The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, October 9, 1991 -Page?7
SHOUT
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of-age movie about boys who save
their souls through rock 'n' roll, or
John Travolta's character, because
the two are synonymous. The story
follows five young men who dig
ditches and play polkas to pass their
time in a hellhole called the Be-
nedict School for Boys. Jesse (James
Walters), coming soon to the cover
of Teenbeat, leads the five by virtue
of smoldering sex appeal, causeless
rebellion and his ability to pick a
mean guitar.
Jack Cabe (Travolta) arrives at
the dusty school building, which is
co-mplemented by a sky streaked
with orange and red; most of this
movie, it seems, takes place at sun-
set, that stage between youth and
adulthood, virginity and sexuality,
Sousa mar-ches and rock music. Cabe
takes the boys under his wing and
wins them slowly over with his ut-
ter coolness. In fact, his incompati-
ebility with this backward town is
marked by his cool lingo. After the
sheriff pulls the plug on the juke-
box for playing "nigger music,"
Cabe says, "Come on man, be cool."
"What kind of a word is cool?"
replies this sheriff of the heat and
dust. "You're not from around here,
are you?"
Cabe is the epitomal stranger.
One of the first shots of the film
frames the city's main street; the
movie theater is playing Shane. Cabe
is a renegade with a heart of gold, a
saviour of lost youth.
As the school's music teacher,
Cabe sees the boys' frustration with
their Fourth of July repertoire and
starts teaching them the blues,
which more adequately expresses
their discontent. They groove and
bloom under his tutelage, but
there's a problem. The powers that
be still think rock 'n' roll is an in-
strument of the devil, and they seem
singularly opposed to the boys hav-
ing any fun whatsoever. Cabe's deep
dark secret (doesn't every stranger
have one?) crops up every so often to
lend the movie some depth.
All of the acting is decent, but
the characters seem drawn with a
cookie cutter instead of a pen. Jesse,
our bad boy hero, falls in love with
school principal Benedict's daugh-
ter, Sara (the inevitably delicious
Heather Graham), but only after
he's made a bet that he'll "nail her,"
which causes a bit of a misunder-
standing later on.
Good girls fall in love with bad
boys, and bad boys lust after Black
blues musicians. One night, the boys
sneak out to the other side of the
tracks, a secret blues bar frequented
by the hip Cabe and Black people.
It's an exotic sexual frenzy for
these white boys, who later get in-
carcerated because they drink a few
beers too many and ring the town
bell. Black people represent sexual-
ity, and the boys are all too happy to
comply. This is followed, of course,
by a sermon that warns against
"this new music, a foul Black mu-
sic," and a preacher who cautions his
worshippers to "just say no to it."
The dialogue is hokey, and we've
seen the plot a thousand times be-
fore. The intended identification be-
tween persecuted white boys and
slaves rings very false. None of the
progressions seem plausible: the
boys all learn how to play kick-ass
blues music in a day, and the entire
town rocks by the end of the movie.
Shout will appeal primarily to
13-year old girls who'll respond to
the sex appeal of the adolescent
boys, but they won't notice that the
story's about the boys and the boys
only. Shout's girls stay locked up in
their prep school, except on Sun-
days, and the movie validates only
the boys' pain and sexual stirrings.
But because boys are all Hollywood
has to offer for coming-of-age al-
legories, junior high girls will have
to continue figuring out their se-
xuality for themselves, stuck in a
whirlpool of virginal expectations
and motorcycle fantasies.
SHOUT is playing at Showcase and
Briarwood.
VIDEOS
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The Governor of Michigan has declared October 6-12, 1991, as Investing in Ability
Week. The purpose of this special observance is to encourage employers, as well
as the general public, to focus on the abilities of individuals who have handicaps.
The University of Michigan will celebrate Investing in Ability Week with a series of
events listed below.
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Annual Meeting of the University's Council for Disability Concerns
The 1991 James Neubacher Award will be presented by President James
Duderstadt at 11:00am.
Time: 10am-Noon Place: Regents Room, Fleming Administration Building
Technology That Really Makes a Difference
The Barrier Free Computer Users Group and the Information Technology Division
will host a vendor display of adaptive computer technology. Large print, voice
input, speech output. braille displays and other applications designed to assist
computer users with disabilities will be on display. For more information, contact
Keith Jablonski at 482-5882 or Jim Knox at 998-7634 or MTS.
Time: 10am - 5pm Place: Computer Showcase, Michigan Union mall level
The Classroom Experience for Students with Disabilities
A panel of speakers: Professors and students from the University will talk about
dealing with a disability in an educational environment and providing accommoda-
tions in the classroom.
Time: 3:00 - 4:30pm Place: Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
Everything You Wanted To Know About A Learning Disability But....
Theo's Gift an episode of The Cosby Show will be followed by a discussion about
learning disabilities facilitated by Dr. Susan Vogel. Professor of Special Education.
Northern Illinois University. Hosted by Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Time: 7:00pm Place: 1520 South University
A sign language interpreter will be present at all events.
All buildings are accessible.
For further information contact:
Affirmative Action Office
6015 Fleming Administration Building, University of Michigan
(313)763-0235 or (313)747-1388 (TDD)
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