Phoenix or Hugh Jackman win, take two gulps for the underdog. If Denzel Washington wins, finish your drink to honor his role as an alcoholic in the film "Flight."

Best ActressIf Jennifer Lawrence wins, raise your cup/bottle/glass and CHUG for America's newest sweetheart.

Best Actor – SupportingDrink for the German – Christoph Waltz of “Django Unchained." If any of the other nominees win, don’t drink to protest all of these super old nominees slowly losing relevance.

Best Actress – SupportingIf Anne Hathaway wins, finish your drink. If Sally Field or Amy Adams win, take a gulp. If Helen Hunt or Jacki Weaver win, spend their acceptance speech looking up who they are on IMDb.

Best DirectorFinish your drink for Spielberg if “Lincoln” wins. Take a gulp if David O. Russell of “Silver Linings Playbook” or Ang Lee of “Life of Pi” win. If either of the other two directors win, yell angrily over the outrage you feel that they took the spot on the ballot from one of Hollywood’s favorite Boston exports, Ben Affleck.

You’ve Never Heard of Any of These Nominees

Best Cinematography“Skyfall." Must. Win. Finish your drink, and toast Roger Deakins’ creative genius if it does. If not, silently take a sip for the film that clearly won only by bribing the Academy.

Best Costume DesignHonestly, none of these films had eye-popping costumes. Most of the films just used history to design attire that fit the time period of the film, and the other two are about Snow White. I say all players should finish their drink no matter who wins and cross their fingers that the big categories come up soon.

Best Makeup and HairstylingFor the cosmetologist in us all: “Hitchcock” did an amazing job of making Anthony Hopkins look like the late, great director, and “The Hobbit” managed to make normal people look like unnatural creatures. But “Les Misérables” made Hugh Jackman look homeless and (sort of) ugly. Now that’s an accomplishment. Finish your drink for “Les Misérables," take two gulps for any other.

The VERY Long and Short of ItBest Animated FilmFinish your drink for “Wreck-It Ralph” or “Brave," because both of those movies were epic (though neither will surpass the excellence of “Finding Nemo”). For any other winner, take a gulp.

Best DocumentaryHonestly, take this award announcement to catch your breath or catch up with your drinking. It’s going to be a long night, and you haven’t seen or heard of any of these movies anyways.

Best Foreign Language FilmIf “Amour” wins, take a sip solely because it’s up for a few awards tonight and, honestly, this is the only one it actually has a chance of winning.

Best Animated ShortIf Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" wins, CHUG! If anything else wins, take a sip.

Scripts & LyricsBest Sound MixingBecause over the past 50 years Bond has had undoubtedly some of the greatest audio narrations in cinema, finish your drink simply because “Skyfall” is a nominee. If it wins, take a shot instead.

Best Sound EditingThe Academy actually filled a ballot with legitimately worthy contenders for this category, so take a sip no matter who wins. Bravo!

Best Music — Original SongEven though it would be a travesty if Adele doesn’t win for “Skyfall," take a gulp if “Suddenly” or “Everybody Needs a Friend” wins. If Adele does win, take a shot to celebrate the power of her god-like voice.

Best Writing — Original ScreenplayQuentin Tarantino deserves this Oscar, so finish your drink if he wins. If not, a sip for “Zero Dark Thirty” is acceptable.

brooke burchill | reporter

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Italian word of the week: rilassarsi – to relax“If we stop treating ourselves, we might become normal,”

says Alex Fleming, my study abroad friend from Australia. We had just finished eating gelato after a long day of… well, to be honest, it really wasn’t a long day. It was just a treat after dinner on a normal Monday. This straight diva remark seems to be an overarching theme of our study abroad so far.

When many people think of Italy, they think of the catch-phrase, “La dolce vita,” meaning the sweet life. This phrase was coined by a famous movie written and directed by the famous Italian director Federico Fellini. Some people also associate this phrase with studying abroad in general.

Basically, it’s just a giant party. You can go out every night and not even have to go to class. You can travel around wherever you are (Milan, for example) meeting models, falling in love with sultry locals, going to cool concerts and shows or, in my case, taking a bazillion jumping pictures all over picturesque European cities. In some ways this is true. You can do all of these things while studying abroad.

Then what separates a study abroad trip from a vacation? Although I’m not sure I fully know quite yet, I seem to be getting a better grasp of it the longer I am here.

For starters, I don’t know many people who go on a vacation completely alone. You usually go with at least one person that you probably know very well. Studying abroad not only forces you to become more independent, it also makes you realize how dependent you actually might be. You might have a romanticized idea of going to a cute little Italian café alone like a really sophis-ticated person, but if you ask any of the people that studied abroad in the past, I’m sure they are going to say something similar to this quote by Tim Cahill: “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.”

For some reason, I seem to make friends with huge divas. Carnevale was this past weekend in Milan, and everyone here let their inner divas run rampant. Many of us who are studying abroad also went to Venice the weekend before for the famed Carnevale. Everyone wore huge, elaborate masks to accentuate their inner diva. I can’t tell you how many times random little kids threw confetti on me throughout the week. It seemed the party was endless — these people really were living “la dolce vita.”

Now a diva’s gotta ‘deeve,’ but if you’re living here rather than vacationing here, you sometimes need to remember the other Italian phrase, “la dolce far niente,” meaning the sweetness of doing nothing. If we stop treating ourselves, yes, we run the chance of becoming normal, but sometimes you need to treat yourself to a night in and a good long sleep. So maybe the dif-ference between studying abroad and going on a vacation is that when you study abroad, you don’t have to constantly be worried about getting the most out of your vacation. You also need to get the most from your body. And that might mean skipping a cool party to try 1,002 links that won’t work on a website to watch your favorite show that isn’t available in your country yet.

But for now, it is my birthday. As for rest? Ain’t nobody got time for dat. Ciao for now!

Everywhere I go, divas always know

MOLLIE BARNESon confusing vacationing with study abroad

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“I think ‘Les Misérables’ should win just because it was visually well put together. The music was amazing and, overall, it just left a really good impression.”

“Samuel L. Jackson was awesome in ‘Django Unchained,’ so that has to be the winner. Jamie Foxx was great too — so much star power and such great acting. What more can you say?”

STEPHANIE BRAY, sophomore journalism major MADDOX LAWRENCE,

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“I loved the magic of ‘Life of Pi.’ It was such a beautiful movie and I really loved the feel of it."

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scott macdonald | associate editorPassion Pit is a rarity — an indie pop band enjoying both critical acclaim

and commercial success. After rocketing to the top of the blogosphere in 2008 off the success of the iconic “Sleepyhead,” they signed to Columbia Records for their 2009 debut album, Manners, and toured relentlessly. 2012 saw the release of their sophomore effort, Gossamer, which shimmers and dances its way through singer and sole songwriter Michael Angelakos’ convoluted mind. The album brought even greater exposure for the five-piece, which plays Monday at Jesse Auditorium along with Matt and Kim and Icona Pop. In anticipation for the show, Passion Pit guitarist and keyboardist Ian Hultquist talked to us via phone last month from his home in Brooklyn.

MOVE: This will be your first show in Columbia, amongst other college towns you’re touring with Matt & Kim. But you’re also headlining Madison Square Garden on this tour. How does the band adapt to such varying venues and audiences?

Ian Hultquist: It’s really been something that we’re working on. The interesting thing is like playing at festivals against playing at a venue or a club show. And it takes a lot of figuring it out … We’re bringing in new production. We want to extend the set even longer. We want to work on sounding like a bigger band that deserves to be playing in those rooms. We’re going to be rehearsing the last week of January to get ready for all that, so we’ll see how everything goes.

M: Speaking of big New York shows, you had another one last year — “Saturday Night Live.” Was there more pressure than usual being on national television?

IH: You know, I think a lot of us were pretty nervous at first during rehearsals because we went in the Thursday before for a full day of photos and sound check rehearsals. I think we were kind of tense that day. But everyone there was so incredibly nice to us, and by the time it actually got to Saturday, we were all really comfortable and just kind of ready for it. And it goes so fast when it actually gets to the live taping — you don’t even realize what’s happening.

M: How do you get adjusted to touring? Can you ever really get adjusted to bouncing around the country and the world at all?

IH: It gets tiring. We’re all pretty good at touring now as far as being comfortable and knowing our habits and each other’s habits as well, because we’re together all the time, but it’s very exhausting. We made a conscious effort to take January off, aside from the shows at the end of the month, to get some rest. We’re all so exhausted from the past six months or so.

M: Do you guys have any rituals or superstitions on the road?IH: We have a little “root chant” right before we go on. It’s kind of like

putting your hands in the middle and make a bunch of noise and go crazy. But we have to do it, because every once in a while there’s a show where we’ll forget to, and it’s usually terrible. Something goes wrong or we just aren’t playing well, so now we always have to do our little root before we go onstage.

M: Are there any new elements put in during each show, or is it pretty much the same each night?

IH: For a while, for the first half of touring this season, we were changing the set list every night, and we were kind of working towards something that works together. Balancing the newer songs from Gossamer and songs from Manners, which was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be. They’re generally the right distance from each other. By the end of last year, we kind of got a good set where we kept the set for the most part but changed a couple songs to bring in some variety. But through the

course of this year, we’re looking to extend the set list and bring in new songs, have a little more freedom.

M: How does the band adapt the music that comes out of the studio to live performances? Is it collaborative?

IH: At this point, we all kind of know our roles within the band. I usually end up picking along with the piano parts and the chord backing. We know Nate (Donmoyer) and Jeff (Apruzzese) will take drums and bass, and then a lot of times Xander (Singh) will take the lead lines. So we kind of have set rules in that sense. And since there is so much more than chords and bass guitar on the new record, we have to fill more duties than just one. We’re still in the process of looking at the record, because there’s so much in there that we want to bring to the stage and be able to play live.

M: Speaking of which, you actually have a new member. Last year, Ayad (Al Adhamy) left the band and was replaced by Xander. Was it hard for him to get adjusted to the band?

IH: It wasn’t too bad, actually. We’ve known Xander literally since the band started – we’ve all been friends. And we always kind of had a sense that he’d join the band in one way or another in the future.

M: You have a side project, Aislyn, with your wife Sofia. Is that just a creative outlet, or do you have bigger ambitions for it?

IH: No, it totally has just been a creative outlet for us. We actually did a remix that came out a couple of months ago, but things have quieted down with us for the last year because Passion Pit’s kicked up again. I’m hoping that sometime this year we’ll put out a few more recordings, because I know both of us want to do more together.

M: Michael (Angelakos) took a lot of risks in making Gossamer. The lyrics are almost autobiographical, very emotionally charged, and songs like “Constant Conversations” are really different from what you’d expect from Passion Pit. Was there any reluctance or confusion when you guys first heard it as a band?

IH: Not really. I started to see it a little bit when Michael first started “Take a Walk,” so I kind of had an idea of how this album was going to turn out, as far as being different from Manners. We were all kind of ready for it, and we knew there was going to be changes. We knew the second that this was done, Michael was going to say he’d never want to do this again. (Laughs) So we were all just waiting to see what it was. The new songs are just so much more fun to play live, and we feel much more like a band when we play them.

M: Have you gotten the chance to meet any musical idols while on tour?IH: Yeah, there’s been a bunch. The one that’s popping up right now is

we met Bruce Springsteen a few years ago, which still holds as one of the biggest guys we’ve met. We met at the Glastonbury Festival in 2009.

M: What’s been the best part about being in Passion Pit and having such success these past few years?

IH: I’d say being able to play music for a living and being able to see the world, and being able to always be with friends when you need them. Even if you don’t want them around, they’re still there! We all feel very lucky in the band that we’ve been able to take this as far as we have, and we’re all very much set on seeing how far we can take this.

M: Do you have any idea what’s next for the band? You’re heading to South America later this spring – what will you do after that?

IH: I know there’s going to be more U.S. touring coming up. It’s still being planned out, but we’ll probably be on tour for the rest of the year, and then we’ll see what happens after that.

M: One last question — “Take a Walk” was used in a Taco Bell commercial last year — there were a lot of butthurt hipsters. Did you guys get any free shit from Taco Bell for it?

IH: (Laughs) No, we did not. It’s unfortunate.

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Passion Pit guitarist and keyboardist Ian Hultquist talks SNL, road superstitions and adjusting from the studio to stage.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JASON NOCITO

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JOYCE PENGon what might be this year’s most popular and pointless technology

POP TRACK

Smart watches — trending unnecessarily

My phone is smart. And, apparently, my watch will be smart, too.I remember watching spy movies as a kid and seeing the spies

calling someone, locating a suspect via GPS and receiving signals from enemy lines — all via watch.

Now that’s enough to freak out any kid. I had thought watches were only for telling time and spent the rest of the week tapping my plastic Hello Kitty watch and hoping it would show me some radar tracker or something.

But now, the spy watch gadget is slowly becoming a reality, as several companies have boasted their newly developed smart watches recently.

Pebble Technology, for example, just released its Pebble E-Paper Watch, with a 144 x 168 pixel black-and-white e-paper display built on a wristband. It connects to iPhone and Android smartphones, can access Twitter, receives notifications for incoming calls and e-mails and includes apps to control music on your phone, according to Pebble's website.

And Sony has its own SmartWatch, too, which is compatible with Android devices. Slim and sleek, the watch comes in an OLED multi-touch display, according to Sony’s website. It can hold many apps, allows you to read emails and connects you to Facebook or Twitter.

To top it off, there are recent rumors that Apple and Samsung might produce smart watches of their own.

So it looks like this new smart watch idea might become huge in the tech world. Companies know that consumers love their smart phones, so they’re renovating new products to cater to that demand. It’s amazing how innovators can come up with brilliant advances in the personalized age, and even more puzzling that they can build a smart watch that only existed in the fictional world.

Despite the wonderful progress in technology via smart watch, personally, I would not get a smart watch.

First of all, it’s a waste of money. Pebble and Sony are selling theirs around $150, and if Apple does make an “iWatch," it’s probably going to be a lot more expensive given Apple’s reputation. There is simply no need for a smart watch that can do all the things that a smartphone or laptop can do. Seriously. I can easily tell time, glance at texts, control (and listen!) to music and check the weather with my phone. And it doesn’t take that much energy to grab my phone, so it’s not necessary to have all those functions strapped around my wrist on an additional device.

Second off, one of the main functions is that it syncs to your smartphone, allowing you to glance at Facebook statuses, to see incoming calls, etc. without the hassle of getting your phone out. But it’s practically useless if you don’t have your phone with you. So if the watch does most functions of a phone, why not just use the phone instead?

Third, I’m nearsighted, and sometimes even my glasses don’t give me 20/20 vision. Pair that with a 1-inch screen device, and I'd probably go blind in a month. Not to mention I might become the next Hunchback of Notre Dame from slumping by looking at my wrist every hour. New technology that includes multiple, convenient functions is helpful to many, but not if it comes with a screen I need a microscope to use.

Besides, I enjoy having my wrists free of any bands. That’s one reason why I stopped wearing watches in the first place. If I wear the smart watch and I start to sweat throughout the day (especially in the summer), sweating along with a hot running battery would pretty uncomfortable. But that’s just me.

A smart watch might be useful to business people and the like, who might need to be notified of calls and emails without having to take out their phone in the middle of a meeting. It’s certainly quite convenient, but not exactly necessary to daily life. As a college student (and short of cash), though, I don’t find it essential to be notified every minute.

Smart watches might just become the next big thing, considering how many people enjoy experiencing new products and inventions that make their lives easier and exciting. But it might not appeal to all audiences. Only time will tell.

Fact: All of last semester, the sweet sounds of “Daylight” by Matt and Kim were heard in the office after every issue of MOVE Magazine was exported. No Thursday night was complete without it. So, explaining that to Matt Johnson, half of the Matt and Kim duo, might just be the highlight of the year for MOVE. Plus, we got him to laugh.

MOVE: What songs do you hope to play during your set?Matt Johnson: We really scatter it out from everything we’ve done.

We’re still trying to get the range of everything. As well as a little from all of our albums, we also put in bits and pieces of hip hop covers and things like that where we just play 30 seconds of recognizable songs. I feel like as a live band, we kind of come close to a DJ set sometimes.

M: How does it feel to be touring with Passion Pit?MJ: I remember meeting them years ago at some party for Vice,

and I remember I had been drinking quite a bit (laughs) ... I remember just rambling on, I don’t know, but they seem like good dudes. I’ve ran into them at a festival or two since, and I feel like there’s a lot of paral-lels and a lot of fans who like both of our bands. If I go on iTunes and people who have bought Matt and Kim have also bought these albums, like Passion Pit. I think it’s been coming.

M: What’s your favorite Passion Pit song?MJ: I’m quite into their recent single, "Take a Walk." You know,

[it's] sometimes hard for a band with its sophomore album to bring it again, but I think they did a great job.

M: Who would you most like to tour with next?MJ: Well, that’s tough because one tour we were very excited to do

was the tour with Blink-182 last year I think, and as an opening band, that was really great. It’s weird, it’s not always our favorite band that’s the perfect fit. You know, I’m a huge Kanye West fan but I don’t know if opening a tour would go over great or whatnot.

M: What's it like being on the road as a couple?MJ: For us, it’s definitely easier. We have a touring crew (member)

who had to leave a wife and child and things like that at home when they’re on the road for months at a time. So for our purposes being on here with your significant other is really helpful. Really, any relation-ship I’ve been in in the past, we would have murdered each other long ago with all the time we spend together. You know, I feel very lucky that Kim (Schifino) and I are able to spend the kind of time we spend together. We are very civil about it.

M: Do you start packing early? MJ: No, when you live your life perpetually coming and going, you

already kind of know what you’re going to have. This one’s sort of easier, it is winter so we know to pack warm. Sometimes we have to pack to go on to other continents for tour and we don’t know what to pack for; we have to pack for some of everything. Now, I’ll probably take care of that the night before.

M: Who brings more shoes on tour?MJ: I have to say Kim. She fulfills her feminine role there. She, of

course, brings two pairs of shoes that she actually wears commonly throughout and then probably about another eight pairs of shoes that she probably never wears but needs just in case. I feel like she’s only come into that in the last few years. Before that we were like, “Oh, we just brought a pair of Chucks,” so that was that. But things change.

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jonathan blazejewski | reporter

If you’re reading this article, you’re probably an MU student. If you’re an MU student, you probably own a Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod or some iCombination of all four. However, I’m willing to bet you’ve never thought of where those products came from or of the hands that built your iPhone piece by piece somewhere on the other side of the world.

“The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” tells the story of the three words, “Made in China.” The story follows Apple from its conception to the plight of the Chinese-factory production-line workers to the final dominance and startling culture control of Steve Jobs’ technology machine. Written originally as a one-man show by Mike Daisey, a self-pro-claimed technology know-it-all and Steve Jobs worshipper, this play has been adapted by the Warehouse Theatre Company of Stephens College. It is a play which, much like its subject, you might find, well, surprising.

Now, I’m no theater connoisseur, and I didn’t even think I would like to see the play. But when I left that show, I had a strange urge to turn

around in hopes that I could go back inside the unique showcase and see it once more. With a captivating combination of spirited dialogue, talented actresses, a dynamic set and enthralling storytelling, the two-hour show seemed over in a blink of an eye, and I wish I had not blinked.

Director John Lampe’s adaption of Daisey’s original play brings you across all spectrums of the Apple saga. It details the life of Steve Jobs: dropping out of college, building the first revolutionary Macintosh, drop-ping acid in a hippie commune and asserting his complete and unflinching control over the future of technology. It also portrays life for the workers in the ominous Foxconn factories of southeast China, where they build each Apple product by hand at blazing speeds under strict video surveil-lance.

At the end, we’re brought back to the United States to the shelves of Apple outlets and Best Buys and bookstores. We return to the moment where we open our sparkling new iPhone, Mac or iPod, and we’re finally forced to consider the journey it took to arrive.

MOVE: When playwright Mike Daisey first started “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” he was accused of slander and false reporting. What do you think this says about the play itself?

John Lampe: I think it calls into question the difference between journalism and story telling, the two are not really the same. It’s absolutely reflective of the playwright’s life; even if the facts aren’t exactly the same‚ all the things sort of happened. He just amalgamated them into one story.

M: How will Warehouse’s production distinguish itself from Daisey’s original play?

JL: I always make the joke [that] instead of a 350-pound white guy

on a stage for two hours, you have four 20-year-old women. The audience gets a different perspective, just naturally.

M: Why do you think students and residents of Columbia should come see this play?

JL: I think it’s a play that challenges people, it’s important that people think in a new way about products and consumerism. iPhones don’t magically appear on shelves, they come from someone who made them, and the goal of the show is not to make people blow up the Apple Inc. store, it’s more for people to wake up. I call it a low-key war against apathy. I think audiences will walk away from the show with a new perspective.

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