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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs<br />
THE STORY:<br />
"Walk Proud" (Univ)<br />
Robby Benson is a young CWcano who lives with liis<br />
mother in a Los Angeles barrio. She is unaware that her ^son<br />
son is a menrber of a gang called the Azteca, to which "iiO)<br />
Benson belongs primarily because it reinforces his Chicano<br />
heritage. He does not approve of many of the group's<br />
activities. Benson meets and falls in love with schoobnate<br />
Sarah Holcomb, whose parents object to the relationship.<br />
Holcomb does not know about Benson's gang activities<br />
mitil police question him about a bm-glary. At his grandmother's<br />
fmieral, Benson meets his father, who is white,<br />
for the first time. This causes him to reconsider his<br />
standing as an Azteca. When a rival gang crosses out the<br />
"Azteca" name on a wall, tensions begin to build. Later,<br />
the rival gang beats up one of the Aztecas. The Azteca<br />
leader pledges to kill members of the other gang. Benson<br />
announces his intentions to not go on the killing spree,<br />
knowing that he wiU be banished from the group. In the<br />
banishment ritual, Benson must submit to being hit by<br />
each member. Having sm-vived this, Benson realizes he<br />
can be proud of his heritage without being an Azteca.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
"Adios, Yesterday," sung by Robby Benson, will be released<br />
as a single by MCA Records. Tie in with the Bantam<br />
paperback.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
He Was Tough Enough for the Streets—Was He Tough<br />
Enough to Leave Them
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