Show The Utah Statesman Monday December 3 ’ to 70s the lay goodbye thrae weeks we ll be another 1984 and have won-o- s a closer U) On things to look forward to snsr's New Year's Eve we can of I toast to the passing odor decade 70s have been characterized d tht decade when nothing hap-MAfter the social and political mod of the '60s America found b uiendental Meditation and mellowed nifh introspection ptout started out the decade by hinj old business (''ending” Vietnam wart and tidying up loppy housekeeping (the Ws Watergate and Nix-- i With Gerald resignation) the only man in our history to the office of president without elected running things peo waited forgetting social respon-it-y and concentrated on what could do for themselves the 70s will be known as Ik Me the Bee Gees (also known as The Singing Dolphins) came along While rumors about a Beatles reunion became everyday more numerous the vultures sold anything and everything with Elvis Presley's name on it and realized great profits In clothing styles the Funky Chic of hiking boots jeans and down vests predominated the early part of the decade The Jock Chic of Adidas shoes skateboards roller skates and tennis outfits made its presence later on Saturday Night Fever made white polyester suits the rage and made it not only cool but downright macho for men to dance Disaster films proved to have excellent success at the box offices while Roots captured the largest number of television viewers ever The Excorist had 'em throwing up in the aisles from coast to coast Streaking was a fun but short lived fad and toga parties were very ''in” for a couple of semesters In the '70s we also experienced swine flu 55 speed limits gas shortage meat boycott a drought a couple of extremely harsh winters and mile-an-ho- But more so than anything else out of the decade I’ll remember Stanely Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange The powerful predictions the movie made were not as far fetched as they may have seemed at one time Here at the dawn of a new decade many of the cultural implications of social-politic- Clockwork Orange have manifested themselves in the punk movement and the decadence of the discos As Devo instructed us eariler this year "Duty now for the future" The '80s are around the corner and like it or not we are going to be living in The Future Decade" 11 had modern conveniences like microwave spoeable razors and Mr Coffee to make life a We had quadrophonic which never took the by storm the way the had hoped and home When in Southern California rieri fjfWVlWSAL STUDIOS TOUH rfoncorders For awhile there Patty Hearst d Son of Sam were household and everyone either took aiiludes or contemplated npucture to cure his ills Religious cults popped up wrwhere and deprograming was it alternate rage Yve witnessed the birth of the urtnclear movement watched lata Bryant's religious fanaticism tni into a witch hunt and found at that test tubes could have tint RsD excuuuuussse meeeee!” phrase everybody’s neit door and the Fonz Wynne's hero Elton John sold an records than anybody to date d then the disco incarnation of become a catch-al- l ler Moore was Hair 55 N Main Lfrfi'nr Designers 752-531- 0 (TO i iM Hist N v) 'b iMfillIfTHH I ' cirj- - P TUES UNIVERSAL PICTURES PRESENTS AN ASPEN FILM SOCIETY WILLIAM E McEUEN DAVID V PICKER PRODUCTION A CARL REINER FILM STEVE MARTIN IfiejERk V' RICK ABLE WED VE ROBINETTE THURS “BISTRO JAZZ QUARTET RU AND SAT “FREE SPIRIT” Mtfm I’ll i 03IlCGD© (3a? s ® CDPft£flTiTT& 1 979 Page 9 |