" entertainment; 
     
    
   
   
    
     First there was Saturday 
     
     night Fever, then came 
     
    
   
   
    
     Grease, now there's Thank 
     
    
   
   
    
     God It's Friday. 'IGIF, 
     
     staring Donna Summer and 
     
     the Commodores, while 
     
     perhaps more plotless and 
     
     disjointed than its two 
     
     disco/dance—movie pred—' 
     
     ecessors, has a lot 1) 
     
     offer it's audience. 
     
     There is precious little 
     
     plot to 'IGIF, but there 
     
     seems to be a theme, of 
     
     sorts. Marquees and pos- 
     
     ters for the movie remark 
     
     that "after 5000 years of 
     
     civilization, we all re— 
     
     serve a break," and this 
     
     is what the movie is all 
     
     about. 
     
    

    
     The "Zoo Disco" is hav— 
     
     ing a dance contest with 
     
     music cupplied by the 
     
     incomparable Commodores. 
     
     Well, while the DI stalls 
     
     for time (the truck car— 
     
     rying the Oommodores' 
     
     equipment is delayed) , 
     
     all manner of antics 'oc— 
     
     cur. The most notewor— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     thy occurance during this 
     
     part of the movie is Ni- 
     
     cole Sims' (played by 
     
     disco queen and sex god- 
     
     dess Donna Summer) in- 
     
     credible debut as a disco 
     
     artist. The contest is 
     
     won by Leatherman, a 
     
     disco-dance Virtuoso, and 
     
     a high-school girl whom 
     
     he has secretly sneaked 
     
     into the disco). 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Donna Summer in action, 
     
     being a long—time fan of 
     
     hers, and ended up rather 
     
     disappointed on that 
     
     score. Summer mouths few 
     
    
   
   
    
     lines outside of her over— 
     
    
   
   
    
     exuberant performance of 
     
     "Iast Dance", and most 
     
     of the shots of her are 
     
    
   
   
    
     somewhat leSS than flatter- 
     
    
   
   
    
     -ing. Her presentation 
     
     of "'Iast Dance" is not 
     
     what one would expect 
     
     either — — - hair curled 
     
     into a huge fright wig 
     
     hiding her face, she 
     
     bounces around like a 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     yoyo, delivering a bery 
     
     blase version of the song. 
     
     Judging from what one 
     
     hears on her albums, 
     
    

    
     one could justifiably 
     
     expect better. Maybe a 
     
     slower paced movie and 
     
    

    
     a few meaningful lines 
     
    

    
     of dialogue would have 
     
     helped. 
     
    

    
     As for the other 
     
     performances, well, who 
     
     can say? Incidents, 
     
     aqmsing and serious, fly 
     
     across the screen so 
     
     quickly that it is 
     
     difficult to judge who 
     
     is performing well and 
     
     who is not. However, 
     
     ass the characters are 
     
     so bezarre that the 
     
     viewer can get to know 
     
     them almost immediately. 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Dave Wood 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     'Ihe personalities of 
     
    

    
     the Commodores are not 
     
     elaborated ck either, 
     
    

    
     but their exciting 
     
     performance of "Ibo Hot 
     
     to Trot" during the dance 
     
     contest makes up for the 
     
     cheerful haziness of 
     
     their characters. 
     
    

    
     All in all, then 'Ihank 
     
     God It's Friday is a fun 
     
     movie, but little else. 
     
     It prOvides an exaggerated 
     
     View of what happens in 
     
     discotheques everywhere, 
     
     delivers lots of situation 
     
     comedy in rapid fire 
     
     succession, and boxes 
     
     the viewer's ears with 
     
     non-stop disco music. 
     
     Final verdict: shallow, 
     
     but exciting and very 
     
     funny. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     fR03fl.’.’/.’.’.’.’.’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     TO ALL FRESHMAN STUDENTS 
     
     As co-ordinator of the 
     
     Shinerama drive for 1978, 
     
     I would like to extend a 
     
     warm thank you to all of 
     
     you who were out shining 
     
     shoes in aid of cystic 
     
     fibrosis, on Sept. 7. I 
     
     hope that all of you 
     
     have recovered from any 
     
     colds that may have been 
     
     a direct result of your 
     
     tangle with the weather. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The seventy—seven brave 
     
     freshmen who managed to 
     
     turn up in spite of the 
     
     inclement weather raised 
     
     $2,153. 'lhis sum, 
     
     although it is less than 
     
     last year, is very 
     
     impressive. The weather 
     
     was not only a deterrent 
     
     in getting shiners, but 
     
     also in getting shinees. 
     
     It was too wet for your 
     
     average 'Joe' on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     drop a coin in your cans 
     
     for a donation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It may have been rough 
     
     out there in the rain but 
     
     all across Canada other 
     
     Frosh were out shining 
     
     also and it was all for 
     
     a good cause. I hope that 
     
     each one of you is proud 
     
     of your contribution. 
     
     Cystic fibrosis is a 
     
     potentially fatal disease 
     
     and the dollars you 
     
     raised will be used to 
     
     find a cure and save 
     
     thousands of C.F. 
     
     children and adults. 
     
    
   
   
    
     - Once again I'd like to 
     
     say thank you. I 
     
     enjoyed working with you 
     
     and hope to see you 
     
     around campus in the 
     
     future. 
     
    

    
     Yours sincerely, 
     
     Nora MacAdam 
     
    
   
   
    
     Drop ‘ [12,404 See Our 
     
    
   
   
    
     Co—ordinator 
     
     Shinerama 78 
     
    
   
   
    
     street to stop and have 
     
     his shoes shined or even 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Daily specials, subs, sandwiches, 
     
     home—made soup, deserts. . . . 
     
     Hungry? EVERY WY THRU 
     
     FRIDAY,8:30—4:3O p.m. ,YOU 
     
     CAN EAT A7  CAFEI‘ER'EA, 
     
     3rd FLOOR OF THE BARN- 
     
     OPERATED BY BEAVER F0606. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GAILAND CARMEN WILL BE 
     
     'IHERESO DROP IN FOR 
     
     LUNCH,BRUNQi,E‘IC.OR JUST 
     
     TO HAVE A COFFEE BETWEEN 
     
     CIASSES. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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