FILMS: Peep show
By RICHARD GEARY Kansas Reviewer
Kansan Reviewer
The one bad aspect of the demise of film censorship is the regular distribution of the "skin flicks" that people used to have to sneak to see in a neighbor's basement or someplace. Inga is just such a flick.
Of course, it would be wrong to ban such movies, no matter how terrible they might be, but it is also wrong to masquerade them as art and pin fancy tags on them such as "The classic female concept."
The biggest offense, though, of these cheap little films is the fact that, for all their pretentions toward the new morality, they still treat sex as a dirty peep-show.
Inga is supposed to be a sad story of an "older woman" who loves a young writer, but in the end loses him to her nymphet niece. But no one really cares about the story, as long as there's plenty of you-know-what. As with forerunners, I. A Woman and Therese and Isabelle. Inga looks like it was shot in somebody's backyard with folks from around the neighborhood as actors. And, worst of all, the film-makers seem to take what they're doing so seriously.
"So graphic, I could have sworn the screen was smoking," one witless critic said. Smouldering screens are not necessarily art, more seldom entertaining.
I don't think any intelligent person can see Inga and not feel a little ashamed of himself.
spotlight— KU theater looks great
BY MIKE SHEARER
I've never met the KU dramatists who annually make the play selections for KU theater goers
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But they show as much creativity and inventiveness as some of the top-notch playwrights they choose.
A careful blend, the right seasoning and something for everyone has kept KU's theatrical season the brightest in the Midwest.
Two of my favorite plays are scheduled this year; Roscenrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Nov 13-22) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (March 13, 14, 18, 19, 20).
Rosnerantz & Guildenstern, or rather their lively reincarnations were stolen from Shakespeare by Tom Stoddard for a comical and bizarre development that Shakespeare would surely have enjoyed.
Anyone concerned with any remote aspect of education should not miss The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Allen. It is a delightful play (which was made into a delightful movie) about the difference between teachers and leaders and the dangers of being one of the two without being both.
Also on the theatrical agenda will be Summer Tree (Oct. 16-18).
Die Fledermessan (Oct. 31, Nov. 1,
2, 6 and 7). The Snow Queen
(Nov. 19-22), The Country Wife
(Dec. 10-14). A View From the
Bridge (Dec. 15-19 and Jan. 6-10),
The Homecoming (Feb. 4-8),
an experimental show (Feb. 12-21)
The Dancing Donkey (Feb. 25-28),
Kyogen (April 2-11). The Three
Penny Opera (April 23-25 and
May 1-3).
High drama, horror and good performances, make the poor script of The Collector an exciting, enjoyable movie.
The Popular Film Series flick is showing tonight and tomorrow night in the Union Ballroom at 7 and 9:30 pm
BOOKS
THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS, by H. D. Lewis and Robert Lawson Slatter (Pelican, 81.25). A treatment of religions that pays special attentions to the religions of the East Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. History, literature, theories and beliefs are treated, and theological implications make up the later part of the work.
KANSAN 5
Sept. 19
1969
By RICK DU BROW
Thurber show isn't Thurber
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — "My World and Welcome To It." NBC-TV's situation comedy based loosely on the works of the late writer-cartoonist James Thurber, bowed in Monday night as a weekly entry.
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No one in his right mind actually expected the half-hour show to come anywhere near the genius of the late humorist. And it is frankly a commercial venture of a most difficult sort—trying to capture the gentle fantasy of Thurber in a raucous mass medium known least of all for gentleness.
"Iimagination is what makes life tolerable," said a character in the Monday night debut, a perfect statement in aiming at the essence of Thurber. Yet imagination is so much easier to project when faced with words rather than blatant film. The subtlety of the imagination has more free rein with words; you participate with the author; you create your own images to your satisfaction. Not so with film.
At any rate, imagine Thurber with a laugh track. No laugh track was used in Sunday night's charming debut of the Bill Cosby show on the same network. And curiously throughout the premiere of "My World and Welcome To It," I kept thinking how natural Cosby would be to work with the material of Thurber;
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"I Am Curious, Yellow' is banned in this country and 'inga' is not. In 'inga'...the sexual activity is...more tantilizing."
"If I were to describe in detail what goes on in 'Inga', I'd get arrested."
From Sweden... the classic female concept
Inga
Persons Under 18
Not Admitted
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