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V 'Educating Rita' heartwarming, entertaining Thursday, November 10, 1983The Daily Tar Heel9 By SHERYL THOMAS Staff Writer Educating Rita, starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters, is a delightfully enter taining film. It does not pretend to make an intellectual statement about student teacher or man-woman relationships, nor does it rely on theatrics to capture the au dience's attention. Instead, it is a film that purely entertains. Educating Rita opens with a shot of Professor Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) strolling down the cobblestones of a pres tigious English university. The scene is strictly academic; the professor's greenish-brown jacket, his straggly beard and the gray granite facades of the buildings tell all. Review The first glimpse of Dr. Bryant in the classroom reveals his sad disillusionment with his literary work and his attempt to become "re-illusioned" by frequently ap plying alcohol. When accused by a stu dent of being drunk during the tutorial, Frank sympathetically replies: "Of course I'm drunk. Do you expect me to teach this (William Blake's poetry) when I'm sober?" Yet into the midst of Bryant's stagnant life blows a breath of fresh air in the form of a bleached blonde hairdresser. She is his newest student, one who requires private tutoring as an "open university" student. Rita (Julie Walters) is a 1980 Eliza Doolittle who wants an education rather than manners to rescue her from the dead-end road on which her life is traveling. She is intelligent and deter mined, and she makes her tutor smile. Together they struggle through the thoughtful but ultimately worthless "literary criticism" that Rita produces. But her essays develop from a humorous ly correct one-liner about Ibsen's Peer Gynt to an insightful essay on Frank's favorite poet, Blake. More important than Rita's develop ment as a student is her development as a person. She bursts onto the college scene as a total misfit, her bleached hair streak ed to match the color of the miniskirt she wears. Her studies are sprinkled with per sonal crises. She is divorced from a hus band who will not understand her desire to learn. She separates herself completely and painfully from the stifling society in which she grew up. She quits her job as a hairdresser because she can no longer stand the irrelevant drivel spoken at the shop. In the end, she has developed into a sophisticated young woman, barely recognizable as the brash bird who had bounced into Frank's office two years earlier. Rita's scholarly and personal develop ment is definitely an admirable accom plishment. But her most decided victory is the single-handed transformation of Frank. When she meets Frank, he is a pitiful alcoholic who does not care to live, much less teach. At their first meeting, he tells Rita that he is going to arrange another tutor for her because he is an abominable teacher; he says that the only thing he knows is that he knows nothing. In a manner characteristic for Rita, she refuses to take "no" for an answer, in forming Frank that he is the tutor to whom she was assigned and that he will continue to be her tutor. Throughout Educating Rita, Rita educates Frank about himself, herself and life. Ulti mately, one wonders at the irony of the film's title, asking if it should be retitled Educating Frank. Rita and Frank develop a deep affec tion for one another during the time of their collaboration. Happily, Educating Rita does not take any of its many oppor tunities to develop their fondness for one another into a torrid love affair. In one instance near the end, Rita declares that Frank has given her so much and that she has given him nothing, but that things are going to change. It looks like the big mo ment. She provocatively removes her denim jacket, and eagerly approaches Frank to give him what she had threat ened from the beginning a haircut. She declines his offer to accompany him to Australia for a two-year sab batical, saying that she wants to stay in England and be young. Their parting at the airport is full of conflicting emotions: happiness at having given and taken so much from one another and jadness at having to say goodbye. Educating Rita is a film in the classic style. It does not try to make any pro found statements, nor does it rely on theatrics or sex to lure an audience. Educating Rita is just a good, heart warming film to which one can escape for a few hours of genuine entertainment. GIVE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. Campus Calendar The Carolina . Student FundlDTH Campus Calendar will appear every Monday and , Thursday, An nouncements to be run on Monday must be placed in the box outside the Carolina Student Fund! office on the third floor of Soutrvuifding by 5 p.m. the Frtdaybefore they are to run. An nouncements to be fyri or Thursday must be placed In the box by 5 p.m. of the precedingdussday, Only announcemehtsfrpm " University recognized and campus organizations will be printed. Friday 7:15 p.m. IVCF Bible Dig-In led by Jim my Long in the Union. 8 p.m. Dr. Dwight Allen, of Old Dominion University will speak on "New Schools for a New Century" in Hamilton 100. Today 3:30 p.m. U.S. Navy Captain Eugene McDaniel will speak at a Veteran's Day commemora tion ceremony on the quad. Sponsored by the UNC AFROTC and NROTC. 4 p.m. AIESEC Officers meeting. Senior Class Committee meeting. 4:30 p.m. Walk for Humanity meeting in the Campus Y lounge. Call 967-3720. 6 p.m. Kappa Alpha Psi sponsored party at Polaris. 7 p.m. IVCF off-campus. Northwest will meet at the Bible Church basement. IVCF South Chapter meeting in the Teague Social room. Call 933-4104. IVCF Granville Chapter meet ing in Granville South. Call 967-3793. 8:30 p.m. Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting in the Union; Albert Long, guest speaker. Weekend 9-11 a.m. Anglican Student Fellowship Sat. Breakfast at Chapel of the Cross. Call 933-7735. Monday 5:30 p.m. Christian Aerobics in the Bap tist Student Center. Call 942-4266. 6 p.m. Teach-In on Grenada and Lebanon in Hamilton 100. 8 p.m. UNC College Republicans will meet in the Union (968-0626). ITEMS OF INTEREST Career Planning and the Liberal Arte Student is a course for freshmen and sophomores who are undecided about career direction and major (Special Studies 90, Section 2, Spring Semester). To register, contact the instructor in Nash Hall. Sign up for the Union squash tourney at the Union desk Nov. 1-11. Men and women of all skill levels are welcome. Prizes will be awarded. More information is available in Room 200 of the Union. The Student Part-Time Employment Service is a free service designed to help students find part-time jobs. Come by Suite D of the Union Monday-Thursday, 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Join the new Carolina Field Hockey Club. Practices are Monday, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 6:45 p.m. untif 8 p.m. on Ehringhaus field. The brothers of the Psi Delta Chapter or Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will be coming around the dorms during the week of Nov. 7-1 1 to collect canned and dry foods for needy families. Please help them to make Thanksgiving a happy holiday for everyone. The UNC Women's Squash Club practices every Sunday and Tuesday from ? p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Fetzer squash courts. The Women's Volleyball Club is now holding practices from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. every Tuesday in Fetzer A-2. For more in formation, call Michelle at 967-2030. Attention College Work-Study Students: Time sheets for the pay period ending Nov. 13, 1983 are due in the Student Aid Of fice by noon on Wednesday, November 9. The Department of Classics will sponsor a special lecture (A New Discovery) Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the studio art building room 117.. The Law School Admission Test registration deadline was Nov. 3. Late registration accepted for SIS extra if postmarked by Thursday, Nov. 10. Applications are available in Nash Hall. Applications are now available for the Orientation Commis sion. Come by 01 Steele Building immediately. The CGA will elect officers for the current year and handle other business at the business meeting Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Union. Check Union schedule for meeting room. Health Science Job Fair will be Tuesday Nov. IS, from 9 All Brands Importers Inc.. New York. Sole U.S. Importer O. n r t v t i ( i v ( ) r" t v i t s S A S JA D) 1 1 n J J - , J -J J 1 m J Imported r.leosehead. Stands head and antlers above tbs DRAKE FOR MOOSEIIEAD. WHEN YOU DRINK DON'T DRIVE. rest Congratulations to MORT HIGHT of Ehringhaus, The Winner of our Six Foot Sub and Case of Brew! Thanks to all of you who entered. 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