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Friday, March 3, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Finale
Alison Douglas (Kristin LaGue, Mission junior) and Dow Jones (Jay Donahue, Mission Hills freshman) put the finishing touch on their performance of "Rich Man, Con Man, or Bullish on Broadway" during dress rehearsal Wednesday night. The act, by Delta
Delta Delta and Phi Kappa Psi, is part of the Rock Chalk Revue, which opens at 8 tonight in Hoe Auditorium. Winners in six categories will be announced after Saturday's performance.
'Rooster'
By JERRY JONES
Associate Entertainment Editor
If you're anxious to have your intelligence insulted—and want to pay to have it done—check out "Roozer," by any name a turkey in cockfighting feathers.
"Roofer" is the heartwarming story of a boy and his rooster. Entering the rugged cockfishing kitten, they wander through a purrid script and sub-amaristachia to find the true meaning of life—making a fast buck of the suckers who show up for this Potamat-
Actually, the producers of this bomb are following a tried-and-true technique for raking it in, a technique known as a "saturation." A producer will wilp out an el chepa flick, make about a hundred prints, television market, or several adjoining markets to play the picture at the same time.
ACCOMPLIISHING THAT, he then blitzes the public with television spots for a week or two before the picture opens. Shelled by this barrage, the poor saps in videoland
turns out to be turkey
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become so curious about the picture they rush to see it.
Of course, if the producer had only spent on the picture what he is spending to advertise it, he might have a decent picture. But he would not find that to be economically expedient.
So it's easier for him to find a screenplay that's only semi-coherent, scrape together all the has-been and never-were and never will-be actors willing to work dirty cheap, make a movie, Quality, naturally, is unmaterial. Promotability is the key factor.
IN FAIRNESS, Vincent Van Patton as the boy and Rita Lee as his mother do provide the only credible performances in the movie. The picture introduces Gene Bickelson as Stoke. Bickelson was able to a pose—a woman who maintains reputation throughout the film.
Lee is opposed to her husband (Bicknell)
introducing their son into the sport of cockfighting. In the first dramatic scene of the movie, when Bicknell dismisses his wife's objections with a biting, "you're just an egg-layer," the music wells up and hits us like a jackhammer, in case we are otherwise unaware that a dramatic moment has just transpired.
The movie then highlights a pickup truck driving across the plains, putting father, son and chickens to the pits. If you've never seen a pickup truck with a camper shell on back, this movie could be an unrivaled educational experience.
ALONG THE WAY, father has time to stop at his FRIENDLY neighborhood tavern-where house to give his son a birthday present. Can you guess what it is?
Anyway, chickens and company arrive at the cookpit, and in the climactic final moments, plot, motivation and coherence disintegrate.
The movie has everything the itinerant movie goer could want: gratious sex, a little violence and plenty of opportunities to run for popcorn.
Greek mythology and the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art have something in common, or at least they will have for the next two years.
The museum is borrowing the nine Museus from Greek mythology for a series of special programs, "Musing in Museums," which will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The first program, called "O Come Hither, Ye Muses, from Your Golden Houses," will introduce the Muses. Clao, the Muse of history, will introduce the musicians, flute, lyre and horn music. At 2 p.m., Victor Turner, professor of anthropology from the University of Virginia, will discuss "A Look at Public Rejoicing" in the museum auditorium. After Turner's lecture, music will reconnect with will resume and continue until 4 p.m.
CLIO. WHOSE name means "the celebr-
tion," will represent the theme of fame,
which will be explored in a special art exhibit, structured musical events and work by the group.
Art museum to initiate musing program
Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry and song,
will arrive in May, according to Dolo
Brooking, director of museum education.
She will visit individually during
the next two years.
The nine Muses were the daughters of Zeus and Nemosyne, the goddess of water and writing, and writers, and were especially revered by poets. The name "Muse" means "memory" or "reminder." Early poets depended primarily on their memories in reciting verses.
"MUSING IN MUSEUMS" is an education program for adults that is designed to explore humanistic values and the history of art in the new art museum, Brooking said. The program is funded by a $90,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The other Muses and the art each represents are Calliope, epic poetry; Euterpe, the flute; Terpischore, dance; Melipome, tragedy; Thalia, comedy; Polyhymnia, mime; and Urania, astronomy.
Brooking, who developed the program, wasn't sure how the program idea originated. "I think one of the Muses came and inscribed me," she said.
one March and April "Musing in Museums" programs include a slide presentation and gallery discussion on museums. Students will go to March 14 on evenings of games in the gallery March 22; interpretations of fame through soliloquies, orations and mime April 9; and a workshop on personal history April 12 and May 1 on the "Museums" are free and open to the public.
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All fittings will be shown in woodfaird Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Thursday and 3:30-7:00 p.m. at 7:30 a.m. on Monday.
The films of LES BLANK, American folk music CHICKEN HEEL, A WELL SPENT LEVEL, CHILDS FONTERAS, DIZY GILLESPE, THE BLUES ITLL will be featured today. ITLL will be featured today, GOOD RESPECTS US WHEN WE WORK BUT HE LOVES US WHEN WE DANCE and a Rock Star Feature will be shown
Henry Fountain IN YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE and MANIEST with Water Pigeon will be shown
Six structural仪剧. T.O.U.C.H.N.G.
MEDIAR READING COMPREHENSION, STRAIGHT
AND NARROW, CANADIAN PACIFIC, LEGENOMIA
will be featured on Thursday.
Exhibits
Special Events
THE KAISANS UNION GALLERY
The Fourth Annual Painting Exhibit, sponsored by the Lawrence Art Guard and the Lawrence Arts Center, will open Sunday at the LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER
The James Peace Retrospective is on display in the KANASUNION GALLERY.
THE GOALIE'S ANKIET AT THE PENALTY KICK
will be shown Monday.
through Saturday and Look at Art in the fourth floor south gallery
THE EUROPEAN BANQUET AND NIGHT OF NATIONS, arranged by the European Club and the Lawrence Host Family Program, will be Sunday at p.m. in the Union堂 cafeteria. Tickets are available at www.europeanbanquets.org.
Films
THE HELEN FOREMAN SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART will display and Drawings from the Collage Collection.
6 RMS RVU will be presented at 8 o'clock and tomorrow night in the Lawrence Avenue Center by the Rev. Robert H. Cox.
Theatre
THE OAKLAND BALLET will perform Aaron
Copland's 'Billy the Ace' at 8 a.m. in Moch
in the Woods on Saturday.
ECENCRTINITIES OF A NIGHTHIGH will be performed at a tonight and Saturday night in the
Pacific Center.
Conceres
ROCK CHALK REVUE will be presented at 8
tighton and Salzkammerdorf in Hochbürgum
ORIENTEERING MEET will be Sunday at
pm. at the pond west of Moore Hall wifth of the
week.
One nagging question remains at the end of this film. After experiencing this 102-minute excursion into home movies for fun and profit, one must ask: "With all the people around who want to make films, and all the people who want to finance films, how did this junk movie answer that question? Is that quality in the pocketbook of the producer."
and Iowa Streets) sponsored by OnBeeer Kansas
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Nightclubs
"THE GROUPS pay for their own shows." Woods said. "It's really up to them to decide how much they want to spend. We provide them with a $300 rebate. Some of them spend thousands of dollars, but some shows have been done for $500."
THE LAWRENCE OPERA HOUSE will feature the
Ballet of the Teach Band and the River City Jazz
Band on June 14.
the annual Spring concert will be given by the UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; at 3:30 PM.
J. WATSONS will feature the music of Nation tonight and Saturday. J.T. Cooke will be featured on Thursday.
PAUL GRAUZ' JAZZ PLACE will present the trio of Darryn, Bob, Bobman and Dave Snodd Tuesday, New York assistant Jennifer Lawrence Tuesday, New York assistant Amanda Stark Tuesday, KANU. A jam session will be Thursday
Although the Revue is produced through, the offices of the KU-Y and for the benefit of KU-Y the fiscal responsibility for pro-
grams show belongs to the participation OFM groups.
On the bright side, this may become a cult film among insomniacs.
During the performance tonight, 11 judges will be critically viewing each show to determine winners in six categories: best original song; most effective use of costumes, sets and lighting; best production number; best performer (s); and best overall production.
"Everything You Wanted to Know About Rock Chalk, But Were Afraid to Ask," will be presented by Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Sigma Chi fraternity. It details the process of getting well enough, a sorority and fraternity trying to get a show into the Rock Chalk Reveal.
Rock Chalk Revue's four segments may last just 80 minutes on the stage, but that brevity is deceiving. Behind those 80 polished minutes are a year's worth of time, for which
The Eleventh Street Rhythm Method band will appear tonight and Saturday at the OFF THE WALL Band, will be show to broadcast over KANU, will be shown at the Trio Trip will appear Monday night. There will be an acoustic jum session (no electric instruments) on Thursday and a songwriters workshop on Thursday
The Revue will be staged at 8 tonight and tomorrow in Hoch Auditorium.
Whatever the theme, Rock Chalk can be costly. Regardless of the talent and tireless efforts of dedicated workers, money may be required for setups, costumes and other paraphernalia.
"Rich Man, Poor Man, or Bullish on Broadway," presented by Delta Delta Soriency and Phil Kappa Psi fraternity, details how one man recovers from a stock market crash by producing a rotten Broadway show which turns into a huge success.
THE AUDIENCES tonight and tomorrow will actually see four separate shows, based on the four chosen scripts last November. To effect the basic theme, "Broadwound Bound."
Rock Chalk requires time, talent,money
I WORKED with Rock Chalk the last few years," he said, "and I never thought the themes were original. I wanted a theme that would force them (scriptwriters) into originality. I wanted to make sure the theme was one they could work with."
On Monday, Feb. 21, the entire ensemble moved into Hoch for the final two weeks of rehearsal. At each rehearsal, new elements were added—lights, sets, live music—until everything was ready for dress rehearsal on Wednesday, two days before the opening.
A panel of judges, selected by Woods, reviewed the entries and picked the top four. The winners were announced at a banquet for the performers began immediately.
Associate Entertainment Editor
By JERRY JONES
Woods said he felt that in the past themes for the Revue had been restrictive. He sought a broad theme—and personally he felt that it was important that he wanted more opportunities for creativity.
The judging procedure is different from what it has been in the past. Judges formerly viewedbothmoths performances,forever before, at least 30 to 40 minutes after the revue until the results were tabulated and announced. This year, they added an intermediate Saturday's curtain.
During January enrollment, rehearsals began in earnest. Because Hoch Auditorium was unavailable the various groups practiced ever space was available.
KAPPA Kappa Gamma sorority and Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity present "Two for
thems"
"I think the quality of the script is way better than any other Rock Chak I’ve been in," observed Woods, who is participating in his fourth Revue. "There were four or five scripts that didn’t make it this year that would have made it any other year."
Planning for this year's presentation initially began last March, about two weeks after the 1787 Revue, when Beauford Woods, a pioneer in acoustic recording was selected as producer of the 1787 edition.
FROM AUGUST through November, deadlines were set for plot summaries and for weeding out similarities in plots, songs and costumes in the sets and costumes were submitted.
“Where Curtain Calls Are Few,” press by Hashinger Hail, details a strike by backstage crew members when they feel have been slighted by the on-stage stars.
From March through August, Woods assembled his staff. In August, the theme of the Revue “Broadway Bound” was announced, triggering 12 pairs of housing, fraternity and sorority groups into script-production explosions. The groups were paired on the basis of assigned selections for the same time Woods was chosen as producer.
the "show," a piece about two old-time vauduillians who argue about leaving the school.
Woods smiled as his year-long production assignment drew to an end, and as he thought of the awards announcement without the traditional 30-minute wait Saturday
"That might make people happy," he said.
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Pearce exhibit features variety
Staff Writer
Five large landscape paintings dominate the back walls of the Kansas Union Gallery. They are part of the current display by Laura Chang, 79, an old Lawrence artist who died a year ago.
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At the Gallery
The James Pearce Retrospective, an exhibit that includes oils, wood-block prints, drawings and sculpture is to open the public free of charge from now until Mar. 22. The exhibit is important only because he showed so much potential.
James Pearce was born and reared in Kenya. After schooling in Nairobi he was
rafted into the Kenya Army Regiment and served a six-month tour of duty. He received his first formal art training in 1960 at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
HE MOVED to Kansas City, Mo. and then to Lawrence in 1982, where he edited, directed and produced commercial and educational films for Centron Corporation.
Pearce continued his artwork here and although he never sought to sell or exhibit
Red Bird
One of the earliest of James Pearce's works on display at the Kansas Union Gallery, this oil painting is representative of his figurative st.je. Pearce was an amateur Lawrence artist until his death last year. The display will be open until Mar. 22.
our work, we was glad to show his pictures to our students. He gave and loaned his pictures to the students.
All of the paintings in the exhibit were done after Pearce came to America. In his paintings three styles can be traced. He progressed from a figurative style of personal symbolism to abstracts to landscape art. Pearce was a coeducate of the two previous styles.
THE COLORS and the composition in "Lovers in a Well" (1963) suggest a religious solemnity. The painting shows the same stained glass compartmentalization that Georges Rouault used in his brand of expressionism.
Pearce's sense of humor is seen in "Bird Man" (1973), a painting that enjoys instant appeal at the exhibit. This colorful, whimsical work was painted after Pearce went to The Big Eight in 1972. There's a lot going on in the painting. The bird man's flirtile plumage and the fiery eyes that over the horns have ausage that has compared to Herbert Hoover's, are among the many bold strokes in the painting.
"Red Bird" (1965), one of the earliest oils in the exhibit, is also representative of his figurative style. The painting uses nature as a bold compositional device. The verticals of the trees divide the canvas and make a wood divider that is also seen in Pearce's wood-block prints.
In "Adam" and "Eve (both 1976), it seems Pearce was influenced by Picasso. There are the simultaneous views of the same object instead of the one-point perspective that make the two wood-blocks reminiscent of Picasso's cubism.
HIS WOOD-BLOCKS show the same interest in geometrics as in the oils. The grain of the wood is very visible and creates interesting patterns. Because it is art in wood, Pearce shows a respect for the material in which the art is made.
IN HIS GEOMETRIC abstracts Pearce experimented with formally designed composition and color. He used the same composition and color as he did in his landscape "Fall" (1973).
The five landscapes showing seasons were painted and are displayed out of sequence. The pastel sketches for the landscapes have been done near Stull. Pearce's concept of the Kansas landscape is large-scale and intense, yet he obviously has an intimacy with it and captures this feeling through the formal properties and worked out in the abstracts. From Pearce's figurative style are the vertical trees and the land painted in strips of black; these landscapes give the five paintings the quality of true individualism.