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Wednesday October 16 the HERALD Page7B Entertainment Movie Review Landlords and tenants battle By DAWN WOOD Herald Special The Super is director Rod Daniels comedy about the redemption of Louis Kritski Jr Joe a second generation slumlord in New York City The movie begins on rent collection day Sunday with Louts Sr Vin cent Gardenia and little Louis running literally after tenants who have not paid their rent The tenement is without heat or hydro and is infested with rats However the slumlord philosophy to do nothing is repeatedly put forth by Louis Sr His supportive wife takes the position that the tenements are affordable housing for the under privileged We then fast forward forty years into the future Louis Jr is now the owner of one of his dads slums and aggressively follows his fathers philosophy when it comes to collecting rent and side stepping repairs The trouble begins when the housing authori ty charges Louis Jr for failing to meet housing standards He is sentenced by a judge to live in his own building until all of the units are brought up to standards If he doesnt do the necessary repairs he will be thrown in jail Despite his stalwart attempts to brave the cold and dismal sur roundings Louis Jr slowly begins to break down and under takes some of the renovations He is spurred along when he en counters a rat that roars like thunder in a semidream se quence And when Louis is unable to listen to his music due to faulty wiring in the building an electri cian is hired Louis befriends a young boy Kenny Blank who lives in the building and who serves as Louis conscience A sort- of streetwise Tiny Tim When the boy sees Louis with a space heater after hearing all of the other tenants complain about the cold and one alleged frozen budgie bird Louis feels guilty and purchases heaters for all of his tenants This act pushes Louis Sr off the deep end Louis emerging social conscience conflicts with the reasoning of his hardnosed capitalist father who is unable to recognize the mostly Black and Hispanic tenants as completely human On the other hand Louis Jr has no problems integrating into the ccommunity of his neighbors Their economic dif ferences add to the films humour There are many comic scenes in the interactions between Louis Jr and his new found friends He is clearly seen as the new rich kid on the block who falls victim to Weddings Jack Jills Company4artles Dances Kevin L Harris 8731068 STEVEN FOSTER BA LLB BARRISTER SOLICITOR every con in the book and never catches on to any of the pranks played on him Likewise humor is created in the stereotyped caricatures of the slumlord and his tenants None lose their superimposed iden tities Instead they modify their behaviours to best suit the way that life is in their individual pre sent circumstances The movie ends with Louis Jr returning to the comforts of his uptown home But of course not before he is foiled once more This time his tenants mislead 37 MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONT L7G3G2 him to believe that they have restored his red Corvette It turns out to be owned by the local pimp The casting of the lead in this movie was flawed Joe is designed to be a Danny DeVito clone short wisecracking and hardnosed However the fit is not so In fact casting DeVito as Louis Jr would have removed the charge of antiSemitism in the portrayal of the Kritskis All in all the movie was a good laugh and an interesting review of the ongoing battle between landlords and tenants Special GLT visitor By IAN WATSON Publicity GLT was pleased to have a very special visitor for the open house some weeks ago The Ex clusive picture shows GLT member Frank attending to her every whim on the rehear sal set for Steel Magnolias Never before in the history of has their open house been attended by such an important figure or reasonable facsimile thereof and this is an example of the excitement surrounding the forthcoming production GLT is Georgetowns com munity theatre group and the in volvement of the community of Georgetown in this production is almost unprecedented The play is set m a beauty salon in Loui siana and there could have been problems locating the necessary set furnishings However thfee companies in Georgetown Carols and Shoppers Drug Mart have all agreed to loan equipment to the theatre group The group makes a contribu tion to the community through its benefit performances The night before opening night there is a special show in aid of a local charity where all the proceeds from ticket sales theatre rental and royalty go to the charitys funds In the case of Steel Magnolias the per formance on 24 is in aid of the Rotary Club Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling will be presented at the John Elliott Theatre Church St Georgetown on Oct 25 26 30 31 and Nov and 2 Tickets are and and are available through the box office or at the box office in the Georgetown Cultural Centre Tues and pm to 8 pm GOOD NEWS Thats what the Hills Herald has been delivering to you since 1 866 We are 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