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Daily Nebraskan
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head. Arm reaching blindly. Aching
skull can't be lifted. Clock knocked off
dressesr. Peace and quiet restored. Ah,
sleep, great welcoming comfort. Can't
go to class today.
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Memory slowly stumbles to life. It's
Saturday. I don't have class today. Why
did I set the alarm last night? What did
I do last night? Where did I go? Why
would I set the alarm on a Friday? Who
cares? Sleep falls like a blanket.
Slumber. Heavy, deep. Head weighs
more than body. Mind clear of all dis
tractions. Saturday. Sleep in. Forever.
Saturday. No worries. Saturday.
Something wrong. Nagging question
creeps from back of mind. Why was the
alarms set? It can't be Saturday. Night
mares: skipped test haunting me on
skid row. Can't lift hundred-pound
head. More nightmares: my shivering
body on park bench, covered with
unused notebooks. Trying to wake up.
The bends or attitude?
Question still nagging. Why was the
alarm set? Stomach inside out. Wall
pounding on head. Why was alarm set?
Head and body ache. Can't sleep.
Exhausted. Can't get up. Can't lift
head. Altitude? The bends?
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By Stew Magnuson
Staff Reporter
Movie:
The film adaptation of the Broadway
hit "A Chorus Line" shows tonight in
the Nebraska Union at 7 and 9 p.m. The
film is sponsored by the UPC American
Film Committee, and tickets and $1 for
students and $2 for nonstudents.
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quits too. Lungs carry on alone. Why
was the alarm set? Question dances
alone through empty skull. Brain went
home for the day. Why was alarm set?
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overstaying welcome. Body can't move
to show him door. Why was alarm set?
No one here cares. Why was alarm set?
Ignorance is bliss. So is sleep.
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gets blown out. Memory wants to know
about last night. What happened? All
the details. No answer. No one here
knows anyway. Memory feels left out.
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Nagging Question persists yet again.
Why was alarm set? Argument starts.
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tion wants somebody responsible for
alarms. Memory says last night more
important. Question says there may be
a connection. I sleep through it all.
Danger. Memory and Question resolve
differences, now working together. Why
was alarm set last night? Sign taken
down. Disturb proceedings begin. Brain
called back to work. No answer. May
have to leave without him.
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like cold shower. Sudden. Overwhelm
ing. Wide awake now. It's that Satur
day. Feeling much better. Vaulting out
of bed. Head still hurts. Dressed in two
minutes. Ten o'clock already. Late for
beer breakfast. Flying through door.
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At Tooth's:
Tooth's Gallery, 005 0 St., will pres
ent works by local artists Barry Schultz,
Duran Knutsen and Janine Al-Bayati
through next Thursday. Knutsen will
display a style show in conjunction
with the exhibition Saturday at 7 and 9
p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the
door. The gallery is open from 10 am. to
8 p.m. daily.
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Seeing red. Also seeing through red.
Memory asks about last night. Details
sketchy. Allegations fly. Bars. Side
track? Maybe a party? No one here
knows either. Memory not satisfied,
but follows Curiosity to next room.
The journey of the stomach
Close to noon. Time running out.
Extra hour granted. Curiosity asks,
"Daylight Time?" No. TV game. Memory
looks confused. Question looks smug.
Head feeling better. Still hurts. But
feeling better. Beer poured into it
seems to soothe the throbbing. Stom
ach trying to find himself.
More beer. Focus problems. Easily
corrected. More beer. Laughter best
medicine. Only hurts when I move.
Curiosity wanders downstairs. Memory
starting to perk up.
Time lapse. Screaming red horde.
Merging with larger one. Curiosity spots
Brain next to sidewalk. Nifty grab.
Uphill lines. Possibly for days. Body
does the wave.
Stadium fills with red. Eyes still are.
Coke tastes like 7-Up. Both taste like
Smirnoff. Stomach screams for Runza.
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confused.
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shirts. Red shirts wear White Hats.
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at Boz. Security yells at Smirnoff. Soon
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looks for Husker Bob. White Hats sur
vive shootout, ride into orange sunset.
Head feels better. Sleep chased away.
Memory concentrates. Wouldn't want
this one to get away.
Go Big Red!
The UNL Department of Theatre Arts
and Dance is presenting "Caberet de
Piaf ' tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m.
and Sunday at 3 p.m. Edith Piaf, a
world-renowned caberet performer in
Paris during the 1940s could sing a sad
song with feeling. The dance depart-.
ment is putting 18 cf Piaf s songs to
dance. Tickets cost $5 for the general
public and $3 for students and are
available at the Temple Box Office.
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Courtesy of 20th Century Fox
Exile Russian boxing champ Alek coaches two young
contenders in "Streets of Gold."
Lincoln socked with yet
another boiring movie
By Stew Magnuson
Staff Reviewer
"Streets of Gold" 20th Century
Fox
Boxing films almost have become a
separate movie genre. Of all the sports,
none has received such attention from
filmmakers as boxing. The "Rocky"
series is one of the most successful
cycles in the last decade, and "Raging
Bull" was perhaps one of the greatest
boxing films of all time.
Movie Review
The latest entry in the boxing film
tradition is "Streets of Gold," a typical
boxing film with enough new twists to
keep it interesting.
"Streets of Gold" is about a Russian
Jew immigrant, Alek (Klaus Maria
Brandauer), who was once the Soviet
Union's champion boxer, but now works
as a dishwasher in a Long Island res
taurant. Alek has come a long way
since his No. 1 status. He's now a
middle-aged man with a little extra
around the waistline. He has a terrible
job and lives in a tiny, dingy room in a
boarding house full of fellow Russian
immigrants.
"In Russia I lived like an American.
Now, I'm in America, and I live like a
Russian," he sadly says.
Cynical and drunk on vodka, Alek
finds himself watching an illegal box
ing match in some warehouse where
the neighborhood boys brawl and punch
each other for a few bucks. In the most
memorable scene in the film, the drunk
Alek challenges the big, proud black
fighter Rashad (Wesley Snipes) to try
and hit him. The short, fat Russian
Winterfest ' on NETV;
opera premieres
The television premiere of a new
Gian Carlo Menotti opera, and the
beginning of "Winterfest" highlight
upcoming programming on the
statewide Nebraska ETV Network.
Gian Carlo Menotti's long-awaited
opera "Gova," starring tenor Pla
cido Domingo as the Spanish pain
ter, airs on "Great Performances,"
Nov. 30 at 2 p.m.
Two family-oriented programs,
featuring the "Sesame Street' cast
in a holiday special and an adapta
ducks every blow and makes Rashad
look foolish.
The next day, another young fighter,
Tommy (Adrian Paser), asks Alek to be
his trainer. Soon Alek and Tommy are
training every day, while the jealous
Rashad looks on. Tommy and Rashad
have a mutual racist hatred for one
another, but soon Alek takes Rashad
under his wing as well. Director Joe
j Roth takes the viewer through the cus
tomary training scenes, which I found
. tedious after watching the same se
quences in all four "Rocky" films. I
would just get caught up in the story of
Alek, when it would shift to the two
boxers hitting punching bags and doing
endless sit-ups.
Actually, Alek's story is far more
interesting than that of the two boxers.
Alek never boxed outside the Soviet
Union. Since he was a Jew, he wasn't
allowed on the national team. When his
former coach didn't stick up for him, he
beat him up. Now the Soviets are bring
ing their national team to New York
and Alek wants his two young boxers to
box vicariously for him. Of course, this
is starting to sound like "Rocky IV."
But "Rocky IV" was a propagandist
piece of trash. "Streets of Gold" isn't.
It avoids heavy-handed politics and
concentrates on the story. Also, the
boxing looks real. Not one punch in
four Rocky movies looked anything like
a real punch in a real boxing match.
"Streets of Gold" has many of the
cliches from other boxing films two
poor boys fighting their way out of the
ghettos, tedious training scenes and a
predictable ending but Alek's story
makes it worth watching for those who
like boxing-genre movies.
"Streets of Gold," rate "R," is
now showing at the Douglas 3
! Theatre.
tion of a popular children's classic
as well as a look at endangered
animal species, highlight the open
ing night of "Winterfest" Dec. 6 on
NETV.
Sponsored by Nebraskans for
Public Television, Inc. (NPTV), the
nine-night "Winterfest" activities
are meant to increase viewer a
wareness of Nebraska public televi
son and encourage membership in
the NPTV citizen-support organization.