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Monday, March 12, 1934 Daily Nebraskan Pago 11 Card G -r f'A or Cartoon 'sexist, racist ' Do the editors of the Daily Ncbraskan think domestic violence b something to laugh at? Obviously you do since you devoted one-third of your Arts & Entertainment section (March 5) to a tasteless car toon depicting a man throwing a woman out of a window to kill her. Hie fact that over 50 percent of all American couples experience spouse abuse that is 4.7 mil lion badly beaten women, some to the point of death is NOT something to trivialize. Cartoons such as this cannot be dismissed as merely a bad joke. This is exactly the type of medium that perpetuates slack attitudes and misinforma tion about violence against women. Not only was the cartoon a literal slap in the face to all women, it was undeniably racist. How dare you present such a degrading caricature of an ethnic group, apparently Mexican judging from the stereo typical sombrero and cactus, to a readership of 17,000. You owe an apology not only to women and Hispanic people, but to all people who were unfor tunate to read such insensitive and thoughtless journalism. . Janet Ward junior English and five others Entertdr.mer.t Editor's Reply: ' The preceding letter la one of several written and spoken communiques the Daily Nebraslcan has received on a cartoon that ran In last week's Serendipity column. The dacisicn to run the cartoon wzs mine. In retrospect I realize that decision was a bad one. There was no malicious intent on the part of the cartoonist or myself. Unfortunately, net all forms of bias are characterized by intent. I apologize to those who took offense at the cartoon. The mis take will net be repeated. The Arts and Entertainment page welcomes all comments on material which appears on its pages. Please address correspondences to Arts and Enter tainment Editor, 34 Nebraska Union, Lincoln, Neb., 68583.. " Letters will be selected for publication on the basis of clarity, originality, timeliness and available space. We reserve the right to edit all material. .. . . ..u-.n- dv'V" fresh wefi- f I ill -V v Agmnsi All Odds a Continued from Pag3 10 The corruption in the movie should leave a bad taste in the mouth, if it weren't for the fact that these people are rich. That's what everyone wants to be, right?. This kind of film sells just like Dallas and Dynasty; it doesn't matter what you do as long as you're rich and getting richer. The director even injects a little music video by Kid Creole and the Coconuts a la MTV for good measure. While it uses the familiar power, passion and vio lence ormzt,AgainstAll Odds does do it better than most due to a sharp cast. The love triangle of Ward, Bridges and Woods seems to be the central theme: love ruined by avarice. This is not en tirely unbelievable be cause of the vicious man euvering and the continu ing struggle for power. Woods' sincere, pitiful act is boring and drags the scenes. lie is much more exciting and convincing as the ruthless bookie and underling of Widmark. Against All Odds is a visual feat with lots of steamy sex (rivaling Body Heat, right down to Bridge's greased back hair and forward mannerisms) and bloody violence set in glamorous locales. The actors and actresses are convincing as the soap opera stereotypes of greed and lust. With some good twists and a few double crosses the plot is fine. It falters when the actors are out of character by being too nice and under standing. It's a ruthless world, especially when playing - for high stakes. Lust over comeS love, an idea which Against All Odds expresses again and again wit its cynical and super ficial look at the rich and those aspiring to power. 3 ;1N I'M KING SIZE WATERBED. FRAME, HEATER, SHtETS. -$130; 475-2944. 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