The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 17, 1986 - Page 7
Hornback to read Yeats
Hughes' latest film disappoints
By Joseph Kraus
n the turning pages and isolation
of images that takes place in
most English classes, it is easy to
forget that poetry is meant to be
read aloud.
Aware of that frequent oversight
and in celebration of St. Patrick's
Day, English Prof. Bert Hornback
will be reading selections form
William Butler Yeats' poetry this
evening at the University Club.
Hornback, well known around
campus and Michigan for his an-
nual Christmas reading of Charles
Dickens' A Christmas Carol, has
been reading Yeats this time of
year for several seasons. With
some experience as an amateur
actor and a firm grasp on Yeats'
poetry, Hornback is well-qualified
for such a reading.
On Saturday, he gave a similar
performance at the Kerrytown
Concert House where he sprinkled
biographical anecdotes throughout
the reading so that those with no
experience with the poet could
follow his various stages of
development, and those familiar
with him could get fresh insight in-
to the poems.
Yeats is, of course, the obvious
choice for a St. Patrick's Day
reading. He is,perhaps, the
greatest poet Ireland has ever
produced, and he is the most
recent poethto be generally accep-
ted into that highest echelon of
poets writing in English which in-
cludes Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Milton, and the great Romantics.
As a young man, Yeats took the
themes of Gaelic Ireland and spun
them into some of the most
musical verse ever written in
English. As he grew older, he
began to write more philosophical
poems. Yet almost miraculously,
he maintained his distinct sense of
lyricism.
Hornback's reading fleshes out
that vital lyricism in ways that
silent reading can never do. As a
good way of avoiding such perver-
sions of Irish culture as green beer
and images of drunken
leprechauns, come hear Hor-
nback's reading. With the general
commercialization of Irish culture
that inevitably occurs at t his time
of year, Yeats stand out as Ireland
at its finest.
Hornback's reading begins this
evening at 8 p.m. at the University
Club. Admission is free, and there
will be Irish music during the in-
termissions.
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arrange to have a computer print
some _f his lines: "You can love
somebody, but that doesn't mean
they'll love you back."
Regrettably, the social realism in
Pretty in Pink is not nearly as credib-
le as in The Breakfast Club. The
stereotypes are exaggerated to keep
the conflicts obvious; as obvious as
an Amtrak train rumbling through
the middle of the film. The characters
are multi-dimensional enough that we
think we know them, but their
behavior, their speech, their ex-
pressions, are oftentimes too predic-
table, too plastic, (too pink?).
If any character escapes this
plague, it is Duckie, Andie's non-
conformist, brotherly friend. His
secret love for her frequently keeps
the plot from stagnating beneath too
much lipgloss. In fact, I wondered if
any of the major plot occurrences
would have happened at all without
Duckie's open, honest speeches and
prodding. It can be exciting when a
supporting character steals the show.
However, the script or the other ac-
tor's performances must be lacking
when that same character turns out to
be the saving grace, literally saving
our red-headed protagonist's love
relationship at the end of the film.
Pretty in Pink follows the teen film
success formula too perfectly. Hot
teen actors, hot teen director, up to
the minute soundtrack, (with INXS,
The Psychedelic Furs, and more),
and a few new fashions the kids can
imitate at school for a few weeks.
Combine these with a rather shallow
story of teen romance, and you have
the whole package. The only thing;
lacking is purpose. But maybe not.
Maybe, as one character put it, "life
is just a stupid situation", then these
movies are a part of the stupid"
tradition of teen life. I had hoped John
Hughes would argue.
with style
A birthday celebrated
BUSINESS
Test classes grow in popularity
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they're about understanding and ap-
plying knowledge to unusual
situations."
Kathy Amrhein, the Ann Arbor
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Both students and counselors,
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test preparation course.
Naomi Tschoegal, who is the ad-
missions director for the business
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Allan Stillwagon, assistant dean
and admissions officers for the
University's law school, urges
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"I do see a number of people who
think that they might have been bet-
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including a substantial number who
say they were made more anxious,
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Nancy Thomas, a first-year law
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offered by preparation classes is the
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Bob Silagi, a graduate student in
business used both self-study and
preparation classes to study for the
two admissions tests he has taken. "I
didn't get much out of Kaplan," he
said. "Too much time was spent get-
ting to the center and going through
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planations."
Joanna Heirich, an LSA senior
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lives!
Tommy offered the audience more
than a little local history. Introducing
the first of three Thad Jones pieces
that he played that night Flanagan
told us how 'Elusive' was written for
Thad's trumpet and Billy Mitchell's
sax when the cats played at Detroit's
old Bluebird club. Now George Mraz
had reworked the thing for piano and
bass! The trio had no trouble finding
the heart of this strange song with the
quirky stops. The first set closed with
a Joe Henderson composition called
'Recorda Me' which served as a
vehicle for Al Foster's amazing
drumming. Great interplay and hot
Afro-Cuban type rhythms made this
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The second set included the
highlight of an evening of highlights.
It was a lengthy tribute., to my
favorite composer, Thelonious Monk
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Tommy's playing, especially his dance with the squonk. But the Tom,
rhythm. When he applies the full sup- my Flanagan Trio! This kind of sim-
ple strength of his own style to Monk's ple loving interplay and
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grace while sacrificing none of the self! Happy Birthday to Tommy
wit, bite, or poignancy that Monk con- Flanagan! And many more for you
ceived. 'Ruby, My Dear' and 'Round and your fellow players! It surely has
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