The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1987 Page: 9 of 20
twenty pages : ill. ; page 19 x 15 in.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THRESHER Fine Arts Friday. November 6.1987 9
British sex comedy funny but implausible
Rita, Sue & Bob too
Directed by Alan Clarke
Rita, Sue & Bob too is a British
comedy about two eighteen-year-old
girls who have an affair with a mar-
ried man. This is definitely something
different
Unlike many British films, this one
was not made for American audi-
ences. The accents are heavy and
almost impossible to understand at
times. (Maybe the filmmakers should
consider subtitles or dubbing.)
This movie is about sex, make no
mistake about that. But like so many
British films (and I assume like the
British themselves), it is horribly
uncomfortable with sex. It was that
damn Puritan Revolution in 1648 that
still haunts them.
This prudish attitude is best dem-
onstrated by Mich&le. Mich&le volun-
tarily had herself sterilized after her
second child and believes firmly that
having sex once a week is more than
enough. Bob, her slimeball, macho-
stud husband, just can't get enough,
so he decides to bop the babysitters—
you guessed it—Rita and Sue, two
high school seniors looking for a little
entertainment.
The seduction scene is one which
will go down in motion picture his-
i.
Siobhan Finneran and Michelle Holmes star in Rita, Sue and Bob too.
tory as one of the most ridiculous over and tells the girls thathe wants to
ever. Old Bob, the sly fox, is driving talk with them. They are, of course,
the bimbettes home when he pulls quite clueless with regards to his ulte-
rior motives.
Bob asks them if they are virgins.
They are a bit surprised but answer in
Sneak preview not worth cheesy popcorn
Fatal Beauty
Directed by Tom Holland
This week we're going to talk
about sneak previews. Now don't
confuse sneak previews with press
screenings, because they are as differ-
ent as Reagan and Bush. If I'd gone
and told you what happens at press
screenings, you'd probably give up
your mundane lives and become
movie critics and then guess who
would be out of a job. Suffice it to say
that by the end of a long, hard week of
press screenings, we movie critics are
pretty tired of caviar.
Instead, I'm going to tell you about
those little affairs the movie industry
sets up to gauge potential audience
reactions to their next blockbuster.
The "sneak," as it is called in the
trades, is used by the owners of a film
to decide whether or no t to put in more
nudity or less plot and to decide
whether or not to schedule it for a
early release or to put the stinker di-
rectly out on video.
Most people find their way into the
sneaks the way most people get into
movies: though the ticket window.
This type of sneak is no fun, so I won't
even bother to go into the gory details.
Rumor has it that due to the popularity
of these sneaks, the "festival" seating
arrangement will be prohibited. This
coming on the heels of a tragic inci-
dent in Cinncinati where two "sneak-
ies," as they are called in the trades,
were trampled during a free popcorn
run.
The cheaper kind of sneak is the
"free sneak," as it is called in the
trades. You get into this sneak by
acquiring a pass or "sneak stub," as
they are called in the trades. Usually
radio stations will literally throw
away sneak stubs in their neverending
effort to convince people that their
music makes for better listening than
the competition because their give-
aways are better.
By mailing in a SuperLottoKash-
Kard to your favorite radio station,
cbunting all the songs played for the
last 6 hours and by being the 1000th
caller when Madonna's "Causin' a
Commotion" is played three times in
a row, you too could be the winner of
your very own sneak stub. But get to
the theater early, because there's
HAROLD BUNNIEMEISTER
movie review
"Limited Seating Available."
Once you've made it to the "sneak
site," as it is called in the trades, you
will have to wait in line with the
muddled lasses yearning to see the
free flick. If you get to the front of the
line and are handed a roll of toilet
paper, you are definitly in the wrong
line. You may even be in the wrong
country, da!
After a hour or so, provided you did
get there early because there's Lim-
ited Seating Available, a pock-
marked representative of our youth
today may let you in.
This non-stop roller coaster of fun
doesn't stop here. It is only just begin-
ning. And you'd better be having fun,
because afunradio station sponsored
this sneak, so you damn well better
appreciate the trouble they're going
to.
After paying for the $3 thimble of
popcorn and the $1.50 swig of caf-
feinated sugar water (the theater has
to make money somehow), grab a seat
and wait for the good part; the good-
ies.
The goodies, or "freebies" as they
are called in the trades, are the
noodles every fun radio station must
give away to their lobbies so they
won't go hobble the next day and find
some other bobble to listen to for free
goodies.
So they give away t-shirts, pins,
coozies, bags, rugs, missies, posters,
pins, records, pins...and you want
them, don't you? (Go ahead, try to
deny it.) Outwardly you make like
you're too good for all this when you
really want to join the feeding frenzy,
and pick up a free copy of "Who's
That Girl."
But sometimes there are no free-
bies for you because you arrived late
or you forgot your SuperLottoMon-
eyKashKard. That happened to some
see Fatal, page 11
the affirmative. Then, he asks them if
they know how to put on a condom.
This time they answer negatively,
and he proceeds to show them by
opening one and putting it on his
finger. They play with it for a while
and then Bob asks them if they want to
have sex.
They, of course, agree and are ap-
parently unconcerned about doing it
in front of each other in the car. These
are virgins, remember. Right. It's
simply amazing how little it took to
send each of them into orgasm on
their first try.
As a public service, if there are any
freshwomen who don't know how to
use a condom and would like to know,
my roommate and I will be at Willy's
Statue all afternoon Friday with a
twelve pack of Trojans to demon-
strate. We considers it our duty to the
women of Rice—you know, Safe Sex
and all.
Of course, Michele finds out about
Bob's philandering—she found the
package of condoms in his pocket
while she was ironing. (Remember
that she is sterile.) So much for trying
to keep an affair secret.
Michele does the only thing she can
do: she confronts Rita, Sue, Bob, and
Sue's alcoholic father in the funniest
scene in the movie. It's sort of like a
Wild West gunfight without guns but
with strong accents. You had to be
there.
A lot more happens in the film, of
course, but it really didn't matter
because I just didn't believe it. It's
hard to laugh at a movie you have
dismissed because it's implausible.
Maybe if I could understand them a
little better, I would have liked it
more.
Rita, Sue and Bob too has its
moments, but not enough to sustain
my interest.
—Paul D. Angles
iVfcliLL UIIS
■ ■■■■
2204 Dorrington
Behind the Shramrock Ruins
£ JONES AND BAKER
PRESENT
Mon.-Fri.
\Tfie Three Sisters ^
by Anton
&
<p
MP
JONES
NOVEMBER 16-21
8 P.M.
RESERVATIONS
527-8101. EXT.27M
directed by Jennie Stoller
Restaurant
Wine Garden
Beer &
Gyros Sandwich J
2 for 1 Special i
wiltL this coupon!
Happy Hour 5-7prn
Beer $1.00
11-2:30 & 5-10, Sat.5-10, closed Sun.
(713) 667-7628
Free Party Room
We Cater
PRIVATE
PARTY LINE
976-GALS
14257)
24 hour
A $2.00 charge will be billed for calling this Texas telephone number, in
addition to applicable local or long distance charges.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Raphael, Michael J. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1987, newspaper, November 6, 1987; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245677/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.