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Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine), center, greets movie producer Jack Falkner (Dennis Quaid)
who is pursuing Mann’s daughter, Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep), in “Postcards From the Edge.
Postcards
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Hackman), she begins to believe in
herself again.
Suzanne also begins to sing in public
and in private, for her movies and for
herselfi Her mother (who sang in her
own films) has encouraged Suzanne’s
singing for years.
Doris to Suzanne: “You could be
a much bigger star than that Madonna
person. She hasn’t got half your voice.’’
After listening to the raw emotion
and beautiful range in Streep’s voice
as she sings her final song, one is
almost tempted to agree with Doris.
Although this movie deals with
subjects that many directors and screen
writers would make dramatic and
depressing, director Mike Nichols and
Fisher make the subjects funny.
Fisher’s characters have certainly
mastered the art of the snappy one
liner.
One complaint with the writing:
the lines are funny, but at times the
characters are so intent on popping
out the funny lines that they forget
life is not a constant stream of witty
remarks. One wonders if Streep’s Vale
and MacLame’s Doris were bom
snapping witty comments at each other,
even when they’re fighting over
Suzanne’s drug addictions and Doris’
alcoholism.
Streep is believable as the com
pletely neurotic, unsure Suzanne. She
plays Suzanne on a fairly shallow
level, with less emotional depth than
many of her past characters, but then
Suzanne is a shallower character than
many of Streep’s past characters.
Streep’s singing voice is beautiful;
she performs several songs through
out the movie, and her voice gets
surer and stronger each lime -- just as
her character does.
MacLaine is a riot as Doris, the
overbearing stage mother. Deep down,
she’s just as nuts - if not nuttier -
than her daughter. But MacLaine’s
Doris likes to exhibit control and show
how emotionally superior she is to
her daughter. Doris’ carefully staged
shows of affection toward Suzanne
are both funny and pathetic.
Overall, ‘ ‘Postcards” is funny and
entertaining, but without much sub
stance. Still, it’s a good time, and
worth the price of the movie - if only
to hear Streep sing.
‘‘Postcards From The Edge” is
playing at the East Park Plaza The
atres, East Park Plaza Mall, and at the
Douglas 3 Theatre, 13th and P streets.
Painters: Midwestern artists no longer
are cut off from rest of the art world
I OMAHA (AP) - Artists in the
I Midwest no longer are isolated from
the rest of the art world, according to
a panel of artists who gathered here
over the weekend.
With the array of art publications
that circulate nationally and visiting
artist programs, no part of the country
is cut off from the artistic mainstream,
said Patricia Degener, art critic emeri
tus for the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
“There is no such thing anymore
as regionalist art.” she said.
The panel was part of a sympo
sium held in conjunction with the
opening of “Midlands Invitational
1990: Painung and Sculpture,” at
Joslyn Art Museum. The exhibition
consists of 61 works by 16 krtists
from Nebraska and its surrounding
six stales.
Degener said more and more art
r___
ists are slaying in the Midwest be
cause they simply can’t afford to live
in New York, the traditional destina
tion for aspiring painters and sculp
tors.
Jon Keith Swindell, professor of
art at the University of Kansas, said
he has lived on both coasts and even
tually chose to live and work in the
Midwest.
“We position ourselves where we
want and need to be,” he said.
The Midwest offers teaching pos
sibilities for artists, he said, and these
universities in turn provide a support
system. Most of the artists in the
invitational leach at a college or uni
versity.
By living in Lawrence, Kan., which
is within an hour of Kansas City, Mo.,
he said he has access to the Nclson
Atkins Museum of Art and the Kan
sas City Art Institute as well as a
major airport.
Jeff Freeman, assistant professor
of art at the University of South Dakota
Vermillion, said being an artist in a
city of about 10,000 people can be a
benefit and drawback.
On one hand, he said, his work is
“very personal” and “meditative’
and requires the time alone that isola
tion can provide. But outside of his
contacts with other members of the
art department and his students, he
has little interaction with other art
ists.
In addition, he said, the Midwest
has few collectors, and those who do
exist tend to have unsophisticated
tastes. Most of the major galleries and
outlets for art tend to be on the coasts.
* ‘How do you go about marketing
your work or getting exposure?” he
asked.
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Language of the Heart
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In Person — In Lincoln
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September 17, 18, 19
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