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Show Glorification of Michael Jordan No sooner had I left Utah for Illinois when I was back strad- dling both... Delta Center in Salt Lake City and United via 7a dun I M A X and Michael Jordan. I never realized how the umbilical cord reached from Jazz fans in Salt Lake City to Bulls fans in Chicago and the other way round, outdoor sports never appealing to me at any time in my life. It happened My granddaughter wanted to see a movie that first weekend and take one ofher friends with her, and I offered to do the babysitting. Without even a chance to look around and see what was offered, I was told it had to be Michael Jordan at the IMAX and nothing else. this-a-wa- y. Michael Jordan is truly a decent human being and I appreciate the good things he does, but he was no alternative for the wide variety of choices these multiplexes were pre 20-fil- m THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, June 7, 2000 - Page 17 senting. WAS interested in seeing IMAX, which is actually on the a n movies shown some time ago, where you feel as if you are right 3-- D re-ru- bummer, and I was totally and running all bummed out. After the girls over the field is had eaten up at least $15 no earthshaking worth of theater food, when asked did they like the movie thrill for me. to And increase they had requested, the anmy displeasure, swer was a shrug... not much. the price of the Salt Lake City was no slouch of hour practice in that area either. They pockthat was sup- eted $17,000 that first weekposed to send me end, of Michael Jordan at the up into the heav- IMAX, at the Jordan Comens, was nearly mons, natch. double the usual In Chicago, the take was charge... FOR around $60,000 for just one IMAX theater alone. Overall, WHAAAAAAA... the film made more than $2 how dare they? million the first 17 days. I felt In Chicago lingo, it was a we should have been paid to throwing a ball into a hoop, I However, in-si- de the film, right along on the rides, the bujnps, the hurdles, the. falls, the soaring and the down- THIS??? sides. on Sitting Michael Jordans shoulders while he practices SEE that one. WHAT A RIP-OF- F! Talk about the idiocy of MAN! Not only was the film merely an hour of basketball practice by icon Jordan, for nearly double the price of the average movie schedule of I HIT A prices (as a senior citizen its usually $4 for any movie, any time... this time for one hour of practice, it cost $7... for children it was $6), but addition- 0 FF TH EC0 U RT TOO. ally, it is an unqualified deification of a mere sportsman. The King of basketball had become a GOD!!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! Arent we a bunch of nin- compoop SHEEP? On the other hand, theres also George Orwells All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. The biggest contrast between big town and small town is calling for a movie time. When I want to know whats playing in Blanding, I call Jane or Gary at home and ask whats playing and what ! OVER 5 INTEREST ON 444-F1L- M FREE HIGH YIELD CHECKING ONLY ONLINE ZIONSBANK.COM You don t have to be basketball s 3rd highest scorer to post-u- p some impressive stats; Available only online, .ionsliank.com High Yield ('becking pays interest rates that are tied to die VI -- Day U.S. currently over And because interest is paid on balances . starting at just $2,500, you dou t need the income of a pro adilcte to earn it. Plus, unlimited check writing and online account access 24 hours a. day gives you the level of control you should expect from your bank. After ail, whether you earn it on or off the court, its your money. all-ti- me 5. T-Bil- l... ZIONS BANK WE HAVEN T FORGOTTEN WHO KEEPS US IN BUSINESS, n Ammtl PHrmufgr IW HW1 H mtfm M r mUf 9bdtf ( S mi k kmti Urmmf tMf um. At tf iitf 2k,2W9 mw BJmta M t2,4.C4 AW. tJ.SOO f ffHAPV. W. 41 AFYi lUmm m.OOtt & V IUw time. In Monticello, you probably do somewhat the same. In Chicago, one calls and gets an earful and I do mean, earful, of any movie in town, anywhere, everywhere, and what times and even reviews... and there are 177 movies in the Chicagoland area. IMAX, named after the corporation (what else) that created this projection system, could have been more effective as far as I was concerned without projecting Michael Jordan as 44 feet tall... what it seemed like to audiences sitting under his aura. Quick, United Airlines, get me a ticket back home. Forgot, this is the letter my darlingest Victoria wrote me the first day I arrived. Dear Grandma, I love you so much!!! I wish you could stay here forever. But the people of Uhta would really miss you! But I would miss you even more. Nobody loves you more than me!!! Happy that. your here... Whatshemame". Cancel that airline ticket... guess Fll hang around a bit or so. II. Age is a question of rv mind over matter. If you dont mind, age dont matter. McmhcfFIMC Satchel Paige r 1 ? TY.fa?-- .' mm |