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...palm fronds rattle behind the right-field fence. The odors of peanuts, mustard and beer waft over the emerald green grass, and in the inebriating sunshine, laughter and catcalls issue from the bleachers. An eight-year-old boy waves a miniature bat, a bikini-clad college student ogles the first baseman, and a pair of guys in U.A.W. T shirts argue earned-run averages in the shade of an entryway tunnel. At the plate, a nervous hopeful up from the minors squares his batting helmet and prays to the puffy clouds above the orange groves: God, please send the next...
That's not surprising. While watching the Geogetown-Illinois basketball game in a fraternity common room, the camera panned across Black faces on the Georgetown bench. One member yelled out "Twenty years for armed robbery, 25 for murder, 10 for rape..." to raucous laughter from the brothers...
After reading the story, which drew nervous laughter from a fascinated audience, King answered questions about the inspiration for his stories...
...Sonbert said of the fragmentary elements of montage. Instead, a film's aim is to keep a "constant balance" between its scenes so that a marriage scene may be followed by a funeral. The audience may laugh when the image of a child appears on the screen, but the "laughter is a little bit qualified" by a following image of an ambulance or burning car, Sonbert said...
...remembers because he used to be one," Lifford says, followed by laughter from both players...