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Spotlight
Friday, March 28, 1986 ^
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Review
'Pink' a r
By PATRICK JEAN
Assistant Spotlight editor
lona is in her 3()s, but she has never i
her youth. As she dons her prom dr
beehive wig and dances to the Assoc
"Cherish" with her best f riend Andie,
again see the pain and pleasure of 1
love as a teen-ager.
"Pretty in I'ink" is the latest movi
youth from screenwriter John Hughe:
no-nonsense, on-target film dealing v
naradoxcs of nimaniw >?/? i a..
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manic teen-age years.
Andic, a high school senior, lives
poor side of town with her depresset
(Harry Dean Stanton). She works in
record shop and endures the smothei
feet ion of her best friend Duckic (Jon
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111 suiooi, sue endures the equally sine
insults of her rich classmates.
Hlane (Andrew McCarthy) is one of
kids, hut he has an eye for Andie. H
pressure from his snooty friends to pi
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of rain, the event will be moved insid<
mation, call 777-7251.
Through April 27: The Master of Fii
by students completing their MFA t!
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Corps volunteers.
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Through May 31: "Portraits in Mil
world war Italian cameos.
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iation's two lead to light conversation, wi
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lona's not he in love with her.
ring af- To add to the complications,
Cryer). love with Andie. Although lie's h
ithering confidante, his affectionate adva
mature, dorky and embai lassing,
the rich ly abandons their friendship 1
le faces begins to see Wane. Duckic wan
it down how he feels, but he doesn't wan
is drug- ing her altogether.
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prom. She close friend of each yon
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tie could be. Theatre at 799-6551 lor mote
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