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The gun factory setting for Act III is less pleasing
with a painted backdrop suiting the Emerald'
City end the Three Mile Island towers the attempt
at unreality Isn't unreal enough.
For most "Major Barbara" playgoers, Act II la the
really enjoyable (though least thematlcally com
plex) Ect. Kummy Mitchens (Susan Conover) and
Snobby Price (Timothy Mooney) trade advice: on
how to convince the Salvation Army people one is
really wicked. These are definitely not what another .
Shaw character calls "the deserving poor.
The addition of other characters adds" a more
serious dramatic element to the second act with
Andrew Undershaft destroying his daughter's faith
by buying the hitherto incorruptible Salvation Army.
Barbara takes off her badge and pins it on him. The
union of the Salvation Army and arms manufactur
ers has taken place and they have a common slogan:
"Blood and fire!"' ; ' -
French is forceful in presenting Undershaft as a
cool and witty Mephistophelcs, whose materialism
he frankly shares with anyone, and whose love of
power he shares with Major Barbara and her would
be finance, Adolphus Cusins (Todd Nelson), a pro
fessor of Greek.
One begins to agree with Lady Britomart: "Stop
making speeches, Andrew. This is not the place for
them!" However, Major Barbara and her love do
succumb to the Prince of the Powers of the Air
perhaps overwhelmed by French's pleasing use of
rhetoric.
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MTV also gives the artist a chance to
put the finished work in a conclusive ,
setting, she said. - .
"It places music in an environment
that's appropriate for them " she said.
"You know what you're going to get
when you go for it."
To be sure, MTV is the place that
established bands want to be and, as .
groups like Men At Work and Stray
Cats can attest, an absolute necessity
for those looking to break into the big
time.
Men At Work's debut album, Busi
ness As Usual went unnoticed until
"Who Can It Be Now?"' broke on MTV.
Stray Cats' lead singer and guitarist
Brian Seltzer has been quoted often as
saying that MTV and college radio sta
tions were the initial cogs in the
group's now giant wheel
"We felt we were there at definately ,
the right time for these bands " Binford
said.
These are testimonies to the power
and success of MTV, as are four other
tangible results of the WASEC brain
child. First, numbers. As of Sept. 15, MTV
scored 1,950 affiliates and 15 million
subscribers. Local estimates indicate
MTV visually rocks 15,265 homes in
Lincoln.,
Awards also are a good indicator of
doing something right. MTV escaped ;
with a handful of CLIO awards, which ' -honor
excellence in advertising. Most
of the CLIOs were for the animated
breaks which are seen periodically
through the hour. Special recognition
for MTVs on-air graphics was offered
by the International Animation Film
Association. The 1982 International
Film and TV Festival Awards gave up
medals for on-air promotions and
"MTV Extra" and "Linernotes," series
that feature conversations with
artists. , . ...
. Someone price said that the most
sincere form of flattery i3 imitation.
Ask NDC about "Friday Night Videos."
Ask Ted Turner about "Night Tracks."
Ask . . . well, it i3 evident that everybody
is sprinting to jump on the MTV band
wagon. "We look at them as cutlets for video
music," Binford said. "If they're done
well we look at them as promotional
They whet the appetite of the
audience." .
She said MTV puffers no identity cri
sis overthese other video offerings.
"MTV is kind of like Kleenex,' said
Binford. "No matter (what brand) you
reach for, it's not facial tissue, it's
Kleenex. ,
"It's the same Way with MTV. It's not
video music, it'slITV."
Finally, with anything popular, it
becomes just as popular to find some
thing wrong with it. Racism and sex
ism are the most frequent charges
leveled at MTV. It must be noted that
these two handfuls of mud also have
been hurled at rock 'n' roll in general.
No racists here -
"We certainly do not like and we dis
dain the claim that we are-racist," Bin
ford said. "We play black music that is
rock 'n roll, we play red music that is
"rock 'n roll and we play green music
that is rock 'n' roll"
The claim is "driving me crazy" said
Quinn.
"I don't see Rick' James (who
harangues MTV with the racism
charge at every opportunity) com
plaining he's not on the country
channel Willie Nelson doesn't call com
plaining he's not on MTV."
Sexism? Quinn puts it this way: "Rock
'n' roll is probably sexist and MTV is
rock'n'roll."
, The only question left to ask Is "why
is MTV so popular?" ;
"It found a real identity with the
audience," Binford said. "It filled a void
for people who love TV and people who
love rock n' roll."
Perhaps Davin Say put it best in the
April 1983 issue of Ampersand when
he wrote, "MTV is the most successful
concoction of pop music and TV since
Dick Clark asked us to rate-arrecord."
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