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flHAII. “Ell Daren Dunigan, an Inte-
grated Strategic Communication junior,
Ivor/es (right) as an Anne Klein merchan—
dising representative in Fayette Ala/1. jere-
my .llmray (top), an art adziertisitigjresh-
man, is a sales associate at ] Riggins. He
had to miss part of his Thanksgiving hreale

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UK students working
this season feel crunch

By Erich Kragel
Staff ll 'riter

Everyone knows that shopping
comes after Thanksgiving to prepare
for the noble act of gift-giving during
the holiday season.

But for those that work to sell the
mass of shoppers their beloved clothes,
video games, massagers and gift cer-
tificates, comes another aspect of the
holiday season: work.

For many UK students, an inconceiv-
able amount of hours is added to their
work schedules to fill the demand for
employees to greet holiday shoppers.

“My hours increase during this time
of year," said political science fresh-
man Jill Smith. “Sometimes I work

between 28 and 30 hours between
Thursday and Sunday."

Smith, who has worked at Contem-
po Casuals in Fayette Mall for more
than a year, knows what the holiday
season is like.

“It’s always packed. and sometimes
the store has as many as 50 people in it
at a time," she said.

Undeclared junior Mike McVVhin-
nie knows exactly what Smith means.

“It’s completely nuts," he said.

But McVHiinnie, who works at
Abercrombie and Fitch, doesn’t mind
working during the busiest shopping
season of the year.

“\Vith it being so busy, I see a lot of
people I know and the (work day)
seems to go by a lot faster,” he said.

UNIVI RSIIY [1f KfNIUCKY

A fellow employee of .\lc\\'hinnie,
LCC elementary education sopho-
more IIeather .\ndries. also likes the
fast pace ofthe holiday season.

“I work so much that it goes by
quickly," Andries said.

Andries works twice as much during
the holiday season, from 20 hours to
40 hours a week and she has noticed it
cutting into other types of work.

“\Vith working ~10 hours a week and
being a full-time student, it means less
school work and less social time," she
said. “But it keeps me busy and puts
me in the holiday spirit."

But for most students, adjusting to
the extra work load isn't a big problem.

“I just tell (my manager) I can only
work a certain amount of time,"
McM’hinnie said. “I usually only work
1.5 hours a week, with little work on
the weekends.“

Dave Peterson, civil engineering
senior and General Nutrition Center
employee, said sales at GNC increase

uite a bit more, but his work load
iloesn't.

“\Ve get a lot more customers, btit

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vitamins and nutritional products
aren‘t normally on people‘s shopping
lists,“ Peterson said. “I only have to
work about 20 hours a week."

Peterson is happy with his limited
amount of work because of the change
in attitude among holiday shoppers.
“'ith an increase in the number of
shoppers comes an increase in compe—
tition to get that perfect gift.

“Shoppers are more rude during the
holiday season," Peterson said.
“Around Christmas time it seems that
it should be the other way around."

Many working students agrees with
Peterson.

“Some people expect us to do
everything.“ Mc\Vhinnie said, refer-
ring to the occasional rude customer.
“Sometimes they think they’re the
only customer in the mall.

“But l guess that’s to be expected with
all ofthe people shopping," he said.

Adjusting to more work hours,
more rude customers and fast-pace
selling all leads to what working UK
students all need for the holiday sea-
son, inore money.

Difi‘erent holiday shopping techniques employed

By Charles Shumalter
Staff Writer

In the immortal words of Pink
Floyd, money it’s a gas.

\Vhile students unpack from the
Thanksgiving holiday, tnany still have
much to do before Christmas break
arrives in a few weeks. As the final
three weeks of the fall semester begin
today, finals, papers and numerous
other tasks linger on students’ minds.

To many students, the end of the
semester is a time for scraping by. At a
time when plus accounts are dry and
checks bounce like basketballs, many
students have trouble imagining how
they will bu Christmas presents.

Malls al over the country were
packed with shoppers who prefer to do
their shopping in advance. Between

traveling, studying anti eatin , some stu-
dents may have found it ha to visit the
mall and start their Christmas shopping.

Brooke Taylor, an education junior,
said she hates to shop in Lexington.

“I don't really wait until the last
minute but I do try to wait until after
the Thanksgiving rush is over,” she
said. “There is no way I would go to
the mall right after Thanksgiving."

Students have many options when it
comes to shopping.

Fayette Mall, although a task to get
to' for those without cars, offers many
different types of ifts as does Lexing-
ton Mall. Mail (infer can also be a way
for students to shop when they really
do not have time to venture down
Nicholasville or Richmond roads.

If money is the biggest obstacle for
students this time of year, there is always

the second job option, maybe saving
money or maybe even giving plasma.

“If I don’t have money at the end of
the semester and I have to buy pre—
sents, 1 just charge it,“ Taylor said.

Andy Ilart, an architecture senior,
has a solution for crunching the num-
bers at the end of the semester.

“I use my savings from the semester to
buy my 'fts," he said. “I wait till the last
minute, ut at least I have the money.”

When it comes to actually getting
the shopping done, students do not
seem to have a method to their mad-
ness. The common gift for mom and
dad, followed by the all important gift
for a better half, you are not alone if
you wait until Christmas break to get
the shopping done.

Patti Evans, a psychology senior,
has yet another way to pay for and

shop for holiday gifts.

"I work full time so I don’t need
another job," she said. “\Vhen I do shop I
avoid the mall and just btiy what I find."

\Vhen it comes to buying the gift, it
doesn't really mater what order you
buy your gift, just make sure that you
get the important ones.

Family members and boyfriends and
girlfriends seem to have the inside track
on gifts. Many students have quite a few

eople to buy for so it is sometimes
hard to shop for one at a time.

“I don’t have an order that I shop
in, I just pick stuff tip as I go along,"
Taylor said.

Architecture senior Steve Thomas
goes about it in a different way.

“I will probably shop for my girl-
friend first,” he said. “She will be pret-
ty hard to shop for."

 

 

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INDEPENDENT SINCI 19/1

NEWShytes

Banmaisn anamst
drunk driving is revisited

BOSTON «— The refrain is by now so familiar
it seems like it's been part of the lexicon forever:
Don’t drink and drive.

Yet it was only a decade ago that the so-called
designated driver campaign began. And with it,
America's social conscience shifted gears.

Since the campaign started in 1988, drunken
driving deaths on American roads have dropped
by more than 25 percent, from 23,628 in 1988 to
17,126 last year.

Much of the reduction is the result of stricter
laws enacted over the last 10 years, highway safety
experts said. For one. the drinking age is now 21
in every state.

But a good part ofthe drop also can be attribut-
ed to the basic refrain: If you're going to drink,
use a designated driver.

Beginning this weekend. the nation’s major
television networks are broadcasting a new 3(1—
second message by President Clinton urging
Americans to use a designated driver. The lIar—
vartl University School of Public Health created
the campaign.

Format EISIII‘II Kentucky president IT'S
RICHMOND —— Former I‘iastern Kentucky

University president and two-time state senator
Robert R. Martin died Saturday at a Richmond hos—
pital after suffering from pneumonia. lie was 86.

Martin, the Richmond school's sixth president.
guided Eastern through 16 years of growth with 3
“Think Big" philosophy. During his tenure frotn
1960 through 1976, the school more than quadru-
pled in size frotn 3,000 students to 13,000.

A year after he retired, Martin was elected by a
wide majority to the state senate in the 32nd Dis—
trict. He served as vice chairman of the Education
Committee.

ll. Cincinnatl declare: war on lat

CINCINNATI 7~ The L‘niversity ofCincin-
nati has hired two obesity researchers from the
L'niversity of Washington as part of a mission to
investigate newly discovered brain signals that
regulate fat intake.

“I think this is going to be a major locus," said
Dr. Randy Hillard, chairman of psychiatry at the
University of Cincinnati.

The university hired Randy Seeley, an associate
professor of psychiatry from the University of
\Vashington, who helped bring along colleague
Steve \Voods. The two will lead two laboratories of
eight to 10 researchers apiece and join similar
efforts by Patrick Tso in the department of pathol-
ogy and other L'niversity ofCincinnati researchers.

Seeley and \Voods bring with them three fed-
eral grants worth about $900,000 a year. IIillard
said e hopes it will be a $10 million program in
three years.

The researchers' mission is to find ways to
combat obesity, which can lead to diabetes, heart
disease and some cancers.

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Jordan mans Inclt to top at Ilst

NF.\\' YORK —- Move over, Mike Tyson:
Michaeljordan is the richest athlete in the world.

Jordan took the top s wt in Forbes magazine's
annual ranking of wealt y athletes for the fifth
time in six years. Tyson was No. 1 last year.

jordan will earn $78.3 million in 1997, the
magazine estimated, getting $31.3 million from
the Chicago Bulls and $47 million from endorse—
ments and other income.

In announcing its Super 40 list yesterday, Forbes
put hemyweight champion Fvander Ilolyfield in
second place at $54.3 million. He earned $53 million
in prize money and $1.3 million in endorsements.

Boxer Oscar De La Iona was third with $38
million. followed by Formula One driver Michael
Schumacher ($35 million), Tyson ( 27 million)
and Tiger \Voods ($26.1 million).

\Voods' endorsement and other income was $24
million, second to jordan. NASCAR driver Dale
Earnhardt is third in that category ($15.5 million).

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. —— The
Class of 1998 faces an optimistic
future, according to the annual fore—
cast of the National Association of
Colleges and Employers.

The association has predicted
that the job market this year will
be the best this decade. In the
association's survey, released last
week, nearly 70 percent of
employers said they planned to
hire more college graduates in
1998 than they did last year.

Bob Isaacson, the director of
analysis and evaluation for the
Minnesota Department of Trade
and Economic Development, said
the survey accurately reflects the

i i

prospects graduatin students face.
“ tudents shou d have their
pickings of ‘obs when they gradu-
ate,” he said.

Isaacson attributes the sunny
outlook to national factors. Gov-
ernmental efforts to reduce the
budget deficit has led to a reduc-
tion in interest rates, which allows
business to ow. He added that
the country as also grown more
competitive in the international
business community.

David Pucel, a professor in the
Department of Work, Communi-
ty and Family Education, agrees
with the association‘s optimism.

“The future looks d,” he
said. “It’s a good time or people
to enter the job market.”

‘I

This outlook, he said, is a con-
trast to the “Generation X” stereo-

e, which holds that students
age an uncertain future in a barren
job market. However, Pucel said
that pessimism develo d during a
shaky economic period?

“ few years ago, it was looking
pret bleak,” he said.

T e country is now seeing a
decrease in interest rates and an
increase in production rates, both of
which are a boon to the economy.

But another important factor in
the renewal of the econom is a
sense of national confi ence,
Pucel said. When businesses feel
more confident of the economic
future, the are more likely to
expand and hire more employees.

“A lot of this has to do with
peoples' feelin ,” he said.

Pucel adde that he is not sure
how long the upswin will last. He
cited two different t eories as to
whether the bright outlook will
continue.

Some, he said, believe the
economy shifts back and forth ——
“if there’s an upswing, there will
be a downswing.”

However, he said others think
the nation is a fundamental social
change. They think the nation is
movmg into a new economic era
of prosperity, which will consist of
a gradual rise in the economy for
decades.

“There are conflicting views on
that point,“ he said.

\

'P

Isaacson attributes the rise to
demo raphic shifts and said the
growt trend should continue
throughout the next 10 to 20 years.

The reason for this, he said, is
the aging “Baby Boomer” genera-
tion. As they retire, more jobs are
opening up, with less graduates
a l 'in for them.

pB‘éVegdon't have the number of
workers we had 30 or 40 years
ago.” he said.

Isaacson added that he is confi-
dent in the continuance of the
trend. “There's no question about
it,” he said.

Tom Stinson, an assistant pro-
fessor in the rtmcnt of Applied
Economics, sai the growth s ould
last at least 12 months.

I

“At this point, there's really x
nothing on the horizon that is
going to change the economic
course," he said.

Factors that can affect the
economy, he said, include major
international conflicts and drastic
stock market drops.

Although the market did see
some decrease recently, Stinson
said the decrease was not signifi-

 

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to their lowest rates in 24 years,” ' 7.,
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lege duate with a de in eco- .r
nomics to figure out at this‘is a
good time to be entering the job , r.
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Kentnekinn a
member of
international
choral group

By Alexander L. Bingcang

Stilt,“ ll 'rncr

l‘hiltp \Vilder has a lot to sing
about.

»\ member of(‘.hanticleer. the
only professional a cappella
choral group in the L'nited
\tates. the I‘Lyear—old native of
Georgetown, Ky. perforitts
'l uesday .H the Singletary (Ienter
for the \rts \\ ith the San Francis—
tji) l.llsL'Iiil>le’.

\\ by do audiences fitid (Lhan-
ticleei' so appealing?

lt‘s silky sound. charming batt-
iet or snappy choreography?

“I think being \merican. haw
mg 12' guys \\ ho come from so
many different cultttral back—
grounds \\l[l1 so many different
sti les ofsiuging. and briiigitig all
of that to one place is probably
the most important thing that
makes i(‘hantieleerl successful in
my mind." \Vilder said iii a phone

 

TUNES IN TIMES The only [llYljiii‘A‘lllllill 11 cappellzl choral group in the L'm'tetl Stiller. Chanticleer, trill perform at the
Sing/etun' Center (jonrert Hall tomorrow night at 8.

By Mail Mulcahoy
Stafl‘c‘ritii-

Hollywood has gone retnake
crazy, and there’s no sign of it
slowin down any titne soon.
\Vith t e success of The Nutty Pro-
fesxor, why not redo the ’505 Dis—
ney hit The Absent .llinded
Professor?

Robin Williams takes over the
Fred MacMurray role as a brilliant
college professor who
lacks any trace of com—
tiion sense. “'illiams‘
forgetfulness costs him
when he misses his
wedding to a fellow
professor because he's
working on a new
invention.

Williams decides to
use his new invention,

(lristopher McDonald

and save the financially

strapped science department.
John Hughes, who directed The

Breakfizrt Club and countless other

’805 teen comedies, claims respon-

sibilitv for the moronic script.

Photo filmuhed

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interview from San l‘rancisco.

lnternationally known as “an
orchestra of\oices." (:hanticleer
brings its impeccable sotind and
repertoire. from Renaissance to
_l.i//. to some 100 concerts annu-
ill). across the L mtcd States.
l’urope .md \sia. (Lhanttcleer
performs its programs with soprav
no. alto. tenor and bass \oiees.
but \\ ithoiit conductor.

\\ ildet' is an alto in the group.
\\'heii he \\ as ll). be sattg soprano
.isa lllt‘lllltt‘l‘(it‘ll‘iL‘(il1rlSl(:hllft‘l’l
Cathedral .\leii's and Boy's (Ihoir
in l.e\ington. He would later
credit this evpericnce as an excel—
lent foimdation which helped to
build his total talent.

lot .i while. \Vilder purstied
ambitions of becoming an organ—
st .it the

.lusic in Rochester. Ky. but an
iicounter \\lll1 one of the leading

     

liasttnan School of

orchestral conductors of the cen~
tttry reaffirmed his decision to
sing professionally.

“Right in the middle of itiy
time in college. I w as offered to
sing a solo part in a piece by
Leonard Bernstein in New York
City." \Vilder said. "I felt like it
\\V(1\ .1\'L'r} gl)llil \llL‘L'U\\ l‘()r ”TC.
l found that I liked (singing) a
lot more than playing the key-
board. Bern-stem encouraged me
to pursue it. so l did. I knew
then that singing \i as going to
be of paramount importance.
That‘s when l pursued (Ihanti—
k‘lL'L'r.“

\Vilder has been with (:liJllll-
cleer for eight years. (fhanticleer
has been around for two decades.
long enough for critics to com»
pare this a cappella group to the
King Singers, the popular British
a cappella grotip. jay \Vhitc. .i

soprano with Chanticleer, easily
distinguishes one group from the
other.

“There is an ongoing debate
between the American sound and
the British." \Vhite said. “lit
Britain their production is so
tiiuch more uniform; there is very
little expansion to push the enve-
lope. ln the L25. we all cotiie
from different backgrounds. I'd
say the sound is a hit more liveli—
er. The challenge is to go a differ—
ent step."

'l‘omorrou, Chanticleer con—
tinues to push the envelope with
its performance of “Nude
Descending a Staircase."

“Nude Descending a Stair-
case" was originally written for
the King Singers, \Vilder said.

“They never performed it
because they thought the text was
a little too scandalous for their

audiences." he said. “So we decid—
ed to take it on. It's a wonderful
piece you have to hear in con—
text."

Rest assured, Lexington con—
cert-goers can also expect tradi—
tional holiday pieces like “0
come, () come, Emmanuel," “Go
Tell It On the Mountain,” works
by Palestrina and Gesualdo, and
spirituals arranged byjosephjen—
nings. music director of Chanti—
eleer.

L'ls' choral professor jeffjohn—
son is presenting a 7:15 p.m. lec-
ture about the music and the
artist before the concert at 8 p.m.
in the Concert Hall of the Single-
tary (Zenter for the Arts.

Tickets are $20, $18 and 512.
They are available at the Single—

tary Center Ticket Office. ‘or
tiiore information, call 257-
493‘).

 

Hughes writes Fluhlter on a 10—
year—old's level, with most of the
humor consisting of people get-
ting smashed in the head by hard
objects, much like in Hughes‘
Home Alone.

Along with \Villiams’ failing
love life, Hughes throws in an
ineffective and unnecessary sub—
plot involving a rich booster who
wants to steal the “f1ubber” for—
tnula. Stone-faced Raymond J.
Barry sleepwalks through his role
as usual, but the worst perfor-
mance doesn’t cotne froth a per-
son.

That distinction belongs to
“'illiatns’ unbelievably annoying
computer sidekick \Veebo. Stolen
straight out of "hatter-tor not
included, \Veebo hovers around
making bad jokes until a hood
smashes it with a baseball bat.
“'hile intended to be sad, you find

CAMPMSCAL

 

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MONDAY 12/01

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-UK Deadline for submission of
application and receipt of all
materials for admission, read-
mission or transfer to the
College of Law for the 1998
Sprin Semester
-UR Final deadline for submis-
sion of ap lication and all
re uired ocuments to the
Of ice of Admissions for under-

raduate admission for the

998 Sprin Semester, Hon—
degree stu ents who enroll
through the Evening/Weekend
Program registration before the
be inning of classes for 8 hrs.
or ess are exempt from this
deadfine

ART

—Dept. of Theatre is now rais-
ing money for it’s Guignol
Theatre Restoration Project,
"name" each theatre seat for a
minimum of $550 for a Ciala
opening in 1999— its 50th
anniversa Eear;257-5145

ET!flG%
-Pre-Law Club Meet ng,

fizOOpm, Miller Hall Conference
m.

-UR Accounting Club
Meeting: Becker CPA Exam
Review, 4:50-5:45pm, Rm. 148
BGtE Bldg.

-UR Sierrans Meeting,

8:00 m, Rm. 106 Student Ctr:
255- 643

-l'lewman Ctr Cathoilc Mass
every weekdag, 12:10pm; 520
Rose St; 255- 566

-UK 5% & Snowboard Club
Meetin , 7:00pm, Rm. 245
Studen Ctr.

-3-on-3 Basketball tourna-
ment play begins, M-R, 4:00-
10:00 m, Seaton Ctr. Ciym;

’ 257-6 84

Tl ”‘15! )/\Y

Iii/()2

-EXHIBIT‘: Faces: Poggts In

the Collection, UK Art Museum
- (thru 12/25)

~ ‘ 532mm: A Fine Line: Master
Etching: from the Collection.
ER Art Museum (thru 1/18/98)

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-SAB Concert Committee pre-
sents UK Unplugged, Local
Talent, every Tues, 12:00-
2:00pm, Center Theatre,
Student Ctr
-University Artist Series pre-
sents the supergroup,
Chanticleer, full-time a cappella
ensemble, 8:00pm, Singletary
Ctr; Pre-concert lecture
7:15pm, Recital Hall; 257-1706

MEEITNGS
-SAB Board Meeting, 5:009m,
205 Student Ctr; 2 7-886
-Amnesty International
Meeting, 6:30 m, Rm. 205
Student Ctr; ALL Kristen
Houle 226-06412 for more info
-Donovan Scholars Pro am
Forum: "Medical Ethics,” aren
Skaff, 5:50pm, Lex. Senior
Citizens Ctr

RELIGIOUS
-Intervarsnty Chnstlan
Fellowshi Quest/Worship
Time, 7:0 pm, Rm. 245
Student Ctr; 252-4725
-UK Wesle Foundation
United Met odist Student
Center PHAT TUESDAY (Praise
Honor And Thanks), 7:50 m,
Rm. 250 Student Ctr; 25 -
0231
Baptist Student Union TNT
(Tues Night T ether) Meeting,
7:50pm, Chap e429 Columbia
Ave; 257-5989
-Newman Ctr Student Hi ht,
5560 m, 520 Rose Ln; 2 5-

5

W
-Fencin Club, 8:00-9:50pm,
Alumni Loft; 257:158 2
-Golden Key National Honor
Society induction Ceremony
for New and Honorary

Members, 7:00pm, Student
Ctr. Grand Ballroom

WEDNESDAY

-SAB MOVIE: lilatlonal

Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,
7:50pm, Worsham Theater,
Student Ctr: $1

-I(ANS Last e 5:00-
3:45 m, Rm. 501 ursing Bldg
011: cron Delta Kappa
Meeting, 4:50pm, Rm. 206

12/03

 

“"" "“W" ' ‘

Student Ctr
-AIAA Meeting, 6:00pm, Rm.
525 CRMS Bl g.
-SAB Next Stage Series
Meetin , 6:15pm, Rm. 203 Old
Studen Ctr; 257-8867

RELIGIOUS
-Latter-day Samt Student
Association Brown Bag
Meeting, 12:00-12:50pm, Rm.
251 Student Ctr
-Cats for Christ Encounter,
7:00pm, Rm. 250 Student Ctr

SPORTS
-UK Women's Basketme vs.
gpio State, 7:00pm; Lexington,
-UK Men's Basketball vs.
Purdue (@ Great Eight,
Chicago) ESPN, 9:50 m
SPE IAL EV

-Expenent1al Education
Orientation, 10:00am, Rm.
111 Student Ctr

THURSDAY lZ/O/t
AQPEMIQ
-UR Last day or candidates for

a December graduate degree
to sit for a final examination
-UI{ Add/drop for priority regis
tered students for the 1998
Spring SemesterTuhru 01/10)

-De t. of Theatre presents
William Shakespeare’s The
Winter’s Tale, 8:00 m, Guignol
Theatre, Fine Arts ldg; Paid
Admission; 257-4929

1512111395
-UI( Habitat for Humanity
Meetin , 5:30pm, Rm. ll
Studen Ctr; 254-7401
(keen Thumb Environmental
Club Meeting, 7:50pm, Rm.
205 Student Ctr

-Baptist Student
Devotion and Lunch, $1 All
You Can Eat], 12: 15 m, 429
Columbia Ave; 257- 989

-UR Wes]? Foundation
Thursda ht Dinner &«~ w M
Praise, :00- :lsfm, 8 ,
Columbia Ave, 3 : 254-023}

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around for the rest of the movie.
The supporting cast should be
above this type of movie. Christo—
her MacDonald plays a good
ow-life, but he has to be tired of
playing the same role in every
movie. The comedic highlight
comes frotn two bumbling hoods,
played by Clancy Brown, best
'now as the ruthless head guard in
The Shautshank Redemption, and
Ted Levine, who tnust
have sotne kind of bet
with jon Voight and
Burt Reynolds to see
who can be in the most
movies this vear.
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because it lacks any of
\Villiams' famous
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a super bouncy sub- ** do, and he’s actually
stance called “flubber,” (out offive) more effective when
to win back his fiancee ‘ turning to sentiment.

from a sleazy rival pro- W With the dismal
fessor played by M jack, disappointing

Father‘s Day and now

the childish Fluhher,

maybe Williams has lost his touch.

Without Williams to distract

you, Flultlzer’s gaping logic holes

appear even wider. The “flubber”

substance does everything frotn

make cars fly to providing amazing

jutnping ability, but there's no
rhyme or reason to how it works.

\Vhen \Villiams first releases
the “flubber” in his house, it
bounces uncontrollably through—
out the neighborhood. Later when
the “flubber” is released it miracu-
lously stops in tuidair and does a
big dance number.

In another scene, \Villiatns
tests the substance on his shoes
and can’t stop bouncing until he
crashes into some chairs. When he
sprays the “flubber” on the shoes
of a basketball team, they can stop
bouncing after a single leap.

These lapses in credibility.
while a glaring reminder of poor
writing, do provide for some nice
special—effects. Fluhher moderate—
ly succeeds as lighthearted family
fun, but anyone over the age of 10
won't be amused.

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too late, however. the aliens get
loose forcing her to team with crew
tnates and Ripley to blow the ship.

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twists iiiict‘tcd to the
familiar story.
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of foreign talent teamed proved
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sets, dark lighting and trademark
visual artistry withstood the indus—
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standard storytelling to set up the
alien's inevitable escape, Jeunet
and company kick into high gear
with several memorable sequences
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