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5 Sonic the
Hedgehog
developer
9 “Take Me Out to
the Ball Game”
instrument
14 High-resolution
film format
15 Spanish cross
16 Lariat loop
17 Political
nickname for the
Pacific states
19 Up and about
20 Catch in a snare
21 Departs
23 Tiler’s calculation
25 Civil War side:
Abbr.
26 Deep voice
29 Mexican seafood
entrée
35 European peak
36 Delivered from
the womb
38 Trix or Kix
39 Rubber roller
41 Puccini title
soprano whose
name is an
anagram of the
ends of the four
longest puzzle
answers
43 Designer
Schiaparelli
44 Nevertheless
46 Geological
timespans
48 Put a match to
49 Protective
botanical layers
51 Uneven, as a
leaf’s edge
53 Everything
54 “Gone With the
Wind” plantation
56 When the cock
crows
61 Gospel writer
enshrined in a
Venice basilica
65 To no __:
fruitlessly
66 Foppish
neckwear
68 Esther of “Good
Times”
69 Bendable joint
70 Lake on New
York’s western
border
71 140-characters-
or-less message

72 Like much
cheese and wine
73 Scream

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taxes
2 “You said it!”
3 Inane
4 Crowd scene
actors
5 Mouthwash
brand
6 Significant time
7 Speak effusively
8 Early Mexicans
9 At the movies,
perhaps
10 ’90s candidate H.
__ Perot
11 Attend
12 “Yeah, sure”
13 Soft ball maker
18 Chocolate
substitute
22 Waste
receptacle
24 Dr. J hairstyle
26 Motel in a
Hitchcock classic
27 Energetic
28 Shopping frenzy
30 Map in a map
31 “__ you coming?”
32 String quartet
member

33 Fertile desert
spot
34 Pool table slab
37 “Becket” star
Peter
40 Come to a close
42 Price
45 Miss in the game
of Clue
47 Mattress choice
50 49th state
52 Jazz pianist
Lewis
55 Showed curiosity

56 Blowgun
projectile
57 Swear to be true
58 Third-oldest U.S.
university
59 Irascibility
60 Mattress choice
62 Good-sized
backyard
63 Churn up
64 “Power Hits”
series record
label
67 Robert E. __

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Arts
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

LITERATURE COLUMN

Close reading our

candidates’ memoirs

Politics is increasingly a game

of short words. Sound bites, slo-
gans and even candidates’ names
(think of all the posters for Ber-
nie, Hillary and Jeb) have been
jettisoned to
the bare mini-
mum.

But with

the political
agenda abbre-
viated to 140
characters,
the political
memoir still
finds a way
into the hearts
and hands of the American voter.
In fact, for the last 60 years, every
winning presidential candidate
has published a book before run-
ning. These books often serve as
a way for the presidential hopeful
to transition into bonafide can-
didate.

In between the stories of child-

hood and anecdotes about paren-
tal wisdom, there is sometimes
insight into policy views. We owe
it to ourselves and each other to
make an informed decision when
voting, and that means looking
at the information provided by
the candidates. These books are
a way of allowing a candidate
to transcend being an annoying
talking head with views that can
differ drastically from your own.
They remind us that underneath
all the hairspray and suits, there
are people with childhoods and
families and dreams. It’s a way
to find humanity in what can
seem like a mechanical process.
While looking through these
memoirs, I found myself connect-
ing to people with whom I would
never guess I could find common
ground.

One of the more surprisingly

personal memoirs was Marco
Rubio’s “American Dreams:
Restoring Economic Opportu-
nity for Everyone.” Rubio begins
“American Dreams” with a poi-
gnant story of accompanying his
grandfather to the hospital. As his
grandfather slipped into a coma,
a young Rubio promised to make
something of himself. Quickly

moving to present day, Rubio
stresses several times the shared
blame between Republicans and
discusses his plans for initiatives
like increasing access to federal
student loans. He shares his opin-
ions on subjects like same-sex
marriage and the laughability of
liberal arts degrees, subjects on
which we disagree viscerally. But
his political memoir may be a lit-
mus test to help people determine
if Rubio is worth considering.

Judging by the re-release of

the 1997 “Outsider in the White
House,” Bernie Sanders doesn’t
seem to have changed his very lib-
eral views. It’s unusual in a world
where the word “flip-flop” is used
so much, you’d think everyone
in the House of Representa-
tives was wearing inappropriate
sandals. Sander’s key positions
— hatred of the one percent, a
disinterest in campaigning and
the contempt he holds for both
major parties involved have been
the main theme in his life and at
least establishes consistency and
genuine beliefs. “Outsider in the
White House” proves Sanders to
be unafraid to reveal himself in
blunt and straightforward way.

In a very different approach,

Hillary Clinton’s memoir “Hard
Choices” is a fascinating look
at her time as President Barack
Obama’s Secretary of State. She
shares with the reader the expe-
riences she has had on her dip-
lomatic travels and some of the
difficulties she had during her
time in office. The book shows
how Secretary Clinton faced
stressful situations with exper-
tise and allows the reader to see
her intellectual, diplomatic and
professional authority. What we
don’t see is a lot of emotional
exposure. She is reticent to share
her tales and personal stories,
which makes sense consider-
ing her vulnerable position as a
woman running for President.
As with all political memoirs, we
only see what the writers wants
us to.

In contrast, Mike Huckabee’s

recent memoir “God, Guns,
Grits and Gravy” leaves little

to the imagination. (Also, come
on guys. Who taught Huckabee
about alliteration? This one is
on you.) With his startling chap-
ter titles like “Bend over and
take it like a prisoner!” and his
concern that Jay-Z is “crossing
the line from husband to pimp
by exploiting his wife as a sex
object,” Huckabee is difficult to
take seriously.

But receiving first place of

the category I call “Books I Find
Difficult to Take Seriously” has
not even been published. Donald
Trump’s as-yet-untitled memoir
is set to be released on October
27th. “Not since ‘The Art of
the Deal’ have I had so much
fun writing a book,” Trump
announced in the release.
Considering that 62 percent of
Republicans feel that Trump
“tells it like it is and we need that
right now,” Trump continues
to surprise, with both his brash
statements and his high poll
numbers, despite reports that
the Republican Party would not
support a Trump presidency.
His book will be a chance to see
if there are any plans for actual
policy-making in a race where
attention is paid not to the smart
or the prepared, but to the bold.

There are roughly five other

candidates with books out that I
haven’t even mentioned, or quite
honestly, cared to read – Jeb Bush,
Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, Ben Car-
son and Lindsey Graham. With a
supply of political memoirs this
abundant, it would be fantastical
to imagine that there is a demand
that meets it. And there isn’t.
Some of the memoirs are more
financially successful than others,
(for example, Lindsey Graham’s
memoir “My Story” was released
for free online as a PDF), but the
incentive for publishers is greater
than just money. It’s the possibil-
ity of being the publisher of the
memoir of the next President of
the United States of America.

Lerner is annotating “God,

Guns, Grits and Gravy.” To

send her your notes, e-mail

rebler@umich.edu.

REBECCA

LERNER

FILM REVIEW
‘Mississippi Grind’ is
carried by characters

By MADELEINE GAUDIN

For The Daily

“Mississippi
Grind,”
the

newest film from directing duo
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
(“It’s Kind of a
Funny Story”),
follows
two

pathetic
gambling
addicts on an
odyssey across
the
South

in search of
enough money
to
break

even.
Ben

Mendelsohn
(“The
Dark
Night
Rises”)

expertly plays Jerry, a sad real
estate agent with a knack for
losing money. He is easily drawn
in by the fast-talking charms of
Curtis (Ryan Reynolds, “Green
Lantern”), a younger version of
Jerry who appears, at least at
first, to win wherever Jerry loses,
in poker and in life. The two
become a pair soon after Curtis
slides into Jerry’s poker game,
asking, “Did you see that rainbow
yesterday?”

We actually did see that

rainbow. The film opens with
a rainbow stretching over a
pastoral
scene,
romantically

completed with a red tractor
and silo. This is the first and
last tribute to the nature of the
Midwest; scenic shots of the
plains are quickly replaced with
rainy streets and flashing lights
(a different kind of romanticized
America).
But
this
initial

rainbow
remains
important,

“a sign,” as the two men tramp
across the country, betting on
anything with a name alluding to
the color spectrum. Even at his
low point, Jerry seeks out a slot
machine called “Rainbow Road”

in a New Orleans casino. They
carry a “Wizard of Oz” type
mindset that something better
is waiting for them somewhere
over the rainbow.

As Jerry’s Subaru traverses

the Southeast, the audience’s
hope that they will make it to
“somewhere” dwindles, as does
the faith that “somewhere”
exists. According to Curtis, their
big break lies in New Orleans
at a poker table with a $25,000
buy-in. This game is the catalyst
to their trans-American journey.
The film doesn’t take long to
turn into a road trip movie, full
of Americana spirit emphasized
by the bluegrass and folk music
of its soundtrack. As Jerry and
Curtis roll into Nashville, the
crooning voice of Big Bill Boonzy
assures the audience that “this
train is bound for glory.” And we
are forced to ask — is it?

Glory,
it
seems,
is
less

important than just playing
the game. “The journey is a
destination,”
Curtis
claims

with a wink. Maybe that’s
why the two men return to the
table and win big, only to turn
around and lose it all — a cycle
that quickly becomes tiresome.

The repetitive plot might have
been
necessary,
but
strong

performances from the two
leads leave it redundant. Jerry
could easily have been merely
pathetic,
but
Mendelsohn

layers him with enough anger
and sincerity to raise him
to the level of a compelling
deadbeat. And Reynolds, who is
easily written off as a summer
blockbuster actor, shines as
Curtis.
Reynolds’s
inherent

charm couples with mystery to
create a character the audience
can’t exactly pin down.

“Mississippi
Grind”
isn’t

quite plot driven and it isn’t
quite character driven. The film
leans on its dialogue, which
often fails to offer sufficient
support. At times the film
feels like a remake of some
glamorous ’70s casino movie,
relying on the audience having
seen the original to fill in the
gaps. “Mississippi Grind” longs
for a time (or a place over the
rainbow) where two pitiful
gambling addicts can be heroes,
a time that no longer exists and
probably never did. a time that
no longer exists and probably
never did.

B

Mississippi
Grind

Michigan

Theater

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Off to the goat farms!

#NOFILTER
Why ’Ye should run

By MICHAEL FLYNN

Daily Arts Writer

Kanye West is no stranger

to making people scratch their
heads in awe and bewilderment.
At the most recent VMAs, he
continued
this
time-honored

tradition of his by announcing
that he plans to run for President
in 2020.

Some may be apprehensive

about the rapper being elected to
office due to his lack of political
experience.
But
after
some

thought, it becomes increasingly
clear why Kanye is the absolute
right
choice
for
the
2020

Presidency.

1. He’s honest:
Unlike many politicians today,

Kanye has absolutely no problem
speaking his mind whenever he
feels like it. If he can walk onto
the VMA stage and interrupt
Taylor Swift, who’s to say he can’t
demand
that
pharmaceutical

CEOs lower drug prices, or that
police stop using excessive force?
Granted, there’s no guarantee he
will do any of those things, but
there’s no doubt he’s got the balls
to do it.

2. He’s young:
As exciting as Bernie Sanders

is, he’s so old that there’s a huge
possibility that the stress of the
Presidency will give him a fatal
aneurysm the minute he steps
into office. With Kanye, who’s
on track to become the youngest

President since JFK, Americans
can rest assured that any fatal
aneurysms he may suffer during
his tenure as President will not
be caused by age.

3.
He
understands
the

economy:

Some have complained about

the ridiculously steep price of
Kanye’s new fashion line. But
there’s a reason for that: He
knows that it’s worth it. And you
can be damn sure he knows that
America’s worth it too. With
Kanye, no price is too high for
the freedom of the American
people.

4.
He
knows
what’s

important in life:

In a recent interview with

Vanity Fair, Kanye was quoted
saying “I don’t go a day without
shoes.”
That
is
some
good

common sense right there. In an
era of excess and buffoonery from
politicians, we need a leader with
a good head on his shoulders.

5. He’ll bring new things to

the Presidency that are too
good to pass up:

Imagine the possibilities. A

presidential debate in which
he responds to a barb from
an opposing candidate with a
pointed “HAH?” An Auto-Tuned
State of the Union. Free Yeezy
shoes for everyone (apparently.)

6. Without a presidential bid,

there’s really no good excuse
why SWISH isn’t out yet:

Really.

TO VOLUNTEER FOR
THE ‘KANYE WEST FOR
PRESIDENT’ CAMPAIGN

email arts@michigandaily.com

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