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Fresh targets hit as US. continues bombardment

By NEIL MacFAROUl-IAR
Associated Press

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia
From the Kuwait coast to central
Iraq, US. and allied pilots pounded
away at fresh targets yesterday, un-
impeded by the international furor
over the Baghdad bunker tragedy.

Kentucky
black history

will be focus
of UK speech

By LYNNE CARMODY
Contributing Writer

After the Civil War, 225,000
black slaves in Kentucky were
freed, but they didn’t know how to
be free —— and many whites didn't
want them to be free, said Marion
B. Lucas, history professor at West-
ern Kentucky University.

“Bewildering confusion gripped
freedmen's lives at the war’s end,"
Lucas said. “Though technically
free, they were, in reality, relegated
to second-class citizenship —— with-
out fundamental legal protections
— in a segregated society."

Lucas, author of Kentucky Blacks.
1751 to 1891, to be published this
spring, will present a lecture at UK
tonight called “Kentucky Blacks:
The Transition from Slavery to
Freedom.”

The lecture, which is free and
open to the public, will be held in
110 Whitehall Classroom Building
at 8 pm.

Lucas said he will emphasize the
legal and social problems that faced
the freedmen and how they strug-
gled to survive the immediate post-
Civil War years.

“Poverty-stricken, the object of
widespread violence, and without
basic, state-supported social pro-
grams, many blacks survived only
through the aid of the Freedmen’s
Bureau,” Lucas said.

They also, as in the days of slav-
ery, turned to their churches for
help, he said.

Their religious organizations
helped provide unity and support
for a broad movement of reform,
which black leaders hoped would
culminate in their acceptance and
equality among whites, he said.

Although legally free, blacks
faced a struggle for equality before
the Kentucky courts, Lucas said. In
his presentation, he will discuss the
“legal personality of the freedman“
and how legislation affected the
transition from slavery to freedom.

Lexington Philharmonic
Orchestra, Michael Kra-
jewski, guest conductor,
and Donna Roll, soprano
at 8 pm, Concert Hall,
Singletary Center for the
Arts; tickets are $14-$23;
For more information,
call 233—4226

Cats to play
Ole Miss.

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Classifieds ........................ 9

The US. command, in response
to the death of hundreds of civilians
in Wednesday‘s Baghdad bombing,
said it was looking for new ways to
limit such casualties — possibly in-
cluding advance announcements of
its targets.

The air war, buildup to an armor-
and-infantry push into Kuwait, ap-

peared to have made major
progress. The command said one-
third of Iraq’s tanks and artillery in
the battle zone have now been de-
stroyed.

Strategists are believed shooting
for 50-percent destruction before or-
dering the ground assault. The com-
mander of British forces in the Per-

sian Gulf, Lt. Gen. Sir Peter de la
Billiere, told reporters yesterday
there are already “proposed dates"
for the offensive.

A fourth U.S. aircraft carrier, the
USS America, has moved into the
Persian Gulf, joining the Ranger,
the Midway and the Theodore
Roosevelt, a Pentagon source con-

firmed yesterday. The America had
been in the Red Sea. Planes from
the warships are expected to fly cov-
er over allied troops in a ground as—
sault.

In the Desert Storm air campaign,
two crewmen of a US. Air Force
EF- 1 II were killed when their plane
went down in northern Saudi Ara-

bia, apparently after being damaged
in combat, and a British Tornado
bomber was lost while attacking Ira-
qi airfields. Its two crewan were
listed as missing.

In Baghdad, the day-after scenes
were etched in sadness and hate.

See GULF, Page 8

 

 

‘THE BOYS OF SPRING’

The UK Bat Cats — one out from the College World Series in 1988 — hope to begin the countdown tor a Southeastern Conference baseball championsnip in 1991 atter
finishing with a 27-29 overall record and 8-18 mark in the SEC last year. UK plays non-conference toe Armstrong State in Savannah. (3a., tomorrow.

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Mason’s reading of ‘Tobrah’ draws 150

By KIP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Writer

Kentucky author Bobbie Ann Ma-
son’s new story, “Tobrah”, was en-
thusiastically received last night by
a crowd of about 150 at the White-
hall Classroom Building.

“I thought it was really good,”
said Leisa Pichard, an English
teaching assistant. “She created a
vivid picture."

The story told of a 44-year-old
woman, Jackie, who learns after her
father‘s funeral she has been given
custody of her father‘s previously
unknown 5-year-old daughter, To-
brah.

The child‘s mother had died a
few years before. Jackie had never
had children and both of her tour
riages had ended in divorce.

“I thought it was delightful" said
David Schlesser, an English sopho~

more. “Because here was a charac-
ter about my age who has this par—
enthood thrust on her. And because
of it she makes observations other
parents grew into or evolve into."
Mason, a 1962 UK graduate and
native of Maytield, said the inspira-
tion for the central character of this
story, the precocious Tobrah, came
from a girl who bounded all ovcr
the plane on a flight to Alaska.
“That started me thinking about a

Not just a ‘weathergirl,’
Wylie scaled TV ranks

By CAROLINE SHIVELY
Staff Writer

In her years in front of and be-
hind the camera, WLEX-TV’s Sue
Wylie has overcome obstacles to go
from “weathergirl” to producer and
anchorwoman.

This transition was outlined in
Wylie’s speech, “Life Through the
Lens," part of the First Amendment
Speaker series of UK's College of
Communications.

Wylie began her career as a
“weathergirl” at an NBC station in
Miami in the I960s, which was one
of the few positions open to women
in broadcasting at that time.

Speaking on the issue of the treat-
tnent of women in broadcast news,
Wylie said, “It was always weather-
girls. never weatherwomen,"

The only jobs in broadcasting
open to women at that time were
hosting children's shows, doing
commercials and television shows.

“If you wanted to be in TV, you
had to be on TV,“ she said. “You
had to be a performer."

At a Miami station where Wylie
worked, “there were 40 people in
the newsroom and only one worn-
an," she said. “And she was the sec-
retary." Wylie, who started there
doing daily features, became the
second woman in that newsroom.

Her first stories were on “wom-
en‘s topics" such as “makeup, how
to arrange flowers and budget
casseroles — things women were
supposed to really care about."

Out of these “women‘s stories"
came other topics: teenage deaths,
violence with youngsters and aban-
doned babies.

“Anything morbid or maudlin,
they said, 'Sue. you do that,‘ " she
recalled.

Those stories led to more sub-
stantial news, and “they had a wom-

an reporter and anchor on their
hands before they knew it," Wylie
said.

She then became the first female
TV news anchor III Florida.

From Miami, Wylie moved to
WLEX-TV in Lexington.

Here, she became the first wom-
an to anchor “hard news" in the
Lexington TV market III 1968.

She is now the assistant news di-
rector of public attairs and commu-
nity resources at WLEX-TV.

She also produces and moderates
“Your Government." a weekly for—
um on current events and issues.

“‘Your Government is a phe-
nomenon only because a woman
began it and a woman produces it
and moderates it," she said. “It is
not an unusual format besides
being run by a woman and 20 years
ago a woman started it.“

woman who didn't have a child,"
Mason said after the reading. “I
couldn‘t say charactcrs are inspired
from one thing. Ihey comc front in»
stances or from groups of details.
They don't cxtst full blown in my
mind. That's one of my motivations
for writing."

I‘im Dunn, an I;ngiish graduatc
student, appreciated \Iason's cyc
tor tICL'lII and thc mvcstmcnt in the
characters.

“I‘m impresscd with the wrung
itself," said (iurncy Norman. a UK
English prttICssnr. “tt~ the story)
compassionatt' lII\I deals \\III’I hu-
man rclationstups. it‘s .it once quite
contcmrmrary. "III it's rcaIIy a
timeless story.

Mason‘s
sponsored It) IIIL‘ \ unit

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See MASON. Page 8

 

Staff and wire reports

The war and recession aren‘t
clouding spring break plans for
legions of collegians now setting
off for the beaches of thc Carib
bcan, Florida. Texas, California
and Mexico.

Students aren‘t unmindful ot
the grim times. But recent travel
discounts are making exotic va»
cations affordable. For $400 to
8600, they can take a four-day
cruise or spend a week in Mexr
co or Florida.

Now through March, about 40
percent of college students will
travel on their breaks about
the same as in the last two years
w predicts Stuart Himmclfarb of
the market research firm Colleg-
eTrack.

It‘s hard to tell how many stu—
dents on the UK campus will
leave Lexington for Spring
Break, which ts Mar. lI-IS at

 

Recession not clouding
students’ spring break

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number who signed up suctcsstul
because she bCIlC\CS many stu-
tlcnts decided not to tnncl bc-
tause ol the war in thc gull

‘ It’s not rcally thc ti‘ccssiott,"
she said. I.\ lot oi pcoplc cati-
cclltxl ‘bccausc patents didn't
want thcir chiItItcn flying out of
the country

That scntimcnt is echoed at
many other toIIcgcs in thc coun-
try.

Ohio State sophomore Danielle
Shtnabcrry, who has fricnds III
the gulf. is packing for South Pa-
dre Island. Texas “They

See SPRING, Page 8

 

 

INSIDE: JULIE HARRIS SHINES'IN ‘LUCIFER’S CHILD’

 

 2 - Kenttieky Kernel, Friday, February 15. 1901

Persian Gulf War is a result of failed US. policy

 

By Alan Creech

s the Allied forces continue
Ato bomb Iraq, almost every-

one in the United States
agrees that Saddam Hussein has lit-
tle interest in humanity. Many must
wonder if the United States has
done enough in the past to prevent
the Iraqi leader from taking advan-
tage of his military might.

The United States has supported
the military build-up of Iraq for
much of the past decade. Following
the Arab logic of “the enemy of my
enemy is my friend,” the United
States saw regional support of Iraq
against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war
as an effective way to keep Iran‘s
mind off the “great Satan.”

Unfortunately, the Reagan and
Bush administrations’ zeal to sup-
pon Iraq in the war with Iran may
have led to the war in the Persian
Gulf.

Let us examine some of their ef-
forts to support Saddam — despite
Saddam’s blatant lack of concern
for humanity:

~When Iraq used poison gas
against the Kurdish minority, Con-
gressional efforts to impose sanc~
tions in 1988 were met with much

 

resistance and lobbying efforts from
the Reagan administration. The ad-
ministration continued to extend
$500 million in credit guarantees to
Iraq to buy us. food products.

oWhen Iraq used chemical weap-
ons against the Iranians, the Reagan
administration did not object to that
incident either.

~At a chemical weapons confer-
ence in Paris in 1989, Bush's people
lobbied against efforts to name Iraq
as a violator for the use of chemical
weapons.

-Bush continued to follow in Rea-
gan's footsteps. When Congress fi-
nally imposed sanctions against Iraq
but allowed a presidential waiver,
he waived the sanctions.

-A few days before the invasion
of Kuwait, Bush administration offi-
cials were opposing even tougher
sanctions against Iraq.

Of course, there are many other
questions as to why the Bush ad-
ministration did the things they did
before the invasion of Kuwait.

In April 1990, the Assistant Sec-
retary of State for the Middle East
John Kelly testified before Con-
gress that the United States had no
commitment to defend Kuwait.

In mid-August, the Iraqis gave
the Washington Post minutes of the

 

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CASSETTE

 

Next time before the United States-knowingly
supports dictators like Saddam and the countless
others like him that we may support now, we must
follow a consistent policy of worldwide regard for

human rights.

meeting between the US. Ambassa-
dor to Iraq April Glaspie and Sad-
dam on July 25.

The minutes state that US. Secre-
tary of State James A. Baker III in-
structed her to emphasize to Sad-
dam that the United States has “no
opinion” on Iraqi—Kuwaiti border
disputes.

This was done even as Iraqi
troops massed on the Kuwait borv
der.

As the troops massed along the
border, Central Intelligence Agency
analyst Charles Allen walked into
the offices of the National Security
Council's Middle East staff and
warned of Iraq's likely invasion on
Aug. I.

A witness said the President’s
Daily Brief, 3 CIA intelligence re-
port given six mornings a week to
Bush and a handful of other high of-
ficials, accurawa described Iraq’s
preparations.

Open Up

Why didn’t President Bush act to
defend Kuwait earlier? Could the
Bush administration have acted
sooner to prevent the invasion of
Kuwait by Iraq?

These and many other questions
may remain unanswered, particular-
ly now that the war has started.

Next time before the United
States knowingly supports dictators
like Saddam and the countless oth-
ers like him that we may support
now, we must follow a consistent
policy of worldwide regard for hu-
man rights.

From the jungles of Central
America to the deserts of Africa. the
Middle East and Asia, America
must never again let its young men
and women be the victims of failed
presidential foreign policies.

Alan Creech is a political science
senior and president of Socially
Concerned Students.

 

 

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Black History Month celebrates diversity, not segregation

 

By Lisa Brown

 

C.A. Duane Bonifer’s Feb. 5 col-
umn, “Universities should not foster
segregation,” is one of the many
reasons that ignorance concerning
African-Americans and our culture/
heritage is rampant on UK’s catn-
pus.

There are so many flaws in Boni-
fer’s thought pattern. First, he
claimed that the celebration of Afri-
can-American History Month
“comes at the price of segregation
on the campus." I have yet to see
any signs framing the doors of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural
Center that proclaim that its pro—
grams are for “coloreds” only.

Bonifer, and those who cater to
his way of thinking, should utilize
the resources of the King Cultural
Center so that they may gain an un-
derstanding of the contributions that
African-Americans have made to

their country.

Second, Bonifer quotes author Al-
lan Bloom (which is proof that Bo-
nifer is not alone in his drinking)
who believes that for the African-
American student, “going to the
university is a different experi-
ence from that of other students,
and the products of the education is
also different.”

Based on my experience at UK, I
would agree that it was different
from any other group’s experience.
What other group of students can
say that a member of the Board of
Trustees used an offensive racial
term to describe a race of people? I
don’t believe that A.B. “Happy”
Chandler was referring to the CA.
Duane Bonifers of the world when
he made the now infamous state-
ment.

Third, Bonifer and Bloom have a
misunderstanding of affirmative ac-
tion. Affirmative action allows ac-
tion to a system that denied Rosa

 

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Parks a seat on the bus, robbed
King and Medger Evers of their
lives and barred Lyman Johnson
from attending UK. It does not
guarantee anything but opportunity.

In, closing, I would like to agree
with Bloom, who states “that the av-
erage black student’s achievements
do not equal those of the average
white student..." My achievements
have surpassed the “average white
student."

While I attended UK, I received a
bachelor’s degree; completed a fel-
lowship with a national organiza
tion; wrote articles for numerous
publications; interviewed celebri-
ties, scholars, authors and foreign
dignitaries; founded an award-
winning organization; made the
Dean’s List; and won a national
scholarship. And I did these things
in four years.

Duane, if you visit the Cultural
Center and take the time to become
acquainted with our history, you

 

Ihave yet to see any
signs framing the doors
of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Cultural Center
that proclaim that its
programs are for

“coloreds” only.
—
will discover people such as W.E.B.
DuBois, Mary McLeod Bethune,
Chester Grundy and Frank Walker
~— people who along with God
made it possible for me to achieve
what I have.

And you will discover African-
American students who are building
on our rich culture and creating
more opportunities. I am not the ex-
ception to my race; I am the product
of a nurturing heritage.

Lisa Brown is a journalism grad-
uate student.

Keep an eye on Mother Teresa

Regarding the recent articles on
the unrestricted checking account
available to SGA presidents, I
found the comment made by Sena-
tor Jill Lowry, printed twice by the
Kernel, interesting and ironic.

She stated, “It could have needed
some controls.”

I assume she was referring to the
trustworthiness of a person of Moth—
er Teresa‘s stature, but heavens, if I

really wanted to keep a tight reign
on some purse strings, Mother Tere—
sa would be the last person I would
turn the account over to.

The woman would give all the
money away to the poor and home-
less and then where would be be?

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-Austin City Saloon, 2350
Woodhill Shopping Center, John
Michael Montgomery and the
Young Country Band tonight
and Saturday night. Cover is $2.
266-6891.

-Breedings, 509 N. Main,
Bad Guys downstairs tonight
and Saturday night Cover is $3.
Larry Redmon upstairs tonight
and Saturday night. No cover.
255-2822.

~Coconuts, 225 Southland
Drive, DJ. tonight and Saturday
night. Cover is $2. 278-5494.

-Comedy On Broadway, 144
N. Broadway, Bill Bauer tonight
and Saturday night. Cover is $6
tonight (showtimes 8 and 10:30
pm.) and 87 Saturday night
(showtimes 7, 9:15 and 11:30
pm). 254-5653.

-Goshin’s Tavern, 803 Alex-
andria Dr., Gardenside Shopping
Center, Heritage tonight and Sat-
urday night. No cover. 278-
8229.

-JD’s, 815 Euclid Ave., DJ.
tonight and Saturday. Cover is
$4 (under 21) and S3 (21 and
over); $3 (21 and over) Saturday
night. 268-0001.

-Lynagh’s Emporium, Univ
versity Plaza at the comer of Eu-
clid and Woodland avenues,
Metropolitan Blues All-Stars to-
night and Saturday night. Cover
is $3. 255-6614.

-Two Keys Tavern, 333 S.
Limestone St, Thumper and the
Plaid Rabbits tonight and Satur-
day night. Cover is $3. 254-
5000.

-Wrocklage, 361 W. Short
St, Killing Joke, Godzilla and
the Spin tonight. No advance
tickets; doors open at 9 pm. The
Ruins and the Pigs Saturday
night. Cover is $3. 231—7655.

-Z Pub, 154 Patchen Drive,
the Sensations tonight and Satur-
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By JULIA L LAWSON
Stall Critic

Joseph Ruben‘s “Sleeping With
The Enemy“ will more than likely
become another smash hit for its
star, Julia Roberts.

Working her way up from “Mys-
tic Pizza" to her Oscar-nominated
performance in "Steel Magnolias,"
Roberts can now be considered a
big box-office draw.

“Sleeping With the Enemy“ stars
Roberts as Laura Bumey, a woman
who doesn't know the meaning of a
true relationship.

Her husband, Martin (Patrick Ber-
gin). is the successful businessman
who mistakenly believes that his
life is perfect —— and includes the
privilege of beating his wife when
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By JEFFREY R. MURPHY
Assistant Arts Editor

Returning for her third appear-
ance in Lexington (following The
Belle of Amherst and Driving Miss
Daisy), Julie Harris stars in the one-
woman play Lucifer's Child.

Ham's, who has won five Tony
Awards (the most ever won by a
performer), is among the few stars
who are willing to commit to long
tours. Now, in the fifth decade of
her career, she probably is best
known for her seven-year stint as
Lilimae Clements on CBS’s long-
running television series “Knots
Landing.”

In Lucifer's Child, written by
William Luce, Harris portrays Dan-
ish writer Isak Dinesen, upon
whose works the play is based.
Dinesen's earlier years were
brought to life in the 1984 film
“Out of Africa," based on Dine-
sen’s book of the same title.

Lucifer‘s Child, a pre-Broadway
production, begins with Dinesen as
an aging writer three years prior to
her death. We see her passion for
the period in her life when her love
for her men, Africa and life itself
exceeded everything else.

She talks mostly of her relation-
ship with Denys Finch Hatton, a
British adventurer afraid to give her
any long-term commitment. Dine-
sen met Finch Hatton while she was
married to Baron Bror von Blixen‘

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Finecke, from whom she contracted
syphilis, because of his many extra-
marital affairs. Dinesen’s marriage
ended in divorce, but she remained
in Kenya in hopes of improving her
coffee plantation and to continue
her relationship with Finch Hatton,
claiming that time with him was
“the only time she was alive."

However, her beloved Finch Hat-
ton was killed in a plane crash,
leaving her without any money or
future in Africa. She then returned
to Denmark and began work on sev-
eral books. Continuing to live her
life with the repercussions from her
disease and her longing for Africa
and Denys, she took refuge in tell-
ing her stories to anyone who
would listen.

Harris gives an astounding per-
formance in this twohour produc—
tion, continuously carrying the text
with brilliant emotion and intellect.
Her brightest moments are when
she talks of her love for Finch Hat-
ton and uses simple anecdotes to rc-
latc her stories with the audience.

However, there are a few times
when Dinesen‘s rambling grows
tiresome. Even though Harris never
strays from the character for even a
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Actor’s ‘Woman in Mind” emotional dark comedy

By MELISSA KINSEY
Staff Critic

If you enjoy dark comedy, don‘t
miss Actor‘s Guild of Lexington‘s
production of Woman In Mind at
ArtsPlace. But be prepared — Brit-
ish playwright Alan Ayckboum
creates a tale that evokes a wide
realm of emotions.

Each member of the cast per—
forms in such a way that the diffi-
cult roles take on life with ease.

The focus of the story is Susan
(Tambra Lamb), a hallucinating
housewife, who finds an escape
from her dysfunctional family fol-
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REVIEW

plays Susan with such candor that
the transitions between fantasy and
reality are delightfully believable.
Lamb convincingly takes her char-
acter through scenes of passion, an-
ger and fear as experienced in the
context of mental illness.

Walter May as the doctor and
Leslie Beatty as Susan’s sister-in-
law both give scene-stealing perfor-
mances. Although their characters
exist in Susan's “real world,“ they

create images of chaos that bring sccnesarc greatly enhanced with cf»
laughter into otherwise traumatic t'cctive lighting and sound tech-
situations. Beatty continues to dem‘ inques as created by David Tillman
onstrate amazing versatility as an and Tim Campbell. The costumes.
actress in her Actor's Guild perfor- especially in the tinal scene. are
mances. dramatic and add to the eloquence
Haven Miller, Fred Foster and 01‘th show.
Lisa Thomas develop the characters Woman In Mind is a captivating
of Susan's imaginary husband, play, brought to life by a talented
brother and daughter, while Paul CilSlillr‘erSPlcit‘t‘
Thomas and Steve Hudson round
out the cast as the real husband and ' H'ttmlm In Him!” Will W 1'”
son. The cast blends together well formed N p m mlriv. \lt’ltl'lV .mu'
tocrcatc this complicated and tragic l’i'h Sl-J i, in i-lrl.\‘/)l.1.(‘ M/ ‘.
atmosphere. .ilill .\t [tr/cert (lrl‘ Sllz mr Jilill."
Director Vic Chaney successfully illltl So for .xtiulenir and tenor . 1::-
brings Ayckboum's mind~boggling :t‘m ('m'l 333-”ho." W rww'mt
story to lift‘. The set is minimal and {WM

 

By P.M. JEFFRIES
Senior Staff Writer

England‘s Killing Joke may not
be the same band member wise as
the one that broke new ground in
the early 1980s, but the sound has
never been more reminiscent. The
version of the group that plays to-
night at the Wrocklage features
three of the original members plus
former Public Image Ltd. drum-
mer Martin Atkins. As guitarist
Geordie notes, “Prepare to grit
your teeth." Indeed.

Killing Joke‘s reputation for pri-
mal, cathartic dance music still re-
sounds loudly through dozens of

 

Killing Joke, Pigs this weekend

“industrial" bands like Ministry,
Consolidated and Dessau, whom
they inspired. Records like the
1980 self-titled debut. Killing
Jake, and What's This For”, exact-
ed a muscular, militaristic style of
dance music before a plethora of
synth-bands ever touched the gen-
re.

Later, the band took on a more
subdued and accesSible tone, add-
ing synthesirers. They scored a
college rock smash with “Eight-
ies" but generally adhered to a
more compromising aesthetic.
sound-wise. Unfortunately, the

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TWENTIEYH CENTURY FOX

Patrick Bergin and Julia Roberts star in the thriller “Sleeping With the

Enemy."

aligned. What more could he ask
for?

When Laura finally gets the nerve
to leave this miserable existence.
she cuts her hair, grabs her pre-
packed bag and takes his money.

She goes to Cedar Falls. Iowa.
which seems like it could have been
the set of “Mayberry R.F.D.,“ to
start her new life. She meets a real
man — very rare these days — and
they hit it off great. The End.

Not quite. The movie has been on
the screen for about 40 minutes.
From this point on, this is where the
term thriller fits in.

Needless to say, Martin is sick
and twisted, so he‘s not going to let
Laura get away with leaving him
until he gets that final beating out of
his system. Laura knows this and is
looking over her shoulder every

See SLEEPING, Back page

Fascinated with monsters

Hopkins). Starling, howcvcr. .us‘»
MOVIE pccts that Crawford wants her to get
Lectcr's opinion about a serial killer
REVIEW dubbed “Buffalo Bill" (Ted Le-
VlflC).
By D.R. WILLIAMS Those ulterior mouvcs are the
Senior Staff lec spark that starts a series 01 verbals
duels between Starling and Lectcr.
AS she tries to catch a killer and he
Black and white: tries to find a way to escape from
Maki'itdei‘ian." the room he‘s been locked in for
"Black and White,"lNXS eight years. These scenes are the
backbone of a film interested in pro-
vtding a new angle on the psycho
logical thriller.

Foster, showmg a range of emo-
tions trom astonishment to icar to
grief. plays her character as the hu»
man focus of the story. While her
male counterparts are either scXist
ideas and mm“, logic. pigs, intellectual bores or possible

Jonathan Demme's adaption of lather figures, she is a complete hu-
Thomas Hams' The mm”, of the man being. tilled Wllh compassion,
Lambs studies a sane woman's m sure-footed when dealing with dan~
bitious-tumed-despcratc attempt to Sc" and 935”) contoundcd bl“ “0“
gain solutions to a criminal puzzle overwhelmed by the madness 0'
from such a madman. (‘lance Star- Lecter. _
ling (Jodie Foster), an FBI trainee “Opklns Appmafhss WW «5 the
with a speciality in behaworal sci-