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Now that you're mature, assorted
women of USC, you are
sure to lock back on your middle
school days with humor
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to own a pair of Guess? blue-jean
overalls or listening to Milli Vanilli. Remember
trying to "go" with that certain
guy who had P.E. with you and had his
locker next to yours?
Those were the days of dissecting
frogs for the first time, school lunches
and Sweet Valley High books.
Yes, you just saw what you thought
you saw: Sweet Valley High. Despite
the fact that you thought this series
of books fell off the
copies, and one of its spin
versity, has sold 133 copies
since January.
Kennedy said that these are good
numbers for books of this nature. Similar
series are R.L. Stine's "Fear Street"
and "The Babysitter's Club."
Because it has probably been a few
years since you may have read a Sweet
Valley High book, youH be surprised to
see just how much the series' heroines,
Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield (twins,
remember), have grown.
Presently, there are 116 Sweet Vallov
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Super Thrillers and six Sweet Valley
Magna Editions. To supplement the
needs of younger readers, there are also
the Sweet Valley Twins books, which
feature the Wakefield girls in middle
school.
There's a Sweet Valley High television
show and a fan club, which costs
$6.25 a year to join.
Yet, despite the expansion of Sweet
Valley High in recent years, you can
never really forget the good times you
had with them in their early years.
Really, can you ever forget Bruce
Patman, Enid, Lila, Todd and
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teven, who went to
college. Remember
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accident or when
dyed her hair black
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anne Devlin came
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le Wakefields and
ssica and Elizabeth
waa tuways trying to scrounge up
information for SVKs school paper, The
Oracle.
As bad of literature as Sweet Valley
may look now, at the time they were
good books. They were toned-down trash
for adolescent girls to read. Jessica and
Elizabeth and their entourage of followers
tried to give us a glamorized view
of high school: high school seemed a
place where everyone drove red Fiat
convertibles, had dates to dances and
had a really cool twin sister. Too bad
high school was full of late-model used
cars, dateless proms and an older brother
who didn't even talk to you in the
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was a cheesy Paula Abdul music video he did a couple
years back.
Yet Reeves, with the help of an incredible supporting
cast and a great director, made "A Walk in
the Clouds" a charming, romantic tale worth seeing.
The plot is relatively simple and is somewhat (
predictable. Reeves plays an American soldier, Paul
Sutton, who is unhappy with his life after the war.
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What the movie lacks in plot originally, it makes
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aovie. Although his acting is not bad, it is defilitely
not an award-winning performance. Staring
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ler American film debut. Sanchez-Gijon is renarkable
as Victoria and overshadows Reeves' relttively
average performance. The two, however,
nanaged to create a classic, believable, pn-screen
nuple. This chemistry is clearly visible in the grape
rushing scene, a wonderfully sweet and humorous
icene which really must be seen to be appreciated.
Without the supporting cast for "A Walk in the
"Honda " t.Vip movie would be considerablv less en
ertaining. Anthony Quinn fills the role of Don PeIro,
Victoria's grandfather. The two-time Academy
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an old wise man who accepts Sutton into the
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Giancarlo Giannini turns in a brilliant performance
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The supporting cast adds a dimension beyond
a simple love story. Through the intergeneratianal
conflict that arises during the course of the film,
this "simple love story not only depicts the romance
between Sutton and Victoria, but also examines the
love found within the family.
Directing the film was Alfonso Arau, who also
directed the international hit, "Like Water for Chocolate."
Arau's attention to detail was clearly apparent
in the amount of research necessary to recreate
a lJMO's Napa Valley vineyard. The scenery is
remarkably beautiful and the traditions and customs
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