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In what may be the first “lip
sync musical,” the Theatrn pro
duction of “Soda Pop” opened
Thursday night
Written and directed by Univer- .s
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln students
Jim Hanna and Jeffrey Adams,
both junior theatre arts majors, the
show is a spoof of 1950s genre
shows. It is set when guys were
cool, chicks were hot and slumber
parties were endless.
It’s “your worst nightmare of
‘Grease,’” said Kristy Green, a cast
member.
Set in Pop’s Soda Shop, a slum
ber party, or various street comers
in Anywhere, U.S.A,, the story has
your basic boy (Bobby, played by
Chris Stream) loving girl (Betty,
played by Carolyn Slemp), then the
boy losing girl, and the boy getting
the girl back from sniveling teen
rebeXpunk (Jimmy, played by Tom
Crew).
Meanwhile: Joey, Peggy, Jeny,
Mary, Tommy and Susie (notice a
pattern here?) go through the basic
teen traumas of prom and class
rings while being under the loving
guidance of everyone’s favorite
Soda Jerk, Pop (Joe Sampson).
Directed with tongue firmly in
cheek by Hannaandchoreographed
by Adams, the plot is weaved
through lock V roll oldies such as
“Get a Job.” “Leader of the Pack,”
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and “Runaway * which are lip
synchronized by the case.
Hanna said the show came out
of his love for the music, his desire
to do something ftin for the audi
ence and cast, and an inability to
sing.
nI didn’t intend this, obviously,
to be meaningful,” he said.
Cast members said the show
was different than other shows
they've participated in.
“We’ve all been able to throw in
any ideas, * Slemp said.
The show runs Thursday, Satur
day and Sunday at 8 p m. and Fri
day at 10p.m. at the Studio Theatre
in the Temple Bldg., 333 N 14th
St. Tickets are $2.
Promoter says band won't return
TROUBLES from Page 7
Other problems developed when
the band discovered that there
weren’t adequate dressing room ac
comodations, he said.
“We needed at least four to six
dressing rooms for the band and
crew,” he said. “We had three.”
Fremstead said bands rent the
whole building, but all they really get
is the arena and a few other rooms.
Fremstead said locker rooms are
usually made into dressing rooms, but
because of new basketball offices and
locker facility agreements with
Coach Danny Nee the available space
was cut down.
Sports center officials do not allow
bands to use the freshman and varsity
locker rooms anymore, Fremstead
said.
“I’m just not exactly pleased with
the whole situation,” Fremstead said.
“You can’t point fingers because
there is no right or wrong about any of
this, it just happened that way.”
Fremstead said he did not foresee
any of the same problems with the
upcoming Van Halen concert, but
was worried about attracting future
concerts.
“When one of the biggest bands in
the country doesn’t want to play a
place, it’s bad,” he said. “Rumor does
travel.”
Fremstead said he will make an
official statement to the press Mon
day.
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Chinese films still face censors
CHEN from Page 7
cal problems,” he said. Army officers
told him that the movie hurt the
army’s image, and wanted him to
change parts of the movie. Chen re
fused.
But the studio said it spent money
for his film, and needed to release it.
Chen was forced to rework part of the
film.
“I was very, v«y angry about
that,” he said. ”1 indlght I have the
right to do whatever Iwant.”
But others only said, ‘“Don’t for
get it’s China and not the United
States,” he said.
Chen said some filmmakers have a
very comfortable life in China be
cause they listen to what the officials
say.
“I never forget what happened
during the Cultural Revolution,” he
said. A lot of people were arrested—
a lot of people were in jail for a long
time.”
Many people went voluntarily to
the countryside for “re-education,”
he said, “because we loved Chairman
Mao, and we believed he was right”
But life in the countryside was
very bud, and many realized that
something must be wrong.
“I can t say Mao is a bad or good
person. I can say he abused the
poojpte’K stum.” he said.
during the RevoJuriou cm befod at
Mao's feet, he said. The Chinese
people allowed it to happen.
“ We thought we were just children
of him.”
Chen’s films try to change the atti
tudes of the Chinese people, to make
them open their eyes, he said.
“To make China strong, we have to
change the culture,” he said.
Celebrate the
Nebraska Union's
50th Anniversary!
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7 Talks & Topics
Cenennial Ballroom
Thursday, Oct. 27
Afternoon Coffeehouse Presentations
by Homecoming Talent Show Winners
Crib
Poet to read works
Fuhp Surff Rtporti
Professional rodeo cowboy and
PM* from Saala Pc, N.M., Paul
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