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14 over THE EDGE - Wednesday, December 14 , 1994

SPEED

by Damien Joly

The action film genre is not
often considered "real" cinema
by movie intelligensia. It is
seen as fodder for the masses,
drivel to keep us uneducated
proles happy.

Surprisingly enough,
Speed avoids this stigma.
Firmly subscribing to the
Hollywood ethic of a
repeating three minute "clench
and release" cycle, Speed is a
suspenseful romp through the
street of Los Angeles.

While Keanu Reeves is not
usually worth the 11 key-
strokes it takes to print his
name, he has found his home
in the world of action cinema.
Without burdening us with
acting, he does a good job in
this film playing a character
slightly reminiscent of the FBI
agent he played in Point
Break: a police officer
hovering in the realm of
Douglas Copeland land. He
fits the role of strong, morally-
upright cop with blaring white
teeth well. (Donny Osmond
with a badge?).

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Dennis Hopper is a bitter,
retired police officer who is
looking to build a little "nest
egg": 3.7 million dollars.

The real star of the film is
Sandra Bullock, __ playing
character foil to Reeves.
Bullock's character is not the
passive,  damsel-in-distress
type character so often shown
in action films. She plays a
woman who actively
participates in saving the day,
almost to the point of equality
with Reeves. This is a giant
step forward for this genre,
notorious for casting women
as so-called "bimbos" and/or
victims. Bullock's character is
intelligent, sarcastic, and not at
all the type of person who
would wait around for her
"hero” to save her. Despite its
progress, the film almost
réverts to form near the end
with a twist on the classic
"woman-tied-to-the-train -
coming".

If one is reasonably adept
at reality suspension and can
overlook leaping buses
without too much difficulty,
the formula works well for
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CONFIDENTIAL

Sorry guys confidential is not
that great this week. I did have
a couple of funny ones but the
guys would not let me use

them, so blame them and not -

me.
This one happened last week.
I am sure this has happened to
of you.
Stephanie was in the cafeteria
with Tracy(without an ‘e’)
and she had her back pack
hanging on her _ chair.
Stephanie got up for a second,
to reach for the pepper, sat
back down, but missed the
chair, which had fallen over.
She landed on the floor and sat
there laughing at her self while
Tracy sat(in a chair) staring at

The Fall

I danced across

the shadow map
like a painted lizard
twitching to some
tired drum

I liked the dark
dogs in neon best
outlines, light leaking
through a weary canvas

then a fall
the rush of dry: leaves
a slow drowning by saline
the beggars and skinless horses
leering and beckoning from the
boxcars

a liquid cosmos
bulbous and overdramatic

ridiculous in its bloated grey misery

they jet by

a lethargic lurching parade
of headless cyclists
blubbery winged judges

droolers
strapped to strollers
clutching for their escaping
fingers in the painlegg
incomprehension of infancy

and me, speckled red
perfectly preserved
fingers frayed
unearthed for the exorcism

Stephanie, probably thinking
‘what an idiot’. Luckily
though, the cafeteria was not
busy and no one seemed to
notice, except for Cathy who
saw Stephanie sitting on the
floor, but was not sure why.

Not very funny, eh? Please,
Please, Please send me your
most embarrassing moments. I
know alot of you really want
to. If it was not for finals you
would have written me, right??
Please! No one will know it is
you. And, please, if you do
tell me your most
embarrassing moment let me
print it. Not like, well you

know who you are. de

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