1981_10 The Daily Collegian October 1981

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Play brings Texan humor to CSUF
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By Anpeia Carney
Contributing Writer
Lm AMI Hampton Laverty Obertander,
a play by Preston Jonas
Directed by Cn_flM H- Randall
. First of all, Lm Ann Hampton Laverty
Obertander Is a very funny play, peppered with bawdy, down-home humor in
drawling Texas tones. The comedy-
drama begins to darken, however, as it
unfolds 20 years in the life of Lu Ann.
La Aim is the second play of Texas
Trilogy by Preston Jones who has captured some of the disillusionment of
Tennessee Williams' Clam Menagerie
in this piece. A widowed mother, a
daughter, and a son returning home are
the focus just as in Williams' play.
And their existence in a small, western
Texas town is |ust as circumscribed. It
is a 'two by four existence' they fail to
escape.
It is 1953 when we first see Lu Ann as
a high school senior (Tracey Leigh
Marble) who dreams of going 'someplace'; but her hardworking mother
Claudine Hampton (Marcia K. Morrison) warns, "Just wanting to go someplace ain't going to get you anywhere."
Lu Ann's route is the traditional feminine one—marriage, first to livestock
hauler Dale Laverty (Paul A. Griffin),
then to highway inspector Corky Ober-
lander (Thomas E. Logan). She gets a
*deee-vorce* from the first and is
widowed by the second.
It is her alcoholic brother Skip (Thomas B. Hall), unable to adjust to civilian
life after being a 'Korean hero,* whose
discontent articulates the malaise of
their lives. His braggadocio when he
retales war stories turns feeble as we see
him 20 years hence, dependent on Lu
Ann's handouts and unable to fend
the taunts of her daughter, Charmaine.
Thomas Hall is wonderful in the role—
both as an energetic string of a man in
tight jeans, boots, and big-brimmed
straw hat when the play opens, and as
the shuffling and whimpering man he
becomes after years of too much Thun-
derbirdwine.
Marble as Lu Ann is incredibly facile
in her metamorphosis from vivacious
cheerleader who thinks biology is
"dumb" and thrills most to rides in a
Hornet, to the same hardworking, tired
matron her mother had been. Her comic
timing is accurate. (In fact, Marble resembles Carol Burpett in an uncanny
way with her thinness, flat voice, and
which read, 'He hated every minute of
it.' Robert Kempf and Keith Williams
are funny as a pair of heckling beer-
drinking buddies^
Others in the &st are fine. Wallace
Wilhoit, Jr. as the timid eccentric
draws nuances from a brief and funny
appearance in Red's bar. Sarah Mc-
Knight as Charmaine, Lu Ann's out-of-
control teenager, is convincing as a contemporary version of her mother. Morrison as Lu Ann's mother is convincingly
drained.
Director   Charles   H.   Randall   has
elicited restrained performances, particularly from Marble and Hall in the
t leads in a-play which could have been
the self-conscious explanation of her ' given over entirely to its broad humor.
dry delivery.) When Corky, whom she
just met at Red Grower's bar, asks if
she ever has'an itch to go on any moonlight buck drives,' she asks dryly,
'Long or short haulf*
Years later, when she's visited by her
old beau Billy Bob Wartman (Bob Crover), now a missionary, there' s poignancy
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destiny. She recalls that she had run out
on Billy Bob at the senior picnic to meet
Dale Laverty. 'My life started standing
still. I ran out on a picnic and into a
rut,* she says.
Other local types are depicted in the
barroom scene (a remarkably realistic-
set replete with neon beer signs, and a
Confederate flag). Porter Jamison as
Red Crover, the bartender, is excellent as he reveals the little cruelties of a
frustrated, trapped man. He would
wish to have erected a statue of himself
posthumously in the park with a plaque
Scenic designer Howard Brewer's
turnaround set, the Hampton home on
one side. Red Grover' s bar on the other,
evokes time and place beautifully.
Valerie C. Koelin dressed the cast with
fine attention to detail to suit each
decade. Noa Christie-Craves was lighting designer.
Jones' play is about the emptiness of
lives based on appearances and the shallowness of country western ballads, but
there is also a hint of dignity. Lu Ann
Hampton Laverty Oberlander is bound to
touch as well as amuse you.
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Poland
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ket, but prices are currently four times
higher than what a consumer would
pay In the ordinary market place.
Even on the blade market, however,
American dollars are the most desired
currency.
Medlcine-that Is, good medldne-
can only be obtained with American
dollars also. Pronin said that one taxi
driver told him that he badly needed
medicine for one of his children, but
he could not buy any because all he
had was Polish currency.
In fact, each city in Poland has at
least one store in which items can only
be bought with American dollars.
These stores carry goods that are not
usually available in Poland, Pronin   •
said, such as foreign liquor, cigarettes
and blue jeans.
Prices at these stores are also sky-
high. The government, which runs
these stores, makes a 100 percent profit.
Given these economic problems, Poland's workers union, Solidarity, is
tackling the situation. 'They're trying
to straighten up these little abuses,*
Pronin said.
Solidarity itself must raise money
for its regional offices. The organization sells thousands of pins, for instance, to support its work.
However, even Solidarity gets
caught in Poland' s economic web.
Some of the union' s p.b.(cations can
only be bought on the black market because they are not available anywhere
else. The reason Is that paper is also
In short supply especially for non-
Communist publications.
Another example is the book called
'Cdansk August 1980.' It describes In
detail how the Solidarity movement
was bom 10 years ago.
Long lines formed outside stores as
people hoped to be one of the lucky
ones who would be able to buy a copy
of the book. Soon, it was only available on the black market.
Pronin managed to obtain a copy of
the book from another individual, even
though the book is considered a prtwl
possession by all who have it
InPohnd, however, 'people will
sell anything if the price Is right, even
that book,'Pronin said.
The CSUF foreign language professor will return to Poland next semester to gather research for a book he
plans to write on Polish folk art.
When he returned from his summer
Tazmanian Devils perform
new wave in CU lounge
The Tazmanian Devils, a new wave
rock group from San Francisco, will
present a free concert Wednesday,
Oct. 7, in the College Union lounge.
The concert will begin at noon.
The five-man band nas been described
"by critics as 'a new pop vanguard*
and 'refreshingly original.' Their approach to musk has been called 'honky
reggae.* -
The Tazmanian Devils were formed
in 1977 and were originally put together by drummer Barry Lowenthal to
play for a wedding. The band soon be
gan to build an ardent following in
the bay area".
Other members of the band are
Dave Carlson on lead guitar; Pat Craig
on keyboards and vocals; Dennis Hogan
on guitar and vocals; and Duane Van
Oman on bass and vocals.
The band has been busy playing a
number of gigs up and down the west
coast, and they were given a 1981 award
for Best Bay Area Club Band.
Their latest album Is called 'Broadway
Hi -Life,* which they recorded earlier
this year.
visit this year, Pronin came into possession of a letter from the Solidarity
leader In Torun, Poland, Antoni StawJ-
kowski. Pronin sent the letter to Chicago and New York for publication.
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S-ll__•ity's'most important weapon
is information. We must organize In
the shortest time an excellent press.'
In Torun alone ther* _r» 200.000 Solidarity members, but they-a> is the
case all across Poland—have very little printing facilities or supplies, Pronin said. They need this equipniMN because the outside world at times is hot
getting an honest account of what Is
going on in Poland.
'The press originally only reported
wt_t they {_« Communist government) reported, 'Pronin said. The
situation was never presented as a
struggle, but only as hooligans* causing trouble.
Pronin, who was bom in eastern Poland, believes the Polish people will be
successful In their struggle for Independence. l-_saW__irha__dfor
Russia's RedArmy Is much deeper
than the hate they held against the
Orman army during World War II.
The Soviet youth want nothing to
do with Soviet ideology,' Pronin said.
They are only Interested in material
things. They want blue Jeans and
disco.*
'Soviet ideology has disintegrated
in Poland,' hesaid. 'It is dying out
and they are losing their grip. Poland
is a prime example of this. *
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