monday, december 1, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 5
to the editor
Continued from Page 4
The verse throughout the play is ringing and joyful. Cull
of wonderful metaphors and similes, alliterations and
assonance. I'ry, as was James Joyce, is in love with the
music of words, and it is up to the actors to make the
words sing. This was done gloriously by Jennet
Jourdemaync and Nicholas Devize. The Chaplain and
Tappercoom were also perfectly cast.
Unfortunately, the other actors had problems (I use
their stage names, as I don't have their real names at
hand). The audience loved Skipps the Honeman, but he
slurred his lines so badly that the only one of his hilarious
malapropisms which was understandable was "Peace on
earth and good tall women." Margaret Devise, although
good at the end, was portrayed as very nearly lecherous at
the beginning. Richard seemed to have stage fright at first,
although his latei performance was creditable. Alion
looked the part, but has a harsh, grating voice which
would fit her better for the part of an old woman. The
mayor seemed wooden, and his obviously contrived voice
showed little understanding of the part he played.
Worst, sadly, was Thomas Mendip. the major character.
His voice lacked the edge ol cynicism which the part de
mands. Where his lines should have stung like a rapier,
they had merely the noise of a rollcd-up newspaper. In
stead of transporting the audience with wit and beautiful
language, he (literally in several cases) put them to sleep.
The scenes with only Thomas and the Mayor on stage
were particularly deadly. Still, with a few hours of coach
ing in the character's attitude toward life and tone of
voice, Thomas could probably do a good job.
Considering the play's difficult language, the product
ion of The Lady's AV f or fluniiiix was a marked success.
Thanks for the chance to see a play not often performed,
and for making a delightful evening of it.
Kd Christian
bnglish Department
Draft has real implications
Carter's push for a rapid development force, i.e., a mili
tary wing capable of delivering massive invading forces
into so-called "trouble spots" around the globe, has
ominous implications for the 80s.
Like Vietnam, the next war, the one already on the
planning boards in the Pentagon, will not be fought
against hordes of barbarians streaming southward out of
Canada or northward from Mexico. Clearly, in an age of
intercontinental nuclear capabilities, the idea that a stand
ing army will keep America safe for democracy is obnoxi
ous nonsense, a myth that serves the vested interests of
only a handful of corporate wheeler-dealers on Wall
Street, who callously disguise their selfish hunger for oil
profits under an American Hag.
Draft registration is without actual patriotic benefit to
this nation's territory anil citizenry; what then, are its
risks'.' First, once one registers, one increases by astro
nomical proportions the government's ability to nab one's
body when the inevitable happens the reinstatement of
the draft. Registrants will then discover, when it's too
late, that Uncle Sam's extended index finger on recruit
ment posters is all too quickly replaced by a middle finger
pointing significantly upward. True, most draftees will
survive the physical and mental abuse of basic training,
and many will in fact avoid becoming numbered remains
in body bags thousands of miles from home.
However, further, less obvious dangers threaten. Once
the government lays claim on one's body and mind, one
must surrender constitutional liberties and become an
obedient and unquestioning instrument ol destruction, a
mere tool in the hands of an establishment that cares
nothing about personal needs. Remember: What has the
government done lor the thousands of Vietnam vets
psychologically maimed with war neurosis, or for those
unfortunate (i !.s who were forcibly exposed to the can
cerous radiation of nuclear test sites and what is being
done for vets and their families who today are sulfering
from the results of Agent Orange exposure'.' Zilch.
And one must not forget those V.A. hospitals with en
tire floors set aside as permanent residences foi live-in
paraplegics who gave up their limbs for a country that so
easily forgets.
David Ci. Lanoue
Arts & Science Graduate Student
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