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Page 4 The Belles PRESIDENT REAGAN CANCELS TRIP TP PHILLIPPINES OCTOBER. 19M by Michele Mason President Reagan canceled a major portion of next month’s scheduled Asia trip, including a controversial stop in the Philip pines. Mr. Reagan’s stated reason for the cancellation was that Congress will still be in session at the time the trip would have been. But White House aids, and even Mr. Reagan’s wife, Nancy, have admitted that they were apprehensive about the stop in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. There has been much political violence in Manila since the assassination of Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., the leader of the oppo sition against Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. President Reagan has also canceled visits to Thailand and Indonesia, but is planning on stop ping in Japan and South Korea. A “BOYFRIEND" FOR EVERY ST. MARY’S GIRL by Suzannah Higby St. Mary’s in cooperation with Bravo Productions, will present "The Boyfriend,” a musical in three acts on November 10-12 and 17- 19. The show on November 10 will be a special benefit for the Urban Ministry Center, and all proceeds from that night will go to the Center. The play is a spoof of 1920’s musicals, set in a private girls’ school just outside of Nice. France. The plot is based on a girl meets boy, girl loses boy, girl meets boy again theme. Directing the play will be Harry Callahan with Dan Mason as the musical director, and Greg Smith as the choreographer. Five St. Mary’s girls wre chosen for the play. They are: Angela White, Serre Barlow. Carole Ferguson. Lee Moore. Jane- Lynn Townsend, and Mimi Haith- ox. Ujp to 4 Students Permitted Per Apartment Keeps Tour Monthly Bent Per Person Beasonahlel Located adjacent to Wake County Medical Center and 1-64! Just 10 minutes from St. Mary’s College. Year round in door swimming pool, exercise room and clubhouse. Tbnnis courts and outdoor pool, tool One and two bedroom plans offer modern kitchen, air conditioning, and carpeting. Cablevlslon and HBO available. Direct Bus service. For complete information and a complimentary Indoor pool pass, visit us 9-6:00 pun. dally, Saturday 10-6:00 pm. 9 MONTH TiWAOT AVAILABLE APARTMENTS 3108 Holston Itane Phone 838-3980 Itodayl WAKECOUNTV MCOCAL center HIUS80A0U0H 1. Th« Color Purpio, by Alice Walker. (Washington Square Press, $5.95.) Winner of the 1963 Ar^iicar« Book Award. 2. Truly Tasteless Jokes, Book t, by Blanche Knott. (Ballantirte, $2.25.) Beyor>d off-colofed jokes, 3. Rskim of The Jedf, by James Kahn. (Ballantine. $2 95.) Companion to the hit movie. 4. The Prodl^ Daughter, by Jeffrey Archer. (Pocket. ^.96.) Children of two bitter business rivats marry. 5. The Man from $L Peteraburg, by Ken Follett. (NAL/Signet. $3.95.) Internstional intrigue on the eve WWl. 6. Matter of the Oeme, by Sidney Sheldon. (Warner, $3.96.) The secret behind a woman business tycoon's rise to power. 7. Uvtng, Loving and Learning, by Leo BiMcagtis. (Fawcett. $5.95.) Toughts from the acclaimed California professor. i. Dlfftrenl Seesons, by Stephen King. (NAL, $3.95.) Four novel Us by the master of horror. B Bloom County ~ Looee Talee, by Berke Breathed. (Little, Brown. $5.95.) Highiightt from the author's cartoon strip. 10. Cinnamon SMn, by John 0. MacDonald. (Fawcett. $3.sa) Travis McOee investigates a suspicioua accident at sea. Cphwh*, New & Recommended Living wHh Nudsar Weapons, by the Haivard Nucleer Study Group. (Bantam. $3 96.) The first book to provide s realistic fnmesvofk of hard information for concsrr>ed people to make their own judgments about nucieer issues. The Herpes Book, by Richard Hamihon. M,D. (Bantam. $395.) The latest niedlcal findings which are now helpir>g miUioos to cope with a national epidemic. The Wapshol Scendel, by John Cheever. (Ballantine, $2.96.) Sequel to THE WAPHOT CHRONICLE. Rich and tricky and full of auspenses. " H or AMVWCAM AMOCUTWW or COUJMI STOma WASTED POTENTIAL by Cathy Hancock Brainstorms, sudden in- piration or brilliant ideas, is exactly what Douglas Trumbell’s new movie entitled “Brainstorm" is made of. Unfortunately the movie misuses its exciting potential by linking brilliant ideas incompletely and developing essential characters incompletely. Consistency of mood is a key factor in producing a compelling drama. Brainstorm opens with la boratory scenes setting a serious mood, which then changes to one more adventurous and exciting, then abruptly the mood changes again. This time becoming emotional as the strained relations between a husband and wife are re vealed. The emotional mood is traded for a mood involving fear and suspense, but as soon as the viewer is on his seat’s edge gripped with suspense, the mood is relieved by one employing Disney-type humor, i.e. machines going berzerk and bubbles overflowing. One shouldn’t relax here, however, be cause a suspenseful mood returns and remains until the end of the movie. This inconsistency of moods prevent a viewer from com pletely indulging himself in the movie. Another factor of a compelling movie absent from "Brainstorm" is character development. Character development can be achieved either through direct actions or relations with others. Brainstorm fails to do either completely. For instance, not until halfway through the movie is the relationship between Karen. (Natalie Wood) and Micheal (Chris topher Walton) adequately define for the viewer to determine tha they are estranged husband am wife, nor is the relationship be tween Micheal and his fellow scien tist Lillian (Louise Fletcher) eve revealed as sexual or platonic. Thi character of Michael and Karen’: son is completely forgotten although he is severely traumatizet and admitted to a hospital, he i! never mentioned again. The de velopment of these characters anc their relationships would have pro vided the vital depth this movie needed. It would be unfair not to com ment on and give credit to the great potentials in the movie. There is awe inspiring photography of North Carolina’s landscape by Richard Yuricich, A.S.C. and speical effects provide the movie with excitement and realism. During “Brainstorm" talented actors repeatedly prove themselves: a very convincing per formance is given by Louise Fletcher; Raleigh’s own David Wood plays his brief role as Karen’s lover adeptly, and a brilliant performance by the late Natalie Wood is touching and intense. In consistency of mood and lack of character developmeni hinders a movie with great poten tial. Although I enjoyed the movie, I left the theater feeling disappointed and somewhat cheated, because the director had not done more with the movie’s obvious assets, a novel idea and talented actors. It is clear ly a case of wasted potential. A ■HiHiiia! Everyone is reminded to pay Hieir SGA dues ($5.00). These dues allow us to plan more social activities for the student body. We thank those who have already paid. . FRANKLY SPEAKING ... .by phll frank POPWG VOW COLLEGE '/EARS Wa FIKP YOURSELF EtmO TO Nm ANO UNUSUAL msfilFNCES,
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