Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

•tot Loutll. January 17. 1916. rtgi IT
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Mothers fight against pop profanity
B> Tsumy xako
Wn.fi -carstuYi f.v that perfect gift
for a friend v fcUin** it* ihc
nei-hhortx*»d Record Faetu-> or
Timer Record Siw. the On^r
may be wrprncd to find an O. X.
D/A. or V on Aunti* Emma s upcwning
birthday pr^^icn^.
Thcw «r»njc hut protccme initial*
arc all pan or the Parents Mink
R-rwurcr Center °* (PMRQ primary
pUn. The PMRC lias final!/ won
right* to U>;jr objective—a sundardi/cd
record ruing *y*tetn limitar in
the one irntimtcd in 196S b* the Mutioo
Pkture Association of America
(MPAA).
The PMKC f> nude up of a small
group of women including wives rl
highly politml figures, such at
Trcviry Secretary Jamn Baker. The
PMRC has won iu battle with the
mink industry and installation of the
rating syttem b dnie at hand.
"Nobody will pay any attention to
these symbol*. They have warning!
on cigarenrs aad people still inn tie.
It's n wi«e or urn?. money, and effort."
occ>rdtn£ tc itnior Mary
Chung.
Songs wiJi tcjuially explicit lyrics
will receive *n X: IhW advocating
the use of drugs or alcnou! will
receive i D/A; tho»e referring lo the
occult will receive an O; am) thtne
Storifyi*" violence will receive a V.
The PMKC also rcqucits that printed
tyrici be available so that parents can
preview a record prior to it*
rurctmr.
" H*.- PMKC *cun.N like a group
«f bored rouvewives who ha\c pi*ten
(ofrthcr because their huthandv
don't pay rtcrtion to •hrm." c\orr*\cd
tcnior Alexandria S-pc.
Tipper Gore, co-rounder of the five
membe* PMRC. ciprcved fn Rotting
Suite Afajpcine. "We're n« ccn-
9on. We wmm • toot from the industry
that is peddling this stuff tc
children, i eoapinxr tool w4h which
parents can males an informed Jcciuoa
on wJat to buy. Whrt we're talking
abnut 1st skk. new strain of rock
moik s'ori.'ytae everything from
forced sex to bondage to npe."
On the other side of this corarn.crsial
tug-of-war, the tm»ic inJun.> u
feverishly trying lo suit any
legislative action working in the
future.
Stanley Gortakov, presidait of the
Recording Iviustry Association of
America (RlAA). aays thai a label
would never have conptee control
over the packaging or perfornunce of
any arm's maiica! lyrics. Gortakov
alto find* a rating system with
catcfories "totally impractical."
Uorufcov would talber base ihc
labelling on a company-by-compauy
besis. Twenty-two major companies
have already endorsed th*s proposal.
Each eompsay will decide for iUelf
whether or not a particular album rc-
quire* a warning label and rcctifding
ttnrt*. h*vc tcKal contntl over the
pljirmcnt ofthr IiVUon their .mn
•tlhuim.
"It's inane, outrageou*. and absolutely
unnccciuryt"itaied senior
Matt llcimcr.
Gore docwi'i f«I ttut ihi* Uwx: nuuirement
addrcMO the problems
PMKC and t*Ut cunrerned parent*
arc dealing with. She etprrwed tr*it
opiniot: openly in Rolling Stittf
Magazine. "We want an indctryw
-Jc »tandani created by in.* inJaur>.
ir you're (the WAA) paing to bavc
it up to individual rccorJ companies,
juu leave (lie ineu the way it u."
"This statement." according to
Lowell gradutte David KeMar. "obvkxitly
indicate* that the PMRC
organuation wants all or nulling—
compromte b far from their train of
thought."
The RlAA d-vs ;s* wish U> irritate
the PMRC's coriimitte*. for fear of
their influence on icgnJaifcxi (as well
as on their huthamls) lo restrain the
InJiutry cntircl).
The question the RIAA asks and
PMRC man arawrr i*. who will rXe
the records aid bow will it be done?
Movies can be spcctfical!y ratrt accoiding
to vioknee, nudity or foul
language. loierprcttiion b the key
element that renders it difficult to
identify an album with a variety of
songs and words a* belonging to one
Dancers to get recognition
Marro Carrsbba can aow be seen
•a a princlpaJ dancer with the Son
Franchco Ballet.
By Kcn.Zaile Cobb
Who arc M>lhail BaryOmiLov.
Rudolf Nureyev, and Margot Fonteyn?
All were uirceuful principal
dancers.
How many luccc&sful principal
doccrs can >wi name fwm San Francisco
Ballet (SFB)?
Unku you ire • great patron of the
baCct. you probably cannoi name
one.
Why? Dccause before July 1.1985.
there ws DO dtstiruion between principals,
soloue. and corp.. Mkhael
Smuin, former artittic direcw. chme
not to have the division, but gave
anyune a rhsnee of performing a major
role. This did not build any ***•'
of give any nwgnhion to the quality
of the dancers.
Now. under the directorship of
Helgi Tonwwn. loimcr princip/1
duiet with New YorL Cry Halte*.
il has been decided to be»m the
piiocipal-wlotst-corps ranking.
T&masson started the change oy
brinfing in new dsocers.
During SFB'i annoul prodocLOttof
"ihc Sutrracktr. itc dittioctioo
became more apparei*. Not oolydid
Tomatsua give jmjo; roles W tbote
-'" people he had brought in. he tUo
gave the roles to top dancer* already
in the comi «ny.
M*rco C4rra(*(M u-at iwc of the
a f^Hcniu! printijul *bcn lie pick J
OrrjbKi to reprewnt St-.t *» nli Nan
c> Dickum at an AIDS Snwiit pal nn
h> San Franciw-n\ Pciforminp Ans
While i n four ttii* uimnicr. Cjrruhhj
* jv ta4 AV tlK- ccninil dJtxcf
in Brtihmt:S*-hi*itherA \»uutM
end terciv.ii fantailK" review* He
also performed il>e kid in MtfnUi
and Ophttia. Hi»«J*e». he «J. »ur
priw.l when he w*\ a**Jd m panncT
twu different Ophelia*, uimctliinj;
rarely done \ince there we M> nun>
Jaaxn. in the company which l.i* 47
members, a* vctl a* apprentice*
Carrabba rus n=J trujo: rule*
throuphoulhi*rwo>ear* Jt SFB. hut
he i* happy aboui the distinction, he
said. "It « wVe lo be rccognt/ed. It
is good ui «e where you're jwiig ami
in see how you progresA from inexperienced
to proficient. It will a!w>
allnw jounp *Ja.Tcer». people *rth i
specialty to get good pan*.'*
Me explained that if a dancer fceU
he can do a pan. he can *o up to
Tomauon and tc'l him. and he will
watch him do the part. If he docs it
well, he will be cau. If he it i»*
rridy, he can come Kick after a few
months, after working on it, and eel
the pan.
Carrabba was born in Anacono.
Washington, on the American wdc of
the Canadian border, in 1955. At tnr
age of 13. he took his first lesson
from Dorothy Fisher in Seattle,
where he grew up. He first decided
to take ballet when he »n impressed
by the w?y the dancers left die
nagc. with grace, after ;• TV ballet.
-Cjiiitar S
: Elbctiic;
Besides the b»ilct he saw on TV.
he *.*» impired to dance tiy taking hit
•i^er to rullei ctatw< One day. the
ico* her called him in. isiinp him to
* oxer to the bane and point hi*
NIK. N« tejily Lmmti-p wrut >he
HKont, he pointed Iii* ft»< oi«! rcv.*.vol
«^>h> ami aaht frrm hi" «i*tcr\
».Ij-kvmjicv CjfTjhhj l.keii 'he idej
of people loolkisjt at him arnl hi* levi
ind cinilirmLit hi* tlwHi^hl* lit doi*.tf-
OruntM fir** tlontoi proiev^mjl
1> ut I:ufil .^'n/i f.« kc lor
I lie fir\t lii'W. AIUT iwo jcjrx, ho
lotnai the Dutch NUKIUI Ballet in
the Nubcrland*. hi* lj*u*ite cumpaiiy
in Euiorc.
Although he cnj"»>ed performing
a*! o*rr Europe wuh ihoc three com
ponru, he felt jl'cr live jcar* it WA*
time to return m tlic United State*.
ck. U\.t of ihe companv's
best.
Thii *cason wil! he a "testing
lime" for the new* way* ol Tonuuon
ami a turning point for each of the
dancers in ihe company. As Cambba
explained. "It should be an exciting
season if everyone puts fonJi
100 p«cent."
There i* s better chance ot a successful
*ca*on beca*ue not only will
Tumauon get credit. Th» «eaion the
talented dancers will not he dancing
the parts without the public pal on the
bacV. This year they will get
recognition.
These records mil others IQx tbtm will carry wmrntng lsbek m a mob
of preamrc frcm ibi parcrts' greop.
panicular catrgsry.
"Ak for printing the lyrics. PMRC
it going to have a difficult lime crir>
ting words that have been taped or
recorded backwards as in Prince's hit
umg "Dftling Nikki" on his album
Purple Rain, according tu Xennar.
Frark Zappa, rock mm*, producer
and stager. fceK that the record cocrpanic*
only agreed lo the warning
labels to buitd good will bciwccn
themselves and the PMRC. Thtr happy
agreement might influence the
PMRC not to push legislation lo tax
the ulc of home tape recorders and
upci lo compen^le Tor uk\ lo\l in
cuumerfeit copies.
Warning lalcb rlong wnh a phntcd
copy of lyrics on album will be appearing
in record Mores in a month
or tuo. As ft* the PMRC. the*r next
campaign ts against sexual ref-irooc*
und JtmtiljmJ violence on MTV.
What does Doony Osmond have to
say to the record rating situation? "I
think it will draw atteoooa to certain
albums and ptomotc sales of
rcconU... bur I aoi worried about my
own albums because they lack the
language and violence Uut an
popular—therefore I might get stuck
with • C for a taring." he Matrd.
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