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Pago 9
Tuesday, March 6, 1934
Much Ado...
Continued from Pa 8
Both had a chance to earn the audience's respect
luring the wedding confrontation, where evil John's
Ian succeeds and Ciaudio accuses Hero of debauch
ry. But both Hero and Ciaudio passed up their
hance at dramatic suspense. They instead sue
umbed to "You wench! 1 feint!" operatic
lelodrama (a touch above regujar meilerdrama).
till thoroughly cnjoyable...after all, Richard Wagner
iade a living from it.
An intentional bit of melodrama wafting through
he performance took the shape of Don John, played
y John Lechncr, and his henchman. Stage manager
ineman said that in other productions, attempts
-ere made to cive John some redeeming character
tics, but director. Barnes made the decision to
'.ake John a true villain who doesn't pretend to be
t-hsrwt:?. As a result, Lechner was oppressive but
:idzri: and every audience member must have
:ea tempted to boa-hiss at one point or another.
Or. ? scene deserving a resounding ACK was the
.ke funeral of fair Hero. As black-cloaked figures
ournrd her with candles, large, insipid leaves
opped indiscreetly from above. Ciaudio com
enced to deliver his heartfelt regrets straight from
is lower interline. And his servant, played by Brad
?hulterb usch, opened his mouth and lo, out pour
1 an unintentionally humorous eulogy in song,
i less to the unfortunately un-dead Hero. I
'pe this scene was intentionally sappy-to-be-hum-.tu3.
If it wasn't, st least ditch the leaves, guys.
Kudos and showers of confetti must go to Bea
. ice, played by Man Weiss, and Benedick, played by
Charles Bell. Warm, humorous, charismatic per
formances by both Weiss and Bell made it easy to
identify with elements of their stormy courtship.
Weiss's role was performed as part of her Masters of
Fine Arts degree requirements.
Beatrice's wit alternated between acidic and good
natured. Weiss' timing was superb, except for a few
instances of rushed speech, which could be chalked
up to opening night jitters.
Benedick's finest hour is his on-stage acrobatics
during the eavesdropping scene. Whilst Ciaudio,
Don Pedro (Jim Jorgensen) and Leonato plot Bene
dick's match with Beatrice, Benedick skulks about
the stage, contorting himself in every position imag
inable to avoid being seen. The three conspirators, of
course, know full well he is there and contrive their
conversation to incite his romantic interests. The
pace and blocking was dynamically funny, the scene
picked up the pace of the play and drove it in the
garage. Huzzah!
Wineman said the production has run smoothly
and he expects no hitches through closing night
Saturday. Barnes, guest director from the Oregon
Shakespearan Festival based in Ashland, Ore.,
should be commended for obvious professionalism
and polish.
Wendela Jones' costumes, designed as part of her
MFA requirements, captured the spirit of the Eng
lish Regency period as did the set designed by Tho
mas Umfrid. The set was truly versatile, barkening
back to Elizbethan days and the bard's own Globe
Theatre.
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discuss the price of fame
Annoucer: At the Concession
Stand will not be seen tonight so
that we may bring you the following
special program.
In a special interview, ace repor
ter Mary Louise Knapp interviews
two of America's hottest rising
stars, Glenn Stuva and Tom Mock-ler.
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MLK: I'm sitting here in the living
room of two ofAmerica's hottest ris
ing stars, Glenn Stuva and Tom
Mockler. - Y
Tom: You know how much money
I have? $14,352 plus a bit more in
stocks and bonds.
MLK: It's easy to forget that these
men are big stars, because they have
a really unique way of putting you at
ease. A couple ofbottles of Old Style
and we're ready to go. This question
is for both of you. It seems to me
that neither of you bring any rele
vant experience to your present job
as film critics. What qualifications
do you have?
Glenn: I used to work at Mutual of
Omaha. -
Tom: I worked at McDonald's for a
summer.
Glenn: I also like to talk about
I don't know about. .
MLK: Tell us about your days as a
film director, Glenn.
Glenn: Well, my biggest project,
perhaps you've seen it, was a movie
called The Horror, The Horror. This
movie was actually a sequel to what
I consider my most important film,
Everyman: A Drunkard. As a mat
ter of fact, Everyman starred my
friend here, Tom Mockler. The
movie talked about the yearning of
every man's soul for alcohol.
MLK: But what about those peo
ple who don't have such a yearning?
I understand that there are people
in the upper eschelons of the paper
you work for that do not drink or
approve of drunkeness.
Glenn: I don't like talking about
those kind of people.
Tom: They say, if you can't say
anything nice about someone, don't
say anything at all.
MLK: I've heard rumors that you,
Tom, will soon be named Lincoln's
meteorologist. Is there any truth to
these rumors?
Tom: I'm going to have to shelve
any such career plans in lieu of my
campaign to become mayor of
Omaha. That's right, I'm running
. against Fat Cat Mike Boyle. I think
it's time we had a common man in
office. ' ,
MLK: Do you consider yourself a
common man? You are a big star,
after all.
Tom: Well that just happened. In
my heart, I think I'm in touch with
the people. Which is more than I can
say for Fat Cat Mike Boyle who's
always got his hand in the coffer
somewhere.
MLK: I'd like to ask you both, if it
isn't too personal, what your annual
incomes are.
Tom: I make about three million a
year. . -Yv;;
Glenn: I cleared about two and a
half million after taxes last year.
MLK: Do you give any of this
money away to the less fortunate
people of this world? ' '
Glenn: Hell no! You give people
money and they won't go to work.
That's the problem with this coun
try, nobody works anymore.
Tom: You buy them books and all
they do is rip off the covers.
MLK: YouVe been compared in
certain circles to the eminent film
critics, Siskel and Ebert.
Glenn: Humbug. Those guys don't
have any class.
Tom: They've got nothing on us. "
MLK: And what do you think of
the Sneak Previews people?
Tom: I think Neil Gabler is one of
the most obnoxious people on the
face of the earth.
Glenn: I would like to pin Gabler
down, shave off his artistic beard,
and then soil that cute little sweater
he always wears.
Tom: I think his vocal chords need
operating on. A lobotomy couldn't
hurt either. .
MLK: Well, so what do you think of
the Democratic primaries?
Tom: What I think we're going to
see in the coming weeks is the spread
ing tide of "Hart-Mania." And there's
nothing that can stop it, now that
it's been unleashed.
MLK: What kind of beer do you
guys drink?
Glenn: , Falstaff. The beer that
made Omaha great.
Tom: There is not a better beer at
any price.
Glenn: Sure you can drink your
fancy foreign beers, but when you
come right down to it there's only
one beer. I for one would like to
thank Bernice Labedz for her val
iant effort which saved the Falstaff
brewery. She's one hell of an Ameri
can. MLK: Well, there was a lot more I
could have told you about these
crazy guys, but our time was up.
With tears in my eyes, but a warm
feeling in my soul, I left their abode,
and went out to face the unpleasant
realties of the "real" world. Keep rid
ing high in the saddle you drugstore
cowboys, wherever you may roam.
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