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North Dallas Forty
goes behind facades
As a person who doesn't
know the difference between
the Dallas Cowboys and the
Montreal (?) Vikings(??) I
surpised myself by going to
see North Dallas 40. I was
soon given to learn, however,
that North Dallas Forty did
not come to praise football,
but to indict it. In the very
first scene, Elliot (Nick Nolte)
reaches for painkillers, beer
and a joint the way most of us
reach for coffee royale in the
morning. He extracts from his
nostrils two deeply embedded
plugs that were used to keep
the blood from draining in his
sleep. His nose, by the way, is
purely ornamental, since it
has been assaulted so often
that it is no longer instrum
ental in passing oxygen to and
from the body. Well, such is
the price.. .
Elliot hasn't even begun to
pay the price as far as Coach
is concerned: Coach lives by
the rule-excuse me, his play
ers live by the rule: if you
have pain, shoot it (up) and be
ready to play whenever I need
you, and there's just no telling
when that may be. Coach is
the modern "father of foot
ball," the iron-fisted disciplin
arian, with computers that
give him a scientific edge in
the game. Coach will sit in
front of the computer, tap the
keys, read the printout, tap
the keys, read the printout, a
few more taps, a few more
printouts, and aha (!) the
problem is attitude. Elliot's
problem (just as Coach
thought) is his lack of team
attitude. Well, Elliot has his
own, opinions about the com
puter, but he keeps them to
himself. "Whatever you think,
Coach," he replies modestly,
and hopes his new attitude
wins him a chance to play in
the next game.
As I said, the movie ex
presses an attitude toward
some aspects of the game.
One point is obvious-if you
want to play football, be ready
to shed all illusion right off the
bat. Expect some agony of
defeat, some humiliation and
some brutal physical punish
ment. If you're not ready to do
that, there are plenty of
others who are.
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Movie Review
Now it's the final practice
before the championship
game. The star receiver is still
injured, and the seamier side
of professional football comes
to light. Coach is determined
to have his best players in the
game so he tells Elliot to be
ready to play. Actually he has
no intention of starting him,
but he stages the charade in
order to induce his first string
receiver to play despite his
injury. On the day they are
ready to play, the setting in
the locker room is manipulat
ed so that Elliot is receiving
an injection for his knee in
plain view of the first string
receiver. Elliot winces and the
assistant coach whispers into
the black,receiver's ear, "See,
Elliot can do it." This bit of
strategy works, and the re
ceiver reluctantly agrees to
have his leg numbed with a
needle. During the game he
sustains multiple injuries all
much worse than his original
pulled hamstring. Another
toll has been exacted. They
lose. They pay again. By now
one has to feel relief that the
misery is over. The loss of
victory seems minor compar
ed to the pain involved in its
pursuit. The relief is short
lived for Elliot, however, be
cause he has yet another
surpise in store. While he's
been getting tackled on the
field, the owner and the coach
have been in collusion to drop
him from the team. Seems
he's an aging player with a
poor attitude, and expensive
cargo at that. A detective has
been hired to dig up some
dirt, so that Elliot might be
persuaded to leave quietly
withour demanding that his
contract be honored.
Instead, Elliot walks out of
the office and quits football
after a rather tense scene. He
is fed up with the whole
organization after spending
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MHBOG
The Halloween party at
Hunter and angler's was a
great success if you were a
ghost. The lack of people was
very apparent, but those who
were there had a great time.
Everybody showed up, the
mafia, TMI wastes, a pirate
and a Phillie fan, a couple of
clowns, werewolves, a mum
my, a transvestite, a nurd,
and many other gruesome and
strange people.
Winning the best dressed,
or least dressed, was Little
Marty "Goo Goo" Wasser.
Dressed in only diaper and
hat with his nursing beer
bottle, he managed to endear
himself to all. Everybody
wanted to pick him up and
give him hugs.
MHBOG has tried to make
each of their events success
ful and enjoyable. Ask anyone
who has attended; an event
by MHBOG is one to remem
ber.
Don't forget the "after the
bash" bash. Remember your
Sunday bests to wear to our
New Year's Eve party. This
will be a chance to celebrate
with the people with whom
you spend most of the year.
the last season clinging to
straws and hoping for a come
back. He used to have the best
hands in football, after all.
The movie has an impres
sive scene of the players
working on nautilus equip
ment. You see some muscles
ripple, some sweat flow, and
some teeth gnash. Phew!
This was my first Nick
Nolte movie. I had heard only
good things about him. On the
basis of this picture, I agree.
Mac Davis appeared self
conscious as an actor playing
the star quarterback. In all
fairness, my reaction to acting
is purely emotional. I don't
know why I like some actors
and not others.
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Election Results
The following is a list of
the 7 people elected on Nov. 6
as SGA senators.
Mike Benner
Robert Hessenthaler Jr. at Large 18
Tony Lagasse
Harry H. Moyer Engr. 58
Rosanne Rosenberger Math Sci. 35
Sandra Shirk
Gratz Washenik El. Ed. 6
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