European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page t4 the stars and stripes thursday january 8, 1987 columns has Clint Eastwood gone soft by Ellen Goodman Boston somewhere in the Middle of heart break Ridge the movie camera pans in on Clint Eastwood poring Over a women i Magazine. The die hard Marine tort can ii struggling list moving like Ai 6w student in a language clan to pronounce the foreign phrases he decipher from his Reading Sensi Tive dialogue. Sensual when Eastwood meets up with his sex wife he awk Wardly sputters these phrases in her direction. Tell me something he says did we mutually nurture each other did we communicate in a meaningful Way in our relationship hello hits Clint Eastwood become the new Sensi Tive Man arc we about to see a series of movies about caring Harry not to worry. By the end of this generally appalling film he has grunted through the Rolodex of obscenities whupped the raw whippersnapper recruits into shape and won the great american Victory in Grenada Grenada yes Grenada. Nevertheless silting in a movie theater surrounded by a mob of adolescent males it occurred to me that i had seen a Small window of vulnerability. Even this caricature of a Macho sergeant who insults his men by calling them the worst thing he can think of la Dies is showing signs of change. He jays to his sex wife i was just wondering what went wrong a Clint Eastwood character who wondered what went wrong was once about a Likely As a Woody Allen character who Felt sexually secure. Not anymore. The reigning male image of the 1980s May not be Alan Alda. The sensitive Man May have willed under the word but we Haven t reverted Al the Way Back to Conan the barbarian. The image is now someone by tween Alda and Conan. It s Clint Eastwood coming in from the dark Ages to begin and on the other Side it is Bruc Springsteen coming in from the 70s, to pump Iron what these stars suggest is something that men Are trying to work out in their own lives a Way to com Bine strength and sensitivity action and introspection. A Way to be Strong and no longer silent. It is no coincidence that the prime Lime to drama the draft the highest share of male audience feature Frank Furillo of Hill Street Furillo it a Man who knows and lays what he s feeling and also act decisively. It s a combination that men and women Admire but fear they can t pull off. As one psychologist describes it men Are trying to Combine sensitivity and strength in precisely the Way women Are trying to Combine work and it is the mate variation on having it All a massive rewiring of men s inner lives hat parallels the restructuring of women outer lives. This change May not come in a neat precise linear Way. The nostalgia for a simpler Era heightens the popularity of cartoon figures of masculinity like rambo. Nothing wins male ratings like the super bowl All action no dialogue. Indeed much of the impetus for this change comes in response to women. Clint Eastwood s own dim wondering for exam ple is inspired by the loss of his wife. Heartbreak Ridge touches if Only lightly this dichotomy the hero must be Tough enough to succeed in War yet sensitive enough to keep peace at Home. Eastwood s Marine is hardly the first and surely not the last Manto experience this conflict in Public and private expectations. By the end of the movie the Star wins both the Battle and the woman. Are we to believe that the prizes go to the warriors that the old ways work i Don t think so. The Pivotal moment came much ear Lier when she watched this fighting Man wrestle wit new words and emotions. His sex wife looked at Eastwood As Many women have looked at changing men surprised even suspicious but for the tint time he Elul and said you really arc trying a so Tori Ottow we magi Tel Tom kids ploy the immunity game too by Art Buchwald the key word for 1987 is everybody will be asking for it and whether you received it Ornot could affect your chances of becoming president of the United states in 1988. Immunity is what you can get if you have taken the fifth amendment and the government wants you to talk up a storm. In Exchange for spilling the Beans you Are immune from anything you say being used against you. It is not Only in the Legal system where immunity i popular. People in All walks of life use it As a bargain ing Chip especially children. This is How it works. Someone has stolen the entire rear end of the monster machine that 3-year-old Adam Marks received for Christmas. The suspects Are his Brothers Jason 5, and Ren 8. The prosecutor in this Case their Mother. Connie Marks demands to know who did it. Both Brothers refuse to answer any questions. They Are too Young to realize that by clamming up they Are taking advantage of the fifth amendment but they do know that confessing at this stage will get them nowhere mrs. Marks get Tough. Unless someone Ells me in one minute where Adam s toy is you will go to your rooms for the rest of the Day Jason and Ben hang Tough because they sense mrs. Marks is bluffing. It makes no sense to Send them to their rooms when they Are the Only ones who know where the monster s rear end is. The Brothers Are aware that is is More important for their Mother to Slop Adam from crying than to find out who took the missing Loy pan. The minute is up. Arc you going to ill me or not there is dead silence and a lot of staring at feet. The witnesses suspected of committing a heinous crime against the youngest brother Are waiting for a immunity offer. If you Tell me mrs. Marks says winding up for her Pilch where you hid the monster machine s reared i will not punish either of Jason and Ben try to figure if this is a valid offer or a trap. I Don t know where in says Jason but if i did knot How could i be sure you would t Span me jul Tell you Haw mrs. Marks says because after the Christmas i have just gone through i Don t have the strength to punish the boys accept this As a valid Assurance and take the immunity in Exchange for their critical information. Thus the monster machine Tail is returned to its rightful owner who slops crying As soon As he gets stand then kicks it across the room. Not everyone approves of making deals with Chil Dren who refuse to talk. They feel it encourages wrongdoers. There Are Many Reading bit who insist hat mrs. Marks should not have granted immunity to her sons but leaned on them heavily when they refused to testify to them mrs. 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