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By PATRICK JEAN
Staff writer
When someone goes out for
coffcc and relaxation, becoming
trapped in the world of the
bizarre avant-garde, it's not
always for the Grateful Dead
conccrt. "After Hours" is the
micsi mm irom director Martin
Scorsese. Its sense of humor is
often crude and may not appeal
to everyone, but deserves box office
success.
Griffin Dunne, one of the
film's producers, plays Paul, the
hero and a lonely, naive word
processor living in the Yuppie
side of Manhattan. He makes the
mistake of going out late for a
cup of coffee, and finds his life
^ threatened by subway fares,
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From staff reports
The winner of a 1980 Tony .
Musical, Neil Simon's "They're Ph
will come to Carolina Coliseum N<
As part of the USC Cultural Scr
plores the romance of a famous sor
Gersch, and Sonia Walsk, a fl
lyricist, according to Bart Christy
Committee chairman.
The story is set in recording s
thousc apartments of Manhattan
and Sonia seem to have a special tal
each other, continually fighting ov
to combine their songwriting.
Although he never admitted it
based the storyline on the once-hoi
ween Marv:$i Hamlisch and Care
who is now married to composer i
v^miMy saui.
Hamlish and Sagcr did not den
^ show opened, and the musical's cr
9 crcw reaped the advantages at the
"They're Playing Our Song" f
years with more than 1,200 perfori
Broadway theaters as the best mus
season.
Christy said with an author like
nial hit-maker with 20 Broadway s
the show was destined to be a hit.
On Broadway, the leading roles
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From staff reports
Those who indulge in chocolate ft
cravings Saturday at the first ch<
Carolina.
The Chocolate Rendezvous, to b<
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will benefit the
Sponsored by the South Carolina
of America and the USC Public Rel;
(PRSSA), the program brings tc
restaurants and bakeries who will s
Each participating chocolate mal
his specialty. Although most of the >
tional chocolate makers will also pr
chocolate ice cream to chocolate-c
cheese.
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treats as he likes.
Proceeds from the two events will
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suicidcs and Mister Softee ice
cream.
Maul fails to follow a few
morals, leading to his downfall:
never read Henry Miller's
"Tropic of Cancer" in a latenight
hash house; never listen to
pretty Marcy (Rosanna Arquette),
even if she shares an interest
in Miller's work, and never
be persuaded to come over. Well,
he was warned.
On the way to Marcy's
southside apartment, Paul's only
$20 bill flies out a taxi's window.
This is the beginning of a
stressful night he'll be lucky to
survive. He makes it to M&rcy's
oddly furnished SoHo flat, which
she shares with an oddly furnish
ries playing
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Award for Best Arnaz.
lying Our Song" The stars of tl
3v. 12. be veteran Will
ies, the show ex- Bert.
igwriter, Vernon Tinsley rcccm
aky, outspoken "Side by Side I
, Cultural Series and is also at
musical director
tudios and pen- Bert has been
, where Vernon summer stock i
lent for irritating and "Two lor t
er their decision The show is
Robert Durk
publicly, Simon choreography f<
t love affair bet- ing All Kids," v
\e Bayer Sager, spring.
Burt Bacharach, The score fc
ballads, musical
y this when the disco beat in th<
eators, cast and Music is provi
box office. with lyrics by
credits include 4
>layed for three of Scott Joplin
nances, packing created "Midni;
ical of the 1980 Better."
Admission is
Simon, a peren- available at the <
mashes to date, for the remainin
for students,
were played by For more in
' take note:
i Saturday
intasies will be able to satisfy their
acolate tasting festival in South
j held at Dutch Square Mall from
Leukemia Society.
Chapter of the Leukemia Society
ations Student Society of America
>gether about 20 confectioners,
erve bite-size chocolate samples.
cer will prepare 2,000 samples of
/endors come from Columbia, naovide
samples of everything from
overed doughnuts and chocolate
each person to sample as many
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ed artist, played by Linda Fiorcntino.
The artist all but makes a
pass at him before Marcy arrives.
As they talk, Paul realizes that
the emotional, physically scarred
Marcy isn't what he expected. In
a quick fit of rage, he walks out
of her apartment and tries to find
a way nomc. But subway fares
have gone up, and he finds
himself racing almost penniless
through a blinding rainstorm.
His bad luck continues as he
seeks refuge in a local bar, run by
a temperamental bartender, John
Heard, who nearly destroys the
place when his cash register won't
open. The '60s waitress, Teri
Garr, hates her job and develops
an immediate interest in Paul,
our song
ife team Robert Klein and Luci
lis Daedalus Production version will
liam Tinsley and newcomer Diana
tly appeared in the national tour of
by Sondheim"and "Jacques Brel"
1 accomplished pianist, arranger,
and vocal coach.
featured in numerous regional and
productions, including "Godspell"
he Seesaw."
directed and choreographed by
in, who is working on the
)r a new Broadway musical, "Callvhosc
world premiere is set for next
r this production is a blend of
I comedy and rock V roll, with a
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$7 for students, and tickets are
Coliseum box office. Season tickets
g five Cultural Series events arc $15
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much to his chagrin.
From here, things continue to
go downhill for Paul. He agrees
to turn on the bartender's burglar
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for subway fare, but the
bartender's neighbors mistake
Paul for a burglar. He returns to
Marcy's apartment to apologi/e,
but she has already committed
suicide.
Paul tries to find her artist
roommate at the Club Berlin
punk bar, where he has to fight
off receiving a mohawk haircut.
He finds refuge with the frenzied
driver of a Mister Softcc ice
cream truck, played by Catherine
O'Hara. She also mistakes him
for a robber and eventually leads
a
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CHARLESTON (
ton Moore Jr. said thai
government's most pof
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Moore's painting of a
ing duck on dark greei
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a lynch mob, out for his blood.
Paul has become a screaming oddball
at this point, and he literally
runs into the arms of an old
sculptor, Verna Bloom, who
must plastercast him so he can
escape the mob.
The film's cruel sense of
humor is its main asset. Marcy's
suicide is treated emotionally, but
eventually turns comical.
Scorsese's other films, "Taxi
Driver," "Raging Bull" and
"The King of Comedy," involve
a slightly offbeat outsider who
cannot fit into the normal world.
He reverses that idea here,
creating a normal nerd who is
irappeu 111 the land of the lunatic
fringe. The odd people Paul en
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Columbia native Bur- He will reci
I entering the federal the Secretary
>ular art contest is a This year's
it paid off. and took two
male Fulvous whistl- One of the
n water was selected fessor emerit
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and Wildlife Service, scored high r
rds, but it is going to "anatomicall;
said Moore, who has but only bee
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he necessities of life, "did a great d
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the multi-colc
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man for the Fish and close to $16
purchases.
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counters arc related in odd and
shocking ways. They form a community
which won't admit square
Paul, but will not let him escape.
Dunne earns highest praise as
Paul. He has a personality like a
stand-up comic. His futile efforts
to escape the oddball world make
him crazier with each attempt. By
the end, he's one of the oddballs
? his eyes racing about, his
temper at the breaking point, his
mousscd hair flying in every
direction.
"After Hours" is quite unlike
any other film ever made. It's a
harshly funny "Twilight Zone,"
like a trip into an unusual world
and the desperate efforts of one
Yuppie to escape it.
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competition
cive a block of stamps signed by
of the Interior.
contest attracted 1,243 entries
days to judge.
i judges, Robert McCabe, prous
of wildlife ecology at the
Wisconsin, said Moore's work
lot only because the duck was
y correct" and "looked alert,"
ause of a "unique choice of
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:rs must buy the $7.50 stamp,
brings the Interior Department
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