MUSICAL BROTTS

-Lotte and Alexander
‘Brott, members of one of.
Canada’s most sifted -

musical families, receive

the original artwork of an .

illustration’ used in
printing. the _ article
‘Brave for the Musical
Brotts" which appears in
the: January anadian
Reader's Digest and in

the. March ue | of

Digan du Reader’ $s
the French

Caterdian edition, Adrian .

Walker (right) author of
the article and Digest
contributing editor,

Cher’s Comeback

A few years ago, the
Vinited States wana utterly to
by a creature
called er, a skinny
singer with ‘extravagant
hair who could dance a
little and joke a little.
manere Was Cher | in

trouble. Pte se Sonny; Me

’

‘from_ magazines
at the newsstand; in the
tabloids at the super-
market, Porting a new

a new boyfriend,

a new 7 husband.
On the evening news,
there’d be Cher again,
leaving het new husband,
or back with him,
ving a baby. Sunday
ts, one coul see Cher
ith Sonny, then without

‘Sonny, then with Sonny
Then suddenly, the thee

barrage went silent. Her
didn't sell. CBS
‘dumped her, with and
without Sonny. Cher
- But e Was .
no perceptible with-

. Grawal agony.
“What would I do if I Gr

didn't work, go'to the
Bistro every day for
lunch?” she asked. ‘I

couldn’t be. a Mercedes go?
GucelBeverly Hille type ,
t

‘woman.

wouldn't make any sense

to me:”’

Thus was born the Cher
Comeback, in the form of Ev

an ABC special: leading

- inte the Oscars tonight.
Sie

: Tubes, a lewd iittle ang
of rockers partia

er he, in

SHOW: 18 VIBRANT

The: -hour-i
television show is much

‘more’ vibrant and alive

than*Cher’s old weekly

makes the presentation
ul a lucheon held at the
Digest’s head otlice in
Mont treal,

-- “Bravo for the Musical
Brotts” is‘a tribute to
symphony orchestra
conductors father Alex
and older son Boris,
electric podium er:
alities, and to mother
Lotte al niger son Denis,
outstand cellists
Together the Brotts make
a family foursome
without equal in
Canadian music

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and energetic sequ sequence in

which Cher singlehan-

dedly enacts segments of

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lustful scene while
angelic Dolly Parton tries
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“T’'m so pleased with it,
I can’t tell you,” she says
arte and I also d
editing in my
ences in my
life that made me feel the
same way and I've never-_-
had them at any other
ime, and that’s having
Chas (her daughier
Chastity), having
Cher a wiih focke er

ha this naw”
So- much for her
comeback, Where did she

se | didn’t have any
control when all the 4 :

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en when I wasn't doing
anything, I was always on
the covers. of all those |

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AS for her
career, which produ
four consecutive bombs,
she says: “It’s ha pened .
tome before,nyou know. I
don't think ai

yearf and then all of a me
sudden. I had four No. 1 oe.
hits in a row.” | anew

: What Unemployment Crisis? .

Definition: Masochism is
the practice of ‘turing socio-

to buréauerats and politi-’
cians, -

Definition: Masoch ists: are
nations which put excessive-
ly liberal ideology ahead of
common sensé,

‘Definition: Canada — a
masochistic ‘nation in the
Northern Hemisphere.

The trouble with unem-
ployment is. that it, hurts.
Even if-you have a job, mas-
sive unemployment is no fun.
When the unemployment is
toa ‘significant degree, a re-
sult of bureaucratic stupidity,
however, the situation i is em-
barrassing. :

- The post-war baby boom
was causing futurists to wor-
ry about high unemployment
rates as long ago as the mid:

"1950's, There was'always the —
hope. ‘that the baby boom rin

could ¢creaie enough extra

. “demand to generate the vital
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surance.
ULC. benefits had long

stood at about 25% of pre-
oo _-vous income — high enough
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“tween: jobs but far from at-

‘tractive, In. 1971, however,

= the federal govertiinent raised

that'rate to shout 40%, And,
" auddenly, it became anattrac-

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tive strategy to work tempo- *

ted many young Canadians’ *
into the. work force. who Me :

job under other clicumstan:
cea, The impact of this policy +
can be seen by comparing the -
actual number of Canadians 74
in the labour market in 1976 x
with the number that should
have been employed or seek-

ing work if the participation * :
rates of 1961 had remained >,
valid until 1976. '¢)

Inthe under-25 age group, "*
male participation rates rose ¥
by about 3% from i961 (and:
rou have been even higher Ry

plentiful ‘post-graduate °
fellowship not become avail- .* »
cable: in the. intervening -15 Q ~
years, keeping many-males ¢ ‘
out of the work force); Wo-
men’s patticipation cates du- ,
g that same periodroseby 4
an astonishing 62.2%!

Even eliminating the in- |,
fluence of changing social C
attitudes towards working ¥
women, the impact of gener-

‘ous U.LC. benefits has been . .
strong. Overall, 1,162,000
extra Canadians. of all ages .¢

1976 compared with the
number-that were predicted x
using the 1961 participation *
rates: (Even that number
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erous retirement benefits had
not simultaneously encoue-
aged many Canadlansover 55.
to seek early retirement.)

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