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By Bartoi
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What happens when the son of
of the common life and direct hii
one answer fits, Alice Cooper,
Carolina Coliseum ThnruHnv n
I At the beginning of Alice's s
gigantic T.V. set. A guy comes
and plugs it into an equally huge
middle of the floor comes to lif<
screen.
Alice Cooper and three mem
the background and the title
SCREEN, is seen. Then just A1
toward the screen, bursting thrt
beautiful illusion of T.V. comi]
Next comes the projected ir
constrictor, all shown in thirty
played. Stepping around the stai
raeced-flat-black outfit rarrvi
I perform "Visit My Body."
The screen comes down anc
between three human-size blacl
sings "Blackwidow." In the enc
third one to shreads, revealing
her to death.
The light goes down and com<
Me" with a female dummy. He
the stage.
Alice Cooper, though his m
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thrilling a near capacity cr<
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on stage with a four-foot elec
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of the show, KING OF TH1
ice is seen running from a di
>ugh it at just the right momei
ntz to life.
nage of Alice and his frien
/ foot detail, as the song "
ge props, Alice, in the flesh, a]
ng the real snake. He and
1 a rope spider web goes U]
k. widows and Alice takes plai
1, Alice drives off the spiders
a woman dressed in white.
es up again with Alice singing
finishes the song by throwing
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For avid movie fans, the i
1 with bright new efforts fi
Hollywood. This summer,
H dedicated strictly to the se
|f Among some of the m
-oamecock feature attractions" are '
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the ever-present sequels: 1
and "The Bad News Bears
But, within the drowning c
there are a few shining mor
look forward to includii
"Animal House," due to b
le shackles
o^aPthe "ANIMAL HOUSE" is I
movie. Those NatLamp guy
evealing a 111811 W16 give them crec
trical plug bestowed with an enormo
xtor in the
the T.V.'s Coming from National hi
is, of course, a comedy. It is
ig up from Kiddy anything goes style
E SILVER humor of today's youth. "Ar
stant point Monty Python's "Holy Gra
it, giving a ^ match "Holy Grail" ii
"Animal House" has one
d the boa- didn't have, however, s
Things" is nographic sex, but one or t\
ppears in a heavy implications,
his friend The story revolves arouni
year 1962. Faber, as the coll
j. A battle motto, "Knowledge is Goc
ce while he men's fraternities on camj
and rips a Deltas.
Alice stabs The Omegas are the livin
College" image. They are
I "You and ritualistic, snobbish and ri<
her across the power on campus. A
student body presidnet, th<
is just as the campus paper and othei
THE DELTAS, or the Ai
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costs.
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rom the fabled land of ranks
however, seems to be name
quel, the remake, or the thegi
who '
ore oonulur "rphiminu Thfl
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'High Anxiety," "Close weird
11" Along with these are playe
'Damien II," "Jaws 2," plays
Go To Japan." tagon
leluge of glossy rehashes, aroun
nents; and some things to Stoog
ig National Lampoon's Hie
e released at the end of Suthe
profe
Einst
National Lampoon's first sever
s are either more talented his bi
lit for, or they have been a din
us amount of beginners The
The v
impoon, "Animal House" camj
, like the magazine, in the mer,
; that characterizes the fact i
limal House" is much like Omej
il" in style and probably of sc
n popularity. tiviti<
i thing that "Holy Grail" The
ex. Not rampant, por- Mille
vo naked bodies and some escai
rathe
i a northern college in the "Anil
ege is called, stands by its bit to
d." There are two main uncoi
3us: tne omegas and the Bui
on e\
g embodiment of the "Joe Mille
clean cut, preppy, highly funnj
:h. The Omegas comprise parti<
jnong their ranks are the fairs,
b ROTC leader, editor of Delta
r such prestigious yahoos. "Ai
Anv ^
limal House, stand at the even<
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end of the fraternity spectr
i of zanies dedicated to havi
The Delts do not hold any |
lo have the campus make-o
. A smooth talking stud, "<
, has a nasty habit of secre
rlfriends of some of the moi
'don't believe in premariU
s Animal House also has
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u, a nuiiun^ siou wun no r
d exceptionally well by Jo
"Bluto," a hilarious pixi<
izing everyone. Bluto pi
d reminiscent of Curly
es fame).
only other mainline
rland, who plays the ca
isor. Sutherland looks soi
ein in a rumpled brown su
al of his students and him
ithroom experimenting wit
i candle. Remember, this
ire is a war going on at Fal
'ar is between the Deltas ar
iUS. The df*an a rii>sniri?h1i
is tired of the Delts shinani
that he can't control thei
;as. He has vowed to have 1
hool, and keeps a close s<
is.
i story, written by NatLa
r and DSoug Henney, is a
ades filled with frantic hur
r unreal and somewhat wi;
nal House," however . The
o preppy and "square," whi
icerned witli such matters
, the movie is an escape, an
'ents taken from Chris M:
r gets his point across in "i
' to look at the regimented
*s of the Omegas and the
complete with all black j
s throw.
limal House" is, pure and
tudent of any college will b<
s.
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frats
urn. They are a wild
ncv Q (tAAfl fitnn of nil
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xjlitical bigwigs, but
ut man among their
3tter," his fraternal
itly hitching up with
e powerful Omegas,
il sex."
the chief campus
espect for anything,
hn Belushi. Belushi
5 who revels in an
ranees and capers
Howard (of Three
actor is Donald
mpus' only "cool"
newhat like Albert
it. It's fun to watch
huddled together in
h marijuana around
is 1962.
>er during this time,
id evervhndv pIsp nn
? - - ?^ ?^
; creep named Worgans,
as well as the
n like he does the
he Delts thrown out
:rutiny on their acimp
veterans Chris
delightful series of
nor. There are some
shful qualities about
Omegas are a little
ile the Deltas are too
as grades.
d it is based, in part,
Liter's college days.
\nimal House." It is
I punch and cookies
wild beer-strewn afjazz
bands, that the
1 simple, an escape.
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