University Daily Kansan
Thursday, February 7, 1974
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By JIM HUBRELL
Kenyon Reviewer
Kansan Reviewer
Mainstream hard rock has reached an almost hopeless state of stagnation. The medium, rigidly stylized by its present-day proponents (Fogat, Edgar Winter and so on) into a creative cul-de-sac, is now sterile as to constitute a counter-culture that was not so long the cultural mourn is the new Steve Miller bad amar, "The Joker."
Miller, although never a truly great guitarist, has generally demonstrated at
A TAYLOR CALDWELL book, "The Arm and the Darkness," (Crest, $1.50) is a new title, available for the first time in paperback. This one deals with the conflict between the Huguenots and Catholics in France, the main characters being a dashing young Huguenot and a Catholic peasant girl who fall in love.
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ANOTHER NEW ONE IS FRANK G. LAUGHTER'S "Convention, M.D." (Pocket, $1.25). Slaughter writes about doctors, usually in historical settings, but of late he has been quite topical, in a rather soapy way. This one is about the annual convention of the Medical Association in which a young reformer tries to fight the medical establishment.
JOIN MASTERS' SETTING is India, and "The Ravi Lancers" (Pocket, $1.50) is billed as a book about love, war, and empire. The Ravi Lancers defended Britain in the old days of empire; in this book they leave their homeland to fight in World War I. Masters writes good ones, and this is in his old-time mood.
correction
Winners of the Edward S. Robinson Essay Contest listed in yesterday's Kansan are the 1973 winners. The Kansan incorrectly identified them as the 1974 winners. Entries are still being accepted for this year's contest.
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least some competence and originality. Not so in "the Joker." The album is an amalgam of cuts ranging from medieure to poor. The production by Miller is timeless. The music is a classic, with Miller's back-up musicians, with the exception of bass guitar Gerald Johnson,
play with feeling and originality roughly compared to that demonstrated by the KU
reviews
Miller has, however, worked with less in the past while still creating some high-quality work. He is also a member of Albert's major flaw; he has retained his competence but lost his vitality, relying on chord progressions and solo familiarity to create her unique solos and substitute nostalgia for creativity.
The lyrics epitomize Miller's ineration; the title cut (also the album's single) is characterized by self-indulgent narcissism, along with such unforgettable sexual metaphors as "I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree."
"The Joker" is at best listenable, at worst just what the title implies - a caricature of Miller's past recordings. Miller is capable of better. Hopeably, his next album will escape the curse of mediocrity too prevalent in rock today.
The third film of the Women's Film series, "The Girls," is an interesting attempt to blend the fantasies, flashbacks and suspense of the characters into a single meaningful narrative.
By JEFF LOUGH Kansan Reviewer
Swedish Film Abounds in Fantasy
"The Girls," to be shown at 7:30 tonight in Woordruff Auditorium, concerns a theatrical troupe producing *Aristophanes* by Michael T. Reeves. The troupe, played by Bibi Anderson, Harriet Anderson and Gunnel Liblamb leave their families and lover's homes to their troupe in Sweden.
The film progresses smoothly from play to fantasy to "real life" to flashback, examining in a quite forceful manner the differences between the minds of the three central characters.
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The failure to create believable male characters destroys much of the credibility of what seems to be the film's theme; the oppression of women by a male-dominated character. The men of the film, whether lovers, colleagues, husbands or acquaintances
have no inner life; they seem to be as flat as a cutting board. The women haven't the flimsiest of paper wigs with which to do battle. At times the lack of dramatic motivation approaches that of the typical afternoon television soap opera.
Also on the negative side must be counted
However, if one is moved by the outstanding act of beautiful actresses or the imaginative manipulation of filmic images, she could do worse than to see "The Girls."
the sometimes unreadable subtitles over this Swedish-language film.
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