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-entertainmen First big evi o n oprmy d By John Vaughan Spring Bizarre begins today, a week of varied events and special programs sponsored by the Carolina Program Union in cooperation nnmiMic an>-1 Irtnal nroani7atir\nc Willi W111V.I toill^uo HIIU IVkUi ui 5UII1MWVIW Structured somewhat like a fair, the Spring Bizarre will offer sales, exhibitions and novelty activities, as well as an outdoor film festival, two shows in Russell House Rnllrnom and two maior concerts. The week of activities is named with intentional double entendre, according to CPU member Richard Hamilton. The play on words should connote a "bazaar" wh one may browse and be entertained, and b ?vild, or "bizarre," time. SATURDAY'S ANNUAL Outdoor Conr#?rt ic rprtainlv the week's main event. featuring revived rock 'n' roll legend Gary U.S. Bonds with two talented guest bands, the Swimming Pool Q's and the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band. The surprise Columbia appearance of popular rock flutist Tim Weisberg on Thursday, however, provides another major musical event as part of the Bizarre. ^ ' -- ? ?IJ-J * i? 4.1 i icr* rresenieu as an auueu event vy me Cultural Series, Weisberg will perform at The Township. Tonight and Wednesday, two diverse per J&[W[ JBBHHHiJB aHHHSHi Comedian Marc Weiner grins over the mache hand puppets he uses in his ac Stephen Kinc Dw Phric UnnHil L/y \ji if 10 i iai luai Stephen King's latest novel, "Christine," i that deals essentially with a love triangle. Arnie Cunningham is the first corner of the pimply-faced high school kid, the star of the the person the school tough guys love to abi Leigh Cabot, a beautitul transter student, cond corner of the triangle. She falls for Arr jealous of Christine. CHRISTINE, NATURALLY, completes tl not in tne way one mignt expect, ror L.n Plymouth Fury, and she only wants to posses ly not a typical love triangle, but King rar typical occurrences. He has staked his clain ability,to horrify his readers. "Christine," however, is a horror story t the chills of King's earlier triumphs, such Zone," "Firestarter" and "The Shining." V far superior to King's recent "Cujo," it still 1 that evoke fear. The book's weakness too obviously lie ntimpcfllp thp hannfpH Plvmruith Tn thic rp intrinsically scary. The author's other efforts, including even extent, have worked because they've dealt \ boast an element of fear long before words v IN "SALEM'S LOT,"King employed v? Shining," he described a haunted house. "C a scarvoremise ? a huge St. Bernard that No basic fear is present in this novel; the c perhaps funny. After "The Car," a dreadf from the late 1970s, the idea of a haunted < people seems comic. Also, while being hit by a powerful autc fearful thought for a human, removing tl make the situation any more frightening, j diminish the truly horrifying aspects of tl unnstme's aouuy 10 propei uciscu is ucvc . car naturally evil? Did Roland D. LeBay, f t mt tonight ! ^XXMU izarre uner fnrmArr ltrill ontortdin oil HlAnpAC irk RikcpII 1UI 111^/1 O YT 111 VIllVI 1(4111 MUMiVllVVU UI ?%wuviv<* House Ballroom. Marc Weiner and the Weinerettes, seen on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live," will perform tonight, sponsored by CPU's Special Programs Committee. Wednesday, the Ideas and Issues Committee is sponsoring the appearance of Friedhoffer, the Mad Magician. MARf WF.INF.R is a vnunc Comedian whose performance centers around a troupe of papier-mache hand puppets. He has toured the country, appearing at many colleges and universities as well as comedy clubs. Weiner's popularity has doubtlessly increased since his "Saturday Night Live" appearances, although he has been on many other TV shows, including "An Evening at thp Imnrnv " "PM Maeazine" and "Sesame Street.'* His puppet troupe now has more than 25 Weinerettes, including an urban cowboy, a ballerina, a perverted TV kiddie show host and one of his most popular creations: Rocko Weineretto, the pugnacious boxer interviewed by "Saturday Night Live" 's Joe Piscopo. Weiner's sense of humor has helped him survive the difficult and often frustrating Wr C heads of two of his Weinerettes, papiert. j's latest nove I mi an is a horror story JiM?!taM)inftM|)MN^^ triangle. He is a fjj chess team and 8 *V m^mpm EXIT fits into the se- [ lie, and becomes h a tfi nr? rtln V* 1 i " rc 11 idii^ic uui ristine is a 1958 EwjM s Arnie. Certain- mw^Mr #^a ely writes about BR- ; IBM 1 to fame on his ' hat fails to elicit as "The Dead B If L/hilf> (tin rirtiiol if ^ LIIV UVTVI gj i xwrt impires. In The ^ujo" had at least goes rabid. :oncept, in fact, is WBHWIWa5M^i4iwlBin^w ui B-grade movie Author Stephen King si :ar running down p|ymouth Fury, the type >mobile may be a HOV6I, ChfiStiflC. he driver doesn't bought the car, possess the c? and may serve to was it some sort of mutual a ic cuniruiumiuu. r explained. Is the KING NEVER tells his re* rom wham Arhie be going on here. Ih light'ofr o wnrmtw +1 d vaiiciy i and members of the E Street Band. Bone rlimh frnm nhcrnritv to rising fame Thf Mahopac, N.Y. native began his comedic career by dropping out of Monmouth College in his third year, opening a campus coffee house. HE SOMEHOW tied together a taste for the ship's life with his penchant for clowning, spending three years as first mate and cook on Pete Seecer's Hudson River boat while entertaining passengers on the side. He went to Boston in 1976 to get his ship captain's license, but enrolled in a clown course as well. He ended up teaming with another street performer and working for six months on New York's Bicentennial Barge. The move to New York City was inevitable for Weiner, and he gradually moved from the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to such famous comedy clubs as Catch A Rising Star and Dangerfield's. With his career growing, Weiner is direct il lacks elemei xm |*T., be losing a grip PIILY wSSSEBSt In "Cujo," 1 dog's violence, g| as if he weren't ' j In the fourth i occurrences abi outcome, and < - r - > I ri -.1 I ; WI1C SIIOUIUU ; though. The nc as he experime | THEBOOK iiiiTITi11narrated in the V?HI friend. The mi mnnRBH hv Dpnriis in a full novel ts on the bumper of a 1958 another of car described in his new narallel reiuve restore the old "Christine" ir, or did the car possess him? Or satisfying as it greement? sion, and the r in Hoiiht until iders anything about what might that, while noi his'i'etfelit.workvirs&fntt'he'may is still effectiv his week I umr ijpfw HhB th Bruce Springsteen (fourth from left) Is will perform at USC Saturday. and glib about his future. He told one magazine interviewer he would like to be "a - - - - - - * - IAI. w; - mi:-.. -1 -II- - comic acior wun a iiiuui-iiiiuiuii uunui business of Weinerettes," and when asked what his parents thought of it all, he replied: "They think I'm a lawyer." FRIEDHOFFER DESCRIBES himself as "a comedian, magician, actor and professional handsome person." His blend of comedv and macie has earned him nerformances at the White House and on several TV shows. He plays a variety of roles as the selfproclaimed Mad Magician: escape artist, fire-eater, juggler, special effects wizard and stand-up comic. Both Ballroom shows are free to USC students. Weiner's performance begins at^ 8:30 p.m., while Friedhoffer's show starts at 8 p.m. The magician will also be presented in a "teaser" performance Wednesday on the Russell House back patio. its of horror book review on possibilities and explanations for his super he flirted with a supernatural reason for the but left the reader dangling at the book's end, t sure of his creation. tale of his book "Different Seasons," spooky ound, but they have no bearing on the story's again are left unexplained. 't write "Christine" off as not worth reading,^ )vel contains some of King's best writing ever, nts with his narrative structure. is divided into three parts. The first and last are ; first person by Dennis Guilder, Arnie's best ddle section is a third-person narrative written rst time King has attempted such a construction , and for the most part, it works well. A few ting degenerates into embarrassing awkward>uth was lovely and full, sensual, made to kiss " according to "Dennis." icters are interesting. Arnie is an innocent high t who, after years of physical abuse by his|^ 1 mental ahlise hv hie mr?th#?r cpplc rpfnop Jri becomes overwhelmed by her. ed, but still does everything she can to save Arinis' help. The dissolution of their love and is much sadness to the novel. ieature oi the book is the nation of Arnie and Christine ? as he begins to I car, Arnie's complexion clears. is a fine but flawed effort. It becomes more ends; the last hundred pages are filled with ten-(^ esolution of the novel's climactic scene remains it occurs. The epilogue's end has a chilling twist t as dramatic as the close of "The Dead Zone," e.