PAGE TWO. THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22.-1967 PAETW HEMCIG NDAL__ lS JPT~RF.~ A.' AVA"- A 9 KJ7 K ALJVWAi1Li AV fJQT AOU 1 I poetry and prose *Garg' Huge Financial Success In Spite of Tired Stock Jokes 1. cinema= I I Bonnie and Clyde' Festivty of Crime :0 Across Camp us By DAVID BIRCH I attempted to divide my soul into easily comprehended little boxes : for the Michigan Student Study last year, and I came out finely chopped, but it seems I'm something of a politico-scholar- hippy-intellectual with a little artsy-craftsiness ground in. A jact-of-all-beings and inhabitant of none. It was 4, difficult situation: I was too deaf to hear myself say that I was a lethargic grub and they hadn't invented the jargon Within - an - ice - cream - cone syndrome. But they knew I Wasn't Greek and guessed that I wasn't very funny. Which is perhaps the reason I don't understand much of the new Gargoyle. I couldn't do better myself and don't know many who could sustain the effort for over 30 pages. Yeah, we amuse our- selves quite a bit, but maybe a lot of people wouldn't get it. Humor is rampant over the land; witness the big kick Congress got out of the rat-control bill; but it's real hard making it work in print. Some of the pastiche, where the satire is quickly understood, is good: the name "Sesqui-Bohn," the blurbs of the Sesquicentennial festshrifts., the "Sell popcorn at SGC meetings" cartoon, the sec- ond paragraph of the marijuana article, the ad announcing the Gargoyle mass meeting. Other items are too ambiguous and take too long to decipher to be funny: Are the junkies or the junky watchers (p. 15) supposed to be the satirical object; the William Burrough's quote or the belching antithesis of Amy Van- derbilt? Is Norm the Rabbit supposed to be a poorly done Snoopy, a CNP liberal, or a Negro in a white mask who is being torn apart by a white society?. Sarcasm is difficult to deliver well; satire is difficult to write. It takes a sarcastic mind to ap- preciate sarcasm, and the aud- ience must dislike that which is satirized as much as the satinis; So perhaps the difficulty in Garg is in this lack of shared values between the editors and myself, but it also results from the am- biguity of the writing. Then, there are the freak shows -the grossities that lack the spirit of good four letter words. Freaks really aren't humorous, and gross- ness used only to nauseate is a waste of ink. So why The Daily ad, the anecdote on p. 27 about the woman dressed as a cow, etc.? The tired stock jokes produce only a yawn: Sesqui-Bohn: as fra- ternity leader, campus politico, flunkee in the School of Oral Hygiene; the letter from Skokie; the Erich Walters quote and the accompanying photograph; the interview with the designer of the raw carrots test; and ,he bumper stickers that have been all over for several months. Satire is probably easier to write than to define, and since writing it well is difficult, defin- ing it is close to impossble. But it has to describe real situations, not hordes waiting to get in at the Blue Front that are never there, not ludicrously neurotic psychologists. Examples of good satire I can give you, satire that does a lot more. Like Lenny Bruce's "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People." Putting out a student publica- tion is a full-time job. Being a student is at least a part-time job and doing both causes heartache I know, I know. But explanations of cause are not apologies for the existence of an imperfect object. This issue of Garg was a whop- ping financial success, which over on Maynard Street is a big deal. If a sixth of the' campus wants to read it, good luck! House Votes Federal Aid For Educational Television WASHINGTON (P) - The House voted last night to boost federal support for non-commer- cial radio and television by creat- ing a public broadcasting corpor- ation to subsidize programming and help local stations combine into a network.. The legislation, already approv- ed in slightly different form by the Senate, was passed by a roll- call vote of 265 to 91 after a Re- publican move to eliminate the corporation was defeated 194 to 167. The measure authorizes $9 million to create the corporation and includes $38 million for feder- al construction grants to local educational stations over the next three years. The proposed corporation was characterized by one opponent, Rep. Albert W. Watson,' R-S.C., as a "frankenstein" and "a 'mon- ster," and hailed by backers as an important step in the nation's cultural development. "This could be the most im- portant bill that comes out of the 90th Congress," said Rep. Harley O. Staggers, D-W.Va., chairman of the Commerce Com- mittee. and chief sponsor of the administration proposal. Many speakers attacked the state of programming on commer- cial television networks. "Television has never realized its potential," said Rep. Charles S. Joelson, D-N.J., adding that "our technology has by far out- run our good taste." He described television fare as "pablum, pap, junk, vapid medio- crity" Rep. Richard D. McCarthy, D-N.Y., paraphrasing the "vast wasteland" comment of former Federal Communications Com- mission Chairman Newton W. Minow, said "Television for chil- dren is a mini-wasteland." By ELLEN FRANKI Last July Detroit's Mayor Cav- anaugh spoke of "a carnival at- mosphere" in the rioting city. If it was difficult to understand the nature of the festivities, and what wrongs were being righted, some answer can be found in "Bonnie and Clyde." It is the simplistic "product of our society" answer - the one a Recorder's Court judge might have accepted in arraigning a 19- year-old girl-married, no record. one child. Bonnie and Clyde are mid- Americans of the '30's. Are they criminals because they rob banks and kill cops? Not at all-they simply react to love for adven- ture, the desperate Depression '30's, and the American Heritage of violence. Bonnie and Clyde are heroes. They won't harm anyone but a policeman. They won't rob any-, thing but a bank-the banks of the '30's that were foreclosing Steinbeck-like farmers. At one point the gang joyously pick up the couple whose car they have stolen. Bonnie eases them in say- ing, "It's not like you were the law. You're jes' folks, like us." In matching violence with his own violence, his response to au- thority is not perhaps always jus- tified, but it should be under- standable. Part of his heroism is that he kills only when he has to. The gentle Clyde is very different from the 15 policemen who stoodI Phone 434-0130 Eth nr CA p E R R AD OPEN 7:30 P.M. NOW SHOWING Shown at 8:05 and 12:30 TONY FRANCIOSA RAQUEL WELCH c NEMASCOfl COLOR by DELUXE Also ...I Shown at 10 00 only a o f e COOR BY DE LUXE PLUS-"RIVIERA REVELRIES' COLOR CARTOON Robert J. Niess, professor of French, has been awarded the by as Clyde's brother, blinded by grade of Chevalier in the French blood, gagged and died in the dust. Ordre des Palmes Academiques. 'In the end, Bonnie and Clyde It was conferred by the French are tricked by the father of one government through Prof. Edouard of their partners. The two, stop- Morot-Sir, cultural ambassador to ping to help change a flat tire, the United States and represen- are brutally machine gunned from tative of the French Universities. behind a tree. Death was expect- P ed, so grief is numbed. But there's Prof. Niess has been at the also the thought that "Bonnie and University since 1949. Clyde wouldn't have tricked any- one-or killed them with enough Dr. F. Gaynor Evans of the bullets that their body looked University's department of anat- eaten away." omy and the Highway Safety Re- It is the Robin Hood justifica- search Institute has been invited tion for crime that differentiates to present two papers this week "Bonnie and Clyde" from the to the conference on stress an- many other violent films now be- alysis in bioengineering. The con- ing shown. Unlike "The Dirty ference is sponsored by the Insti- Dozen" or "A Fistful of Dollars," tute of Physics and is being held the film goes beyond a portrayal at University College in London. to an explanation of violence.. Dr. Evans will also consult with Bosley Crowther, film critic of colleagues R. M. Kenedi, head Beyw Yowkthe, flm d crith oof the bioengineering unit at the the New York Times, claimed that University of Stratchclyde in Glas- "Bonnie and Clyde" is neither gow; G. H. Baud at the Institute "wholesome entertainment," nor of Morphology of the University of a realistic portrayal of the earth- Geneva, and Antonio Ascenzi, head ier Bonnie and Clyde who robbed of the Institute of Morbid Anat- and killed in the '30's. Mr. Crow- omy at the University of Pisa. ther overlooks the value of the At Pisa he will present a seminar film; it states that America's cur- on his own research on the rela- rent violence is a near tradition tion between the physical proper- understandable as a retaliation to ties and histological structure of Steel Hauler Strike Sets Off 8 New Shooting Incidents PITTSBURGH, Pa. UP) - Pen- in their car. The men told the nsylvania and Ohio police beefed deputies they were truckers. up patrols yesterday in the wake Arnmco Steel Corp. used con- of eight new shootings and rock voys and armed guards at its tossings triggered by an eight- Middletown, Ohio, plant to move state strike of independent stell out steel. haulers. The strike for more money by Trucking companies hired armed Toe s0rig o ne y h y guards and sent their rigs out in Ithe steel companies choking on convoys. Some truckers packed their inventories. their own weapons. Pennsylvania Turpike police Workers Idea said one trucker cut loose with Republic Steel Corp., the na- a shotgun after men threw rocks tion's third largest steelmaker, at his truck near Somerset. No will have idled 2,500 of its 7,000 charges were filed. workers by the end of the week. Shots Reported Other plants in the eight-state No injuries were reported, but area have slacked off. Affected police said eight trucks were fired are Pennsylvxania, Ohio, Michi- on in Ohio and two others way- gan, Illinois, New York, West laid with rocks on the Pennsy- Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, ivania Turnpike. where the strike started nearly a Turnpike police upped their month ago. patrols 50 per cent in the ambush- The strikers are asking for 79 ridden pre-dawn hours. per cent of the truck hauling fees Five men were arrested in Ohio and pay while waiting to be load- for possession of concealed wea- ed. They now get 73 per cent and pons. Tuscarawas County deputies wait on their own time. said they found three loaded guns, In Chicago, strike leaders met 170 rounds of ammunition, two with Central States Teamster of- fire bombs and a load of bricks ficials. No progress was reported. 1 4 4 4 I economic injustice and authority. bone. 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Ladies Home Journal *Dial NQ 2-6264 1:00-3:10 5 :10-7:15 9:201 UA R:~ F 'E DII 131i OIMIIE Y $ CK VDE A I Tender Humor, A Delicate Subject "FAMILY WAY" A Superb Film Comedy is not the same thing as humor. Comedy is detached from life, commenting on it and making fun of it but essentially make-believe. Humor reflects the human condition as it really is, in its fumbling, bumpling, loveable, painful but laughable moments. Comedy can be critical or kind, but humor, even when it's gentle, has the bite and warm familiar feeling - of truth. That is why "THE FAMILY WAY" is not a comedy even though it's one of the funniest films of the year. THE DETROIT FREE PRESS-August 17, 1967. "THE FAMILY WAY" is the story of newlyweds whose marriage, in the words of one character in the film, "hasn't taken on." When you see this unusual motion picture you will enjoy it to such a degree, that you will want to see it again and again. Also you will want to tell all of your friends and neighbors to see it. Its that kind of screen entertainment. Photo I, Arthur Fitton II v'yw l Bennetd) takes Jennry Piper JI Iit'e MIills) in-*wedlc k, P'hoto 4. the yomuuu us ibancd seeks advice fromui marriagze guidance CO 1S1)1o. I U