Word: odyssey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part of the evening, stage center was occupied by a 33-ft. glass prism that drank in the light, threw it back out kaleidoscopically, and seemed to be imitating the mystery-of-the-universe monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. A troupe of ballet dancers suddenly materialized to writhe to Pierre Henry's electronic sound track, which was often so loud that the management had to provide cotton balls for the ears of the audience...
Medical symptoms aside, the child born of an addicted mother may have problems far beyond the physical. "Usually an addicted mother is narcissistic, dependent, hostile and often a lesbian," explains Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber, founder and executive director of the Odyssey House drug rehabilitation agency. "Usually she has no concept of how to be a mother. I've known pregnant addicts who live by prostitution to turn a trick even after the onset of labor pains...
...program to treat the addicted mother as well as the child is conducted at Mabon House, an offshoot of Odyssey House, on Ward's Island in New York City's East River. Here, 23 parents and children (there are currently two fathers in residence) live in a therapeutic, drug-free community. Mothers work in group nurseries and learn about parenthood through weekly discussions. "I used to take a lot out on my daughter Jennifer," says Dianne Carleton, 21, of Fairfield, Conn. "I started taking 'speed' because I wanted to lose weight, and then went to heroin...
Fogarty's weekend is a thwarted odyssey in introspection, a three day jaunt over the scenario of his past. Nothing is resolved but the motions of so doing are executed as rigorously as Fogarty's basic randomness permits. After the requisite one night stand (the lady's a widow, aging and fat; the seduction is crummy lousy and cheap; and the whole situation is regretably funny) Fogarty drops in on his old Brooklyn baunts the baseball diamond, the local church--the confessional--the bar, and to an. He eventually takes his son to Coney Island and makes a mess...
SATURDAY: Film Odyssey. PBS's acclaimed film series returns with 12 repeats from last year, starting with Francois Truffaut's "Jules...