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daily nebraskan Wednesday, march 8, 1978 PfiW page 8 hove is motivating force for poet in Chicano revolution By Carta Engstrom Special Editor Must be the season of the witch la bmja la llorona she lost her children and she cries if;' .11 I I I v I T x k xt if g V J iVv ' .if v"W V i , . r IB . ei to barrancas of industry her children devoured by computers and the gears Must be the season of the witch 1 hear huesos crack in pain y lloros la bruja pangs sus hijos hah olvidado la magia de Durango y la de Moctezuma -el Huiclamina Must be the season of the witch La bruja llora sus hijos sufren; sin ella Alurista Alurista, one of the foremost American Chicano poets, views the Chicano move ment as nonviolent. Alurista's credits include works pub lished in Latin American journals, the Chi cano journal Caracol, Floricanto and Plu maroja as well as his works appearing in anthologies published in Spain and France. Alurista currently teaches in the Chicano studies department at San Diego State University. In speaking with various UNL classes, Alurista said he could not discuss Chicano literature without talking about the move ment. His recurring themes of love and struggle also come into play when dis cussing the movement. "YouVe got to love people in order to struggle for their well-being. You've got to love justice in order to struggle for its manifestation. Hate cannot be a motivating element in a. revolutionary struggle," Aluri sta said. "If one hates, one will get hate, every thing will return. If you want to be loved the way to do it is by loving. "The movement started when the occu pation took place in 1848. We saw various rebellions when the land was usurped by carpetbaggers. They fought back. These up risings were met with an iron Hand and all the violence the state could muster up. "In the 60s, we found a strategy of non violence, because the state does not know how to handle nonviolent strategy," Alu rista said. Movement strategy includes marching, picketing and boycotts, according to Alurista. Alurista also said there are different ways to view and perceive the world. "We've used the term 'Indian' to put our selves down. . .but if we can only recover that lost world view (of Indian thinking). "It's not so much an identity but a way of looking at things. For example, the idea that human beings are superior to other forms of life establishes a premise that some people are superior to others. "We are different, not superior. If we accept that view, maybe we will be less willing to exploit other people, animal and plant kingdoms. As a poet Alurista may talk about Mother Flarth, but for him it is not so much" poetic imagery as it is "hard cold reality. "We can't live off Coke bottles and chemically-manufactured food. There's nothing romantic about that." Mail delays film's screening; 'Lost Horizon' is rescheduled Photo by Mike Dahlheim Chicano poet Alurista plays the concha, made from an armadillo shell. Last Thursday's "Take One" American film classics series presentation of Lost Horizon was not shown "because of ship ping problems," according to series direc tor, Jim Anderson. Even though Lost Horizon was unavail able at the last minute, Anderson was able to show another American classic, From Here to Eternity instead, "so as not to disappoint the people who had come to see a film," Anderson said. "We are very sorry for the inconven ience and hope that his problem won't stop people from attending the next movie in the series," Anderson said. On the Town (1949) starring Gene Kelly and "rank Sinatra will be shown March 16 at 7 and 9 p.m. Anderson added that Lost Horizon has been rescheduled for April 20 at 7 and 9 p.m. Network launches sci-fi satire Quark but misfires By Pete Mason Entertainment Editor Hey, I have this really terrific idea for a TV sitcom. We do a satire on all this popular science fiction stuff like Star Trek and Star Wars. We make our hero the commander of an intergalactic garbage scow. Funny already, right? Then we give him a weird crew, let's see, how about an alien first officer, maybe an emotionless, articulate artichoke. television. review And we have to have a robot. Every good sci-fi show has a robot. Let's make ours a total coward. We can have him say things like, "Could we please go home now?" Then we could have a few more weirdos like two identical women, one the original, the other the clone, and a transmutant who wants to kick the enemy's tail one minute and worries about hisher nails the next. What do you think, a great premise, righf Right, it's a great premise - - and that's about it. Quark, which premiered on NBC several weeks ago, is the brainchild of Buck Henry, asually a very funny man. Henry collabor ated with Mel Brooks on the classic Cct Smart series of a few years back. He has appeared regularly on Saturday Night Live and pops up on the Carson show from time to time. I tend to laugh a lot when Buck' Henry is on the screen. I don't tend to laugh a lot at Quark. Henry has a habit of coming up with hilar ous premises that the scripts never justify. Remember Captain Nice? It was a Henry take-off on super heros. It was a funny pre mise but the show lasted only eight weeks. Then there was When Things were Rotten. That show was a Brooks-Henry enterprise. The premise was hilarious. An egoistic Robin Hood and his band of malcontents cavorted through Nottinghamshire, making light of the whole Robin Hood legend. Even the title was funny. But the scripts. . ho hum. In Quark there have been a few funny moments. On the premier show we were introduced to "The Source," an unseen entity which had been in mothballs so long its powers were a little rusty. Leading a temporarily blinded Quark (Richard Ben jamin) from one disaster to another, it kept saying things like, "Trust me," and "Nobody's perfect." In one episode the crew encountered a giant space baggie full of garbage, tied off with a giant twist -tic. GeneJean, the transmutant (Timothy Thomcrson), provides some funny mom ents when he changes gender, as docs Ficus (Richard Kclton), the vegetable man, when he dissects a problem of logistics while the galaxy burns But for the most part, the lines never meet the promise of the basic premise of the show One of the reasons may be that many of the best lines get lost in the cacophony of the laugh track. Obviously a show which utilizes a lot of special effects can not play to a live audience, but whoever is turning that know is a man with no sense of humor. His machine laughs at the wrong times. Another problem is that the jokes are just downright predictable. This is rather phenomenal in that Buck Henry is not a predictable person . I hope the show makes it past the first crucial weeks because I think once the groundwork is laid, the scripts will get more creative. I also hope it will make it because I'm a Richard Benjamin fan. Except for the short-lived but very funny He and She, Benjamin hasn't been given much of an opportunity to succeed in television. He's talented enough to be given the chance. It could be that the show will survive on the strength of that talent alone. The favorite swear word aboard Quark's ship is "Oh, Grot!" Even Andy the robot says it. If Quark improves and still goes off the air, you may hear me yelling it too. Flutist, vocalists to present student recitals Wednesday Flute and voice compositions are sche duled for today's student recitals spon sored by the UNL School of Music. Jaync Norenberg will perform in the Choral Room (number 1 19) of Westbrook Music Building. Her three-part flute pro gram includes Hungarian Pastorale Fantasie by Franz Doppler, Night Solinquy by Kent Kennan and Sonata for Flute and Pianf). The senior instrumentalist will be accompanied by pianist Robert Rhein. Two vocalists will perform in the Shel don Art Gallery auditorium. Senior Marl A. Johnson, a tenor, will sing ten works 'A Vucchella by Tosti, Le Reve by Masse net; An die Musik and Ave Maria by Schubert; Im Wundrrshonen Mnnat Mai, Au Mcwr Tranrn Spriescn. Die Rose. Die Lilie and Wenn ich in deinen Augen Seh by Schumann; and From Far fmm F.ve and Morning and Oh! When I Was in Lave with You by Von Williams. Mary Indcrmuehcl will play the piano for John son. Graduate student Cynthia Pace will follow Johnson's performance. The soprano will sing works by four composers: Alma Mia by Handel, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen by Schubert, "Voi lo sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni and "The Children" and "The Rose" from The Children by Chanlcr. Pace's pianist will be Sharon Groth and the clarinet accompaniment for the Schubert compo sition will be played b Ed ICazmicrski. The recitals arc free and open to the public.