The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 30, 1989, Page 3, Image 3
Random Patterns
"Sun's coming up. Like a big bald
head. Poking up over the grocery
store ..." ? Laurie Anderson
HISTORY: This week in the past,
Mahatma Gandhi was shot in '46;
U.K. army troops shot 13 civilian
marchers in Northern Ireland on
"Bloody Sunday;" the Grateful
Dead were arrested in New Orleans in
1970 for possession of LSD, barbiturates
and narcotics. Drummer
Phil Collins and author/filmmaker
Norman Mailer have birthdays on
Tuesday, Elvis' legitimate daughter
Lisa Marie Presley on Wednesday,
singers Graham Nash and Roberta
Flack share a Thursday birthdate
with author James Dickey, and finally,
one of my favorite singers in the
world, Melanie, was born in Long
Island, N.Y.,back in 1947.
A STREET: What a way to start a
week ? senseless violence, a drug
bust and births! . . . and the
weamer: 11 s me soiree iirne 01 me
year. It's a time when people walk
the campus wearing shorts and Tshirts
in the dead of winter. Defying
the weather. You can witness such
power with a simple walk down the
hippest street in town ? Greene
Street. You'll see cool, skinny pale
radicals breaking out the hacky sack
and lounge chairs. Like robins,
they're harbingers of spring. Maybe
a little premature, but you can do
those things when you live on Greene
Street.
A JUNGLE: A long, long time
ago, back in '84, I lived on Greene
Street, and I was skinny. Recently I
went back to my roots, but I kept my
shirt on. I visited a friend, Crazy
Rob, who lives on the end of
Greene Street. I was recovering from
a night of straying, so all the day,
stinky, dirty and loud, me and Crazy
Rob stood on his front porch and
shook like worms and snakes. We
sang "Welcome to the Jungle" to all
the Greene Street cruisers, because
we consider The USC to be one giant,
ferocious jungle that will eat you if
you don't eat it first.
HOGS: Speaking of jungles,
Thursday is Ground Hog Day, one of
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spiritual holidays in the South. I
know that the bookstore has a good
selection of Ground Hog cards and
candies that you can send home to
your ma or sweetheart. To be
truthful, Ground Hog Day has never
done anything but depress me. The
idea of good weather resting on the
shoulders of some insipid little
ornery rodent, one that has a deep
rooted hang up about his shadow,
really frightens me. His diet probably
consists of bugs, and he predicts the
weather* It sounds like an agent of
the devil.
RITUALS: Do people go to Bell
-Camp? Not me ? I hope they sell the
place. I don't have anything but
disappointing memories of that godawful
camp. During my freshman
year, I went off to some mixer there
where every human being was funneling
beer and puking. It was a fated
evening, and I didn't have fun. At
any given time, someone would
bounce up to you saying, "HI! My
name is Courtney ..." and then
spray you with venemous bile. It was
like some animalistic, primative
mating ritual that I didn't want any
part of.
DIRE PAIN: At this same mixer
from Hell, a cubby dance-queen of a
girl threw her back out doing some
routine to AC/DC's "Back In
Black." People just stood back and
watched her go mad on the dance
floor, like someone had put bees
down her back. From the looks of
her sloppy, drunken gyrations, I
thought this wasn't her song; when
she hit the floor screaming, I knew it
wasn't her song. Everyone was so
sloshed that it took a few crucial
seconds for them to realize she
wasn't showing off with a fancy floor
step and that actually she was in dire
pain. This girl was dirty dancing
before dirty dancing was cool.
KARLA AT GROUP: Speaking of
dance queens, I heard that Karla's
sold-out performance at the Koger
was pretty cool. I'd like for Karla to
scurry down to Group Therapy one
Friday night when it's so packed that
you feel everyone's heat. I'd like for
her to see the place go mad when the
management spins "Paradise By The
Dashboard Light." As you know,
the whole place freaks out to this
song. Even the most restrained person
joins in on this psychotic release
? an unofficial lament to Meatloaf,
Ellen Folley and yes ... to Karla.
ENDING: That's it. Enjoy your
week. I've appreciated the past comments
and gripes, which can always
be sent to me, here at The Gamecock,
Drawer A, Russell House.
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By ANDY BECHTEL
Editor in chief
Message movies always face the
trap of turning into shrill indictments
of society, but Mississippi Burning
gracefully avoids this pitfall to
become one of the most important
films of the past year.
Inspired by true events, Mississippi
Burning graphically depicts the
South of the early 1960s. It tells the
story of the FBI investigation into the
disappearance of three civil rights activists
in Jessup County, Miss.
Director Alan Parker uses
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vortex for racial hatred, the flat landscape
providing the canvas for this
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agent, a native of Mississippi who
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accept it. His counterpart is the
dealistic Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe),
a product of John F. Kennedy's
2amelot. The two men have their
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;he case; ultimately, Anderson's
oueher methods prevail.
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performances as the two FBI agents. \
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the cynical, unscrupulous Anderson; e
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performance of his lonp career r
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latant symbolism of The Wall and
\ngel Heart for subtle nuances. Still,
ike any Parker film, Mississippi Burling
pays attention to details and
eatures outstanding camera work,
ie has tempered the flair of his
arlier films, but retained his keen
ye. Mississippi Burning may be his
>est film, a remarkable accomplishnent
considering the impressive list
>f movies to his credit.
The movie doesn't chronicle facts,
ind it doesn't intend to. Instead, it
eflects and encapsulates the tone of
in era.
Without Parker's discipline,
Mississippi Burning could have been
i kneejerk exercise in white guilt as
o many films about racism end up
loing. Instead, it's a vital, rich work
hat cannot be forgotten.
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