First movie to open our eyes on the subject of AIDS

A LITTLE boy with a mop fired, allegedly, due to in-

of dark curls playing  in- competence. | see an oxymoron:
‘I 1 the beach, i top-notch lawyer/incompetence!
nocently on the beach, is In all honesty or disgrace,
not usually a scene that tanks’ character was fired even thinner times: it was actually
‘conjures up emotions deep because he has AIDS. What is so an eye-opener, or shall | say in
thoughts, and buckets of up front about this movie is how my ignorance, a revelation, for
” tears. it shows us humans how cruel, sure.
thoughtless, and extremely  ig- The sick man’s family was
norant we can be, and are being. always supportive and extremely
At first, Hanks’ lawyer, played willing and wanting to fight for

So profoundly pronounced was
the deep commitment of his gay
partner who stood beside Hanks’
character through the thin and

> By Laila Noormohamed <

& °° ZAP! Contributer «=o by Denzel Washington, is and along with him through the
———— disgusted’ with his soon-to-be battle inside and outside the
: client. He is afraid that the courts.

To say that the acting of the
flawless cast was the best ever. yet,
would be an understatement on
my part. Philadelphia is the first
has touched. movie that has really opened our

Washington is uncomfortable ..eyes about AIDS, in every direc-
about taking on the cuse because, . tion.
as he: bluntly” puts it, he hates . This time Hollywood has put its
“‘fags."’ When ‘the homophobic money on the line, and it is worth
lawyer changes his mind about the — all the effort.
case, he and Hanks work together I urge everyone to take some
to fight for Hanks’ rights as an time out from their lives and make
individual. . Philadelphia a part of it; you

Throughout the movie, won't be sorry you did.
Washington’s humor provides
many laughs between the tears

in other. words, Philadelphia is provided by a serious subject. .
"more definitely: unlike other ~ it was sad to sec Hanks
_ movies? ..- deteriorate before our very eyes

.Tom,_. Hanks. plays a character’ and at the same time astonishingly
who is.a: top-notch lawyer at a uplifting to’ see Hanks live” for,
.; prestigious. firm, “who ~has been and until, his rights were. claimed.

handshake they share might have
contaminated him with the
disease, and he is afraid to touch
anything that Hanks’ character

On the contrary, the last few
-minutes .of Philadelphia was”
everything: mentioned above, and
_ then some. In ail the other movies
“I've seen, ‘just before the end
‘credits come on and the last pic-
ture frames are on the screen, the
audience is already up. and run-
ning to avoid the rush to catch the
bus, or grab a coffee and head
home:

_ This was hardly the case when it
“came to the last few frames of
_ Philadelphia. Everyone was quiet,
with solemn. looks and the major-
ity had runaway tears. This review was written by Laila
Noormohamed, a_ 16-year-old
Grade If student at Sutherland
secondary school. She is interested
in photography and writing poetry
as well as tennis, art,” painting,
and drawing.

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THIS YEAR it will become illégal in B.C.
for anyone under 19 years old to buy, or be
sold, cigarettes, The government believes
that this will cut down on teen smoking
while some teens believe it won’t make a
What do you think? How do
you get your cigarettes now if you are
under 16?

ONE CALLER reached our
Talkback line to comment on
the Backtalk responses printed
in last week’s ZAP! section
(North Shore News, Friday,

Jan. 21, page 24), Those callers
were commenting on issues of
oppression and racism.

It’s sad to see that the people
that had their comments
printed are intolerant and rude.
It seems that the callers are so
intolerant of peopie with a dif-
ferent’ race or class than
themselves,

1 wish they could see past
their differences and realize
that we all have very similar
needs to be healthy and pro-
ductive as a society.

it's ironic that the first caller
accused Laila (Noormohamed,
author of Sculptures of God,
North Shore News, Friday,

Jan. 14, page 22) of being-

racist and, therefore, shouldn’t
be allowed to write in the
North Shore News, when this
person could also be criticized
for being racist, only more bla-
tent.

I hope that schools can teach
people to see past their - dif-

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Last week we asked you to
comment on the effectiveness
of the education system. One
caller responded.

We don’t have any good
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