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AROUND TOWN
Above: Members of the Athens Adelphi Organization with members of the Pop Group
Xcape who now have the *1 song “Understanding”. Adelphi members visited Tri-
Cities High School on Friday, February 3, 1994 as part of a student exchange pro
gram. The members of Xcape attend Tri-Cities High School for Performing Arts.
Left: Marvin J. Nunnally and Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell at the recent Atlanta
Super Bowl Host Committee Luncheon held at the Fulton County Government Center
on Sunday, January 30th. Photos by Marvin J’s Photography.
What’s Lore Got To Do With It?
“....1 mean in other words, How impor
tant is LOVE? Why bother with love
when love really don’t want to be
bothered with you... What is love, any
way, when love is only a Second Hand
Emotion. When you really think about
it, yeah... who needs a broken heart
when a heart can be broken. What’s love
got to do with it? Love ain’t ail that im
portant... you really don’t need love,
don’t let nobody fool ya, see... you really
don’t need love. ”
When the movie, based on the real-life
story of Tina Turner, “What’s Love Got
To Do With It” made its debut, once
again, as when the titled song came out,
women around the world began trying to
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answer this question. After seeing the
film, some began to take the attitude that
“Yeah... “What’s love got to do with
it?... Love ain’t being bothered with
me.” Well, before taking this AT
TITUDE regarding love, THINK!!! We
need to investigate the reason this state
ment was made and determine the moti
vating forces behind it by analyzing what
happened in the movie.
From the schematic view of the film,
the heroine, at a young age, marries the
man she loves only to later become
bewildered and misguided by him. We
have a woman who is eventually beaten,
used and abused by the person who has,
instead of being her friend and devoted
husband, become more of an enemy. She
becomes a virtual prisoner in her own
home. After disentangling herself from
this violent situation through her new
found religion and sheer strength, the
heroine becomes disenchanted with men;
she feels like a “woman scorned” and as
some of us may know, “Hell hath no
fury like a woman scorned”... (look at
Lorena Bobbit!)
It is sad to say that many women can
identify with this dilemma. Unfortunate
ly it is true. Many women feel “Love
isn’t all that important... it’s just a ’se
cond hand emotion.’” Well, I certainly
hate to “rain on someone’s parade,”
however, if you think that LOVE had
anything to do with the situation describ
ed in THIS film, you are sadly mistaken.
Why? First:
1) . If there is using and abusing in a
relationship, that isn’t love.
2) . If there is cheating and mistreating,
that isn’t love.
3) . If there is battering and beating,
that isn’t love.
4) . If there are black eyes and swollen
lips, twisted arms and broken hips, that
isn’t love.
5) . If there is cussing and fussing, that
isn’t love.
6) . If there is “talking at you” instead
of “talking to you,” that isn’t love.
Of course, there will be many who will
read this article and will continue to
make excuses for their mates behavior.
They will think that none of the things
in this article could POSSIBLY be refer
ring to them... and those will be the ones
who, if they don’t break the “vicious cy
cle” may never know “real” love.
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