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But, Wetherill said, placing these students in beginning language
classes is not worthwhile because it is a waste of time.
"We like to avoid teaching them elementary Spanish or French," he
said. "We wouldn't put English students into basic English classes."
Jennifer Burdett, a freshman journalism major taking German, said
students taking classes in their native language put other students at a
disadvantage.
"It's not fair for other students in the class if
someone is taking a language they already
know how to speak."
-Jennifer Burdett, freshman journalism major
"I wouldn't take a basic English class if I went to Germany," Burdett
said. "It's not fair for other students in the class if someone is taking a
language they already know how to speak."
However, Caraballo said, Spanish students in his classes sometimes
do not fare as well as they had anticipated.
"Often times they will not review grammar and get caught up in
grammatical rules," he said. "The American student usually reviews
the grammar in the book before the test.
"Being bilingual is not the only key to getting an A," he said. "Most
Spanish students who come to class will always learn."
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The Battalion Tuesday, March 9,1993
Mad Dog And Glory
Wayne Dobie (Robert De Niro) and Frank Milo (Bill Murray) are unlikely friends in "Mad Dog and Glory.'
De Niro, Thurman make pleasing pair
in unusual, non-mainstream comedy
Movie Review
By JENNY MAGEE
The Battalion
"Mad Dog and Glory"
Starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman and
Bill Murray
Directed by John McNaughton
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Playing at Post Oak III
Calling Robert De Niro's shy, methodical Chica
go cop " Mad Dog" becomes an obvious oxymoron
within the first couple of minutes of the pleasing
comedy "Mad Dog and Glory."
Wayne (De Niro) is about as far from the typical,
shoot 'em up, "Lethal Weapon" cop as he can get.
His story begins when he walks in on a conve
nience-store robbery where a drug dealer has the
rather irate Frank Milo (Bill Murray) pinned to the
floor with a gun to his head. Wayne, forced to use
his gun for the first time in 15 years since his job as
an "evidence technician" doesn't call for a lot of
heavy violence, saves Milo's life even though the
whole affair makes him wet his pants.
Frank, whlo turns out to be Frank-the-gangster-
loan-shark, invites Wayne to his comedy club as an
apology/thapk you gesture. Besides, he's undergo
ing therapy for machoism and his therapist says the
invitation is a positive action.
At the club, the bartender. Glory (Uma Thurman)
accidentally scorches Wayne's hand when she
bumps half of a steaming pot of coffee on it. But the
next day. Glory, who is in effect Frank's prisoner un
til her brother's debts are repaid, arrives (Band-Aids
and all) on Wayne's doorstep to spend the week
with him as Frank's personal thank-you present.
"Mad Dog and Glory" is just plainly a well-
made, well-acted film that is anything but typical.
The movie-going public is not usually fond of films
that deal with characters that are burnt out on their
jobs, unable to
find fulfillment
and lonely. Hey,
wait a minute,
did Hollywood
slip reality in
when our backs
were turned?
One of the
most humorous
displays of reali
ty in "Mad Dog
and Glory"
comes when, in
the throes of pas
sion, Wayne says
to Glory, "Maybe I should do some sit-ups."
"Now?" she asks.
"Well, no, just sit-ups in general."
Things are looking up when the movie industry
can sacrifice a tan chest and bulging biceps for De
Niro's chubbier but much more experienced little
pot belly.
Wayne's character, through De Niro's mastery,
immediately draws the audience in because he con
fesses fear, feels frustration in his inadequacies and
just really needs a woman. *
De Niro as usual brings acting to a celestial state
in this film. The man and acting are like peanut
butter and jelly, sleeping and Sundays, income tax
es and procrastination... two things that naturally
go together... Mad Dog and Glory.
One of the most touching aspects of the movie is
the sweet relationship that forms between Mad Dog
and the beautiful, lanky Glory.
The relationship combines the passion and des
peration of two people who become life jackets for
each other in the sea of life's shortcomings. Unfor
tunately, the relationship felt somewhat underde
veloped. De Niro and Thurman made such an un
usual and pleasing pair that more interaction be
tween the two would have been preferable.
Bill Murray as the psychologically correct gang
ster is a riot. The combination of Frank's humor
and childishness with Wayne's passive demeanor
makes for an interesting. pawd*-struggle.
This film is a prime exarnpie of the reality trend
that is beginning to appear more often on the big
screen.
It is said that art reflects culture, and as America
is rolling up its sleeves and digging into the left
over mess of the 1980s, the film industry seems to
be playing with the idea of putting the glamour
pretense in storage for a while.
"Mad Dog and Glory" is definitely a movie
worth seeing. The film contains several exception
ally humorous scenes. However, it is not a slam-
bang, bing-bop, every-other-word-is-a-punch-line
sort of movie.
The film is a simple comedy primarily dealing
with the fact that
the fairy tale ele
ment vanishes
from most peo
ple's lives.
As Glory tells
Mad Dog, "Life
is what happens
to you while
you're waiting
for your ship to
come in." The
key is finding a
way to stay
afloat without
the ship.
Glory (Thurman) becomes
Wayne's "gift" for a week.
Wayne (De Niro) is the atypical,
shy cop called "Mad Dog."
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