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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is an optimistic movie about flying saucers with a lot of nice special effects. There is no moral dilemma, no alienation, no analysis of post-industrial society, and very little sex. The plot is unoriginal; the acting unspectacular. If you go to see it, go to see what talented Douglas Trumbal, the special effects person, thinks extraterrestrial creatures and their space ships ought to look like. And go for escape. Moviegoers who have always found sci-fi flics somewhat witless will probably feel the same about this one, while those who have traditionally been...
There are a lot of false stereotypes about Brooklyn, the result of decades of Brooklyn jokes and Brooklyn put-downs. People think Brooklyn is just like "Welcome Back Kotter" portrays it on television. Others take the title of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn too seriously and believe a single tree grows somewhere among the wall-to-wall tenements. Hordes of Jewish comedians from Brooklyn have helped perpetuate these stereotypes--everyone from Woody Allen to Mel Brooks to Gabe Kaplan to Alan King is guilty. But the myth that Brooklyn is a teeming mass of poverty, illiteracy, downright stupidity and silly...
Evans feels the coaches have also been instrumental in the freshmen's learning experience. "We're being taught a lot about the special teams, especially penalty killing." Evans, described by Benson as a wing who "always comes out of the corner with the puck," was a first team All-Star pick in the Ontario Hockey Association last year, and a number one draft pick of the Major Junior "A" Hamilton Fin-Cups. He declined the offer in order to play college hockey...
...There are a lot of ethnic neighborhoods in this country; there's nothing wrong with that per se," says Trillo. "In public housing the question is, do you want to give a government subsidy to start a Spanish ghetto (in public housing)--with no bad connotations to the word? Black pressure groups will push for affirmative action in the smaller, more desirable housing projects, but Hispanics are not interested, Trillo says. In fact, the racial integration concept in public housing may be responsible for hostility between blacks and Hispanics...
Most of her teammates agree that Tamar is a "very private person, but a good team player." Captain Katherine Fulton, notes that "she commands a lot of respect because of the adjustments she has had to make...