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Entertainment The war between the Rose: begins in the India's office and escalates into a violent, bloody CtMlict that finally ftadt, them both barricaded inside their house beautiful, doing battle with dummy symbols of their marriage - the figurines the gourmet kitchen range, the chandelier. - -- 7 There are a great many funny moments in The War of the Roses', including one in which Turner (playing an ex-gymnast) springs to her feet from a prone position on her lawyer's floor in one lithe movement, and another in which Douglas makes absolutely certain that the rush she is serving for dinner will have thin fish! smell. L Movie He wants to tell the story of a couple of clients of his, Oliver and Barbara Rose, who were happy and then got involved in a divorce and were never happy again and, eventually, in the midst of a quarrel, suffered a tragic fall from their own chandelier. The attorney is played by Danny DeVito, who also directed ' War of the Roaea,’ and although I usually dislike devices in which a narrator thinks back over the progress of a long, cautionary tale, this time I think it works. It works because we must never be allowed to believe, even for a moment, that Oliver and Barbara are going to get away with their happiness. The lawyer's lesson is that happiness has nothing to do. with it, anyway. _ _ _ He Guhta that animal-tinge is destined to be happy (of course, as a divorce lawyer, he has a particular slant on the subject). His lesson is mgre brutal: divorce ls survivgble. Jf onlyrtlgg Roses hgd listened. The movies stars Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as the doomed Roses, and although both actors also teamed with DeVito in 'Romancing the Stone', no two movies could be more dissimilar. 'The War of the Rae fat black. angry, bitter, unrelenting comedy, a war between the sexes that makes James Thurber's work on the same subject look almost resigned by comparison. ' ”an: iiii/ii7viiruTiiG agn’éveréus line. there are times when its ferocity threatens to break through the boundaries of comedy, to become so unremittng 1e find.sy.s canhot lgugh. . . It's to the credit of DeVito and his waters that they were willing to go that far, but maybe it shows more courage than wisdom. This is an odd, strange movie and the only one I can remember in which the moral is: "Rather than see a divorce lawyer, be generous - generous to the point of nighttrweata." Roger Ebert is an American mm critic. Rogeraaen The tint and last shots of "The War of the Roses' show us a divorce attorney with a tragic tale to tell. He inform a client there will be no chafge. _-_---. A .. _ ... _ A "I iiet paid $425 an hour to talk to people," he says, “so when and I offer to tell you something for free, I advise you to listen carefully.” DeVito makes”; light of marriage “Ear In many respects, 1989 has been a wonderful year for Waterloo. Of course it 'ups-rust-differs-tyd? community has more than its share of great volunteers, leaders, musicians and artists. Many thanks again to Peter Jftril Snyder who gave 500 copies of his Engagement Calendar to 500 K-W Hos. et volunteers. Then there was Water- 00 Lion president Stan Kirby who presented $500 to Governor Urry Sales to help with the local youth drug awareness program. Robert Monteith, our new city cultural director. fulfilled his promise and at- treated some fine performers to our Waterloo Showcase programs in the Humanities Theatre. Henry Kreb be came the chairman of the KW Hospital Foundation and helped obtain more funds for the medical institution. It was a hard act to follow, but after Don Black retired from Waterloo North Hydro, A banner year iti' ‘ii‘ ,r-2 general manager Al Clark took over this year and despite the building boom and short-lived strike Al has kept the ser- vie,, W!” PT - . With the help of volunteers, convenor Mary Meijer was able to make $14,000 for K-W Hospital with the 36th annual "Nearly New Sale". 0cthgenarian Keith Staebler arrived back in the spring just in time to join the local Senior Tennis Circuit where he continues to confuse the younger players with his cut serve. Vivacious Joanne Merrit has been emoying other pursuits since her firewall departure from Club Wil. Ted Ro Arum? Town community of achievers lowelll. Ballroom dancer Derek Groves of Lexington Road says the KW Dancers continue to grow' in numbers Golf Pro Danny Mane survived his first year as head professional and manager of Fox wood Golf Club which is quickly becom ing one of the rmer layouts in the area Coordinator Martin Johnston is delight- ed with the new bubble which covers six indoor courts at Waterloo Tennis Club. In the spring. we were pleased to see Lakeshore Optimist Dennis Hartleib was given a special award at the Water loo Volunteer Minor League Sports Dinner. We all enjoyed the gala farewell concert which Mike Bergauer directed before he retired in June. 0utowrtMoe Norman was recognized by America's Golf Magazine as the beat ballstriker in the history of the game. And while We erg on sports, it was a wonderful year for ijkiiiia enact: Taffy Knight 'who led his Cinderella team to the playWts and mm fpfrtt8qtitA, my JANUARY s. mo _ no: " then was awarded the Coach of the Year award. We can't overlook concen master Eduard Mmevich of the " Symphony as he became a star m hrs own rtght nth his magrMeent solo pieces Mel Btrrrie conftrms that the Waterloo Regional Police Chou received many ovations during their three week concert tour of the Briush Isles 1n July In the autumn, our own Carol Sherban. the first female president of Oktoberfest. directed the festival to another success ful yearn Supporting Sherban were Loume Puopolo, Joan Andrews. Alena Bums, and Gayle Kislbf1eiseh who or gunned A Blooming Affair, Mary Jane are!) and oodmrmnn Bev Esposito attracted some of the most Interesting candidates for the Women of the Year swank Ted Rooney as a Waterloo {madam writer.