SHADOW DANCER

A church minister, dressed as Elvis Presley, has crossed a so-called peace line in Belfast in a bid to promote peace and reconciliation work.

The Reverend Andy Kelso fits in performances as a professional Elvis impersonator around his day job as a Church of England minister.

The movie, “Shadow Dancer” is one slice of the struggle in Northern Ireland. It is one of those odd movies that you are glad you found, mainly for history—the IRA in Ireland; a movie that keeps you on the edge. No real redeeming hero. Well, there was one but he was killed. The female lead was great. She looked the part: a terrorist who went over to the British to save her child. 

Movie did stress one thing that is reality in the world in which we live. When you have fanatics, they let nothing interfere with their ideology, least of all human life. Sorry MFers. 

And, now there is peace in Northern Ireland. As one who claims Irish kinship, (actually named for a distant relative, Gerry), I was in Vietnam with a guy who left the American Army to fight for the IRA. We had several conversations where I tried to reason with him. He was really a good guy and good soldier but he was at the stage, “don’t confuse me with facts, I have my mind made up.” 

Attempting to grasp the complexities, in this case, the 
movie, “Shadow Dancer—even who the players were, not easy. Good movie and helps with some hopefulness, peace can be achieved if people work hard enough at it.