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Show 10 SALT FLAT NEWS, MAY, 1975 rttovies SOOrTOMStftMflm ttimipile wsmm What do ton brine ff v?: TERROR! The Giant Brine Shrimp Directed by Mike Cassidy Screenplay and animation by Mike Cassidy Victimized by the unsympa- Plot and animation, though you say about a 500 shrimp intent on wreaking havoc from the heights of Temple Square? That it was wise? That it was beautiful? That it liked to get as high as its ideals? Or do we say that it was not merely another brine shrimp? That its actions were truth? That its intent was eloquently expressed? That it had never in its life found nirvana in a cup of Postum nor soothing beauty in the city's skyline? What can one say for sure of such an anathema? Are its utterances the genuine mumblings of the Good, or is it merely rising, to another delirious occasion? Is it a sage or victim of one too many cinema spectacles? . Whatever the answer, one thing is evident Mike Cassidys The Giant Brine Shrimp is perto surhaps the best face from the murky depths of by-produ- ct The Great Salt Lake since Morton salt thetic forces of industrial pollu- tion, the brine shrimp is forced to leave its native habitat, and like the Dodgers who fled Brooklyn, suffers a giant, horrible mutation Crowds panic, lovers stop loving, Main Street revels in terror and the air is filled with the belated strains of Nearer My God To Thee. Chaos reigns in the wake of the giant shrimp. Only the Deseret News fails to take notice. Heedless of man, irreverent of tradition and basically confused about its social position in City, the monster crustacean is, alas, plucked from the Temple by the city sanitation department, artfully guised as a giant seagull. There is happiness in the movies. Filmed entirely within the area, the production capitalizes on techniques first immortalized in King Kong and later developed by such notables as William OBrien and Ray Harry hausen. Salt-Lak- e strikingly similar to the early gorilla classics, nevertheless remain uniquely Zionist. Noble performances by Brigham Young, the Salt Lake City Police Department, Ringing Brothers and Bamum and Bailey Circus, Saltair, the Tribune Building, the Salt Palace, Mormon Conferees, and, yes, the Temple itself combine to make the film refreshingly awesome for local devotees. Cassidy, himself the product of one too many cinema spectacles, disavows any direct commentary on Mormon institutions within the film. Raised during the science fiction boom era, he professes to have only a fascination with the strange with the kitchy, C.B. DeMillian spectacle and awe characteristic of other monster films. Basically, he says, its just a helluva lot of frin to create reality out of. another reality. Though prohibited somewhat by production costs, Cassidy nonetheless continues to strive for the freedom accorded others of his profession. His latest undertaking, a short 16mm expose of the Guthrie Bicycle Building, aptly titled Mondo Sleazo, will be released to close friends and other interested individuals next month. And the future? Well, Ive SwuSD GaQsGESSBf Lurid poster depicts the Giant BrineShrimp, wreaking havoc on Temple Square. A product of salt water and air pollution and film maker Mike Cassidy's tortured mind, the crustaceous mutation crawls ashore and causes more trouble than a downtown renovation protect. always wanted to do a disaster epic, Cassidy added, only that seems to be covered already. Heedless of the Hollywood vogue, the imaginative young filmmaker nevertheless intends to shoot a spectacle in the immediate future featuring the Wasatch Front Titles? Well, Armageddon would be good; if its going to be a disaster I want it to be meaningful. Judging from the innovative and subtle humor of his brine shrimp classic, how about No Left Turn Up stoned ? ' Douglas Siddoway Traveling Film Critic - rvn Id like to commtend Mr. Goldberger for his ingenuity and persistence despite what, the outcome may or may not be. Upon that closing note by a committee member, Richard Goldberger, reporter-at-larg- e and circulation manager of the Salt Flat News, his lawyer, and interested spectators were asked, to leave the conference room. Shortly thereafter a decision was reached: Goldberger would not be permitted to peddle the Salt Flat News on the campus of the University of Utah, persistence and ingenuity notwithstanding. SALT LAKE CITY: The Crap Game 'or Dice determines, what number the Game, as it is inaccurately shooter must make before he called, is to some the most exciting of all casino games. On most crap layouts you will find a long narrow space around the outside of the table. This space is the pass line. In addition to the pass line, there are the field numbers 12, 11, 10, 9, 4, 3, and 2. The propositions are called the hardways, craps, eleven, any seven, and the Horn numbers, which are a combination of eleven and crap numbers. The propositions are usually located in the middle of the table. Located in the middle of each end are the come line, the come numbers, and also the dont pass and the dont come spots. At first glance, the table seems confusing for the beginning player, but it is very easy to overcome this cdnfusion once the basics of the game are understood. Unlike most other casino games, the player has an option to play with or against the House. This is done by placing bets on the come or dont come area of the table. Discussing the come line first will help clarify other portions of the game. When betting the come line, the player is betting with the person, throwing or shooting the dice. The first roll ' rt This number is If, however, the a seven on his come out, he wins. This is called a natural. But if the dice come out ' is two, three, or twelve, the shooter loses. This is called craps and the player is said to have crapped shoots a seven. called his point shooter makes first roll, or . out Once a point is established, the player shoots until he makes his point by rolling the. same number as was thrown on the come out roll, or until- he sevens out; that is, rolls a seven before he rolls his point. In the event of a sevens out, the player then passes the dice to the person on his left, who in turn becomes the shooter. The come and dont come lines have the lowest percentage against the player, so they are your safest bets. Keep in mind that each roll of the dice is independent of the last, but eventually all combinations will show. Therefore, dont try to outguess the dice. Manage your money to allow for all the combinations to show. . Next month I will write about the slot machines and explain how to find the machine that is best for you. Sy Smith - Reacting to the decision by the Universitys Committee on Student Affairs, Mr. Goldberger said he was surprised and disappointed at the verdict but he was not about to give up. This kind of thing, he said, is real Horatio Alger stuff. The committees decision was based on arguments advanced by Summing up the Universitys case, Mr. Anderson said that once an exception is made to allow the sale of commercial matter on campus, its going to be extremely difficult if we get ten or fifteen or twenty other newspapers and, uh, as Mr. Gold- berger has indicated, the Chronicle, I guess, cant stand University attorney Thomas CL Anderson. Anderson had con- tended that any exception to the Student' Code, which prohibits commercial or non-Univers- ity community handbills on the campus other than such paid advertising as may appear in the University of Utah publications, would open a Pandoras box of publications. Arguing in defense of Mr. Goldberger, who for five years has hawked the Salt Flat News in and around the Universitys Union Building, attorney John Bucher doubted that an exception to the rule in this case would open up a rash of other newspapers coming in and setting up on the campus, because its just not economically feasible for them to do so. I also believe, said Bucher, that Mr. Goldberger has a fundamental constitutional tight to peddle his newspapers on campus as long as he doesnt inter fere with the flow of traffic in the University or in classes . the compriition. But one way or another, do we want to open the door to this thing and make it virtually impossible to pay no in every other situation? For the time bring the door remains closed,, but according to Goldberger and Mr. Bucher the case is not Mr. |