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.At the moviesl. RPM-ex l,ike a bad case of acne, the rash of StRR (Student Riot and Rebellion) films keeps spreading. Now, however, there' seems to have bloomed the biggest, ugliest blemish of all, "RPM." "RPM" is a film that offers you an inside view of all the things a university, its students and its faculty are not and never have been. It is a film that displays an - abundance of ignorance that is Unmatched by any film I have ever seen. Anthony Quinn, a fine actor, must have needed the money awfully bad to lend his name to the long list of losers involved in this poor excuse for a motion picture. The cast, to flatter the participants of this nightmare include Ann Margaret as a mistress-graduate student. She plays this part with all the depth of a $29.95 plastic swimming pool. She displays a great ability to play dumb, in fact, she's so good at it, one finds it hard to tell when she's acting. To round out this spectacular - there is Gary Lockwood who is the only 40 year old actor to portray an undergraduate. He too is simply overpowering on the screen, his dialogue seems to come right from the cartoons in Bazooka bubble gum. "RPM," (Revolutions Per Minute) is the story of today's students trying to bring relevancy to the universities. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long to realize that the makers of "RPM" don't have the slightest idea of how to do it. Don't buy campus shop. CAROLINA COLISEUMV ploita tion -xiby Jerry Calabrese.i--.e:.. Stanley Kramer produced this debacle, but the real blame goes to our old friend Eric Segal, per petrator of "Love Story". Segal is a genius in the art of inanity; the screenplay is absurd. The dialogue is as contrived as the assinine excuse for a plot is. Anyone who has any mind, regardless of educational background should feel insulted by this nonsense. "RPM" shows students as one dimensional fools who are com plimented by even more shallow faculty. Segal has managed to use every cliche, every trite phrase and all known bromides ever concieved in the script of his film. Unfortunately for Segal and in particular "RPM" the use of stock characters, trite situations and schmaltz may, by some miracle and great amounts of buorgeoise sentimentality, work in "Love Story," but to expect the same crap to click in a film about contemporary problems is ridiculous. Segal cannot expect to make a career out of writing garbage. There seems to be a trend in cinema-take the same plot that worked in 1940's musicals, cut out the songs, add some hot pants chick, throw in some long hair and stage it on a campus, and BINGO, you've got a social documentary. "RPM" is horrible, distorted, and a travesty of film making but it is not the -only guilty party. It has a lot of company, the list of films that have exploited social issues to make a quick buck is, growing faster than the Army's list of suspected Communists. This exploitation must cease, and quickly. The answer is not in the burning of the theatre but in the refusal to be suckered each time some outfit needs meal money. I heartily recommend th9t you miss at all costs the two hours of the bullshit called "RMP". 114 . 40f Birdis return Flocks of migrating bir campus during this week c was not only felt by those from tree to tree but by derneath. I ..... ..... .... NextS Controversial British playwright Edward Bond's latest work "Narrow Road to the Dewep North" "V" is the next play presentation ofthe University of South Carolina Theatre. Per formances are set for Feb. 18 20 at Drayton Hall on the USC campus with curtain time at 8:15 P.M. Director Terry Bennett says the play, based in part on an incident described by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, is a "rather strange" combination of humor. satire and social Commentary. Ticket reservations for the USC Y * I -Scott Derks for regis tra tio n ds zoomed into the Carolina I registration. Their presence Natching the swarms jumping the unsuspecting walking un - News briefs: C play production of "Narrow Road to the D)eep North" may be made by writing USC Theatre. Columbia, S. C 2921M or by calling 777-4288 or Senator Ernest F. Hollings will be the main speaker at the South Carolina Press Association has its annual winter meeting Feb. 11-13 in Columbia. H4ollings will speak at the SCPA President's Banquet the evening of Feb.12. Edd A- Burch, President of the !".C. Press Association and editor of the Greer Citizen, has announced. SUNDAY FE.II \/ A C A T IAl 5 ' ~3/V -1n U%AMALUGK -Page5 Fazah highlights concert Sunday Baritone Adib Fazah will highlight Sunday's Chamber Music Concert at USC. The affiliate artist at the University will render selections from Wolf. Brahms. Stravinsky and Ravel at the 4 p.m. concert in McMaster Hall on campus. Fazah. a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, has performed as leading baritone with the San Francisco Opera Company. the Opera Society of Washington. The Boston Opera - Company and the American Opera Society. His affliliation with the University and the South Carolina Arts Commission is under the sponsorship of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts. eb. 18-20 Another highlight of the three day meeting will be the Friday awards luncheon traditionally hosted by the University of South Carolina. T. Eston Marchant, chairman of the USC Board of Trustees. will address the group and present newspaper awards in several different categories at the luncheon scheduled for Carolina Coliseum. The S. C. Press Association membership consists mostly of the newspapers of the state plus associated and sustaining mem bers in related fields. Dr. Reid H. Montgomery of the USC College of .lournalism is secretary-manager. BOOKS & R ECORDS JOY FUIL ALTERNATFIVE Can Mr. Sutker Manager of Shimmy's (a Clemson Man) find Peace and Happiness serving Carolina students? Come and Find Out Shimmy's Headquarters for good steaks 1111 LADY ST 254-4492