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rh a ae Estey) 6 Se a i ran rn eres tke enh %, ae cae ce Pa ee nme ee ee Cc! a) Abbott Howard Hoffman wal softeng will the Great Silent Majority continue to swell into terrifyingly Hitlerian hordes. As I have said, <— Abbie Hoffman doesn't belong in a courtroom or on the * political stump. He is a creature of the theatre, the- cinema, the media. He should not be tried by judges, but rather reviewed by the gentlemen of the Fourth Estate. And was it so long ago that Eugene McCarthy's crusading children cut their hair before canvassing the New Hampshire A voters? If anyone has found a better way to change conditions in America except by winning elections, then let that inspired innovator step forward and explain how. Somehow, I don't see that the antics of Abbie Hoffman are improving things, but I am talking as a citizen rather: than as a critic. As a critic, I am sorry that Abbie Hoffman was unable to get Groucho Marx for the role of Judge Hoffman. With Nicholas Ray at the helm, and Groucho Marx in his judge's robes, 'The Seditious Seven' might well have emerged as a mordant version of 'Duck Soup!. But as for changing people's minds and souls with a movie, forget it! Reliable observers tell me that Southern audiences give the murderous rednecks in ‘Easy Rider' standing ovations for blowing up the noncomformist bikers." - 3% - ° ne ree ee eran te ee 7 ro