FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1981 T H E BENNETT BANNER PAGE THREE Mark your ballot Black Because Greensboro Blacks have traditionally been meagerly a large business with nearly 80 tuxedos. I am not bragging. In­ represented in municipal affairs and because of the solid creden­ stead, I want to stimulate other students coming from meager tials of the following people, we should like to recommend four societies (such as Mount Gilead) to believe that with hard work candidates for City Council in the Nov. 3 election— Prince E. and sacrifice you can reach your goals in life.” Graves, Alexander Parker, Katie G. Dorsett and Dorothy In an interview with reporter Diane M. Ewings, Parker listed Bardolph. affordable housing, job opportunities and water supplies for the Graves, 58, is currently filling the council seat vacated by future as major concerns which the next administration must Jimmie I. Barber. According to reporter Mehnda Lowery, solve. He favors the use of government subsidies to alleviate Graves, the pastor of St. James Baptist Church, cites the need the housing shortage. On the issue of unemployment, he points for more low-income housing as one of the city’s most pressing out the “need to speak to the conscience of private sectors, to problems. He advocates a coordinated effort by public agencies, upgrade those (who are) under-employed and to address pro­ mm civic organizations and businesses to end an emergency situation grams that will re-train (workers) to meet the needs of indus­ which is impeding municinal growth and contributing, in a try.” Worried about water, Parker sees the city supply as “okay variety of ways, to social ills. for now, but we need to start planning for 30 years down the Recognizing the dilemmas of unemnloyment. Graves urges road.” the creation of imaginative programs to put citizens back to Bardolph and Dorsett are women of vision. The former is a work and the use of incentives for the private sector to give Bennett College professor emeritus of history and government, voung people summer jobs. The revitalization of downtown who taught here for 21 years. Dorsett is an associate professor Greensboro would create more jobs and give the city an economic of business at A&T. Completing her first term in the council, boost. Bardolph was the top vote-getter in the recent councilmanic The pastor maintains that “illiteracv is growing in Greens­ run-off, gaining surprising support in all areas of the city. She boro.” It can be counteracted “through the development of more and Dorsett are both well-versed in the problems troubling the adult basic education programs . . . Civic leaders, public and Black community. nrivate industries can render assistance in developing these In the mayoral race, we back the candidacy of Vic Nussbaum programs bv providing facilities, establishing transportation over John Forbis. A long-time supporter of solving city housing services and recruiting volunteer services.” difficulties and of an equitable ward system, Nussbaum will be Businessman Alexander Parker is Parker, 48. owns Red Haneer Formal Wear and the College a mayor that all segments of the Greensboro population can get among the councilmanic candidates along with. Forbis, on the other hand, serves the interests of the that the "Banner” prefers. The Barber Shop. “I have been in business for 25 years,” he says. others are Prince T. Graves, “I started as a college student and grew from a small business affluent northwest section of town— an area which has controlled Katie Dorsett, and Dorothy Bardolph. with ten tuxedos in a dormitory room on (the A&T) campus to city government for far too long. James Baldwin’s visit will include Duvall, De Niro explode A ■ by Tamara away the ice as if the detective’s But it is Charles Durning who, soul has grown claws. If you listen as the villain, dominates the sub­ Bowling Green’s Champion, Perry “True Confessions,” starring closely to Duvall’s taut, many­ ordinate actors. Durning, serves as (From Page 1) associate professor. Accord­ Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall, angled interpretation, you can al­ a pompous, hypocritical, indescrib­ ing to Lucier, “Champion is a triumph, a film that delivers most hear the chipping sounds, ably obscene layman who makes spends a term each year at on every promise made by its Bowling Green as the distin­ specializes in Afro-American De Niro, playing a prelate who “contributions” to Desmond Spel- advance publicity. guished visiting professor of literature while Perry special­ must renounce his love of power, lacy’s parish like a medieval orgi- The movie, distinguished by ast purchasing papal indulgences. ethnic studies, a department izes mostly in Black culture.” is exceptional as always. He is the The guest scholars plan to masterful characterizations, ex­ In a movie loaded with blazing which Champion chairs and most versatile of American lead­ in which Perry serves as an visit classes. amines the intricate relationship ing men, moving effortlessly from encounters, perhaps the most pow­ between the two middle-aged inarticulate characters like Jake erful scene involves the detective’s Spellacy brothers — Desmond, a LaMotta in “Raging Bull” and discovery of the place where monsignor (De Niro), and Thomas, Travis Bickle in “Taxi Driver” to the “Virgin Tramp” has been bi­ Fine novel fixes on family strength a detective (Duvall). In the be­ an articulate figure in “True Con­ sected, Entering a dark, narrow In many ways, the success of ginning, the former is pious and fessions.” The only reason his warehouse used as a set for porno­ by Karen Heck and Evelyn Sims the book signals a comeback for the latter profane, but, as the story performance doesn’t match Du­ graphic movies, Duvall strips the James Baldwin’s “Just Above one of America’s most tenacious progresses, the two seem to change vall’s is that Desmond Spellacy curtains off the windows to admit My Head” (1979) is narrated by writers, for B'aldwin’s last novel, roles. Yet, in the conclusion, the doesn’t have as many edges as the light and find the evidence. In Hall Montana who painfully and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” was brothers, in separate ways, reach his brother. one sense, he is solving a heinous lovingly reveals his deep love for belittled and under-appreciated a moral balance, and the movie The supporting cast is outstand­ crime; in another sense, amidst the his younger brother Arthur, a by some critics. becomes a study of hard-won ing. The film resembles a first- seedy trappings and the trail of gospel singer whose death pro­ Late in the novel. Hall says: “In virtue. rate novel that abounds in inter­ blood, he is locating what is best vides the motivation for Hall’s my experience . . . the strangest There is a great deal for the esting characters. The famous within himself, for thereafter he remembrances. people in one’s life are the people Spellacys to fight — the demons British actor Cyril Cusack is ex­ turns his life around. Out of dev­ one has known and loved, still within themselves as well as the cellent as a bishop who conducts astation, one man saves himself. Shifting in locale from Harlem know and will always love.” The corruption in their professional himself like the chairman of the “True Confessions” is a modern to the Deep South to Paris and attempt to define and understand spheres. The necessarily lurid plot, board of General Motors, B'urgess morality play featuring two of the containing several major charac­ these figures serves as Hall’s a flashback framed by two Meredith is effective as a mon­ best actors ever to appear on the ters, Baldwin’s big novel has won mission. present-tense scenes, focuses on signor who feels that he has lost American screen. You can’t afford the admiration of readers and There are two forces at war in depravity in Los Angeles in the touch with his calling. to miss it. reviewers across the country. the story. The first is violence, post-World War II forties. The represented by racial murder and story opens with Duvall investi­ incestuous rape committed against gating the death of a priest in a Julia Miller, who is rescued by whorehouse and then is compli­ her relationship with the Montana cated by the “Virgin Tramp” mur­ Faculty Follies is a bash family. The second is overwhelm­ der—the case of a prostitute whose ing love, which infuses the “blood” corpse is discovered cut in half. by Karen Heck Williams, Ellington songs are re­ of student Affairs Phyllis Forte Ethridge offered a saucy, shaking members of the Montana family Duvall learns that powerful gaining popularity as a result of Connoiseurs of night life re­ version of Fats Waller’s “Ain’t and the victims who become their members of his brother’s parish the Broadway smash-hit, “Sophis­ ceived exclusive tables at Harlem’s Misbehavin’,” Although Savoy extended family. are implicated in the crime. The ticated Ladies,” which highlights legendary Savoy during the annual patrons McDonald and Ms, Motla- The Montanas are one of the triumph of decency in “True the composer’s musical career, Faculty-Staff Follies presented lepula Chabaku, women’s studies strongest, most devoted families in Confessions” is revealed in the Ouida Scarborough, residence Oct, 3 on behalf of the United adviser in residence, tried to up­ contemporary literature. Florence, brothers’ resolution of the case. life director, gave an interpreta­ Negro College Fund. stage Ethridge by dancing wildly, the mother, constantly fights to The narration succeeds by cut­ tion of “Birth of the Blues” that Mrs, Blonnie Tipton imagi­ was both sweet and howling. The the new administrator kept com­ relieve the suffering of those ting constantly from the grim, within her ken. Paul, the father, mayhem-filled detective’s world natively produced the show, im­ crowd crowed for an encore, and mand of the spotlight. Associate professor Mary Jane a jazz pianist, passes on his pas­ to the lavish, privileged princedom plementing an idea by public Scarborough gave the people more. Crawford, arrayed in a peacock- sion for music and his magisterial of the monsignor. Gradually, the relations officer Myra Davis, As Another especially magnetic blue evening gown, sang “Satin decency to his sons, Arthur be­ borders of the two territories always, Dr. Charlotte Alston was number was “I’m Looking Over Doll,” and her energy rivalled the comes a singer; Hall becomes a touch, overlap and then merge. a prime mover at the piano. In a Four-Leaf Clover” rendered by contrast to previous Follies, the the high-pitched, harmonizing brilliance of her dress. She was a protector and gentle watchman. The script, written by John Two of the main characters are 1981 revue reduced the cast and Mills Brothers, played by Presi­ big blue flame that couldn’t have Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion showcased more genuine talent. dent Isaac H. Miller, Jr.; Dr. Chel­ been any brighter. mightily talented—Arthur, who and based on Dunne’s novel, pre­ finds fame just before his death, The show opened with an ex­ sea Tipton, dean of the college; The most polished and pro­ sents two round, fully developed and Julia, whose innocence is con­ cellent rendition of Duke Elling­ Dr. John T, McDonald; and learn­ fessional act of the night may have characters—a rarity in contempo­ sumed by her precocity at ton’s “Take the ‘A’ Train” per­ ing center specialist Reginald been the dancing of physical edu­ rary Hollywood where razzle- preaching. formed by a trio consisting of Carl Treadwell, cation instructors Susan King and dazzle is far more important than Sex complicates both young Subsequent songs featured the Inez Rovegno and staff members the illumination of the human Foster, Paul Foster and Jimmy crooning of heart-throb Miller Carolyn Mark and Lisa Mitchell, lives, Joel, Julia’s weak and frus­ heart. Duvall, less celebrated than trated father, rapes Julia when she with “They Try to Tell Us We’re Perhaps the capstone of the eve­ De Niro despite his brilliant por­ quits preaching and serving as his Letters to tlie editor: Too Young” and the soft, tenor ning was associate media coordi­ trayals in “The Great Santini,” meal ticket. He then uses her often voice of Treadwell’s “In My Sol­ nator Pauline Wyrtch’s imitation “Apocalypse Now,” and “The for his bedroom pleasures. She (Continued from Page 2) itude.” The young gentleman was of Moms Mabley, Wyrtch has been Godfather,” receives the richer, later becomes a model, and, in an sure to clutch the mike with his a stalwart trouper in past Follies, more complex role, and he takes of Greensboro, and one doesn’t right hand, thus exposing his gold but this year she rocketed far be­ attempt to find herself, interrupts command of the entire enterprise. have to walk too far to classes. a successful career for a stay in pinkie ring. yond her previous stellar per­ Thomas Spellacy is half-weasel The students seem to be friendly The women in the audience formances, Her raw humor Africa, and half-saint, and the greatest and serious about their educations. swooned repeatedly throughout brought everyone to hysterical Arthur, on a tour through the pleasure in viewing, the film is for All of my teachers are helpful, South with the Trumpets of Zion, the deliveries of Miller and Tread­ laughter. She even sang and told the audience to follow his spiritual smart and seem to be dedicated well, the former possessing the jokes at the same time. falls in love with his boyhood progress, Thomas is an extraordi­ to their work, I am proud to be style of a Joe Williams and the The grand finale, a dance revue friend Crunch. The portrait of the nary figure because, as a previous­ a part of the Bennett body again creation, growth and destruction latter resembling Johnny Mathis, including the whole cast, elicited ly corrupt cop, he profits from and and plan to complete my under­ The ladies in the revue provided choruses of cheers. The faculty of the Harlem quartet is one of overcomes his sin. Early in the graduate studies here. equally winning vocalizations. and staff proved that the stage the most powerful sequences in tale, his heart seems to be packed Good luck to all the Bennett Wearing a sparkling silver gown and brigjit lights can make anyone the novel. One beloved member, in dry ice, but gradually an in­ sisters this year and always! and long rhinestone earrings. Dean a star. (See Page 4) stinct for valor begins to scrape H, Stevenson-Smith