June 21, 1980 (vol. 90, iss. 32) • Page Image 5
… Weinberg Military Academy against ;heir desires: Offspring of a profit- motivated black evangelist, an Italian mafia head, an Arab oil baron, and a Michigan mayor of questionable com- petence up for…
… of wind and a huge, dark shadow. His students never have a moment of rest, and he goes to especially great pains to nake sure the Michigan. boy is kept away from a girlfriend. He gets his kicks by…
… of their parents' stereotypical behavior; the black cadet enjoys drugs and apparently has sex with each of his oft-replaced step- mothers, the Arab suffers from klep- tomania and ritually worships cans…
… presentation of the Arab boy. Early in the film, he launches a soccer ball into the air, probably in a rage at Liceman, and it lands on the Major's head. He puts an innocent look on his face and denies any part…
… in the attack. We would forget about this if it weren't paralleled in an unusual, detached in- cident later on. It is the Arab's function to launch a rocket during the singing of the national anthem on…
… characteristics is not developed in any other way. Are Arabs supposed to be irretrievably disposed to war? Should one just laugh the bombings off without thinking, or what? See 'MAD', Page 8 Daily Photo by DAVID…









