THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, September 14, 1973
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Bait Film Review
4 Sleuth:’ A Different, Drama-Filled Flick
By JULIA JONES
Aggies, grab a date for the
Campus Theater while you can.
Seats may be sold out when word
gets out about “Sleuth,” a fan
tastic flick. Starring Michael
Caine and Lawrence Olivier, this
one is not to be missed.
Full of surprises, suspense and
superior acting, the plot is hard
to explain without taking the first
two away. Briefly, Olivier is an
aristocratic English mystery writ
er. Caine is his wife's hairdresser,
who is also providing her with
other services. When Olivier dis
covers his wife is going to leave
him, he invites Caine for a chat.
Bound upon revenge he persuades
Caine to burgle his house for
jewels he will need to support his
wife. Olivier will have the in
surance and the police will not
know the difference. When Olivier
has Caine in a compromising posi
tion with the jewels he produces
a gun.
Olivier then explains that he is
going to shoot him and tell the
police that he caught him in a
burglary. From there the plot
takes off into the wildest possible
fantasy. The impossible occurs,
the dead come to life and noth
ing seen can be depended upon to
be real.
*‘1 think it’s very unsporting that you would begin study
ing for finals this early! Anybody could do good if they did
that I*
This film is particularly inter
esting for many reasons. First it
is extremely rare to discover
something that has no chase
scenes, no “action,” and takes
VIP’s Futures Uncertain
For those of you who did not hear about it and perhaps
didn’t care anyway, Dolph Briscoe was in town yesterday.
Bill Hobby was here the day before. All these VIP’s running
about bring to mind the elections of not so long ago, with
Briscoe, male sterotype vs. libber liberal Sissy Si, and Hobby
slinging mud for mud with John’s little brother. And that
was just the primaries.
Both Briscoe and Hobby seem deeply entrenched now
and both seem surprisingly confident of their respective
political careers despite the fact that neither received his
party’s nomination without a runoff. Gov. Briscoe has all
but announced his intentions to seek re-election and claims
to have discussed his plans with Bill Hobby. Presumably
this is to forewarn Hobby lest he get over anxious. Yet
Hobby still responds to questions about his political future
with a large smile, indicative, at least, of desire, although
to our knowledge he has not declared himself a possible
candidate for any position other than his present one.
Both Briscoe and Hobby are millionairies, good busi
nessmen, and good politicians. Neither has ever had his
career blighted by scandal or corruption. For our money
they are better public officials than this state has seen for
several years. Both men are ambitious and each is aware
of the other’s ability. Their present attitude toward one
another seems to be that of two gentlemen millionaires
possibly heading toward friendly competition in the game
of politics.
Texas is changing. Some are glad, some aren’t, yet it
is changing. Conservative Democrat Briscoe had lost the
last election until the late returns from “Briscoe Country”
came in. Democrat Hobby won by a somewhat larger mar
gin, possibly because he was unopposed. Should conserva
tives Hobby and Briscoe become involved in a gentlemen’s
contest between two millionaire friends the field would be
wide open for a liberal to take advantage of the conserva
tive split. Sissy claims to be disenchanted with state poli
tics, preferring the glamour and limelight that the national
variety confers. The Raza Unida, as those from South
and West Texas know, is growing. And the impact of
Watergate remains to be tested on the state that has not
had a Republican governor since Reconstruction. They are
gaining and don’t count them out. Hank nearly did it last
time.
Whatever the outcome, next year’s gubernatorial race
may prove every interesting indeed.
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'WELL, YES, DICK, I DO REALIZE MOTHER ALWAYS LIKED ME MORE THAN YOU ... IS
THAT WHY??'
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place in one spot with only two
characters.
Dull as it seems, it brings to
life a word that movies seem to
have forgotten: drama. Most di
rectors expect action to take the
place of the plot. They concentrate
so much on the chase scene or the
60 fights that no movie is with
out, that they forget people. The
chase scenes take the place of dia
logue and the human loses to the
machine. Not in “Sleuth,” how
ever. It is a two-man show, or
rather a two-man relationship.
They delve into each other’s con
science and subconscience, a re
freshing change for those of us
who favor a plot twist instead of
a karate chop.
Secondly this movie will sur
prise in more ways than one. Oli
vier starts off as the villain. He
is deadly, mean, snobbish and
crafty. Caine, on the other hand,
is charming, handsome and the
victim. He plays the son of an
Italian imigrant who can not for
get his painful past. Olivier takes
great pleasure in humiliating
him. However, the plot has an
emotional turnaround. When
Caine takes his revenge we dis
cover that he is the bigger “bas
tard,” as they call each other.
Olivier is a lonely man trying to
keep his dignity and his life to
gether. The whole thing is per
haps a fortunate lesson for us:
everything and everybody aru*
what they seem.
Lastly, the acting and the icr;;
writing cannot be praised
enough. Both actors were ti®:,
nated for academy awards, ^
they deserved. They have not sit,
ply acted, but have shown
amazing versatility in their «t
ing. The script of the Toji
Award-winning play is marvels;
and the end will astound ij
move you.
Listen Up—
Ex-Marine Gives Cadet Dress Critique
Editor:
I have noticed since school
started that the day to day dress
of the Marine Corps cadets is
nothing short of sloppy.
As an ex-Marine this is par
ticularly distressing. I would
think that there would be more
leadership and self disclipline
among the seniors and juniors to
keep their own appearance up,
and ensure the proper appearance
of the people below them. Pros
pective Marine officers should not
be lacking in either self discipline
or leadership and their appearance
should reflect this.
to air excuses for not having
done something. That’s not the
Marine Corps way. Excuses are
like heads. Everybody has one.
Don Williams ’74
When your uniform looks like
you’ve slept in it, and your shoes
look like you’ve played football
in them, this doesn’t enhance the
image of the service that you rep
resent. Your goal as officers
should be to better the Marine
Corps and that starts now, not
when you get your commission.
A neat appearance is just one way
to start.
I hope that this letter will be
taken to heart by the Marine
Corps cadets and will not be used
★ ★ ★
Editor:
Several statements in the edi
torial “Shuttle Buses Need Help
($$)” were false and misleading.
The Shuttle Bus System is paid
for through both user fees of
riders and an allocation of $42,000
from student service fees. The
rider fees pay for only about half
of the cost of the system. Thus,
the “better idea” you wrote of
where all students partially sub
sidize the system is already in
effect.
As for using funds allocated
for “non-active programs such as
the student lawyer,” it would
seem to me that we should work
to convince the administration
that the student lawyer program
is needed and should be approved.
While it is true that the shut
tle bus system is in financial dif
ficulty due to less than the need
ed 3,000 people signing up, the
Battalion should make an effort
to present more accurate infor
mation.
David L. White
Student Body Treasurer
You’re right and we were
wrong, although we do not sup
port the proposed student lawyer
program. However, our informa
tion source was a prominent
member of the Shuttle Bus Com
mittee, who apparently doesn’t
know what’s happening either.
Most importantly, though, re
member the bus system is in
bad financial straights and needs
bailing out—Ed.
★ ★ ★
Editor:
We at Davis-Gary are a peac-
ful lot. We are willing to put up
with many of the adversities TA-
MU is known for; more especial
ly — violent rainstorms, violent
women and violent cuisine. All of
these catastrophic things leave us
undaunted, for we are not innate
ly savage nor do we look upon
violence as a solution to such
problems. There comes a time,
however, when every person
reaches that fine line between t
ner peace and outright wirfft
That which has the residents;;
Davis-Gary in turmoil is a
tograph taken by Steve Uetkin
located on page 7 of the SeptU
Battalion. The spirit sign entitlfj
“Shoot the Shockers” which
so handily gave credit to th
corps for, came from none ofc
than our own Davis-Gary, is;
hangs there at this very mome
We are firm believers in fit,
ing credit where credit is due, n
all we ask for is a simple retrse
tion and correction of the captit:
under yesterday’s photograph
and the photographer’s head::
a lance. If, however, the photop.
rapher is not at fault, a
drawing and quartering of th
man responsible for that misleii
ing caption will suffice.
The Most Spirited of the Spirit
Davis-Gary Association
Our managing editor has yoi
good folks uppermost in
thoughts at the moment and sip
he’ll try to do right by Davh
Gary in the future.—Ed.
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