Arts & Entertainment
Bring props, participate in cult classic
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
As the sun sets in the west, horror will
rise on the east lawn of Love Memorial
Library this weekend.
Four University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
groups will sponsor the showing of the 1973
British cult film ‘ The Rocky Horror Picture
Show” Friday night on the library’s cast
lawn.
Free University, Foreign Films, Ameri
can Films, and the Committee Offering
Lesbian and Gay Events pooled their re
sources to sponsor the $600 outdoor ex
travaganza.
According to Nanci Rivenburg, CO
LAGE co-chairperson, a group of people
are going to dress up like the eccentric
characters in the campy cult classic.
And Richard O’Brien’s film is just full of
character. As the title suggests, ‘ ‘The Rocky
Horror Picture Show” is half horror flick,
half rock show. The storyline follows two
newlyweds, Brad (Barry Bostwick) and
Janet (Susan Sarandon), and their wild
honeymoon adventures.
After the couple happens on this huge
mansion, the transexual, transvestite Dr.
Frank ‘N’ Furter(Tim Curry) of Transylva
nia takes them on a fantasy tour of rock
music and horror.
Frank introduces the couple to his . . .
life. Some of Frank’s so-called friends
include one of his new inventions, a monster
called Rocky Horror; Riff Raff; Columbia;
Magenta; Eddie; Dr. Scott and everyone's
favorite, the narrator. But some of the most
delightful characters are not in the film -
they’re in the audience.
Audience participation is an integral part
of the Rocky Horror experience. According
to Rivenburg, cue cards as well as copies of
responses will be on hand so Rocky “vir
gins,” or first-timers, may participate in the
chanting and responding during the show.
Not only is the audience expected to
participate verbally, but physically as well.
And this is where the University Program
Council groups come in.
Each of the groups have taken it upon
themselves to provide the crowd with with
newspapers and rice, to be thrown at the ap
propriate times.
The props are provided so that audience
members can join Brad and Janet in cover
ing their heads when they get caught in a
rainstorm. The audience, like the people
attending the wedding on screen, throw rice
as the couple leaves the church.
And the lew items provided by UPC arc
just a lew of the props “needed" to lully
participate in the “Rocky Horror Picture
Show.” The sponsoring groups request,
however, that moviegoers bring their own
toast, water squirter, lighter, left-over meat
loaf and other appropriate props.
Coordinators don't anticipate any prob
lems and have taken steps to insure that the
event runs smoothly. There will be live to
ten members from each of the four sponsor
ing groups present and three of their advi
sors, and UNL police will provide security.
Afterward, the committee members will
clean the area.
But the show has stumbled on some
problems.
“It’s a logistical nightmare,” said
Grctchen Frank, Foreign Films chairperson
and coordinator of the event.
“Something that’s so very easy to do in
a room is difficult to do outside,” she said.
The projector will be set up facing the
east wall of Love Library w here a screen
will be hung from the roof of the library. The
sound w ill be amplified by a sound system
which the Nebraska Union is lending to the
organization for Friday night's film. The
event will be powered by Love Library.
Frank said an outdoor film, “Caddy
shack,” was planned two years ago, but it
was rained out. Come rain or shine, mem
bers of UPC expect a good turnout, accord
ing to Minarca Gurulc, a UPC adv isor who
says she estimates the picture will draw
about 300 people.
According to Stephanie Herdahl, Free
University chairperson, just the idea that the
movie is outside will attract a lot of people.
Whatever the case, Frank and Rivcnhurg
agree that most people will have a good
time.
“The movie makes light of issues people
take seriously.”
Such issues include cannibalism,
transexualily and homosexuality, but CO
LAGE’s sponsorship of the event doesn’t
reflect the choice of subject mailer.
In fact, Frank said, the inclusion of
COLAGE allows the group proper expo
sure.
“I wanted to bring COLAGE out (ex
pose it to more students),” Frank said, “so
they realize what COLAGE is about - pro
gramming.”
The show will begin at 10:30p.m. Incase
of rain, the filming will be moved to the
Nebraska Union Centennial Room.
Admission is free.
Hispanic influence to be discussed
By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
Three lectures presented this week
will discuss the Spanish and Hispanic
influence on the Midwest.
“Frails to the North: Mexican
Immigration to the Plains Region” by
Jorge Bustamentc w ill kick off the 13
annual symposium of “The Hispanic
Presence on the Great Plains.” Bus
tamente is a professor and researcher
of El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
City; the president of El Colegio de la
Frontcra Norte, Tijuana; and a Eu
gene Conley Professor at the depart
ment of sociology, University of
Notre Dame, Indiana.
“Professor Bustamentc is proba
bly the foremost expert on Mexican
immigration to the U.S.,” said
Miguel Carranza, symposium chair
person, University of Ncbraska-Lin
coln professor of sociology and ethnic
studies, and director of the Institute of
Ethnic Studies at UNL.
The presentation touches on the
modem influence of Mexican immi
gration on Nebraska and the northern
Plains states.
Bustamentc is well-known in
international circles, and has been on
20/20, Nightline and 60 Minutes,
Carranza said.
“It's a unique opportunity to have
him kick off the symposium,” Car
ranza added.
Bustamentc will speak 7:30 p.m.
tonight in Love Library Auditorium.
Thomas Chavez, director of the
Palace of Governors and Museum of
New Mexico, will talk about “The
Segesser Paintings, International In
trigue and the Revolutionary War:
Spain and the Making of North
American History.”
A reproduction of the Segesser
paintings is at the State Historical
Museum. The vivid painting, done on
cowhide, depicts a battle between the
Villa Sur expedition and Plains Indi
ans. The battle took place near what is
now Columbus.
Most people don't realize that
Spanish exploration came as lar north
as Nebraska, Carranza said.
Chavez will speak at 12:30 p.m.
Thursday at the L ineoln Hilton Hotel.
As of press time, Carranza was not
sure if the third speaker, Cordelia
Candelaria, would be present at the
symposium, he said.
Candelaria, associate professor of
English at the University of Colorado
at Boulder, was supposed to speak on
the portrayals of Mexicans in Willa
Cather’s fiction at 10:30 a.m. Friday
at the Hilton.
If Candelaria cannot attend the
symposium, Evelyn Haller, a profes
sor of English at Doane College, and
graduate student Robert Mossman
from the University of Tuscon, will
give their papers, Carranza said.
All three lectures arc free and open
to the public.
Japanese composer, pianist performs
with quartet, ends series at Kimball
From Staff Reports
Makoto Ozone and his jazz quartet
end the 1988-89 World on Stage Se
ries at Kimball Recital Hall at an 8
p.m. Friday performance.
kirphall
Ozone came to America from
Kobe, Japan, in 1980 to major in
composing and arranging at Boston’s
Bcrklee College. Ozone’s piano style
has been compared to Oscar Peterson,
Chick Corea, Bill Evans and some
classical performers.
Oz.onc will be joined by trumpeter
Toru “Tiger” Okoshi, also from Ja
pan. Both performers have been part
of the elite group of “Gary Burton’s
Whiz. Kids,” those influenced by
modem vibraharpist Gary Burton.
Oz.onc played with Burton when
Burton’s quintet was at Kimball Hall
two years ago, and still plays with
him. Burton has produced all three of
Ozone’s albums.
Ozone is becoming a recognized
major composer and pianist - he can
fuse many different styles, and season
the mixture with strong rhythmic
sensibilities.
The quartet’s performance will be
prccccdcd by an informal pre-per
formance talk at 7:30 in 119
Westbrook Music Building.
Tickets arc $13 and $9. University
of Ncbraska-Lincoln students pav
half-price.
Sheldon presents final lecture in series
From Staff Reports
Sculptor William G. Tucker
will present Wednesday night the
final lecture in a series of three
held by Sheldon Memorial Gallery •
‘ in conjunction with its current
exhibition, “Rodin Bronzes from
the B. Gerald Cantor Collec
tions.”
Tucker will be speaking on the
subject of “Rodin and His Chil
dren.” Tucker’s own sculpture is
said to reflect the surface energy of
Rodin’s work, and Daphne Deeds,
Sheldon Curator/Assistaht Direc
tor, said that his lecture should
offer a different vantage point
from the previous two.
“He will present mainly a vis
ual point of view,” she said, so that
people attending the lecture will
not need a lot of background to
appreciate it. Deeds said it would
be. good to look at the Rodin exhi
bition first, though.
One of the ablest and most ar
ticulate of the younger generation
of British/American sculptors,
Tucker is best known for his 1974
book, ‘‘The Language of Sculp-1
ture.”' In it, he analyzes the sense
of gravity in sculpture and the
strong relationship between the
form of an object and tbo ground
on which it rests, a central concept
in most vjtal sculpture since.
Rodin. , ’ .
Tucker was bom in Cairo,
Egypt, and studied at Oxford Uni
versity and St Martin's School of
Art and Design in London. He has
been a professor of sculpture at the
University of West Ontario, Can
ada, and at Nova Scotia College of
Art and Design in Halifax. He has
taught at the New York Studio
School of Painting and Sculpture
and Columbia University since
1978. 1 ?
The most recent exhibition of
Tucker’s own work was at the
Storm King Art Center in Moun
tainville, New York.
Tucker’s lecture begins at 7. .
p.m. on Wednesday night, and is
free and open to the public.
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Madonna s 'Like a Prayer
alters material-girl image
t*y william Rudolph
Staff Reporter
Madonna
Like a Prayer
Sire Records
On Like a Prayer,” Madonna’s
new album, ihc Material Girl takes a
turn towards the Im-matcrial.
As her latest collection of songs
show, Madonna has come a long way
from the ratty-haired girl who cooed
about taking a holiday.
Like a Prayer,” the title track
with the controversial video, opens
!he album strongly. The song alter
nates between celestial rhapsodies
and bouncy, infectious, danccablc
pop rhythms. In addition, harmony by
the Andre Crouch Choir adds a strong
8°spcl feel to the current chart hit.
Express Yourself” sustains the
momentum ol the opening. Madonna,
in a rougher voice than usual, instructs
girls not to let their men dump on
them.
A steady backing horn section and
oddly pragmatic lyrics (“Long stem
roses are the key to your heart/But he
needs to start with your hcad/Satin
sheets arc very romantic/What hap
pens when you’re not in bed”) also
hclP Express Yourself” shine.
On Love Song,” Prince joins
Madonna to coo in syncopated
trauma Although a typical Prince
techno-funk groove, “Love Song’s”
unique lyrical slant gives a refreshing
sound: God strike me dead if I did
you wrong/This is not a love song.”
The pairing of super-smooth Prince
Wlt4haraspy Madonna also works.
ill Death Do Us Part,” appar
ently based on Madonna’s failed
marriage lo Scan Penn, sounds uncan
nily like Berlin. Madonna comes
across more than a little like Terri
Nun, especially against the frantic
electronic background.
“Promise to Try,” the last song on
side one, is a hymn to Madonna s
deceased mother. Amid a quiet piano
and strings, Madonna decides to pm
aside false illusions about the past and
pul her mother’s memory in perspec
live. Her voice isn’t pretty on this one.
Although rough and weak in places,
the vocals arc affecting, nonetheless.
Side Two doesn’t do as well.
“Cherish,” the opening track, is pure
bubble gum pop that sounds just like
the “Old” Madonna. Next to the rest
of “Like a Prayer,” “Cherish'
seems more appropriate for Tiffany,
Martika or Debbie Gibson’s reper
toire.
The album’s most bizarre track is
“Dear Jessie.” After an orchestral
opening like “Papa Don’t Preach,
this charming but weird song de
scribes childhood’s magic and warns
kids not lo grow up too fast.
“Oh Father” is Madonna’s at
tempt to sort out their relationship.
Like many songs on “Like a Prayer,’
“Oh Father” is extremely personal.
Although the melody and rhythm just
don’t seem to gel, Madonna’s phras
ing partially redeems the song, lifting
it above the usual cvcry-linc rhyme of
her lyrics.
And like “Promise to Try,” she
ends on a half-optimistic note:
“Maybe someday/When 1 look back
I’ll be able to sayA'ou didn’t mean to
be crucl/Somcbody hurt you, too.”
‘‘Keep It Together’* is quintessen
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