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Shooting range cold, hostile place to be
W MAKE AND DO
We pulled up in from of All Seasons Shoot
ing Range and unloaded from my car. The
entire building was brick with bars on the
windows. Robin and I entered the fortress and
left the sunshine behind.
There was no one there. The counter was
silent, the concession stand empty. Somewhere
a dog barked, a child cried. Robin set her
camera case down and began to yell.
From the back of the building came a rus
tling noise and then he appeared, Larry: tall,
with a slight belly, and a head of thinning hair.
He watched us as if we had invaded his home,
a home he was ready to defend at a moment’s
notice.
We explained who we were. He led us to
firing lanes: a big dark room, long shadows
tracing the walls. Icy air moved against my
face. Larry seemed unaffected by either the
cold or the dark. He was the master of this
environment.
He showed us how to change the light sel
lings and how to move the targets.
Robin pulled a table away from the wall and
pushed it toward me. Larry shot her a look that,
luckily, was not loaded. As Robin began to
unpack her gear, placing wide lenses on the
table, I followed Larry back out to the counter.
Before he would speak, he had to position
himself behind the counter. Once back behind
this barricade, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes
and lit one up. My eyes followed the trail of
smoke as it drifted past the large rifles that sat
gleaming behind the counter, greased and ready.
I noticed a Mace gun behind the counter and
asked Larry if he sold them. •
“We sell both the Mace gun and the stun
gun,” he said as he took a drag from his ciga
rette. “Of course, a handgun is the only way you
can be sure_”
I asked him if I could sec a gun.
He reached into the counter and gingerly
pulled out a Smith and Wesson. He held it
reverently, his fingers caressing its smooth
metal surface. With a snap, he pulled back the
^ Robin Trimarchi/DN
This is a picture of a gun; the hand belongs to William J. Harms.
bolt action.
He uncocked the gun and laid it down on the
counter. I licked my lips, looked at the gun, at
Larry.
His face was constricted, his eyes narrow,
his cigarette hanging out of his mouth. The gun
lay between us; who would be faster, which one
of us would be able to grab the gun first?
I asked him if he would show me how to
handle the gun. He didn’t move. His eyes grew
even narrower. Somewhere behind his face
something moved, submerged, vanished.
“What do you want,” he said, “a free- les
son?” I said nothing.
He handed me the gun, showed me how to
cock it, how to hold it, how to work the safety.
1 was just going to ask for some bullets when
Robin appeared. She was ready to photograph
my excursion into the world of firearms.
Abouta half-hour later we returned from the
firing lanes. Halfway through the documenta
tion of my “lesson” a young man walked in and
began to shoot at a human-shaped target. He
had a holster that he would draw from, then fire
quickly at the target. It made an enormous
noise. I noticed the delight he took in shooting
the paper man.
When it was time for us to go, as we left All
Season Shooting Range, we both thanked Larry
several times. (For taking the time to show us
around? For sparing our lives? I don’t know.)
He was trying to convince a man to buy a very
large handgun.
He eyed us as we left, saying nothing. Any
moment I expected to hear a sharp report, but
there was nothing. Not even a goodbye. The
sunshine seemed extra warm as we got into my
car.
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— William J. Harms
Mass Appeal explores I
friendship, religious clash
“Mass Appeal,” the Theatrix pro
duction that opened Thursday,
grapples with a number of weighty
themes, including religion, friendship,
love, courage and respect.
The play, written by Bill C. Davis
and first performed in 1980, has only
two on-stage characters: Father Tim
Farley, a reactionary, Burgundy-sati
ated parish priest and Mark Dolson, a
radical young idealist who believes
that “ideally the role of the church is
to become obsolete.”
Farley and Dolson clash over their
seemingly opposed approaches to re
ligion and to life—in the words of the
characters, whether to “kiss ass or
kick it.”
Director Sieve Pauna said he chose
to stage “Mass Appeal” because he
thought the play’s message was both
timely and poignant. He defined that
message as: “Take a stand and do
what you feel is right.”
In the staging of this play, Pauna
said, he made a conscious decision to
downplay the religious elements. In
the selling, there are few obvious
religious icons. In the directing and
acting, the relationship between Farley
and Dolson ultimately is far more
important than the relationship of ci
ther to God.
On a string budget of $50 to $75,
setting is inevitably a problem for a
Theatrix play, but one that can be
made to work in the production’s
favor, Pauna said.
“Because it doesn’t emphasize
scenery and costume, it emphasizes
the drama,” he said.
“Mass Appeal” will be performed
tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m. and
Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Temple
Building’s studio theater. Tickets,
which cost $2, will be sold at the door.
— Matthew Grant
Eerie ‘Docteur Petiot’
j explores dual identity
Christian de Chalongc’s
“Docteur Petiol” is a stylish yet
morally challenging Him on the
extreme end of die Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde tradition.
“Docteur Pctiol” has the dark,
surreal look of a Cohen brothers
film (like “Blood Simple” and
“Barton Fink") but its tone and
subject matter are more menacing.
Set in the German occupied Paris
of 1942 the film takes its place
among recent stylized
reinterpretations of the period like
“Europa, Europa” and “2^entropa.”
Petiot (brilliantly played by
Michel Serraull of “Diabolique**
and “La Cage aux Folles”) appears
to be a charming doctor, giving
away candy and performing magic
tricks for the children he treats, as
well as being a good husband and
father.
In the privacy of his office, how
ever, we see an eerie side of his
character as he listens to the pa
tients in his wailing room over a
one-way intercom. Every time he
calls a patient to his office there
comes a distant sound of cutlery
being sharpened and the bleating of
sheep. He also has an insatiable
love of darkness.
It’s not long before we realize
Dr. Pctiot is not all he seems.
The film holds some surprises,
but the main reason to catch
“Docteur Pctiot” is for the artfully
malicious way Pctiot maintains two
faces at once.
“Docteur Pctiot” is showing at
the Mary Riepma Ross Film The
ater as part of the UPC Interna
tional Film series. Showtimes are
Sunday only at 3, 5, 7 & 9 p.m.
— Calvin Clinchard
Home video is happy this week, if
only for the release of one film: “The
Last of the Mohicans.”
The rest — “Bebe’s Kids,” an
animated feature about an ill-fated
date and “Wind,” a Matthew Modinc
and Jennifer Grey movie about the
quest for the America’s Cup—pale in
con ison.
‘ I Last of the Mohicans’* fea
tures Daniel Day-Lewis (“My Left
Fool”) and Madeleine Stowe (“Un
lawful Entry”) in the latest adaptation
of James Fenimorc Cooper's classic
adventure story.
The Starship9 multiplex (13lh and
Q streets) is still showing “Last of the
Mohicans.”Catch ilon the big screen
if you can, but cither way, this is a
definite must-see.
All titles became available
Wednesday.
— Anne Steyer
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