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Thursday, March 31, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Easter Worship
with the First United Methodist Church of Lawrence, Kansas
at the Lied Center at the University of Kansas Sunday, April 3, 1994
10:00 a.m. Handicapped accessible and nursery provided
Note: This will be the only Easter Service for First United Methodist Church. The regular worship schedule will resume the following Sunday at the church: 10th and Vermont.
For more information call: 841-7500
OK, Sludge, here's the scenario from Ron Howard's new film, "The Paper": Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) is the metro editor for The New York Sun, a daily tabloid newspaper that is regularly frantic and high-stress, where the reporters thrive on pressure, constant conflict and looming deadlines. He has several dilemmas in his life that come to an explosive head in one 24-hour period. His wife, Marty (Marisa Tomei), a reporter on maternal leave, is eight-and-a-half months pregnant...
"It looked like about 15 months."
Let me finish, Sludge. Hackett's wife is pregnant; he's facing the story of a lifetime, which could accuse two innocent boys of murder if he doesn't beat the clock to the truth; he's got an interview with a rival paper for a better job that could save his marriage as well as his sanity; he's continually doing battle with the managing editor (Glenn Close); and there's a paranoid, gun-toting columnist (Randy Quaid) using Hackett's office as a Howard Johnson's; and he can't find enough change for the Coke machine.
"I would just put an extra layer of tinfoil over the windows and hit the snooze button."
What would you do if you were Henry and you could just smell a day like that coming?
'The Paper' delivers good times
But Sludge, your job, your marriage and the lives of two innocent people would be at stake! You'd be responsible for the paper and everything that goes in it! You couldn't just sleep!
"Let me put it like this: I would
rather shave my head with a cheese grater and shampoo with rubbing alcohol than work for a newspaper."
"Well, yeah, but,… this isn't the same as … aww, lay off, Matt!"
OK. Fortunately days such as this aren't very frequent, but director Howard and screenwriters David and Stephen Koepp pack every migraineproducer imaginable into one 24-hour period in order to replicate the hypertensive pulse of a big-city newsroom.
You mean, a newspaper such as the Kansan?
"One day. Wow. They didn't even have to change clothes."
No, but they did change speeds. The day begins at a jog with morning barter about general office problems and the day's topics. While the clock ticks and the tension begins to mount, "The Paper" speeds up to a full-fledged sprint for the deadline. The script is sharp and often funny, and Howard paces the action breezily but with considerable momentum.
The story revolves around the wrongful arrests of two African-American boys in an apparent racial killing and the fight between Keaton and Close to present the story in an
honest light. But it also tackles issues such as marriage and family vs. work, glass ceilings for women in management, cancer and other concerns of the workplace. "The Paper" skims the surface of all these dilemmas. It is meant to delve deep.
Many critics have accused Howard, whose directing credits — "Parenthood," "Backdraft" and "Far and Away" — have grossed more than $500 million, of a shallow naivetate that is too jovial and optimistic to be believable. Frankly, I find Howard's romantic idealism a refreshing change from this year's often dark and somber films. Let's just say he he's literally the "happy medium."
"Bottom line is: it's a feel-good movie and hey, I felt good!"
And there was some good cussing in there for you, too. Sludge.
Keaton is definitely at his most manic here, perfectly suited to the role of the frantic big-city newspaper man. And the supporting cast could not be better. "The Paper" is a neat, tightly rolled bundle that unravels quickly, and the unraveling is executed to a dizzy perfection.
"The Paper' delivers!"
Sludge, you got that off the movie ad in the paper. 25
"Yeah, but it sounds good." OK, we'll try to think of our own catchy slogan.
"All right. How about... 'The Paper' gets dirty ink on your fingers."
Perfect. I'll see if we can make the morning edition."
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There will be a mandatory meeting tonight for candidates interested in running for the 1994-1995 BSU executive board.
Date: March 31,1994 Time: 5:00 pm Place: Alcove H, Kansas Union