Review of Campus Cinderella

. . . Darford President Stanhope as CAMPUS C!NDERELLA unfolds. Most people understand that a coal scrap or "cinder" is the root word of C!NDERELLA. An air of foreboding hangs over this seemingly trite tale of campus romance as an early scene finds Darford's Fat Cat One Per Center Trustees threatening to fire Stanhope over his Academic Integrity, while eliminating college classes in favor of a new curriculum limited to Games and Dances. Did Warner Bros.' often far-sighted prognosticators intend CAMPUS C!NDERELLA as a warning to contemporary audiences of the 1930s, or We People of the Far Future in 21st Century America? The 80-foot high bonfire scene here, coupled with this Winter of Our Discontent's Betsy Devos as U.S. Education Chief appointment by White House Resident-Elect Rump, suggests the latter. Given Rump's well-known scorched earth policy to the merest hint of criticism, it seems certain that most American campuses soon will be Enflamed by this stubby-fingered arsonist's Bonfire of Vanities. Educated Critical Thinkers will become an Endangered Species, while only those willing to entertain Rump's Billionaire Henchpeople such as DeVos with their Dance or Basketball Step & Fetch-It Routines will enjoy Upward Mobility.