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Phoenix’s ‘Jimmy Reardon’ tasteless and sleazy sex comedy
A review of "A Night in the Life of
Jimmy Reardon," starring River
Phoenix and Ann Magnuson. Di
reeled by William Richert. A Twen
tieth Century Fox release. Now
playing at Georgia Square.
By Brendan Goeckel
Ked and Muck KnlrrUinmrnl Writer
Spending “A Night in the Life of
Jimmy Reardon’ is the equivalent
to spending an evening with a cross
between Michael J Fox and the
gang from "Porky's" a healthy,
seemingly clean-cut adolescent with
a perpetual, overactive libido.
It would take the average male a
week to accomplish what the main
character-does in one night of this
film.
Reardon (River Phoenix) is a
just-graduated senior from high
school embarking on the threshold
of adulthood, living a life of care
free, pre-college exuberance
Forced to confront two of life's ugly
words — commitment and responsi
bility — he faces the challenge as
any young adult would — he cheats
Not only does he cheat his best
friend Fred by sleeping with his
steady gilfriend, but he lies to his
own girlfriend so many times his
nose should grow He passes up a
date with her in order to have a one-
night-stand with a divorcee old
enough to be his mother He swin
dles thirty bucks from his sister, en
rages his parents and tops it off by
wrecking the family car
And by the end of this film
Reardon hasn't changed — he’s as
irresponsible and lacking in com
mitment as he ever was
Since Reardon is seemingly
aroused by anyone of the female
persuasion, the audience is unsym
pathetic to the sleazy main char
acter, which takes away from the
desire to endure the film. The movie
is a muddled nightmare, a jumbled
36-hour day with no solution in
sight.
The real letdown in this film is
Phoenix Having risen swiftly to the
top of the young actor heap with
such films as "Stand By Me" and
"The Mosquito Coast,” he stumbles
head over heels here.
The disappointment doesn’t so
much lie in Phoenix’s performance,
but by his choice of film. The role,
despite his effort throughout to es
tablish it, just doesn’t complement
the actor. He doesn’t do the audi
ence, nor himself, justice.
Among the few co-stars worth
mentioning are Ann Magnuson
("Making Mr Right”), the lonely,
yet sexually active divorcee, and
Meredith Salenger ("Journey of
Natty Gann”). Reardon’s confused
girlfriend. Both give fairly believ
able performances, but both charac
ters are so mastered by Reardon’s
poetic sweet talk it's difficult to ap
preciate these actresses.
"Reardon," written and directed
by William Richert ("Winter
Kills"), is based on Richert’s novel
"Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me
Goodbye." Everyone should take
heed to the novel’s title and kiss this
movie and its director goodbye.
River Phoenix offers to set up his best pal
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Mercy land back ivith bang
David Barbe\nd his band Mercyland are back. Last Friday at 40 Watt, the
band played its first public gig since drummer Harry Joiner left and Joel
buttles replaced him. Barrie Greene, co-owner of the 40 Walt said there
were about 300 people at the club throughout the course of the night. “It
was a smashing success." Greene said.
“Eyes on the Prize” details civil rights movement
By Terrance Heath
Krd and Mark Contributing Writer
A review of "Eyes on the Prize:
America's Civil Rights Years
1954-65," written by Juan Wiliams.
A Viking Penguin Inc publication.
124.95
At first glance there are bound
to be moans of "Oh no, not an
other book about the civil rights
movement" when examining Juan
Wiliams’ “Eyes on the Prize:
America’s Civil Rights Years
1954-65."
Such responses ususally come
from those who fail to realize that
not understanding history can be a
sentence to repeat it As Julian
Bond says in his introduction,
"Eyes on the Prize" is one of
many books necessary to under
standing the beginnings of the
civil rights movement and the
system of government that al
lowed people to change their na
tion for the better.
Bond also cites the Constitution
and its strength as a "tool used by
the movement to win justice."
This sets the tone for a chronicle
of the civil rights movements that
looks at what happened not as just
a Black movement but as an
American movement.
The book refers to a period in
American History when the flags
Americans had once carried into
battle were again brandished in
fury and in hope. Not only these
symbols but famous, infamous,
and little-known names and faces
resurface to be placed correctly in
history. Eight chapters give de
tailed accounts of an event impor
tant to the movement from the
case of Brown v. the Board of Ed
ucation to the Montgomery boy
cott, ending with the March from
Montgomery to Selma.
There’s no depiction of any side
as "the good guys” or "the bad
guys;” the events are related as
they occurred. Throughout the
book there are interviews with
people involved and reprinting of
statements issued at the time of
the events, which offer a clearer
outlook on what happened.
The effort is to portray not only
the South but all of America as a
land in transition, in the process of
eradicating a system rooted in the
very beginnings of the nation. The
people of the South created their
society, and the people society
created sought to change it.
In his reports, Williams often re
veals little known maneuverings
of various federal officials and
civil rights leaders, he gives an
honest account of the decisiveness
of a few southern governors, the
indecisiveness of federal officials
and politicking that went on be
hind the scenes. There’s no at
tempt to avoid discussion of the in
fighting that went on among the
civil rights organizations involved,
including the NAACP, SCLC, and
SNCC.
With complete candor, Williams
relates the events that molded the
American civil rights movement
and thrust it into the world spot
light. there's no exaggeration of
the violence and opposition that
met the social change None is
necessary. During the 11 years
Williams examines, an entire na
tion shows itself in a stark light
and is amazed
Perhaps people need to be occa
sionally amazed back into realiza
tion of the darker potential of
human nature. That's the reason
for the occasional resurfacing of
works concerning occurrences
such as the Holocaust or the civil
rights movement; to serve as a re
minder that such things can
happen again, and that the poten
tial for prevention also exists.
M.L.K. Jr. was an important Civil Rights leader
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Physical Education
My first time tutoring was a night
to remember. My student was some
thing called Rone Crusher Reed, a.k.a.
Billy Jo, defensive tackle for the foot
ball team.
I had the shock of my life when
he answered his dorm room door.
He was about six foot seven...in
diameter. And when he shook my
hand, I thought I’d never get it back.
So there i was, face-to-knee with
the big man on campus, wondering
how I was going to relate American
Literature to The Hulk.
But then he pulled out a can of
Orange Cappuccino. I was shocked!
Could it be that this tough jock
liked its delicate taste? And when
Bone Crusher brought out the bone-
china, I was beyond belief.
Reading the expression on my
face, he said,“What can I say? I like it.
The Cate Francais is pretty good,
too.” Well, who’s going to argue, I
thought. As we sipped our Orange
Cappuccino, I discovered that Billy Jo
loves reading novels; his only problem
was poetry So I gave him tips on
reading Emily Dickinson, and he
gave me a copy of Ann Beattie’s
"Falling in Place.”
All I could think was, Dad’s never
going to believe this!
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