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I The Gamecock 1 Entertainment Spacemen The Klizabeth Keen Dance Company will perform around town next week. On Monday, April 12, they'll be at Standard Savings on Main; at :i p.m., on the Russell House I'atio; 4 p.m., give a lecturedemonstration on the patio. An 11:45 a.m. per tormance will be conducted at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 13; with an 8 p.m. performance at the USC reflection pool. And a 1 p.m. performance is scheduled at the law center. In case of rain, locations will be announced where the program will be held. wmmT ?H ' - Vv^Vi'y; |, ' .' ' : ||y* "fm ..'-m'- :. ?* Jk WMaiteZ^^ | ' ^^0^^ Artlmr Knii < By Sam L. Irvin Jr. know Knight He is most Famed journalist-historian-critic Arthur writing the " Knight visited USC Thursday, to lecture on "Playboy" s "Sex In The Cinema." There is m The event was sponsored by the Ideas (he even I and Issues Committee of the Russell House University ol T TntifAltnU.I I. I I en ! uiu vxzi i>ily uiuuu. U1U5U cticu uy bcvci di KHUWh mill 1 film clips, Knight outlined his subject^for ture that he ? three very tedious hours. and grueling Knight writes a weekly column in the covered the popular daily film-trade journal "The Cinema." Hollywood Reporter" and is also one of Instead, K their staff film critics. But, because this In The Cinei newspaper basically goes to persons in the various form film industry, the general public does not seemed to n , Pat Conroy, aut center Auditoriun The "Water is I adapted into the rr ^ off the coast of B< m jtfll ITI countered bv a J impossible task c Island (Yamacra problems (the isla by school author teaching methods itO 8130clK. conflicts with sch The publicity sj tions from obsen "cause celebre" I fTO over the living co %&?3 little over three e resort" were foil towards Conroy o wanted attention from the very beg the story of Daufa Wanting to bury since completed ai "The Great Santit ItL**:WAWW.'.WMVAV ?V.\ /.V.V IP .. *, ^ * I s. 'i BB m*%* ?* > HBNHBl vHHMHI ^ II .?5^ .! gill (lis for this aspect of his career, famous among the masses for Sex In The Cinema" series in ince iyt>3. a doubt this man is a scholar :eaches a film course at Southern California), and he nside out. However, the lec*ave at USC was not only long , but it was shallow. He never topic at hand, "Sex In the night discussed "Censorship na." He covered lightly the s of censorship, but somehow urible on about the least imhor of "The Water is Wide," \ 1 at 8:30 p.m., April 13. Wide" gained a measure of r lovie "Conrack," starring Jon V saufort, S.C., the story chronic young, idealistic school teach f educating the all-black popi w Island in the book). Beset nd was, and is, reachable by bo; ities who were openly critic , Conroy worked for two years ool officials resulted in his dis marked by the movie and the b /ers. The plight of the island' :or state politicians anxious to nditions documented by Conro enturies. Talk of turning Dauf, owed by reports of open hos n the part of the island inhabi to their lifestyle. In addition, [inning accused him of blatant uskie Island for furthering his o1 once and for all his image as "< nother novel about his experien ii." His latest work describes v V v.*/.'v. v.* fi/t /.///////'////.? Dane Lappei The Elizabeth K SPftinP at I ISC Tut The p.m. public ^jjl of the Thomas Coof ik streets). ""wuiUjH Xhe USC visit is I of the Russell Hous< Commission and th Program. ^ ^ gHaaBW Ms. Keen and h< ?-K School of Music, & American Theatre National Music Cai American Shakesf Julliard School. annointe ?I JL portant items. His profound conclusion was that what is censored today will be accepted tomorrow. Everyone knows that the "Frankly, my Hnar' T Hnn't CI i \rn o Hamn" linn in UVUi A V4VI1 V 01 VV U UOUftll IIJIC 111 VIUIIU With the Wind, caused a huge uproar in 1939, but by today's standards is completely permissible. Ihe turn clips were also highly disappointing. Knight's lengthy introductions were unnecessary, and the clips seemed to drag on and on for no purpose. He offered a multitude of pre-1960 footage, but only two films after 1960 were represented. This is so absurd since the boom of "Sex In The Cinema" began in the vill speak at the Law lotoriety when it was roight. Set on an island les the difficulties enter handed the nearulatinn r\f noiifoiiol/in utu iiui a v/i lyuinuuaui^ by obvious logistical *t only) and hampered al of his unorthodox before irreconcilable , imissal. | ook drew mixed reacts rpsiHpiifs hpcamp n M " ~ " ^ express their concern Jj| y, which had changed auskie into an "island Sfir tility and resentment itants for drawing un- ILL critics of Conroy had opportunism for using wn ends. Conrack," Conroy has ces in South Carolina, /hat it is like growing See CONKOY, Page 9 ? ?/?// w>///r/;<i '// t'vcr;';.''/tit! 'MM HH ; * f|| -r\.; j E4FjIi i, J jft v^WH mW/Ajt& 4 " mr\ I ;e company ars at USC opn Danpp Pnmnanv will rvf>rfnrm iri an nntHr?r?r isday, April 13. performance will be at the reflection pool in front >er Library on campus (corner Green and Sumter Deing sponsored by the Cultural Series Committee ; University Union, with support from the S.C. Arts e National Endowment for the Arts Dance Touring er company appear regularly at the Manhattan the Theatre of the Riverside Church and the I ? I L.auurcUory. een has instructed dance and movement at the mp in Interlochen, Mich.; the Pratt Institute; the eare Festival and the Drama Division of the crowd 1960s. The first of the modern clips was from some forgettable Russ Meyer film showing several nude girls walking around. The second and final piece of film was from Deep Throat. Here Knight saw C'.l t ~ l i r: l?i - a r 111 iu unuuse me nun s cieanesi live minutes. While talking about old films, Knight pointed out that no male nudity was allowed. He never followed this up by informing and-or showing clips that this is not the case today. Members of the audience who had never seen a hard-core pornograpny 111m oeiore Knignts speech, are no better educated on the subject now. See KNIGHT. Page 9 1 mm - ' v ' . - . . \ ' . ' ! Pal Conroy w/^yy/rwawni i wi^rif # /// ///