The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, February 26, 1982 Page: 3 of 15
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Keaton gets involved
in domestic fights
intermission
D&D game receives criticism
Linde Thompson
Diane Keaton has been getting a lot of ex
0 posure this year.
First it was her leading role in Warren
Beatty's much-touted "Reds." A few weeks
ago "The Keaton Charm" was the cover story
of Newsweek magazine.
This week Keaton appears to her fans in
"Shoot The Moon" a film in which she and co-
W star Albert Finney portray a middle-aged
couple in the throes of separation and divorce.
The role is quite a change for Keaton from
her role in "Reds" where as writer Louise
Bryant she seemed a prototype for the modern
feminist. In "Shoot The Moon" Keaton por-
m trays Faith Dunlap a mother of four whose
domestic qualities are her main ac-
complishment in her marriage to George a
successful writer.
And while suffering from overuse the
phrase "middle-age crisis" is the only
description for George who leaves his wife for
the live-in company of Karen Allen more
widely known as Indiana Jones's girlfriend in
"Raiders of the Lost Ark."
The Dunlaps' story is a familiar one punc-
tuated by domestic quarrels and partial
reconciliations. What makes "Shoot The
a Moon" a little out of the ordinary however is
the violence of those quarrels. Finney's
character routinely busts dishes doors and his
children's behinds in his struggle to find
sexual happiness while retaining a father
image. Keaton responds in turn by busting
more dishes taking a lover and crying a lot.
Consequently the relationship is a strange
and unrealistic one not because of the pain of
their separation but because of the abrupt
changes in the Dunlap's attitudes. One minute
they're screaming obscenities at each other in
a swanky restaurant the next they are
laughing smiling and making love. One
minute they are professing to act "grown-up"
about their separation the next George
performs his version of a demolition derby in a
senseless rage.
Understandably the film is rated R.
The performances by Keaton and Finney
keep the film from falling apart as do the
amusing portrayals of their four daughters.
Sherry the oldest child is particularly
touching as an adolescent whose resentment
exceeds that of her younger sisters. Young
Dana Hill of the television sitcom "The Two of
Us" is excellent as the teen-ager lost in the
pain and confusion of her parent's separation.
This child's confusion is perhaps the most
significant theme that develops in the movie a
confusion that the audience shares at the
incomprehensible values of George and Faith.
When Sherry plaintively asks her mother
how she can have sex with Daddy one week
and with Frank the next the audience waits
for a reply. Unfortunately Keaton Finney
and "Shoot The Moon" have no answer.
To the Editor:
Concerning your article on "Dungeons and
Dragons" (Feb. 23 1982) :
First I want to emphasize that D&D is not a
"game" to be taken lightly. Because the
players become so enthusiastic about con-
trolling their imaginary world that they want
to control the real world it has been involved
with leading many people into the occult. D&D
consists of good versus evil and to win you
usually have to be evil. The main source of a
player's power is his ability to cast spells.
Secondly even Gary Gygax the game's
originator says "The most extensive
requirement (of the game) is time." We are
exhorted in Ephesians 5:15-16 to "walk not as
unwise men but as wise making the most of
your time because the days are evil." Playing
D&D eats up tremendous amounts of time that
could be spent more profitably elsewhere. In
some cases people have become so involved in
fantasy that a single game has gone on for four
years.
Thirdly the game involves plots and scenes
that have many perverted acts in them. Is it
wise to engage our minds in filth when we are
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to have the mind of Christ?
This distortion of reality is a serious
problem. So much so that many police have
confirmed "some correlation" between
fantasy role-playing games and incidents in
their police records.
"Finally brethren whatever is true what-
ever is honorable whatever is right whatever
is pure whatever is lovely whatever is of
good repute if there is any excellence and if
anything worthy of praise let your mind dwell
on these things" (Philippians4:8).
Kim Bush
Freshman Eagle Pass
EDITOR'S NOTE: While the Optimist does
not necessarily agree with Kim Bush's
viewpoint we recognize that it is a legitimate
one. Hence a story further examining ob-
jections to Dungeons and Dragons appears on
page AS.
Teague appreciates work of past week
To the Editor:
The past few days have been enormously
busy for the students faculty staff and ad-
ministration of ACU. Peggy and I are grateful
for the work done by those involved in the
inauguration. Sing Song and Lectureship. Not
only was the qualitv and quantity of the work
impressive but the positive attitudes
exhibited by so many demonstrated a high
degree of maturity and understanding.
These actions reinforced the accuracy of my
inaugural statement the ACU students and
faculty and staff are the greatest.
President William J. Teague
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