A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MICHELLE PFEIFFER WAS NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR _LOVE FIELD_ I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT, AND IT NEVER PLAYED IN A THEATRE IN CHAMPAIGN AS FAR AS I KNOW. BUT IN MY SUMMER RENTAL FRENZY I WATCHED IT (PLUS I AM WRITING A PAPER ABOUT MISCEGENATION) ANYWAY, IT WAS AN NTERESTING FILM (SMALL, NOT A BLOCKBUSTER, ABOUT NON-FAMOUS PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THEIR LIFE-WORLDS AND THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PRESSURES AND UNFAIRNESS OF THE WORLD AROUND THEM.) MICHELLE IS RUNNING TO SEE HER IDOL, JACKIE, IN THE WAKE OF THE ASSASINATION (I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE A SECOND LIFE WITH THE DEATH OF JKO THIS SUMMER, BUT NO) AND SHE MEETS UP WITH A BLACK GUY TRYING TO MAKE A LIFE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS DAUGHTER. I LIKED IT. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS BRILLIANT FILMMAKING, BUT I WAS QUITE PUZZLED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. AND I WONDERED IF THE POLITICS/ AESTHETICS OF BLACK MALE/WHITE FEMALE SEX/ROMANCE HAD ANY THING TO DO WITH ITS INVISIBILITY (ESP. IN COMPARISON TO THE MANY TERRIBLE FILMS THAT CLOG THE DECAPLEX AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, MENTIONING NO NAMES!!) KAL Kal Alston EdPol Studies/Women's Studies 360 Education--UIUC 1310 S. 6th Street Champaign, Il 61820 217-333-3673 [log in to unmask] "all you need is a pair of high heels and a dream." --RuPaul