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  • Febuary 18, 2007 Western Carolinian PDIOnAe Superfly: Can You Dig It? By: Amanda Talbot Staff Writer Populated by pimps, pushers and prostitutes, Superfly contains so many stereotypes and ghetto clichs that some find it difficult to enjoy, Channel 4 Film, UKs most broad film site, wrote in response to the film Su- perfly. It has also been accused of glo- rifying drug-dealing. The Black Theatre Ensemble co-sponsored the film, Superfly, which was shown in the UC Theatre at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4 in celebration . of Black History Month. My question to the group was Why this film? The film portrayed colored people as the stereotypical violent gangster drug dealers. So, why would the BTE want to show a film that displayed the ste- reotypical roles colored people have been trying to battle against for years? Wouldnt they want to show a film that contradicts those stereotypical labels that the world seemed to have tagged on colored people? Assistant Director of Multicul- tural Affairs Rory G. James, MPH an- swered the question Why the BTE de- cided to show such an offensive film? James said he wanted the students to view the film and then ask questions about it. The whole point of the movie was to spark and motivate a conver- sation on blaxploitation, James said. Sure, we could have shown The Color students to compare Superfly to other films like Jasons Lyric, which was shown in the UC Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, and Harlem Nights, which was shown in the UC Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19. He also said he wanted the students to not only compare but to also see the progression of the portrayal of colored people in Hollywood films. In order to go somewhere you need to know where youve been, James said. The problem with this idea is that the films did not really show much progression in films. Jasons Lyric, which was made in 1994, contained the same sex, vio- lence, and drug dealing as Superfly, which was made in 1972. Caryn James wrote a movie review of the film Ja- sons Lyric for the New York Times. The film was rated R instead of NC-17 only after some sex scenes were cut and suggestive advertising art replaced, Caryn James, movie review- er for the New York Times, wrote. Yet Jasons Lyric remains one of the most violent films of the year. Joshua is tor- tured by some furious gang members and when he comes to his inevitable bad end, Lyrics family house is the scene of a bloodbath, the walls splattered and the yard strewn with bodies. The film showed barely any progress out of the stereotypical roles, except that the love between Jason and Lyric went beyond whores and prostitu- against the Harlem gangsters, Canby wrote. How can you compare the pro- gression of Hollywoods portrayal of colored people if you view films that do not really show progression in that area? Colored people were stereo- typed in Superfly (1972), Jasons Lyr- ic (1994), and then in Harlem Nights (1989)? Yet, James said that the films were shown only to show progression. James also wanted the students to com- pare the films to television series that were shown in the UC Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in celebration of Black History Month. The Cosby Show (1984) involved a married couple that held respectable jobs Cosby played a doctor, and his wife played a lawyer; A Different World (1987) depicted col- ored students at a university, and Liv- ing Single (1993) portrayed respectable colored adults living in Brooklyn, NY You can see the progression from blaxploitation to a more realistic portrayal of black people in The Cosby Show, A Different World, and Living Single, James said. You may see how colored roles have changed from the 70s to the *80s, from Superfly to The Cosby Show, but the change occurred through two different mediums the cinema and the television. Was showing films that barely showed progress out of stereotypical roles in celebration of Black History Purple, but we chose to show Super- tions. Rory James thought differently... Month a good idea?... fly to raise questions about LaxpIentat SJasons Lyris:theme was side sto. ')> -3ic ry of a good and bad brothet? James tion. Blaxploitation was a movie genre created in the 1960s and 1970s that placed colored people in ste- reotypical roles. Gary Morris, a writer for the Bright Lights Film Journal de- scribed blaxploitation films. These films trumpet their topicality, with an outrageous gallery of hunky pimps and pushers, knock- out whores, and corrupt cops snorting, shooting, and screwing everything in sight, Morris wrote. Wildly colorful ghetto grab, lurid, approving drug and sex scenes, extreme (if often cartoon- like) violence, classic soulful scores, and touches of black nationalism are the still irresistible lures of the blax- ploitation movie. James said he wanted WCU Western Communication By Brad Semma | staff writer The tragic events at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois Universities have prompted other universities across the country to evaluate their strategies during such events. These evaluations have included both plans to deal with emergencies and how to communicate information to the students and staff of the university. These evaluations showed their necessity on February 14th when Ste- phen Kazmierczak opened fire on stu- dents in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall, killing five and then him- self. Northern Illinois University police responded immediately to the emergen- cy and had a plan in place for such an incident. Even though this horrible evnt was unable to be prevented, the train- ing and planning of the campus police said. It was a beautiful love story between two black people actually in love. It wasnt a stereotypical role. It was a movie where people that live in the inner city, whether white, black, or Hispanic, could relate to inner city life within the movie. Harlem Nights, which was filmed in 1989, was a story about gang- sters, club owners, and whores in the 1930sthe same type of violence and chaos that Superfly contained. Vincent Canby reviewed the film for the New York Times. The story involves a war for control of the Harlem rackets, pitting the powerful white mob boss Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner), and Phil Cantone (Danny Aiello), a crooked cop, and university still helped to control the situation. Western Carolina University has begun its evaluation of communi-. cation methods on and off campus. The methods being evaluated include up- dating old technology and the possible implementation of new technology. The Department of Information and Technology, Registrars Office, and the university police department are in- volved with this evaluation process. According to Vice Chancellor Sam Miller, one of these old forms of tech- nology being evaluated is sirens such as those used for tornado alerts. This evaluation also includes looking at sys- tems currently used such as e-mail and other web based technologies. A current web based system in place at Western Carolina is the Public Information and Emergency Response System known as P.I.E.R. In an emer- gency, the P.LE.R. system automati- cally directs those attempting to access Westerns website to another webpage with information on the emergency in- cluding who to contact about the emer- gency and what to do if located near the tion of Black Histery Month was of- fensive. Do colored people want to show a film thats filled with their race killing people, having sex with different people each night, and dealing drugs on the street? Is that how the black com- munity wants to be represented during Black History Month? Showing Superfly, Jasons Lyr- ic, and Harlem Nights was like mock- ing Black History Month. Everything about the movies represented some- thing I know I wouldnt want to rep- resent me let alone my race. So, they should take pride in their nationality, have respect for themselves; and show it by having dignity enough to celebrate Black History Month with class. emergency. This sort of system, however, is meant for large emergencies such as a natural disaster and would be less effective in the instance of a campus emergency similar to that of Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech, according to Chief Information Officer Bill Stahl. Currently, Western Carolina University administration is creating the evaluation process in which to start looking for systems that are best for the university. Besides looking at ways to communicate to the students, staff, and community of Western Carolina Uni- versity in the event of an emergency, the evaluation will also look into com-' municating general announcements to students. A chief concern of the univer- sitys is finding better ways to commu- nicate with students and inform them of information ranging from events happening on campus to alerting them of when students become eligible for a class they were on a waiting list for. One form of communication discussed for evaluation that could be used for both emergency and general announce- Showing thei films: sin celebra- Page 10 From the Cullowhee Yodel to the WESTERN CAROLINIAN Tabloid, Newsmagazine, and now Newspaper. your voice 4 SO 1.@dRo.OULK, stat, and discover what Cullowhee and WCU are doing now. NEED Writers and Photographers ments has been a mass text messaging system. Systems that broadcast a mass text message to cellular phones in its database are in use at universities but have shown to have their downfalls. During the Virginia Tech in- cident, cellular phone towers were swarmed with phone calls and text mes- sages from students and staff informing loved ones of the situation and caused many of the towers to have difficulty handling the mass amount of cellular phone use. This amount of use includ- ing a mass text message could cause cellular towers to crash if the towers are not built to withstand the increased amount of use. Currently, Western Carolina University has systems implemented for the protection of students, staff, and community. The call boxes placed | around campus allow students to com- municate to the university police de- partment if in danger or if there is an emergency. The evaluating of communica- tion systems for Western Carolina Uni- versity should start within the year.
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