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A Bette-r Tomorrow
From: University Wire
Date: 19980626
Author:Joe Eskenazi
Joe Eskenazi
University Wire
06-26-1998
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Thanks to a poorly thought-out 10th-grade incident in which I decided to slide -- not sit -- into my desk (I tried to explain to the teacher that without the slide, I might have overrun it), I never made it into any high-falutin' A.P. high school English classes. Therefore, I cannot claim to have read Honore de Balzac's classic novel, Cousin Bette.
But I have now seen the movie, and I feel I can safely claim one thing: the part of Bette was probably not intended for a woman as beautiful as Jessica Lange. ...
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