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...gesture of revolt. He was naive and inarticulate, and not wholly conscious of the implications his acts held for others. But his faith in that single emancipating impulse was beyond his neighbors' compromises: Rabbit became their conscience and scapegoat. To his parents, he was "the worst kind of Brewer bum"; to his in-laws, the destroyer of his wife Janice; to his mistress, something too inspiring...
...year. Cassel is full of dizzying charm and whirling-dervish energy. As always with Cassavetes' films, there are cameo roles so rich they could each make a movie in themselves: Val Avery as a loudmouthed date of Minnie's, Tim Carey as a poetry-spouting bum who disdains the movies ("A lot of lonely people sitting there looking up at a screen-what do I need that for?"). But almost stealing the show from these pros is Newcomer Katherine Cassavetes (the director's mother, and only one of a large number of his friends and relatives...
Soon Alex is menaced on all sides, by the old bum, by his former droogs (now turned policemen), by the husband of the woman he raped. It is what Kubrick calls "an almost magical coincidence of retribution"-so magical, in fact, that it eventually brings Alex back full circle, recovered from the Ludovico Technique and ready to embark on a life of ultra-violence with the blessings of the Minister of the Interior himself...
...rematch with Champion Joe Frazier. Trouble is, Ali and Frazier so outclass the other contenders that in tuning up for their second "fight of the century" (Muhammad meets Germany's Jurgen Blin next month, Joe fights Texan Terry Daniels in January), they seem to be reviving the old bum-of-the-month club...
...Crimson offense received a severe blow Wednesday when G. Mad Dog Bolding reported to the training table with a bum knee. Bolding has averaged approximately one safety per game this fall. His place on the line was filled last night however when the Crimson signed 6'7" 285 1b. Block Buster '71-8 at the fall comp meeting. Buster was an All-American defensive tackle for Jack and Jill and Senior Scholastic...