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FRIDAY, MAY6 cholson, Shelley DuvaH. 1979. ft MOVIE: 'Adios, Amigo' A con man and hit fall guy are seemingly followed by trouble in the old West. Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown. 1965. © NR. Films HI Washington Week/Review Pool Duke is joined by top Washing­ ton journalists analyzing the week's news. Colgate Woman's Games CD Cable Health World Report IB MOVIE: 'Meatballs' 1UI MOVIE: 'Mommie Dearest' mm Eight Is Enough ® MOVIE: S.O.B/ [ Soap Beat ] What happens when reality interrupts soaps By Connie Passalacqua Not many people remember what events transpired on the Nov. 22, 1963 episode of "As the World Turns," but millions will never forget what hap­ pened during that telecast. Walter Cronkite of CBS News broke into the serial to announce the shooting of President Kennedy, which had just occurred in Dallas, Texas. • It is inevitable that cata­ clysmic world events will happen during the after­ noon hours on which soaps are aired, and that net­ works will interrupt the shows to announce them. But this kind of intrusion is the bane of a soap opera addict's existence. The most recent example occurred on "All My Children." For the past year, "AMC" fans have been gearing up for the fatal climax of the Erica- Kent-Silver love triangle. On a recent episode, two scenes after the gun went off injuring Kent during a struggle with Erica, ABC broke into this crucial epi­ sode with coverage of the launching of the latest space shuttle. However, the tape of "AMC" kept rolling. When the show resumed 20 min­ utes later, an announcer filled viewers in on what had happened. They missed the all-important Kent hospital death scene; which was undoubtedly played to the hilt by day­ time superstar Susan Susan Lucci CONSIGNMENT SALES •WOMEN'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES •HOUSEHOLD GOODS •MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS MON.-FRI. 10-5:30 .SAT-9-3 JOAN'S- fcsuw- BARGAIN RESALE SHOP 1312 RIVERSIDE DR. McHENRY. ILL. 385-1882 Lucci, who portrays Erica. When such interruptions occur, the telephone switchboards at the net­ works tend to light up immediately. Except for their protests, viewers have no power over what is to be aired and what is to be preempted. The network and its news divisions reserve that right. In recent years network news has broken in to cover the assassination attempts on President Reagan and Pope John Paul II and the assassination of Egyptian President Sadat -- all cat­ aclysmic events. Yet soap fans can only ponder the network's deci­ sions to cover such things as a Reagan press confer­ ence and other events of a non-emergency nature. Soap viewers thrive on their shows' continuity -- and the network decision mak­ ers should take this into consideration whenever an "emergency" takes place. © 1983 Compulog in the spotlight Julia Foster plays Margaret of An|ou In "King Richard III." Shakespeare's plays Shakespeare's first great achievement as a playwright, the four-play "War of the Roses" history cycle, comprising the three parts of King Henry VI, concludes season five of "The Shakespeare Plays" with "King Richard III," starring Julia Foster as Margaret of Anjou. It airs Monday, May 2 on PBS. (Please check local listings for time.) Richard, the Duke of Gloucester (Ron Cook) begins his bloody progression toward the crown by instigating the mur­ der of his own brother, The Duke of Clarence (Paul Jesson). When the ailing King Edward (Brian Protherone) dies, Rich­ ard imprisons the King's two sons and declares himself sover­ eign. Then, crowned as King Richard III, he embarks on a reign of terror upon his enemies. In battle, Henry Tudor, Earl of Rich­ mond (Brian Deacon), kills Richard and, as King Henry VII, reunites the warring faction of the white rose and the red. Shakespeare, while following the fate of England through the onset and during civil war -- the War of the Roses -- wrote of an uneasy kingdom being destroyed from within by power struggles, betrayals, treachery and murder. He also demonstrated the need for an orderly succession to the throne. (c) 1983 Compulog