FEATURE
Clackamas Community College
April 27,1988
Page 6
‘Late Night’ viewers face consequences...
Letterman tied to college students’ insomnia
stupid pet tricks. With so great a
majority of students watching
“Late Night” there must be some
“Jimmy, don’t you think you
effects
on their studies and on
should be getting to that
homework now?” came the their lives.
Without considering what is
slightly raised voice of Jimmy’s
being
done late at night, we
mother. “Aw c’mon mom, I’m
not a child anymore, I’m a col realize that staying up late will
lege man and besides, Dave deprive one of sleep. Then
-without enough sleep, a person
hasn’t got to viewer mail yet.”
This
conversation
or cannot think clearly the following
morning. So when a student
something similar to it occurs in
many households and dorms avoids rest to watch Letterman,
throughout America. It seems he/she runs the risk of not per
college students everywhere are forming to desired standards and
possibly developing a tendency to
watching, with salivated glands,
the corny meanderings and dated not be as thorough in his/her
anecdotes of Late Night’s Master work.
When a Late Night with David
of Ceremonies, David Letter-
Letterman
attitude becomes ap
man.
In a matter of just six years, 1 parent in a student, “late”
David Letterman has taken the' becomes more a part of his
sleepy heads of our collegiate vocabulary than the part of a title
for a television program. He
populous and filled their nights
with controversial interviews and hears “late” in regard to his at-
by Danny Weils
Staff Writer
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tendance, in regard to his
assignments and in regard to
character. When asked why they
are late all the time, students will
cautiously protect their late night
guru and blame their tardiness on
a time warp malfunction.
David Letterman has a way
with jokes and satire that would
make Will Rogers cringe. Most of
our civilian comedians would be
doused with moans, groans, and
vegetables if they spouted the
same kind of corny humbr. Let
terman on the other hand receives
applause and admiration from
viewer, critic and Emmy Award
judges nationwide. From this in
formation you can see what
works for David Letterman
doesn’t necessarily work for the
average student who tells the Late
Night joke. Also, if the comic in
question, brave as he may be,
should start mimicking the Let-
terman repertoire, he/she will
soon find that he/she is being
avoided and ignored by friend
and stranger alike.
The student viewer of Late
Night will eventually develop’cer-
tain physical changes, depending
on habits and circumstances.
These changes become more ap
parent with time.
The first noticable difference is
in eye size. This is usually caused
by purposeful widening of the eye
in order to maintain a fictitious
look of alertness. This procedure
seems to work for a while, until a
deeper semi-hypnotic state takes
over.
The next thing to change is the
incidence of sleep in the
classroom. These are some bad
side effects to have increase. If
the student has a teacher who
wants him/her awake in class,
then a slam of the yardstick on I
the desk may be used to alert the I
sleeper. This eventually could I
lead to startled or jumpy students I
who react to any sudden noise. I
The third possible problem I
comes to those students who are I
in the habit of eating while wat-1
ching TV. Snacking is not good I
for a person anyhow, but late
night television snacking has got I
to be the worst thing for a body. I
It will increase weight and could I
cause all sorts of gastro-intestinal I
problems.(Burp!)
After examining any of the!
conceivable outcomes, there will I
still be college students who will I
be die-hard “Late Night with!
David Letterman” fans. Their I
only solution to avoid the possi-l
ble problems, aside frm al
schedule change is to buy a VCR I
and tape it.
Initial skepticism changes to pleasure
by Christopher Curran
Dftag"/Sports Editor
Skepticism filled my mind as I
entered the theatre, paid my
matinee rate of $2.50, and stroll
ed down the aisle marked “Bright
Lights Big City.”
The reason for that skepticism
was simple and I’m guessing not
uncommon. After watching
Michael J. Fox’s portrayal of
Alex Keaton on “Family Ties”
for the last six years, there were
questions concerning Fox’s abili
ty to carry a film in a serious role.
There’s also a question regar
ding how well the film will follow
Jay McInerney’s novel.
In “Bright Lights” Jaime Con
way (Fqx) is a fact-checker for a
magazine in New York City and a
poor one at that. His wife,
Amanda (Phoebe Cates), left him
two months previous to the film’s
setting. He is now a drug addict.
He is a mess.
Enter Jaime’s friend Pat
Allagash (Kiefer Sutherland). Pat
won’t let Jaime stay home just
one night and constantly drags
him into bars.
The powder Jaime is snorting
is, along with Pat’s influence,
what consistently gets him into
trouble.
He loses his job and although
she died a full year ago, Jaime
can’t deal with his mother’s
death.
The ironic part about Jaime’s
habit is that the one night he goes
without snorting his “Bolivian
national product,” he actually
succeeds in having a good time.
That night he is reluctantly doing
Pat a favor by taking his cousin,
Vicky (Tracy Pollan) to dinner.
“Bright Lights” takes Jaime
through his ups and downs
(mostly downs), but is not a
straight anti-drug film. The
message is there however.
Throughout the film there is an
odd comparison between Jaime
and the subject of a “New York
Post” progressing story, a coma
baby. It is an unborn baby in the
womb of a woman in a coma. In
a strange way Jaime and the
coma baby share several cir
cumstances. The inevitable ques
tions are will the coma baby live?
And, more importantly, will
Jaime go clean with his habit,
straighten out his life, and.
“live?”
What seems to be the $64,000
question in this film is: Can!
Jaime survive?
Fox’s performance in the role
of Jaime Conway is excellent]
throughout the film and my
skepticism was easily forgotten.
Sutherland’s portrayal of Pat
Allagash is believable.
The truth is, from about 15
minutes into the film you forget
that it’s Fox up on the screen
and are consumed in Jaime’s
problems.
More importantly, however,!
“Bright Lights Big City” proves
that Fox can carry a motion pic
ture in a serious role.
Elvis, sex and finals...
One act plays a ‘must see’
by Michelle Walch
Staff Writer_________________________
Imaginations run wild in Spr
ing Term’s One Act Plays.
“SEX!” is what “Present
Tense,” is about, as blantantly
stated by theatre student
Chrissy Bryant (directed by
Michelle Hagen). The character
Norm is having a sexual crisis.
■He can’t get any from his
girlfriend (Lisa Hartenstien),
and he thinks that she and her
ex-boyfriend (Travis Box) are
“humping each other,” in the
words of Chris Mead (Norm).
“Graceland,” according to
director Jim Nicodemus, “takes
place June 4, 1982, prior to the
opening of Elvis Presley’s man
sion that was turned into a
museum.” Rootie (Linda
Kuntz), a Cajun, and Bev
(Diana Bauer) are the first to ar
rive—days before Graceland
opens. Rootie goes on her dead
brother’s birthday, and has
hopes to bring back her brother
and Elvis from the dead. At
first, both women are kind of
miffed when they first meet, but
grow closer in progression of
the show.
“This is a Test” constitutes
the end-of-the-term nightmare,
the final. The character Allan
wants to get into Majestic
University, and he must take
and pass a final. “He gets so
paranoid, he suffers an anxiety
attack,” according to director
Chris Mead. “Anyone who has
finals must see it!”
They run May 31 at noon, June
2, noon and 7:30, and June 3 at
noon. Admission is free.
BIG BAND-SWING DANCE
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college located one mile south of Lake
Oswego on Highway 43.
Clackamas
Community
College
Admission $5.00
Saturday
April 30
8p.m. to 12:30
Photo by Both Co«<l
Even though the sun is out, these students aren’t taking a
break from their studies.