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Nonetheless, we are more than proud to present in this issue a range of pieces; from the politically profound review of Tony Lukas's new book Common Ground to the apolitically madcap round-up of area movies that Dewitt regularly produces...
Kindly Mother Dewitt, buttering her second English muffin one morning long ago, explained dining etiquette thusly: if you like the food at someone's house, eat only as much as you want, for your smile will drive away any doubts of displeasure. If you dislike the food, eat it all and ask for seconds--even if you do the psychedelic yawn afterwards (mother prefers a different metaphor...
...Dewitt's Sociology course on "Collective Behavior: Riots, Panics, and Speculative Crazes," the professor has assigned a rather unusual example of group dynamics taken to its logical extreme. The premise of Death Race 2000 (Kirkland House)--an cross-country automobile competition with time reductions awarded according to the number of people run down--strikes Dewitt as a reflection of the violence overcoming modern American society, or at least society at Kirkland House Where else but K-Land could you see Sylvester Stallone developing his dramatic technique...
There must be better ways to see the country, and one that immediately comes to mind is the movie assignment, for "Kerouac and the Search for Self," Lost in America (Harvard Square). Dewitt can hardly think of a more delightful tourguide than Airplane's Julie Hagerty whose husband, played by director Albert Brooks, foregoes the yuppie life and takes Julie along for a ride in the Winnebago...
...there is a more delightful tourguide though, it has to be Daphne Zuniga Dewitt doesn't wish to break harsh news too abruptly, but Mother, perhaps you'd better see. The Sure Thing (Sack Copley Place). In real colleges all across the country, real students are enjoying themselves with luscious blondes or fleeing to Southern California. One identifies with Henry V and Jimmy Stewart, but Dewitt is positively drawn to John Cusack as the woebegotten freshman in this charming slice of life instead of running down pedestrians or searching for his identity. Dewitt saw this movie and wanted to hitchhike...