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...kind of literal dramaturgy that obliterated The Scarlet Letter last season. Unlike the British creators of The Glittering Prizes or I, Claudius, PBS gives its audience little credit for sophistication. In The Sorrows of Gin, the first and worst of the Cheevers, the warring suburban couple (Edward Herrmann and Sigourney Weaver) can hardly be seen for all the shots of gin bottles. Yet Gin is not about alcoholism; like Henry James' What Maisie Knew, it is about a child who unwittingly discovers the self-deceptions of the adults...
...sole aim is to devour each of the crew members. Once this narrative pattern is established, the only suspense involves the question of who will be eaten next. Since the movie's generally good actors (among them Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, Sigourney Weaver) all play equally bland technicians, it is hard to make an emotional investment in the alien's pecking order. Indeed, the film's characters are so lifeless that one begins to wonder whether they might not be parodies of space-age bureaucrats. If so, the satire...
...links in Jordan's present team--they come at 155 and 165, where Butch has been troubled with injuries. Bum knees have forced Roger Wach and Tom Connors into noncombatant roles; the posts will probably be filled by two men chosen from among Charlie Keith, a capable 165er, Andre Sigourney, Neil Hastie, and Dick Edelman. Sigourney is good but not in shape, Hastie and Edelman are sophomores...
...Sigourney, Iowa...
...Jordan's exam, but it too may pose problems. Buddy King started off the season in that department but was replaced temporarily by Dave Shapire in the Columbia tussle. Unless Kind decides to return to the fold, Shapire, a sophomore who didn't wrestle until this fall, or Sigourney will take over...