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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Jan. 11, 1963
Dance Reviews 'Candidate' At SUA Modern Book Forum
The central character in the "Manchurian Candidate" is "an instrument in the war between good and evil." a "minus instrument and . . . not a desirable character."
That is how Frank Dance, assistant professor of speech and drama, summed up Raymond Shaw at the SUA modern book forum Wednesday.
While he does not consider "Man-churian Candidate" a "lasting novel," it is "the best of the novels dealing with brainwashing." Prof. Dance said.
IN "MANCHURIAN Candidate"
Shaw is a Korean prisoner of war whose muddled philosophy makes him an ideal subject for the brainwashing techniques of his Communist captors.
Through this brainwashing, Shaw becomes a human guinea pig. The resulting plot is filled with political and family intrigue, sex, humor and satire.
Prof. Dance noted that the central focus in most literature is man, represented in his good and evil aspects.
In "Manchurian Candidate," Prof. Dance said, "Shaw is an instrument in the war between good and evil. He is a minus instrument . . . not a desirable character." Prof. Dance pictured Shaw as "self-abusive" and having no deep-seated love for his mother.
COMPARING THE FILM and the book, Prof. Dance said that "the film differed from the book in sexuality and cynicism." He described the book as more sophisticated than the movie.
The movie showed more restraint, especially with the character of Shaw's mother, he said. He added: "The picture did not show mom as the wretch she was."
Noting that the point of view of the book is that of an "omniscient
Drury to Discuss Pakistan Problems
Pakistan is divided by India into two sections, 1000 miles apart. Yet it is ruled by one central government — and this is one of its major problems, according to a KU political science professor.
Prof. James Drury will discuss this problem and others at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Faculty Club when he delivers his lecture "Perspectives on Pakistan."
Other things to be discussed by Prof. Drury will include the possibility of a civil service in the country, the nation's universities and the government and its officials.
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observer." Dr. Dance said that the movie "limited the flexibility of the presentation of the story."
Prof. Dance, differing with some critics, considered Condon's rendering of Pavlovian (Ivan Pavlov, noted Russian physiologist) conditioning in his description of Shaw's drug-induced brainwash as "truer to reality" than in most works.
Dr. Dance, pointing out that Shaw was conditioned to verbal symbols, supported the theory that the role and development of speech is important in "the formation of mental processes and the control of behavior."
HE CONSIDERED Shaw's "unquestioning obeying of whatever orders were given to him" as the fundamental linkage in his conditioning.
Prof. Dance added that "the substitution of word for reality" is seen everyday. He noted the example of a child's physical reaction to the word "shot."
Prof. Dance said he believes that it is possible for such controls to exist, and added that such methods may see realization in much the same way as the concepts presented by H. G. Wells.
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KU Violinist to Present Recital
The School of Fine Arts will present Beatrice Gordon, violinist, in a senior recital, at 8:00 p.m. Monday in Swararthout Recital Hall.
For her rectal she will play "Concerto No. 4 in D Major" by Mozart, "Sonata in A Major" by Brahms and "Poeme" by Chausson.
Miss Kathryn Misbell. Beverly Hills, Calif., senior, will be the assisting pianist.
The concert is open to the public without charge.
Miss Gordon, of Wichita, is a student of Prof. Raymond Cerf, chairman of the string department. She has studied previously with Miss Catherine Lombar and James Ceasar of Wichita. Before enrolling here she performed as soloist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra in the children's concert series and was
concert mistress of both the Wichita Youth Symphony and the Wichita East High School orchestra.
While at the University of Kansas she has won many honors both for academic excellence and for outstanding musical performance. By a vote of the faculty she has appeared on the Fine Arts Honor Recital on three occasions. She was awarded the Lawrence Music Club Scholarship for "outstanding musician of the year" for the 1961-62 academic year.
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LONDON — (UPI) — Mrs. Jessie Self, 70, jumped 20 feet from a window last night, bounced off a shed roof, fell into a garden, got up, climbed a wall and then called firemen to put out a blaze in her house.
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