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Tuesday, March 12, 1S63 THE DAILY TAR am Pajra 3 A DTH Movie Review 66TTD "TTT And Clyde" -TM Of Prowlers rm o i own By JOE SANDERS o The Dally Tor Heel Sta Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dun naway, Michael Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons. Director: Arthur 'Penn. Producer: Warren Beatty Warner Brothers. BONNIE AND CLYDE will be back in town for a six day run at the Carolina theater starting tomorrow. . You can expect the overflow--ng crowds that packed into the Uialto and the Varsity to be in line to see it again and a flock of newcomers that missed the film its first time around. But listen as you leave the theatei you'll hear someone saying, "But, it glorifies crime so much!" Because the film treats the Barrow Gang with with a meat cleaver. He tries to rob a bank that went under three weeks before. Broke -and wanted by the police, Clyde and Bonnie pick up a third partner. C.W. Moss (Michael Pollard), an ignorant juvenile delinquent, takes a dare to rob the gas station where he works. "I know you've got the guts to short-change little old ladies that come in for gas," Bonnie simmers, "but you think you could do the real thing?" And C.W., needing to prove himself through crime, sneers, "I ain't a-feared, if that's what you're thinkin'," and joins up. Later, when the gang gayly reads the blownup newspaper accounts of their robberies and murders, C.W.'s worries over sympathy, there are always bein cnntW rWA "an unidentified man. The Barrows never, in their petty felonies, achieve the stature invented for them by the Hearst press. An entire na tional mood is reflected in its pages: a country of average people depressed by the bar renness of their poverty striken, unproductive lives find escape from trouble and unemployment in the stories about the Barrow Gang. Bonnie finally realizes that depression struck her dreams of walking into the biggest hotel in Dallas will never materialize. While Clyde, after three years of run ning, still believes that, "We're goin' to settle down just as soon as hard times is over," Bonnie knows that for them, "hard times" are forever. some who think law and order are being attacked. At first glance, these people have a strong case. After all, look at the Bonnie and Clyde clothes, songs, jokes and magazine articles. Soon we will probably see a Bonnie and Clyde television series and even Bonnie bubblegum and Clyde cola. But who is doing the glori fyingthe film or the people that see the film? In the film itsel- Bonnie and Clyde never hold up anything larger than a nayseed bank. Even then, when the money is added up, Buck Bar row (gene Hackman) has to make an excuse for the poor showing: "Well, times is hard." This is not to say that Bonnie Parker and the Barrows do not glorify crime in their minds. The film opens with Bonnie (Faye Dunnaway) lying on her bed in a sparsely furnished room. It is the time of the Ltpression and for Bonnie this means waiting on tables in a dead Texas town. When she looks out her win dow ana sees Clyde Barrcw (Wan-en Beatty) trying to sceai the family car, she doesn't scream for the police, but shcuts, "Wait there!" "How'd you like to walk in to the biggest hotel in Dalls," . he asks her, "and have everybody know who you are? I can make you somebody." But while Clyde and Bonnie are dreaming big, they nearly starve to death. Clyde fails to steal food when he spends so long looking for peach pie that a storeowner fights him off bullet would and C.W. faces . two years in prison. Has crime been glorified? The Barrows v lived off their takings in run down motels and they paid for their crime with fear, blood, constant flight and death. But they are always human. Never has Hollywood produced such people that crack corney jokes, fight among themselves, and have to use the bathroom. The film received ten academy award nominations including . best actor, best -actress, best, supporting actors (Pollard and Hackman), and best sup porting actress. Bonnie is flat-chested and doesn't wear a bra. Clyde is impotent. C.W. is told that Bonnie and Clyde are going to be ambushed and doesn't have the intelligence to tell them. And yet they are real to the viewer: they talk and act like some distant relatives you have somewhere that know the world only as far as they have travelled. Even the humanizing of the Barrows does not make them heroes, however. It was the temperament of the people that made them big-shots; the temperament that gives us our Bonnie and Clyde clothes and jokes today. We take the feeble violence of petty crooks and build from it a folk-legend: this is, perhaps, the film's entire message. Special to The Daily Tar Heel (Coeds who are not seniors or 21 years of age have every right to ask that the tightest possible security be main tained in dormitories, since they are required to occupy them. However, in light of the administration's attitude toward the hiring of night watchmen, and considering the doubtful efficiency of even the most reliable of watchmen in protecting the ramshackle relics which now serve as women's housing, the following program of self-protection is suggested for coeds. Such as program involves no expense and can be effected by any coed. It must be emphasized that this program, like women's rules, serves only as guideline; the extent of a coed's ingenuity is the only limit to the protective devices she may employ.) You're still afraid? You think anybody who wears a white mask win be light-footed enough to make it through your . careful ly-planned security? You yourself are your own strongest defense. If you know he's there, switch on the light. However, if the sight of you in hair rollers and Clearasfl doesn't send him into a dead faint, other measures may be necessary: It's awfully easy to keep a can of hair spray near your bed. (Raid, spray starch, and deodorant are acceptable substitutes.) Aim right between the eyes and dont stop spraying just because he's screaming. (You can scream,' too, if you like. In fact, it's a good idea. You can ; even scream if you think there's a prowler but aren't sure. If it's You're expecting a prowler a false alarm, you can always id you're panicked, right? blushingly admit to a rt nr Hnm- i ff vnnr door nightmare.) and Lock your door.; (if your door .doesn't have a lock; you may place the back of a chair under the doorknob. This doesn't guarantee a prowler can't get in, but the sound of all that splintering wood should be suf ficient, to wake even the soundest sleeper.) If the hair spray doesn't in capacitate him, a swift kick, well placed, should be suf ficient to fell any opponent, at least temporarily. By now your prowler is writhing in agony on the floor, assuming vou haven't knocked windows also have him cold with an underhand Use them. If you must - volleyball serve to the chin, with the windows open, and you are in full command of the situation. Hopefully the Your locks sleep why not place a row of relatively unstable objects (such as empty champagne bottles, flower pots, instant coffee jars) on the windowsill? Make it hard for him to get in without making any noise. Lost And ' Found "When weeps, I first met vou." she "I thought , we were goin' somewhere. But we aren't. We're just goin'." Their world disintegrates. Buck is gunned down by a mob of deputies who whoop and yelp in their temporary glory of besting one of the Barrows Bonnie and Clyde are finally machine-gunned on a lonely country road. They take four thousand rounds, and seconds after they are dead, the gun- ners still pour lead into them: as' if the violent Barrow gang of the newspapers were mak ing a last desperate stand and there were scores of them to kill. Only C.W. and Blanche Bar row (Estelle Parsons) remain. Blanche is blinded from a DAILY ACROSS 1. Assert 6. Panorama ' 11. Starring .role for Gene Tierney 12. Assam silkworms 13. City in Ohio 14. Disem barks 15. Intends 16. Approves 17. Ostrich like bird 19. Sun god 21. Stair 25. Destine 28. Popular spelling song 30. Preserve in a silo 31. Pare 32. Pronoun 33. Hallucino genic drug 35. Recline 37. Rates 42. Length wise 4. Rink 45. Devilfish 46. Bury 47. Tartar 48. Scented DOWN 1. Bivalve 2. Ladoga, for instance 3. Emanation CROSSWORD 4. Metal 5. Rectory 6. Velvetlike fabrics , 7. Iraq 8. Trans gressions 9. Young child 10. Beast of . burden 18. Lawgiver 19. Mature 20. Indigo 21. Merganser 22. Prong 23. Large ' worm ii 13 IS 21 21 30 4T 47 22 43 23 24. Greek letter 26. Im merse 27. Anthro poid 29. Un ' . lawful 34. Siphon 35. Not short 36. Inside 38. Italian river 39. Snares 40. Leg joint 41. Variety of chalcedony TrIdIohsItIa iolrlrl aImI J; a ikilril Al L AiSlTHG RDuV E L ETHE Rfll RENE LtjMAtmos zz LOST RED IRISH setter on cam pus. Answers to name Sean. $25 reward. Call 929-3144. WHITE ORGANDY curtains in ladies' room of Memorial Hall during SP convention last week. Reward. Call Rochelle Stephens, 9 6 8 9152. . BLACK billfold in Pine Room or 324 Phillips. Keep money, but return billfold. Call Tom Hodges, 257- Morrison 933 3350. WESTER Alamance H igh School 1967 class ring. Call Janice Pender 405 Winston. KEYS. Nine keys on a chain initialed JC. Lost around Y- Court. Call 929-1670 or 933- 1380. FOLD Bulova watch with rose gold scarab band. Lost between Murphy and Connor, or on street between Connor and Chi O. Reward Gall ipus Pam Cherry. . BLACK GLASSES in white case in Dey Hall area. Call 933-1063. . MEN'S horn-rim, glasses, charcoal lenses. Reward. Call John Ripley, 968-9085. FOUND CONTACT lens (one) at the American Legion hut Feb. 24. Call 305 Everett, 968- 9028. ' BROWN KID gloves in from if Spencer near a parking -. space. Claim at DTH office any afternoon. GIRLS' GLASSES in Bingham. Call 942-2428. KEYS (five) on a chain with "G" initialed keystone in basement of Wilson Library. Contact 249 Morrison, no phone. . . WOMEN'S BLACK square frame glasses, made in France. Call 929-5517, Marie Strong. Calendar if 0 V ASA HARRY 'SALTZMAN presents MICHAEL CAIIME KA1LMALDEN COLOR by Deluxe PANAVISION' police are on their way , by now; if not, yell for somebody to call them. Don't leave the scene of the crime. You might want to rip off his mask to find out if he's the beady-eyed rascal from your history class" that you suspected all along. You will probably discover that he is nowhere near 25 years old but is a sniveling adolescent. Don't start feeling sorry for him; (The reason you will probably discover that he isn't 25 is that a guy that old with evil in tentions has enough sense to pick a place less densely populated than a girls' dorm for his attack. If he is that old, he's either awfully stupid, or his only purpose was to scare you. I repeat, don't start feel ing sorry for him.) While you wait, get out your Instamatic and take a few snapshots for your scrapbook. They may come in handy later if the guy manages t o escape. After you've run out of film and-or flash cubes, stand over him with a trusty, rusty paring knife or any of the other dead ly weapons usually found in your room. The police will arrive, hopefully before your prowler recovers. Now you must make a decision: do you press changes or do you give the guy 24 hours to turn himself in so as to avoid double jeopardy? Whatever your decision, do not let newspaper photographers near you till you have taken your hair out of the rollers and have put your makeup on. You are a celebri ty now and must act the part. . " Your busy evening is now over, and you have ac complished two major purposes: you have warned all . prospective prowlers that the Carolina coed is indeed capable of defending her own honor, and you have strengthened the administration's stand against the hiring of night watchmen, enmen. . - Note: The only way to work out all the bugs in the above program is to try it regularly. Should the plan fail and you r find yourself a victim of rape or murder, the writer, offers , T sincere apologies. (Ed. note: The author of this article is a Carolina coed who prefers to remain anonymous because she thinks her name on the article would serve as an open invitation for the prowler(s) to test her ability to defend herself, and she "can live without that pleasure.) a week or more... AS HUNDREDS OF COLLEGE GUYS AND GALS HAVE SUMMERTIMES with . . . Yes, you put in lots of hours but... Humor lea Crcsm You're trained and work on routes where people have bought Good Humor Ice Cream fdr years ... no in vestment everything supplied. HOW YOU QUALIFY FOR INTERVIEW 1. Minimum age 18. 2. Need a valid driver's license . . . and must be able to drive a clutch transmission. 3. Be in good physical condition. Sign Up Now For Our Campus Visit Ask your Summer Placement Director or Student Aid Officer to schedule you for our campus visit or write to: GOOD HUMOR, Dept. A. 800 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, N. J. 07632 INTERVIEW DATE: March 19 An Equal opportunity Employer (MF) Yesterday's Answer 42. Candlenut .tree 43 Roman house , god 24 17 29 33 IS 21 25 P- VA 12. 14 16 1 34 46 4a 26 31 38 8 27 7? 41 J9 7? VVYA 'A 40 (O STUDENTS for a Democratic Society (SDS) meets at 7:30 p.m. in 111 Murphy to discuss speaker invitations, anti-war action and leaving the country. PHYSICAL THERAPY Club meets at 7 p.m. in room 324 of the School of- Medicine. Mr. Robert-A. Lassiter will discuss "Community Rehabilitation." FASHION SHOW ."Step Into Spring" at 8 p.m. in the School of Public Health Auditorium, sponsored by the Public Health Wives Club and Thalhimer's, to benefit the N.C. Society for Crippled Cchildren. Donation $1. STUDENT ACM will present a panel of authorities answer ing questions about the - Department of Information Science and its curriculum, ' the UNC Computation Center, TUCC, and UNC Electronic Data Processing at 8 p.m. in 324 Phillips (refreshments in Phillips 273 at 7:30. Authorities speaking will be Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., Mr. Erwin M. Danziger, Dr. Morris S. Davis, Dr. David N . Freeman, Mr. James W. Hanson and Dr. John C. Mor row. LATIN-AMERICAN Colloqui um at 8 p.m. in DeyHall Faculty Lounge. ANYONE interested in running ' for open seats in the Men's and Women's Honor Courts must 'come to endorsement interviews March 11 or 12 -from 2-4 p.m. in Graham Memorial. Candidates must have a 2.0 average and be residents of the- district they wish to represent. MEN'S ROOM reservations for , fall must be made at the Housing Office in Bynum Hall by March 15 if present rooms are to be kept. ': YM-YWCA will hold interviews for executive offices today and Wednesday. Sign up in 102 Y building for exact time. ORIENTATION Counselor in terviews for fall will be held in Roland Parker Lounges of Graham Memorial from 2 to 5 p.m. All interested students are invited to interview. We'd invite you to check our specs & This one handles like it had handles, against competition (we'd fare quite' And the best part is the Cutlass S price, nicely, thank you), but that's too much It's as streamlined as its stylinq. Hide like homework. And you've got enough of that. Instead, slip into this low-slung, low-priced youngmobile and let Cutlass S do the teaching. Cruise it. Corner it, Brake it. Park it. away wipers, louvered hood, side marker lights, all the new GM safety features all standard. Today. See your Olds dealer. Tonight. Cut loose in Cutlass. IrKiMliyafTimATit Mp I I All T DlDfJAS DON'T BLAME 1 I 1 wnni Lk ww ill ri- - i - - - i i . i nri?OjfYWS 1 BAd)L HIM CUT 0UfELF. CHARLIE Vfy i rx. i THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH ' THAT STUPID ALoJAYS CHANGING RAINB0UJ5J 5 CHANGING RAINBOWS r that!? right! go ONl get out At fMinm ; nvtfWtrul1flI r IF SPENT A B(T mE WAEINYER J OWN 0,S- A - Ik ) j . u FUDDCE, VEBfb MAKE A BLAMED Z I i $!5T SETTER WIFE IF KFSW 1 MS WHEN I ls -V F-men fitef&JUMtv II vt -j fl I i i air ii I i I i hih ti a 'j I ' J j Cgl- a A. ?) Drive a you ngmob i!e f rom Oldsmobile Bui
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