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ur Alcononcs Anonymous dont come easy. But copmg mm a world that puts ompedlments In the way of wheelchairs. and Prejudice In the way of the disabled, :5 the bigger challenge And, yes Its true, quadnplegcs want to and can have sex Through It all, Callahan proves that a sense of humor IS a lule-savung mechanism, And as I catch myself laughing at the horrendous Situations he comes across, I laugh mth recognition at my own loables and preludlces At the back of Digest- Both books will have you laughing out loud. If you dont (he of shock first Callahan takes on the taboos In our culture. and gets away with It because has been there hlmsetf An alcoholic brawltng Irishman. he wiped out In a car acctclent at 21 paralyzed from the fifth vertebrae down. His painfully slow recovery as a quadripleglc takes up most of the futothrmraptty The Insurance from the accident left mm enough to afford a part-time assistant, but the Catch-22 of welfare In order to receive Medicaid to pay for ms wheelchair and colostomy expenses, means never being able to llve lndependently The problems with booze return while he's living m venous nursing homes I mean, who has more nght to feel sorry for hlmseltO Adopted as a newborn, he suffers the pangs of rejection from both ms Derh parents and the famlly who adopted hum Fmally he huts bottom Enraged at God for all M suffering, he adrmts he s powerless to resust alcohol but wull never drlnk agam The Twelve Steps of Alcohollcs Anonymous dont come easy. But copmg wlth a world that puts lmpedtments In the way of wheelchalrs. and Prejudice In the way of the disabled, Is the bttmer challnnna Gouterg admtts the play mll be unknown to most of K-W theatregoers. but he wants to challenge the audience mth a productton they are not famtltar with He behaves the audience wul be able tdenttfy with each of the Characters nevertheless The play IS about the characters dealing with their wewmg two books on display in a bookstore window The man Is tookmg at Healing the Chn|d Within The snake notices one called Digesting the Child Within, and of course has a amid-sue lump halfway down his body Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot rs good fer what ads ya, and If nothrn' ails ya, It wrll tickle your tunnybone It's the autobiography of John Callahan, a cartoonist whose pen skewers pomp and pretudtoe and roasts them over an open flame A new cotlechon of his cartoons has just been released The title gag shows a man and a snake vtewmg two books on display in a bookstore window The man Is tookmg at Healtng the Chrtd Within The snake mum: nm: Mum n.»___.;-, KK, Vanities Jil Eiiiihiiitie The 1991 'iii,,iti,)iii'j K-W OKTOBERFEST _ _ il_ctitf, , CLOSING CEREMONIES 1lliS Saturday, Oct. " , Fi " k 7:00 p.111. Need a good Laugh? , at A ‘ szqu'A’a‘r w iititihiitit a' (QP‘ PAGE 16 - WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY Wk" E? JTO. OR THOSE WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT 'TPS NEVER OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER" Uptown Waterloo (King & Herbert) proud to be a sponsor ofthis great cmmnunity event Gfiriiicle [Continued from page own Images of themselves, Fw says Greenberg. "Hopefully we begln to think about ourselves and their values reflect on ours “It IS extremely funny, but I would hope that you think about these thogs long after the Dlay IS over, _ he adds I thunk you see yourself m each of the characters whether you ', OCTOBER 16, 1991 The music and acting IS amateur but great, and the book by Roddy Doyle IS as feisty and unpretentious, (Me Irish granny woulda flipped with the rude talk, but she never liked Motown music anyway.) Roddy Doyle has been nominated tor the Booker Prize tor his third novel, The Van (Commitment $8.95 Paperbacks, published by Minerva. The Van, pub. lished by Sector & Warburg, $29.95.) The Booker short list also Includes Such a Long Journey, a first novel by Toronto author, Rohinton Mistry, set in Bombay in 1971 (McLetland & Stewart, $16.9tn. 15) P s Have you seen the move called The Commit. ments? It's a great Huck With an Improbable plot: a group of unemployed Dubliners form a soul band, The music and amino IS amatnnr h... mm “A bu... Callahan’s Wfltlng lS as rough as his life. and his drawmgs are pretty scratchy too, But he IS not pleading for our sympathy, As the waiter says to the diner In The Disillusionment Cafe. “Your order is not yet ready. nor will It ever be F. Political correctness, vegetarians, eating disorders, Leo Buscaglla. all get roasted. So read the cartoon book first and then check Its sources In Don't Worry. Digesting the Child Within and other cartoons to live by, John Callahan, Harper Collins $11 95 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, John Callahan, Random $11 95 ing the Inner Child, Callahan outlines his life as an alcoholic befote and alter Alcoholics Anonymous in a senes of cartoons, The text is honest and morose: "Booze made me feel normal and uninhibited. ft gave me courage to do things I could never do sober,“ IS below a sketch of the family dinner table with John asking, "Can I have a second helping of meatloaf, please?” are male or female. tr Vanities will be performed in the Theatre of the Arts at the University of Waterloo, 8 pm. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students. The box office IS open 11 am . 5 pm Monday - Friday, and 1 . 5 pm. 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