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Review by Larry Kubert
Where Woody Allen's Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were
Afraid to Ask succeeds, Ernest Lehman's
production of Portnoy's Complaint fails.
Miserably. . '
: Remaining loyal to Phillip Roth's book, the
movie traces Alex Portnoy's maturation
through life, . complete with momism,
masturbation and playing "super stud."
Most of the dialogue seems to have been
written for the typical dirty old man and the
actors avoid any opportunities to19!ry and
improve the scenes.
Dick Benjamin as Portnoy and Karen Black,
the over-sexed Monkey, both occasionally
succeed and pull a couple of scenes out of the
mire in which the film is imbedded. Particularly
good are a funny scene that has Portnoy and
the Monkey checking into a New England inn
for the weekend and an argument that the two
have in a New York City park.
However, these are overshadowed by a
multitude of bad scenes, especially the four at
the end: Portnoy's leaving of Monkey, his side
trip to Israel, a confrontation with God and the
closing scene with his psychiatrist.
Overall, Black delivers a better performance
than Benjamin, who comes across like a
whining puppy. But then, if she had been stuck
with the lines Benjamin was, maybe she
wouldn't have looked any better.
Lee Grant, as Alex's mother, does a fine job.
Although a cliche performance as the "nice
Jewish momma", she is entertaining.
Throughout the film, Portnoy remains a
confused, immature little boy. He thinks of
girls, a,nd Monkey in particular, as nothing more
than hot little pieces of flesh to satisfy himself
with. ,
He begins to mentally fall apart because of
the Monkey's supposed suicide, not because he
is feeling guilty, but because he thinks God has
made him impotegldftjcuse of her death.
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Regents consider
minimum workload
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents was presented
a statistical profile of University teaching workloads Sunday
by University Vice President Merk Hobson.
In a report to the board, Hobson discussed the "Texas
Plan," an approximate picture of how UNL and UNO history
teachers allot their teaching time.
Hobson said teachers in the two departments carry higher
loads than what the Texas Plan recommends. The plan, used
last year at the University of Texas, established a minimum
faculty workload of four unit courses or about 12 hours each
week of student-professor contact.
UNL history teachers averaged 4.1 units the first semester
and 4.9 the second; UNO teachers carried an average of 4.7
units the first semester and 4.5 the second.
The report on the Texas Plan came after Regent Robert
Prokop, Papillion, indicated interest in including a minimum
workload standard in University bylaws.
The Board asked Hobson to continue to define University
workloads, but did not move, to' include the concept of the
Texas Plan in the bylaws.
Housing position offered
A former housing director at the University of Georgia has
been offered a similar position at UNL, according to Ely
Meyerson, student affairs dean of administration.
Meyerson said Tuesday that Richard Armstrong, who now
coordinates a scholarship program in North Carolina, had
verbally accepted the offer.
If Armstrona moves intn the nosition he will fill a vacancy
created by Meyerson, who was promoted. I
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