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Wecinesday
November 1,
2(X)6
Cartoons, innocence are
both gone in society
The View
From My Front Porch
With Larry Peel
larry@ioncinema.com
Coming soon to a
theatre near you... “Texas
Chainsaw Massacre: The
Musical". Scary thing is...
it wouldn't surprise me to
see that tagline someday.
Last week, I attended
a screening here on
campus of the original
1974T0be Hooper classic
“The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre”.
In 1974, the film
opened to widespread
fear and criticism, and
remains controversial
today, as it is banned in
9 countries. The trouble
started for me, I suppose,
when instead of gasps
of shock and screams of
terror at the screening, 1
heard laughter.
That’s right, they
were laughing.
Not that I wasn’t
joining in the melee,
mind you. In comparison
to modern films like Eli
Roth's “Hostel”, TCM
is quite tame and quite
humorous.
I couldn’t help but
wonder, though, how we
as a society moved to
such a state.
When I was growing
up, the Boogeyman still
existed, trick-or-treating
was a community event,
fear of “wait until your
father comes home” was
more frightening than
death and the worst that
could happen in a school
fight was a broken nose.
Modern youth have
real life terrorists lurking
in the shadows instead
of invisible monsters,
the places that still
recognize Halloween at
all (most seem to favor
Fall Festivals) have few
or no trick-or-treaters at
all and kids have to worry
about getting shot in home
room.
Where did we lose
our innocence?
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Opinion
I think it was when
Hanna-Barbera stopped
making cartoons.
Between 1957 and 1985,
the production company
made 293 feature length
cartoon programs for
children.
In the 21 years
hence... 92 programs in
total.
What replaced the
old Saturday standbys? If
Atlanta television is any
indication, the answer is
news programs.
This is the key to
today’s mentality. Parents
want to rest in on Saturday
mornings.
Kids traditionally
have gotten up. fixed a
bow l of cereal and parked
in front of the television
for three hours or so
of Yogi Bear or “The
Partridge Family 2200
A.D.” (Yes, there really
was a show with that
title...).
Now.thechildrenwho
are not lucky enough to
have the Cartoon Network
or Disney Channel are
stuck watching real life
murders, crime reports,
corruptions and political
sex scandals.
I know that some of
you are going to use the
argument that parents
should better monitor the
viewing habits of their
children.
For those people I
say simply this; when you
hold down a full time job, a
full course load at college
and manage to keep up
with the activities of two
active kids all week, then
come and tell me that on
Saturday morning you are
going to feel like getting
up and monitoring the
kids’ viewing when you
can be sleeping a few
extra hours.
Work and school take
up the weekdays, church
on Sunday morning and
Saturday afternoon scouts
and clubs take up enough
time.
Cartoons were
created to save the sanity
of parents in this country.
It is as simple as that.
That’s not to say
that I let my kids run
rampant through all the
channels offered by the
antiquated excuse for
cable television offered
in rural Carroll County,
but the V-chip won’t filter
news programs.
Let’s face it, news
and infomercials are
about all that is on early
Saturday mornings.
Speaking of news,
the next big contributor to
desensitizing American
youth is what Dr. Jack
Hynes calls “The CNN
Effect”.
We as a culture have
become so inundated
with instant and virtually
uncensored access to
news via the main cable
networks and now the
Internet that we have all
but lost the ability to be
shocked.
We are shown so
many live pictures from
Baghdad and Afghanistan
every day, raw footage of
crimes and any number
of questionable websites
online that nothing phases
us any more.
We cannot unlearn
what we have taken in.
we can only hope to curve
the next generations.
But since I figure we
won’t do that either, I
think I should capitalize
on the current trend of
bizarre horror.
I believe 1 will write
a screenplay about an
English professor who
turns into a serial killer.
The professor will
be a mild mannered
1101 instructor by day.
and by night will cut his
victims into tiny little
pieces. I shall call it The
Deconstructionist.
English majors will
get that one.
Pass me the cereal;
1 am going to watch
Boomerang.
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It's time to put on sweaters
By Ellis Smith
Staff Writer
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One of the surest signs
that fall is approaching is
the onset of individuals
on the sidewalk wearing
various shapes and sizes of
sweaters.
The sweater (also
known as a pullover,
cardigan, jumper or jersey)
has been around since
humans stopped running
around in the nude and
began shearing sheep
for their warm Huffy
wool. Thus was born the
comfortable and stylish
fall sweater.
There are various
ways to show off a
handsomely made
sweater, if one is indeed
determined to wear one
with the sufficient gusto
required to pull it off
properly.
There is the popped
collar method, where
one w ears a col lard
shirt, preferably a polo,
underneath the sweater
with the polo collar in
the upwards position,
fully extended above the
sweater collar.
There is also the
sweater-as-a-shirt method,
where nothing is worn
underneath the sweater.
There is also a style
where the sweater-wearer
may wear a collared (either
polo or button down) shirt
with the collar above and
outside the sweater, but
folded down neatly as if it
was merely an extension
of the sweater itself.
This is the preferred
method for the look that
says, “I’m going to pick
up my tennis partner in the
Volvo but it wasn’t cold
enough for me to wear my
tweed jacket."
Any of these styles
may be worn with a
regular-collar variety of
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sweater.
A turtleneck is only
appropriate when used in
conjunction with a simple
t-shirt, or for the truly
chiseled look, nothing at
all underneath.
Wearing a collared
shirt with a turtleneck
will make the preppy feel
somewhat uncomfortable,
and appear to others as a
lumpy mess.
The v-neck, when worn
with no undergarment, can
unfortunately make one look
like a hippie or an artist.
A button-down sweater
should rarely be used, except
in extreme emergencies, or
when traveling to Ireland
to walk the marshes and
castigate the English
occupiers for their gaudy
red dress uniforms.
Sweater-vests, long
looked upon as the mullet
of sweater varieties, have
for years been considered
an abomination to the
sweater family.
Curiously, ever since
Ferris Beuller wore one
in the movie containing
his name in the title, their
visibility and fashion
utility has been steadily
been gaining ground on
other types of sweaters.
A sweater vest has
become acceptable for
certain casual situations,
such as w alking one’s p<x>dle
or reading in the library, but
should not be overused.
It is also a wonderful
idea to wear one when
shopping for other
sweaters, as many
salespeople will feel
sorry for the sweater-vest
prep and will use all their
powers and skills to aid in
the selection of anew and
wonderful sweater.
Zip-down sweaters
have begun appearing,
similar in fashion
hierarchy to a well-loved
Abercrombie hoody.
These zippered
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sweaters are worn during
walks on the beach, comfy
nights by the fireplace, or
any other situation that
calls for a slightly upscale
hoody to be worn.
When a preppy ages
to the point w here he finds
himself in possession of
one or more children,
it is time to adopt the
patterned sweater.
These sweaters are
not designed to look good
or to go with anything in
one’s wardrobe. They are
a way for the preppies of
different generations to
identify the ones who have
entered the exciting world
of parenthood.
Often coming in
assorted, clashing, bright
colors, these sweaters are
usually worn by women,
but can be sometimes be
found on men who were
given them as a guilt-gift.
Sweaters can be
purchased for various pets
and animals in the preppy
household. Tiny cashmere
sweaters can often be seen
on cats or small dogs, as they
mope around the suburban
preppy yard in a state of
being that at first appears to
be abject humiliation, but
is actually somewhat of a
prideful swagger.
These can usually be
found for around the same
price of a normal sweater
at pet stores, especially
online superstores.
They are often on
backorder, especially
with the winter months
approaching, and it is
important to get in the queue
as soon as possible.
Remember to cherish
these few short months of
“sweater weather", as you
will soon be running back
to the closet for heavier
materials with which to
warm yourself, and will
have the relegate your
sweater collection to being
an “inside only” garment.