The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 04, 1971, Image 5

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Up With People combines
learning experiences, music
What is a musical
organization and also an
institution for learning?
Easy--Up With People.
Up With People is a musical
group of approximately 70
high school and college-age
performers, who, even though
they travel all over the world
giving concerts, continue their
education by talking to the
members of the communities
where they are performing.
By observing and discussing
the actual problems of these
communities, the entertainers
learn more than they might
learn from a book.
Up With People will be
performing in concert at 8 p.m.
Special Showing
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Friday and Saturday
February 5 and 6
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75 CENTS ADMISSION
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To Clap, Stomp and Drink By
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8:30 ' NIGHTLY
Saturday, Febr..6, at Pershing
Auditorium.
There are four different
groups of the Up With People
organization, one group
consisting entirely of high
school-age members , and the
others consisting of college-age
members.
The group performing in
Lincoln will consist of
college-age members from all
over the globe. The
organization is always on the
alert for new talent wherever
they perform.
Ticket prices tor the concert
at Pershing Auditorium are $2,
$3, and $4.
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Christopher Lee is the soothsayer. . .who warns Caesar
' Caesar ' is traditional
by PATTY CULVER
After seeing the University
Theater version of Julius
Caesar this fall, I was anxious
to see how this movie would
handle it, hoping that it would
be in the traditional sense.
Although it is exciting to an
old masterpiece interpreted in
a different way, it is also
enjoyable to see it done in the
style in which it was written,
John Gielgud played a
Caesar that was more a man
than a god. He was always calm
and not one to go about
screaming and reciting
Shakespeare, as is often the
case. In fact most of the
characters were toned down to
a point that, in , places, it
appeared that they were
merely reciting lines from
memory instead of acting.
Brutus, as played by Jason
Robards, was so complacent
that at times he reminded me
of Pat Paulsen's dead-pan
expression. Most of the time
this toning-down worked and
allowed the audience to
concentrate on the beauty of
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by TIM SINDELAR
Who else, but Janis Joplin,
can take the pain and sorrow
of being without love and turn
it into something as beautiful
and wonderful as love itself.
And now we have Pearl which
does this even better than
before.
This album moves! There's
an uptempo, driving force here
that is very distinct from either
of Joplin's first two albums.
"Move Over", one of the
two songs on this album which
Janis wrote herself, picks you
up off your feet and sets you
in motion. That just starts it
all. You settle down a bit with
"Cry Baby." Yet here, Janis
displays her full range, from
tender, passionate, pleading to
those angry, anguishful cries.
This is Janis as never before.
"My Baby" is quite a change
for Joplin. Instead of
singing the blues, she is all right
since she's got her man.
"Me and Bobby McGee"
can be simply unbelievable.
Turn the volume up full, cry
along with Jams, but be ready
to lose your head when the
Full Tilt Boogie Band gets
r-oking.
Janis' own Jesus-song,
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the language and depths of
characters, but once in a while
it would have been nice to see
some strong emotion or
reaction from them. Many
times an inexperienced viewer
will spend half of his time
trying to figure out what is
being said by Shakespearean
actors and this film does solve
that problem with its
non-reacting (or very slow)
actors and actresses.
Richard Chamberlain plays
a rather dubious Octavius
Caesar for this viewer. It looks
like they wanted to make him
look rougher than he naturally
is, so they added a few
whiskers, messed his hair and
that was it. The result was a
sloppy son of Caesar. His
acting was properly accepted if
one could look beyond the
outer appearance.
The technical filming was
average. Many times the scenes
would change in a rather
unstructured manner, jumping
from place to place. Following
the style acting, the scenery
and filming was done simply
to, once more, bring out the
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"Mercedes Benz," comes off
like George Harrison's "My
Sweet Lord", only with her
own style and philosophy. In
"Trust Me," Janis is searching
for love, but she comes back,
hurt once again by it, and
advises to "Get It While You
Can,".
The Full Tilt Boogie Band is
probably the most talented
group to play with Janis. They
don't merely back her up, they
are as much of the success as
Janis.
Union project chairmen
The Nebraska Union
Program Council will hold
interviews for chairmanships of
its projects on Saturday. About
20 positions on established
projects are being filled.
Students may obtain an
application and obtain an
interview time in the Program
Office. Applications must be
returned to the Program Office
by Feb 6.
Members of the Program
Council will be available
Thursday, from 3:30 p. m. to 5
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depth of the acting and written
words.
The battle scene was done
without the aid of thousands
of Roman officers marching in
full, colorful uniforms to the
sound of blaring trumpets. The
music in the background was
appropriately arousing but did
not become the main feature
of the scene. The costuming
was used to provide an
authentic garment for the
actors but was not outstanding
in its own right.
In conclusion, I recommend
this film to anyone who enjoys
Shakespeare or would like to
try one of his tragedies. As one
of his "followers," I was never
bored and truly absorbed the
tragedy in his play. Many of
the non-English majors did
tend to become tired anc1 the
film, to them, dragged on for
hours.
I would class this
production in a middle
category for Shakespeare films.
It was not the best ever
produced but was a long way
from the poorest.
moves
Their real strength comes
out in "Buried Alive In The
Blues," and "Me and Bobby
McGee." While Ken Pearson,
organ, and Richard Bell, piano,
stand out, the entire band
displays an incredible tightness.
I sat down to try and find
something I didn't like on this
album, and played it about 20
times through, until I decided
that I was liking it more and
more.
I'd like to be more critical,
but I can't. "Pearl" comes to
own your body and soul.
p.m. in room 237 Nebraska
Union to answer questions
concerning interview
procedures, Union programs,
organizations and projects.
The current Union projects
include World in Revolution,
Model United Nations, Hvde
Park & Tuesday Thing,
Speakers, Special Films,
Weekend Films, Foreign Films,
Jazz & Java, Coffee House, and
Concerts (Community &
University).
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1971