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m *Hyru uyn jHgflgg ** ^ ^jfr ^HHBBSP w fB^jM 'Onlv When I By DOUG BELL Rjm Critic As nnp nf thp mnd rn*r?lifir? nlavu/riahtc nf nnr Hqv ^ w. v..v ?vwv rM*~J " * Ibi4vu V1 vwA ""j i * Simon is undoubtedly something of an expert on theater 1 With Only When I Laugh, he has drawn from his ho territory to create a comedy as moving as it is fuilny. Only When I Laugh (originally a Simon play called ' Gingerbread Lady) stars Marsha Mason (Simon's wife) ? freshly rehabilitated alcoholic actress attempting to iron the emotional creases in her life. Though she is a success the staee. her handling of marriaee. motherhood and ot demanding domestic chores is decideidly unstable. A longtime divorcee, Mason shares a tiny, clutte apartment with a gay, neurotic, usually unemployed ac (James Coco). No odd couple here; they are splendi W Don't Forget the 1 fo) Gamecock P only $2.29 jgl The Jewelry warehouse ! ! 2909 Piatt Springs Rd. w. Cola. | 9 til 6 Mon. - Sat. ! |f AIR FORCE Nl A great way of Me i 1 AT HGQd Of 1 By MIKE HOMATOWSKI , Entertainment Editor If Howard Cosell was a music critic, he might ?lBF describe the latest release ' ^ ^ggp^HBfrom the jazz group Spyro 1 M Gyra as "a stunning 111 *** assemblage of euphonic sound." In humbler terms, .^j^K ' it 1l~ iio a.! me aiuuiii rreeume is a - .Bre * . ^^hBB pviHpnpp hnwpvor nf anv conflict of artistic talent members is extremely collection of clear, clean jazz 1 :-i. 1 ' 1 Ltauah' Miyac Imiflhi compatible and, with the sophisticated Joan Hackett, share good and bad moments with friendly devotion. toil MASON ADJUSTS smoothly to sobriety and responsibility ife. until two stringent situations intervene: 1) her teen-age me daughter (Kristy McNichol) moves in with her; 2) she accepts a part in a play written by her ex-lover (David Dukes) rhe about their stormy affair. The pressures mount. She slips one is a night, getting drunk and assaulted in the same evening. out McNichol goes back to her father, at Mason's suggestion. The ?on conclusion, however, is optimistic. her Some critics have compared Neil Simon's dialogue to ping pong ? fast, bright and trivial. Certainly, The Goodbye red Girl is a safe, sweet movie, so light that it floats right out of :tor your memory after you see it. Only When I Laugh is apt to dlv linger there a while longer. I CAROLINA WOMEN'S CLINIC Free Pregnancy Testing Abbrtion Counseling and Services Pregnancy can be detected before missing period Biith Control Counseling and Pills Pap Test and other Female Problems I 2009 Hampton St., Columbia, S.C. ?L. Call Collect - 803-256-0128 g ?? a i Ik ? UKSING. A lot of hard work is required before you're accepted as an Air Force nurse. You must complete nursing school and boards and qualify. Then your future as an Air Force officer and nurse begins with presentation of the insignia of your new rank. 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BECKENSTEIN provides the group with its major souce of influence and leadership on this album (he 4 ~ : 2 wruie icuuiiue anu "Amber D^eam"), but his most impressive moment comes on a song penned by former group member Jeremy Wall. The song is called "Elegy for Trane," and it is worth the price of the album just to hear Beckenstein's soaring sax on this one cut. The dominating I CVjUll tilllv-Mll Ul gLHJU J ALL la that each individual must be a master of his instrument (unlike "three chords and a cloud of dust" rock 'n' roll, ter, Sobri While the jokes are as freq Simon play, the movie's pren opening proves). More import are not skimmed over, but e very real; 1 leu an acute sac drink. Anxiety is close on ever; Performances are fine th consistently good, but particul moments just prior to her bi naturally pert and pretty. In h that she can handle dramati I prefer Only When I Laugl I've seen. Though it is essenti of cinematic flair, such as t Glenn Jordan directs with c dedication And it shows l BarJ Pork Sa 1 Served wit I) pickles on 1 I 9* Gameroom a ! Open t I Chili I with mustard an I $1 [ "] Gameroom ai ? Open til r~? I-V with cho walnuts, whipped t " 9 |y Oameroom Class which can be saved bv great lyrics or by sheer intensity of performance). While there is very little unrestrained improvisation on "Freetime," the musicians all manage to display highly individualistic styles while 4 4-11-. ...iii.:- it? staying ujsieiuny wiunii me framework of the songs. Especially impressive are percussionist Gerardo Velez and keyboardist Tom Schuman, who wrote the title track and "Pacific Sunrise," and exuberant number performed in 7/4 time. Freetime is the finest album thus far from the group that is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the best, if not the best, iazz groups making records today. The album is high on the charts, and deservedly so. There are few groups of any type on the scene today which can match Sovro Gvra man for man in terms of musical talent and integrity. ety uent and as fallible as in any lise is serious (as the somber antly, the serious implications ixplored. Mason's dilemma is Iness when she took that first y laugh. iroughout. Marsha Mason is arly memorable in the frenetic eakdown. Kristy McNichol is er one "big scene," she proves c material admirably. i to any Neil Simon adaptation ally theatrical, it has moments he refreshingly silent ending, are and the actors play with _ Coupon expires ?| B?Q 10/7/81 ndwich | 1 I f M n siaw ana ^ warm bun i 'j * 5 nd ice Cream !; 'M2:00 Ji USE*- J npi> Coupon expires riT" 10/7/81 1' ' ?8 1 d homemade chili H .19 | nd Ice Cream I I "> ' ? I ^w ==5 late Nut j Coupon expires |"; 11036 10/7/81 ;; colate syrup. j opping. and cherries H 9<t | and Ice Cream 1 j