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famous comedii
Chaplin and Har
7:30 and 9:30 p.
Holmes'
D
By Terry Duga
Two major 1
motion pictures
story and the coi
successes with
Burt Reynold!
mcnara i^esn
prompted ?,ome
executives to <
genres and c
detective. It ha
Two films nov
The Black Bird
Theater and Th?
Sherlock Holmes
at the Richland J
from chronic coi
One problem
Bird is that m
depends on the >
of The Maltese I
to Archer and
reoccurrence of
from the earlie
the appearance <
very funny if ret
the audience,
mystified rathei
" ?
rhe Gam
ntcrtai
\
SK ^ :.W
(tracts the tooth from a f
The Dentist as well as fi
ans as Laurel and Han
old Lloyd will be shown i
m
Brother, Bla
etectiv
? 1
din
a c
mis
*ecent trends in fun
are the detective con
nedy film. Major
Jack Nicholson, mmm
: Mol R rnnl/c ^ '
J, AfAVI uuivo,
er and others
sage Hollywood
combine the two
:reate a funny in
sn't worked.
j?
f playing in town,
at the Palmetto
JU
r Adventures of
)'Smarter Brother
flail II, both suffer ? *
mic overkill. ^
the
with The Black con
luch of its humor cha
viewer's knowledge exp
'alcon. References whi
Gutman, and the unl
specific situations a h
t. film, especially but
Df Wilma Cook, are auc
cognized. Much of bor
however, was T
than entertained. .
whc
Lecock
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emale amazon the hai
ve other film shorts b
dy, Buster Keaton, (
n the Golden Spur ton
ick Bird fai
e com
'he main problem is
ector insists on using
lozen times, just in
>sed it the first. One
niest running jokes
inotations of Sam Sp
The main pro
that the diret
sists on using
L>/i n f II
ft. r, u *11
#1 in case you
issed the first
here is also heavy em
modern phenom
riedy of obscenity,
racters the viewer w<
>ect to curse use profai
ch profanity is used in
ikeiy situations. This i
...wU 4L? I wl
tugii cti nit;
seldom at the en
lience is 'damne
edom.
he film's funniest pai
>n the director aban
. About
I Spi
|j By Chuck (
l?BJ In the sun
negotiated
and represe
B including tl
Russell Hoi
wine to be i
The sale <
troversial a
applied for i
outcry fron
parents, wh
might lead
rapists.
Because o
downtown '
center of st
Dublic nuisii
HMay 1970, i
dying subje
However,
reason, sec
organizatior
on the issut
I closed door
organization
discussions
In the sui
a reality vvi
old Golden
sold there
Spur were
Another
negotiation
who woul
ministratio
Harold Bi
jurisdictior
former s
McKinney
manageme
control pre
would have
There we
demanded
d way managemei
y such ^he Spur wa
V A. I _iL
harlie 01 u,e oini
ight at around the
abuse their
Public dru
would not t
1
edies s
that the witty repar
each joke slapstick,
case you Spade's car
of the the moronic as
concerns with Spade'
ade- and the
characterisl
' Drovide mi
blem becomes bo
Words car
Ztor the ending (
juvenile, am
each press just he
falls int<
WQS) of cinemati
f minutes of I
destroy wh<
ll,9 created. I
"How can tl
would hesits
phasis on film to anyor
enon of the last figh
in which jokes becon
[>uld least better than e
flity, or in Sherlock ]
the most the same b
s good for Black Bird,
of a film major differ
d. The Holmes' is s<
d" into than most m
jokes are moi
physical at
rJS oc^"r Feldman an
dons his muc^ more
a***-*
Campus
ir's purp
Cromer
lmer of 1973, an unwritten aereen
between the university admini
ntatives of several student organ
le Student Government Associa
ise University Union, to allow t
sold on campus.
)f beer on campus had been a v
nd highly explosive issue. A lice
n the late 60,s, but was refused be
n religious organizations and
o were concerned alcohol at the
their children to becoming dru
f the controversy, surrounding 44
'coffeehouse" that was supposi
udent activism before it was clo
ince in 1969, and the university
t annparpH that lippr r?n pamnn
- -ri ? f"
Ct.
by the spring of 1973, for some i
ret negotiations between the
is and administration were resu
i. These conferences were helc
s so adverse publicity from i
is and other critics would not dis
as they had done years before,
mmer of 1973, beer on campus di?
th the first draught being consun
Spur on July 5. Beer would conti
until the renovations ot the ne>
completed that September,
disagreement again almost do
s, though, when a stalemate ens
d operate the Golden Spurn
or the student body. Vice 1
run ton wanted the Spur wi
i under the office of business aff<
tudent government Preside
and others argued for
nt. Fortunately, the supporters <
mailed. God only knows what
i been like under the control of
re certain guidelines, the admir
student organizations follow
tit of the Golden Spur. First and f
is not to become a watering hole I
er niteclubs that students p;
university. As long as student;
beer privilege, it would be ma
nkedness and other such disti
>e tolerated.
uffer ove
tie and turns to visual slapstii
Running jokes about rest c
bitchy secretary and vigoroi
sistant are combined much
s occasional ineptness works,
unusual physical it does i
tiCS Of his nnnmlor- I did
vuuiiuv-J
Jch laughter until it am tire
ring. use the
inot describe how bad an(^ s^11
>f this film is. Trite, am also
d tacky all fail to ex- Kahn 8
>w low the ending a *ai
^ the depths ^ontDS.
c art. The last few J?e* J~
this movie completely J ,
if hnmm-A?c Sherloc
*" i?u?iiv/iuuo 1uuuu 13
walked out thinking w,se!' y<
ley do this to me?" I
mtly recommend this
le who will leave after Even
t scene. Even if the star of
ne dull, the film is save
inything on television thrust
Holmes' suffers from as to be
asic weakness as the dressing
overused jokes. The to? over
ence is that Sherlock you
3 much more intense slapstic
ovies. The obscenity before.
*e incongruous,the odd 86611 a (
tributes of Marty devoted
d l/eo McKern are on
startling, and the f,Vn."y *
shit".
ose unf
Secondly, the
lent was Golden Spur. N<
istration making a strici
izations, As a third r<
tion and serve as a rel
jeer and munity. Thus ti
possible progra
ery con- booked in the S
inse was student organiz
cause of Also, they felt
:?i
wui i icu }m csciiiv:u uii tt
i college quality and dunks
and community poj
Since its inc<
UFO," a followed these
edly the and infrequent?
sed as a Spur has faller
riots in twelve months c
is was a void in the fa<
. organizations a
inknown obligation to th
student There is no r
rrected tivities. Peculi
1 behind been booked the
*eligious questionable t
rupt the
In the past,
>1 become T01
led in the ;"",u.c^ "l 10
nue to bo talented Mad P
* Golden mov'f had aP
weekly campus
omed the studentandad,
>ucd over '?>' stude,,t bod:
-the ad- These progra
President student popula<
thin his Robert Penn Wi
urs while have held disc
nt Rita there. Even th<
student have held infori
)f student Spur.
the Spur The Spur has
Brunton. present. Musk
nsirauon little other prog
in their questioned felt
oremost, belly dancer \vh<
like most navel and swiv?
itronized and envious fer
> did not last fall's enter
intained.
irbances
srkill
ck of Gene Wilder and the
?f the cast much more
is. As a result, the film is
funnier when the comedy
but much more boring when
not.
not like the film because I
d of watching Gene Wilder
i same facial expressions
ill emotional outbursts. I
i tired of watching Madeline
rossly overact for the sake
lgh. If you have not seen
tart the Revolution Without
lazing Saddles, or Young
tnstein, you might find
k Holmes funny. Otherqu
can't help thinking that
ve seen it all before, and
done at that.
Marty Feldman, the comic
Frankenstein, cannot
this film from old age. He
so far into the background
negligible. He is window
? at best. The film is iust
' ? J
done with too many jokes
ive heard and too many
k routines you have seen
Unless you have never
Gene Wilder film or are a
fan of his, stay away from
!. I just don't think it is
o see Queen Victoria say
u ilf ilk
beer was limited to the
o beer was to pass outs
t enforcement of this ri
*gulation, the Spur w?
axing haven for the i
he administration felt t
imming for the univer
>pur by our more than
ations to attract faculty
this entertainment,
continuing basis, shoi
erso as possible so al
mlation would be repn
option in 1973, the Go!
first two guidelines wi
ixceptions. On the thirt
1 flat on its face. Di
>r so, there has been an
^ility. The more tha
it USC have failed to
e administration.
eal variety in the Golc
iarly, only musical p
nnrlul 1
1 V, I vgium ly , lUlU many
r*ste and notoriety.
>rofessionaI comedians
nds and Curley and
ine Show; cultured pro]
fountain Mime Troujx
peared in the Spur. /
; Issues Scries there h
ninistrative leaders bei
y members.
ims were not iusf en
:e. Such notable fig
jrren and Senator Erne
ussions with Carolin
2 law school and histor
rial yet scholarly conf(
had a proud past, yet ha
:al events are somewh
ramming exists. Some
that Mystic Maria,.a '
[> charged a whopping $
si motions to a bunch 1
nale students, was the
tainment schedule in t
Please See SPUR, P
Indepeii
Filmmal
Series S<
The Independei
Filmmakers, Soi
Circuit will begin i
with five short fi
Noyes, Jr.
Clay: Origina of (1
Dog, Sandman, Th?
and She and The E
p.m. Jan. 23 at Colt
of Art. Admission
Noyes completed
animated film in
since made docui
WNET's new progi
State and segment
Street. An inventor
using experimental
made Clay while
Harvard. This fil
oiiiiuaiiuil III tU <111 cl
has grown populai
filmmakers and au
short, film.
Bad Dog uses the \
to portray a dog's e;
world, while Sandms
of sand constantly
perfect synchronize
original bluegrass s
The Ballad of He
further example c
ventiveness as an a
tells a mythical si
reality deals with th
and women as they
Please See FILMM
Eight
jd
confines of the
ide of its doors
lie a necessity,
is expected to
Carolina comhat
as often as
sity should be
200 chartered
and students,
besides being
uld be of high
I genres of the
esented.
Iden Spur has
th only minor
i principle, the
iring the past
entertainment
n 200 student
i uphold their
ten Spur's aerograms
have
of these are of
sucn as Move
Moondog and
grams like the
?; and special
\t one time a
lad prominent
ing questioned
nfined to the
;ures as poet
;st F. Hollings
a community
j vjujjch iiiieiu
?rences in the
is a frustrating
at erratic and
students that I
'professional"
60 to show her
of horny male
; highlight of
he Spur.
age Seven
Ldent
kers
pf
at American
ith Carolina
its 1976 series
lms by Eliot
le Species, Bad
; Ballad of He
>ot shown at 8
imbia Museum
is Free.
Clay, his first
1964, and has
mentaries for
ram, The 51st
s for Sesame
of film styles
techniques, he
a student at
m lifted clay
rt form which
among both
diences of the
vide-angle lens
ye view of the
in uses images
changing in
ition with an
rnrp
and She is a
>f Noyes' innimator,
as he
tory which in
e roles of men
are defined in
AKKKS, I'age ,