C.C. Reader
The Reel
By Rick Morrison
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"Arthur" is a film which balances
comedy and sadness better than any
movie I have ever seen. Although it is
billed as a comedy, "Arthur" has its
share of teary moments, particularly
when Arthur loses his faithful servant,
father-figure Hobson.
Arthur (Dudley Moore) is a wealthy
playboy who hasn't quite figured out
what he should be doing with his life.
Hobson, his valet of many years, (played
superbly by John Gielgud) is the only
Rock Talk
By Gene McGovern
The Go Go's is an all-girl group
debuting with its "Beauty and the Beat"
LP. It is one of the brighter new groups
to hit the music scene this year. "My
Lips Are Sealed" is a cut off the LP that
is receiving a lot of airplay. The beauty
part of this group is that it isn't another
garbage new wave group like Devo, the
B-52's, or the Plasmatics, who play
trashy, simplistic, imbecilic songs.
The Go Go's has a sound very similar
to Blondie's first four LP's. "Beauty and
the Beat" is a very good album with
many bouncy tunes. About the only
weakness is its lack of diversity. The
lyrical quality and variance in melody do
not match that of Blondie, but the album
does have heavier guitar licks and more
pulsating drum lead-ins than any of the
Blondie albums. With a little more
refinement, the Go Go's could turn out to
be America's newest supergroup.
By the way, does America have any
supergroups yet? They all come from
Britain.
World
person who knows Arthur isn't ready to
grow up yet. Arthur plays with his
expensive toys and with his life. Hobson
works and looks after Arthur's every
need. Arthur takes nothing seriously;
Hobson takes everything seriously.
Without Hobson, Arthur would be no
thing but a drunk, millionaire playboy.
With Hobson, Arthur is a charming,
drunk, millionaire playboy because the
two characters bounce off of each other
and complement each other so well.
Arthur's father forces him to choose
between marrying a girl the family
approves of but who he doesn't love and
The following people are tied in the
album contest: Mike Miller, Mark Ba
shore, John Tillison, Tom Farquhar, Jeff
Witt, Paul Phillips, and Rick Matthews.
Here are three tie-breaker questions.
In case of a further tie, the winner will
be picked out of a hat.
1. Name the three lead guitar players
who played for Mott the Hoople.
2. What do Rick Derringer and Ronnie
Montrose have in common?
3. Name Foghat's 10th album
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Dec. 12—Rick Springfield, Valley Forge
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inheriting $750 million or marrying a girl
that Arthur does love (played by Liza
Minnelli) and losing his claim to the
money. That is the simple premise which
the story of.. the film is based on. But
getting to the point where Arthur finally
chooses his alternative is where the fun
of watching this movie lies.
You may suspect that Dudley Moore
is playing much the same character here
as he did in "10," a wealthy man, drunk
most of the time, who doesn't take life
seriously and goes to any length to meet
the woman of his dreams. However, the
character of Arthur and the character he
portrayed in "10" are quite different.
That is attributable to Moore's treat
ment of this part. The personalities of
these similar characters could have
merged together but Moore never lets
that happen.
Liza Minnelli is adequate as the girl
Arthur loves but I'm certain that her
part could have been played equally well
or better by a host of other actresses.
This is an extremely good film
because of the superb balancing of the
comedy and sadness. The comedy is
generated by Arthur's mischievous,
drunken behavior and Hobson's
straightforward honesty and serious
nature. The sadness is generated by
Hobson's death and Arthur's touching
reaction to it.
The only disappointment of the film
was the engagement party held for
Arthur and his fiancee Susan at her
family's mansion in Southhampton. That
scene could have been developed more
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comically. The possibilities for char
acterizing the wealthy socialites of
Southhampton and juxtaposing them
with the character of Arthur were
limitless. But the director failed to give
that scene enough attention.
"Arthur" is one of those films which
doesn't force the viewer to make any
heavy or heady moral decisions. It
doesn't ask you to sit through two hours
of soap opera love scenes, it doesn't give
you any overt violence. "Arthur" is
purely a light, entertaining film in which
you can laugh at somebody else's predic
ament and enjoy thoroughly.
For those of you who don't make it to
dollar night every Tuesday, here is a
brief listing of some of the films coming
to Harrisburg Area Community College
in its weekly series of free films. All
films are shown on Friday nights in the
Lehrman Arts Center on the H.A.C.C.
campus. Admission is free, and open to
the public.
On December 4, the French film
"Cousin Cousine" and on December 11
Lee Remick appears in "The Europ
eans," a 1979 British film. This is the last
film of 1981.
Looking ahead to January through
May of 1982 some of the highlights of the
series will be: A Lumiere Premier
Program on Jan. 22; Charlie Chaplin's
"The Tramp" on Jan. 29; "The Phantom
of the Opera" on Feb. 5; Mel Brook's
"The Producers" on April 23; and Char
lie Chaplin's classic "The Immigrant" on
April 30.
per month
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