October 28, 1970
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Page Three
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War Unlovely
It has never been thought necessary to
defend British humor. Lately, however, it
appears that film satire has taken a turn
away from the approach which the
British developed so finely in the 50's and
early 60's; and that any film so much as
gesturing toward the marvelous past needs
to be explained and justified if it is not to
be dismissed out of hand. The recent
British film "Oh What A Lovely War"
makes this gesture (though with rather
limited success). If for that reason alone,
it prompts thoughts about the nature of
cinema satire.
"Oh What A Lovely War" is an
anti-war satire set against World War I. Its
set is an elaboration of the old British
Music Hall. We see the spectacle of a
Brighton Beach entertainment pier with
WW I in flashing lights over the entrance,
and a promise of thrills and laughter
inside: attractions like Ypres and Mons;
generals surveying the whole of the battle
front from a crow's nest and chalking up
battle results on a football scoreboard:
men lost-63,000; yards gained-0.
All this is on the surface. But the
movie is first of all concerned with
entertainment. The sense of outrage
which is the essence of good satire
underlies what we see-it informs it but
does not control it.
The structure of the film is very near
that of the Joan Littlewood stage
production on which it was based. We
follow the Smith family (including 5
sons) on an outing to the WWI Fair in
L914. They purchase their tickets and,
candied apples in hand, wander gaily
among the attractions. But the ticket
taker's uniform is really that of a general
officer, and the entertainments are each
transformed into scenes of war. One by
one each son is lost, first to the Army,
and then to death.
h'inps from re 'istic scenes of
tr'ciich warfare to highly abstract
portrayals of political mechanations, to
the superficial frivolity of War a Fair at
Brighton are disturbingly surreal. Yet the
film's anger is never openly expressed.
The satire is telling, but it is never
obvious. It never offends. It is, in a word,
profoundly civilized, communicating
through understatement the sense of
outrage at war's senseless brutality.
Events in this film are ironic,
incongruous,- cruefcand incomprehensible,
perhaps. Eccentricity is rampant, asare
insensitivity and stupidity. But, when
"Lovely War" is at its most effective
(which is infrequently), events are shown,
highlighted, and allowed to speak for
themselves by their very closeness to
reality. Assumptions are rarely forced on
the audience; we are presented a comic
view of the way things are.
This is the essence of British satire and
can be contrasted with such films as
"Mash," and Catch-22," the post Dr.
Strangelove American anti-war satires.
There the sense of outrage is no longer
merely the underlying motivation of the
film. There, outrage is the very substance
of the movie. Brandished before the
audience, it is meant to make us cringe as
we laugh, to vicariously enjoy the
privilege of sharing anger without
consequence. There, the figurative blood
of war is displayed in Glorious
Technicolor; the merely ludicrous
situation becomes an insanity in a world
of madmen. British satire admits that it is
hard to smile through a stiff upper lip.
American satire cries out that we must
laugh or be driven insane.
The satire which owed its truth to its
closeness to a rational, controlled reality
is now transformed by wild exaggeration
into a world which makes no sense; a
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world in which the very existence of
rationality is questioned. In such a world
the "profoundly civilized" view of life is
strangely out of place. British satire
argues its cause politely; American satire
outshouts the opposition. This appeal to
gut feelings is certainly more in tune with
the current mood; but there is a great
danger that "Mlady protesteth too
much." A great deal of superficiality, of
pandering to faddish attitudes, can be
hidden in an appeal aimed at getting the
adrenalin flowing rather than the mind
thinking. These films place a great value
on getting the audience involved; but that
very closeness to the film separates us
from the real world the film is supposed
to be telling us about. The power such an
appeal can have over us is great and
tempting; it requires a good deal of
integrity on the part of the filmmaker not
to abuse it. Integrity is not part of the
Hollywood creed, and films such as
"Strawberry Statement" and "Getting
Straight" are examples of this abuse that
immediately come to mind. The saving
grace of these films is that they are badly
made; were they well done they would be
not only morally offensive, but
dangerous.
There is a place for both kinds of
satire in film today. It is refreshing to
compare "Oh What A Lovely War" with
an American satire such as "Mash."
Neither is a great film; both are better
than average. Their effects are different
because their means are different. You
may enjoy one more tfsan the other, but
to see both is to understand each a little
better.
uameos
The American Field Service Club
(AFS) will meet on tonight at 7:30 p.m.
in 207 Dey Hall. All interested persons
invited.
Additional Meetings of I.U.N.C.:
Ham Radio (Session 2), tonight, 7:30
p.m., Caldwell Y Annex;
Communal Living (Session 2), Oct.
29-8 p.m., Steps of South Building;
- Graveyard Shift (Session -2), Oct.
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DIWALI (Festival of Lights) today at 7
p.m. in the International Student Center
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Education and Culture in India's embassy
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Documentary films about India will be
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There will be a meeting of the Sport
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A. Smith amb's-J over the
Larry
playing
field in Kenan Stad
scrutinizing the turf as if he ere j
planter looking at his finest money crop.
Next he paused in silence and scanned
the vast empty arena, much as a
conductor might look at his orchestra
during the tense moments before
performing.
Everything seemed in place, dovkn to
the last chair in the band section, and
even' row and aisle lay clean, waiting for
the next invasion of a Tar Heel opponent.
It is the job of Larry Smith to see that
Kenan Stadium stays that way.
He is the supervisor of an eight-man
team whose basic task lies in keeping
Kenan St3dium clean and its playing
surface in best possible condition. These
Athletic Department.employees, also are
responsible for all other playing fields,
including tennis courts, on the Carolina
campus.
Needless to say the men are kept
busiest in the fall season, working seven
days a week w hen there are home games.
Smith explained the tedious task of
cleaning Kenan. "We have tried both
blowers and vacuum units in an attempt
to save manpower, but nothing works like
a man and a rake," he said.
For Smith workers the week begins on
Sunday morning after home football
games. They spend several hours cleaning
up trash outside the stadium around the
parking lots and streets.
Monday brings the tremendous chore
starting in the stadium, where on the
average of 24 two-ton truckloads of trash
are hauled away after each game.
Most of the eight-man crew will spend
until Thursday completing this job, which
begins on the upper level of the South
side and works its way to the opposite
side.
After the thousands of cups and other
trash has been raked into huge piles, the
aisles are swept to assure getting small
articles such as cigarettes and can pop
tops, Smith said. Also if time and weather
permits, the whole stadium is washed
down.
Presenting quite a problem are the
many liquor and soft drink bottles that
must be carefully removed from other
trash to prevent breaking. Then the 24
truck loads of garbage are dumped in the
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When Thursdjys imve on K of
home gjrnra. Smith ha to brg:n
manicunns the laid for the Saturdav
must pusnt the Nu;
and white Setters h$ch stand out in the
endzones and Jt mid-fidd.
This is done by sprjing and rolling
the btex water paint orto the gra to
which it does no harm. The coloring is
also non-tox ic.
Smith, at his job for escht ears.
pointed out the rapid rate at which the
new Bermuda grass grows. ""If we put the
blue paint down on Thursday, by FnJav
evening you can see the green coming
through." he said.
He said the grass had been a
considerable problem this year, but was
coming along fine now. The entire field
had to be replanted after last year's
Jubilee, which, because of people and
blankets, destroyed the root system.
Smith said.
He pointed out the new gras-s spreads
rapidly and becomes a rugged and strong
carpet-like texture. The grass, which may
be replaced by the new Astro-Turf next
year, "is the best playing surface for this
part of the country' Smith commented.
Last, but certainly not least, comes the
usual white trimmtngs which spectators
are so used to seeing. This trim is
normally applied on Friday since the
slightest rain may ruin its appearance.
Smith takes pride in being able to ay
he has never used the artificial rcen
coloring used by many schools to
enhance their stadium's playing surface.
He said the field should be in very
good shape for next season, and
personally prefers the natural grass to the
artificial turf.
"Coach Dooley has been very helpful
in promoting the growth of our new
grass. He hasn't held practices on it if it
was wet, or when use might hurt it in any
way," Smith said.
As far as those working under him.
Smith has nothing but praise. "This is the
best group of men and workers in the
University set-up," he said. He said when
there was a job to be done, and often at
odd hours, they were all there to do it.
During the week there is no football,
no fans packing into the arena to see a
battle instead, a silent spectacle
belonging to those whose task it is to
convert a mess back into a usable
stadium.
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