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iff ov>ie review
by shirley stevens
As the title suggests, this film
deals with forces which exert
their influence on the value sys
tem of Joe Tynan. What forces
are they? How do they mold Joe
Tynan?
Well, essentially, two interest
groups are vying for Joe Tynan’s
endorsement. One group can be
characterized as right wing and
the other as left. The issue is to
back or oppose the appointment
of a man called Anderson to a
seat on the Supreme Court. The
right wing interest group wants
him appointed, and the left wing
doesn’t. Since Joe. Tynan is a
liberal, idealistic,democratic
Senator from New York, it seems
academic which group he will
align himself with, and, yes, he
eventually chooses to lead the
opposition against Anderson’s
appointment. However, the un
derlying motives behind his
choice are, shall we say, some
what more practical. There is the
immediate gratification, for ex
ample, of working with the ex
citing and lovely lawyer, played
by Meryl Streep, whose worthy
admiration of Joe Tynan is not
Dialectic of feminism
Women have been care
takers of the ills of others so
long that people really
thought women were selfish
when they first started taking
care of themselves. They had
always been up there fighting
for others’ rights and helping
men to live out their fantasies
and life goals.
While tnis position in life
didn’t entirely wipe out
women as individuals (there
are always those women who
succeed in their endeavors
despite the obstacles people
set in their way), women as a
group, class, organized front,
etc. did not fight for their own
rights. That changed in a
dramatic way during the fight
to abolish slavery. Women
lectured, collected money, hid
slaves, organized, and in gen
eral did whatever was pos
sible to end slavery. They
were rewarded by being
forced to sit “in the back”
(sound familiar?) in the big,
important, male-run abolition
ist meetings. That set the
spark, and the first organized
Women’s Movement began.
This was no namby-pamby
movement by a long shot. The
first national women's rights
convention took place at Sen
eca Falls, N.Y. in 1848.
All this was going on when
most women could not read,
Joe Tynan found lacking
easily dismissed by him. Then
there is the strong scent of
political advancement in the air,
and as one Senator aptly puts it,
“all that matters in Washington
D.C. is getting clout, and then
keeping it.”
The personal price for this
package is guilt, first over op
posing Anderson on an issue
which is inconsequential by Joe
Tynan’s standards,but, which has
been effectively revitalized as
ammunition by those who oppose
Anderson, and second over
what’s happening back home to
his family in West Chester.
They’re getting pretty damn
mad in West Chester and they’re
not taking it anymore. Mrs.
Tynan herself has had analysis
and is weary of enduring the
public’s watchful eye. Daughter
Tynan is now creating conflicts
which exceed even the normally
extreme limits for adolescent
behavior-clandestine
hitchhiking, tattoos imprinted on
the posterior anatomy resulting
in hepatitis, and open hostility
directed squarely at Dad.
For awhile, Dad keeps it all at
arm's length down in Washing
ton. Yet, shortly after his
victory on the Senate floor the
question arises as to whether
had no political legal power
(they could not vote), and
were considered legal minors
if they didn’t marry. You see,
only “daddy” or “hubby” could
help a woman make a legal
decision. Women didn’t even
own their own money.
The fight was long and
humiliating—a few things
were won along with the vote
and the masses thought we
were through.
We were permitted out of
our homes and into the jobs
during the wars. After all,
there were no men to fill
them. Suddenly we were cap
able of all sorts of work that
we previously had not had the
brainpower for. When the
men came marching home, we
were expected to go back to
our homes too. We were sup
posed to forget our freedom
and pride of accomplishment.
The Civil Rights Move
ment began -women were
there organizing, lecturing,
collecting money, marching
and typing the memos. Did we
have any power? Stokely Car
michael told us that the only
good position for a woman
was prone. Women were told
that they shouldn't speak up
in the important male-run civ
il rights meetings. The second
wave of the Women’s Libera
tion Movement was born.
by carol eveschild
Women in this movement
are humiliated. I know. I’ve
marched, phoned, written let
ters and organized. I’ve been
laughed at, threatened and
ignored. More importantly
though, I have grown and
have felt pride in my accom
plishments-
Alice Paul introduced the
ERA in 1923. She died in
1977 waiting for her amend
ment to be passed. I don’t
intend to die waiting for my
rights.
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Joe Tynan will react in turn
on the forces which have
acted on him emerges. The
answer to the question is that
he does. In terms of the plot,
the wife wins out over the
girlfriend, but does the career
win out over the wife - that’s
left for you to decide.
The picture wants to leave
something to your imagina
tion. Be glad. This isn’t a
picture for you if you crave
movies that make you think.
On some other points, the
acting was enjoyable. No mawk
ish stereotypes. Meryl Streep,
was beautiful and full of endear
ing. epigrams. Barbara Harris
gave a refreshing performance as
a sensitive, strong, intelligent
and very human Mrs. Tynan.
Melvyn Douglas brought his
professionalism to bear on the
role of the political dotard. And if
you can believe everything they
depict about those good ole
southern boys, Rip Torn was
humorously convincing as your
basic Dixie Senator. (Boy, they
really like to make those guys
look bad.)
In issues to come, you won’t
see me saying things like “up
roariously funny, a must,” or
“trash, only for the insecure
The following are a few
good samples of feminist
readings:
Women in Sexist Soceity
Vivian Gomick and Barbara
Moran
Sisterhood is Powerful
Robin Morsran.ed.
Gyn/Ecology
Mary Daly
Going Too Far
Robin Morgan
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announces
freshman,” or other presump
tuous urgent characterizations. I
shall try to present one view for
the reader to decide for him/her
self whether or not to pay three
and a half dollars to see some few
hundred feet of filmic represent
ations. So is I do happen to sat
“uproariously funny, a must,”
you’ll know I really think it’s
worth your money.
Frankly, if you’re not in the
chips at this time, I’d wait till one
of the networks exercises its
options on the rights, if you know
what I mean. On the other hand
if your expectations are modest
and you’ve got it to burn, you’ll
find something to like in this
picture.
Apathy (Ltn. STUPOR)
UNCONCERN
INDIFFERENCE,
INSENSIBILITY
Such is the resultant inter
est and response displayed by
the junior body of students.
The cause? Some phobia ap
pears to obliterate any poten
tial motivation for active in
volvement in student
government. A formal intro
ductory paragraph, as
appeared in the last issue of
the C.C. Reader, seems to
have lacked the necessary
stimulus to effect the lifting of
one’s eyes beyond that still
narrow horizon recognized as
campus life. If formality lacks
what is necessary, I must
either respond accordingly,
with an abrasiveness to leave
one seething in either spite or
shame.
Three junior positions are
open on the Student Court.
Time involvement is not a
burden. Any interested junior
contact Keith Yundt in
Church 136, or leave a memo
in the Student Court mailbox
w-110.
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