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w , Page 2-The Chronicle. Thursday. June 10. 198J? ?iiiimmitimwnnitimniftiniiiniMnnnniitmtnnnminnnniHmmHiNMmmtimn>ni Reaction IIIIIIIMMMIIMMtHtlHMMIIIIItlltlttttMMIMtllHIIIttMtntlllHIIIItttllMIMHIIttllltlHIItttMIMni country and feels the church should be "open enough and willing to accept the message in the film." "My concern is that we look at a particular movie in terms of what is has to say," Campbell said. The Rev. Warner Durnell, pastor of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church, said he was initially "offended by the minister, but I would take issue with the church instead. No one (in the congregation) came to the minister or CarolyneVecconfront them omthe relationship. 1 think the Christian community viewing should zero in on that aspect ? our responsibility to each-other." DURNELL SAID HE did not see a statement "about ministers or Christians per se" in the film, but he saw "a fharaftcr a minict*?r Vl t"l foil inlnoroSlo tr\ i nllnnlmn mv?v? f m n 111 n j v v i m?v ivu > uniwi uuiv. iv tiii am awuv/ii to greed and lust." The message is that the clergy should not fall into that n^ap^Durnell said, which is comparable to doctors being tempted to abuse drugs or lawyers to break the law. Durnell pointed out that the black community has placed its ministers on a "pedestal, where they have no business being," and that the church also has its share of hypocrites, "from the pulpit to the back door and if we own up to that and confess that, the better we will be." He added that even though the movie is bad publicity for the church, "I was glad to see.it in the sense that bad publicity is better than no publicity." All three ministers say they feel the portrayaf of the church in most filmsJs very negative and said they would like to see a more balanced picture of religion in the media. AFTER THE DISCUSSION, Jerry Kenion, promoriom-rl it print at WXI1, thr cnnlrnvmy, imnii.illy ? had served to publicize the film. "We should send Donald Wildmon (chairman of the Coalition for Better Television) flowers." Kenion said. She said she also felt ? the film and the development of the relationship between the sisters is realistic. "I felt this was a women's film," Kenion said, "and a fascinating human drama." The film is centered around three sisters, Carolyne (Diahann Carroll), Freida (Rosalind Cash), and Sissy iiiiiiiiiimiiMiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiimimimimimimiiiiiiiiiiiimitiimmimtiiiiiiiiiiiimijiiiit ??Armed Robberies ' From Page 1 mi tims have. noL heen the_ Citizens should be_ same, either. "The first one suspicious of any stranger was a*strong-arm/obberyT" Aval kingcup to them -lo ask I 1-1 4 4 I- I- -I * ne saiu, or a roooery me urne or Knocking on without a weapon." their doors, Mason said. Mason said the second "Everybody tries to be a robbery was at a business good Samaritan, but you and the robber said he had a just cannot." razor but produced no weapon. The third involved a stick and the victim was ' hjj^on the arm. In the weapon was Mason the bery reported Monday over the -weekend .-^4 n-this-one^-a? W person approached a lady and a man and asked the time," Mason said. "Then he covered his face with a M handkerchief and pulled a M gun and took their money M and their automobile." He ^ added that any automobiles A taken have been recovered,?^ A never the same loca^^^^A 1 Mason he urges 1 to be aware. "The economic times are pretty hard," he said, "and jobs * are scarce. Looking at that, ^^^B a person would assume rob- B beries could increase. Peo- ^^^B B pie are hard-up for cash and ^^^B people should be aware of ^^^B that and take precautions." ^^^B B -r 1- ? Gets Grant ^B 1 Winston-Salem State HBi^B University has been I awarded a $100,000 grant I ^B by the Kate B. Reynolds I fe Health Care Trust. The I funds will be used to pur- | y chase furnishings and | equipment for the university's nursing and medical w 1 technology programs. Last \ | year, the Reynolds Health w Trust provided $6,578 to strengthen the nursing pro- I gram at WSSU. The Kate B. Reynolds Health Care Trust, a private foundation located in , Winston-Salem, was ere- ^ iittci tfto?t\ ated in 1946 through provi- X, 1HT? IMF sions in the will of Mrs. / William N. Reynolds for the purpose of improving health care to the people of . W 1 North Carolina. Approximately $1.5 million is Hour awarded annually in grants Mo to non-profit organizations throughout the slate. r * v . - s t By Ministers To. tllllHIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIUIMItlMINMNIMIIUIUIIMniUUHIMIIMIIHIINIIMMtMUMIIMIMMMIMMNni (Irene Cara) Lovejoy, who are the daughters of a deceased railroad porter, a father whose memory dominates their daily lives and their relationships with each other. Carolyne has an affair with her pastor, Richard Henderson, an ambitious politician played by Dick Anthony Williams, and divorcee Freida has returned home with her 12-year-old son. Sissy, who is the youngest sister, dreams of being a successful ice-skater. Along w ith their own problems, the Lovejoy sisters have to deal with their torn emotions about their father and his effect on their lives. The mounting tension between Carolyne, a pious starchcollared spinster and Freida, a heavy drinker who has a zest^ for life, culminates when Freida confesses to sleeping with Richard and the two sisters fight. As a human drama, the ministers say the film was well w ritten and they all appreciate it as .a film that depickv? blacks in roles other than comedians or servants. Durnell pointed out that the film has only one white character when the situation is usually the reverse. Donald Forrester, who viewed the telecast at home, said his opinion is unchanged. "I think I'll have to make clear where I'm coming from," Forrester said. "Even though I had not seen the film until tonight, I had a written summary of the plot." Forrester said it was the portrayal of the minister in the film he had initially objected to because he felt is was unfair to the church and the religion. "You just don't go out and air your failures and still expect the church to be in high standing in the community," Forrester said. "1 think the church can clean its own house from-w4thin? world." FORRESTER SAID HIS complaint is more with NBC than it is with Channel 12 or Ms. Angelou's drama. As a member of the Coalition, he said he receives summaries of shows presented and, based on that information, Forrester said, very few television programs are "positive." "I wish that for every hypocrite, there is a show that portrays a minister out doing something right for God/' he said. Forrester said the movie has a valuable message against hypocrisy, but makes the wrong statement about the - church. He added it would have been better if the minister had repented. "This guy is a minister," he said, "but there is no turning point for him. So many great men of God who have made mistakes have gone back to get repentence." Forrester said that as a literary work, "Sister, Sister" was "great," but he wishes it had been shown through any other medium but television. "A lot of people just sit back and accept what comes in as normaf," he said. He said the church in the film is not the kind of church he has been dealing with and is not representative of the black church, either. "My initial objection is still there," he said, "and I P^ia ? U v I 1& 1' ir^^B e^ 1 K al 9l|* V Here's a super 9 9gkk -i1|9 fir|e tailored cloth & R 9 9 not last long at t 9 9 9 9&12L 9 ctible prices Some ar l(|v.| 9 blends others are 9 JB fl 9 Bk Polyesters Rememt >9 sizes and styles jm 9 ' ^9 special grouping yoti 19 shop first thing1 WERE $100.00 KA,STnMi" 0?> Hundreds o' beau shirts are reduced quickly This one c ? ?A/ . r~ .. /~\ a . exceptional value a I West FOUrth Street want to Shop early ton-Salem, N. C. 27101 iT.U' terns foot all sizes s 9:30-5:30 P.M. but a bountiful selection All must nday-Saturday be so,d WERE TO $25.00 . . . NOW 1 r \ ? * Angelou Film Pos MmmiMiMtiMmMiiminmniniMintiM?MnwmMitMiitnitnnmniimn<iiMmmiinnmmMm regret that the church was used. It is just one more rock removed from the wall of confidence people have in the church." FORRESTER SAID HE also objects to the film because it hurts the efforts of his college to recruit young black ministers. "1 am associated with a small college that is desperately trying to recruit and train ministers for Ll-.l. -1 1 ?%? - " * uiac* cnurcnes, ne said. "It is hard with this sort of thing." There are some things that are too sacred to criticize in the public medium, he said, and the church is one. Forrester said Ms. Angelou is a "gifted author" and that his criticism was not of her because, when he wrote NBC, he did not know the author of the movie^ He said he would rather have seen the film centered around a social organization in the community instead of the rhnrrhi ~ * In a phone interview fromCalifornia, Ms. Angeluu commented on the reactions to the film, from one segment of the white community to another. "It is interesting that both sides of the white community has taken issue in this," she said. "The liberal NBC group thinks there is not enough violence, car chases, cursings . or prostitution. They kept the film (on the shelf for three years; oecause mey reel nothing is happening in it and "Lord, can that^ "Lord* can that woman work." That's what her managing editor says about reporter Ruthell Howard, a 1980 graduate of North Carolina Central University who also has taken graduate courses at the University of North Carolina. A native of Engelhard, N.C., Ruthell is a newcomer to Winston-Salem, but she's already seen a lot of the town by doing stories ranging from an interview with an undercover narcotics agent to Bj*5S| coverage of the upcoming political primaries to an examination of current gdHtt trends in hairstyles. SB The Chronicle i's proud to have Ruthell aboard. We think you'll like working with her. ~ -Winston-Salei "Serving the (4lf Wmiton Comi "Something fc starts thursda' i ous Brands . . . Austin Reed Christian i E! SUITS TAKE YOUR PICK! 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On the other hand, Ms. Angelou said, she has been accused of insulting Christians. "That same group were silent when people were drilling stones in black people like Martin Luther King Jr.," sfre said. "They have shown total disregard for . black ministers." She added that if the critics were concerned, they would be in coalition with black ministers. MS. ANGELOU SAID she is glad the film was done. "I'm glad to write something about black women in particular and the love they had for their father," she said. She maintains thai the plight of the black man who I worked to send his children to school is rarelv seen in film. "WefareTy^ee t^at black man who had a job at the post office and the railroad to send his children to school," she said. The purpose of the film, Ms. Angelou stressed, was not to- "make ministers or anybody look bad, but to show I that we are all human." She said the film shows a strugr gle against basic desires and weaknesses. "That's what, being a Christian is all about," she said. Ms. Angelou said the film is being criticized by "moral majorityites," and stressed that she is a Christian and her life is Christian. "For someone to dare to say I wrote something anti-Christian is ridiculous," she said. woman work." | J 73 Chronicle htunify iintf 1974" 1# ? )r everyone" 3 i Till Til y june 10th Dior Stanley Blacker and more! ;T COATS DRESS SLACKS ill not believe how much Pants. pants, and more pants us to mark these beautiful We've selected a grouping and at such low prices Trbely marked them down to liquidate >s is your gam1 It s a special 'ast Some are casual slacks and ng but it is worth commg m some are dress slacks, but all are Must may have your size m fantastic values at these prices ' > tit color and style Get in early for these super : m- m ? wfliuci i-*uv an coiors ana sryies a E. 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