Arts
The Michigan Daily
Saturday, July 17, 1982
Page 7
Records
Steel Pulse-'True Democracy'
(Elektra-Asylum)
The cover of Steel Pulse's new album,
True Democracy, is a vision of
Rastafari indoctrination. The group's
leader, David Hinds, reads to the atten-
tive band members from a textbook of
(presumably) rasta religion. And when
they play, this Brimingham, England
group follows the textbook too with
spiritually uplifting results.
On songs like Rally Round Leggo
Beast, Steel Pulse plays crisp, steady
reggae with a taste of rock. Their bass
section, while not original, bangs out a
more interesting beat than the Sly and
Robbie sound of Black Uhuru. But
David Hinds rhythm guitar and tight
compositions are what makes the Steel
Pulse sound spin smoother than any
whirling dervish reggae dancer.
The lyrics follow strict rastafari
principles cutting down drinking and
sexual promiscuity, but the vocals are
just good enough and no more. Still,
don't let the group's seriousness get in
the way of your enjoyment of a great
rock-steady reggae record.
-Scoff Stuckal
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The calm, collected world of preventative medicine is shown off in 'Young Doctors in Love.'
Young doctors prescribe comedy
If you've seen Airplane, you've seen happens during the course of the film,
By Richard Campbell Young Doctors. The two films are but it better not get in the way of the
almost exactly the same, except Air- comedy.
F IRST THERE were made-for-TV plane handled the fast-paced comedy The problem with Young Doctors is
movies, now it looks like we're in better. The problems with Young Doc- that, incredibly, the stupid plotting
for some made-for-movie TV shows. tors, however, make it worth seeing on- almost works. Michael McKean and
ABC, the guys that bring you the ce. Sean Young are interns at City
Wide World of Sports, also wants to give A film that is chock full of sight gags Hospital, a magnificent, muddled
you a wider world of motion pictures. (goldfish swimming in intravenous bot- monument to medicine, and fall in love.
So Garry Marshall, the man who ties), sound gags (Hospital page: "E.T. Alas, she is a warm, rural type while he
brought you "Happy Days," "Laverne . . . phone home"), and pure slapstick is cold and pompous. Can they ever find
and Shirley," and "Mork and Mindy," cannot suffer the intrusion of a plot. happiness together?
gives you Young Doctors in Love. Sure, you can pretend that something See HOSPITAL, Page 10
Entertainment briefs -_ ',
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from Hollywood "1.00 TUESDAY IS DISCONTINUED"
A MIDSUMMER
From the Associated Press NIGHT'S SEX 12:30
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The Pirates of Penzance will be W Y ALLEN 4:15
given a sneak preview on pay television MIA FARROW
concurrent with its national release to 0 JOSE FERRER 93
motion picture theaters next February.
The Premiers, which will be a pay-
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per-view basis viewers are cargea o
the basis of how much they watch, will
be the first time a first-run movie have
been released simultaneously on pay
television.
The movie from Universal is based on
Joseph Papp's hit New York
Shakespeare Festival stage production
of Gilbert and Sullivan's 100-year-old
operetta.
The film stars Kevin Kline, Linda
Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose and
Tony Azito.
" Just when you thought it was safe to
go back into the shower - Universal is
gilming Psycho II, a sequel to Alfred
Hitchcock's 1960 gothic thriller.
Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles, who
starred in the original feature, star in
the new version. Australian filmmaker
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Perkins
... remaking a classic
Richard Franklin is directing from a
screenplay by Tom Holland.