The Weekend Scene
University Daily Kansan
Friday, November 5. 1971
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'Boys in Band' at Woodruff
ART
By BARBARA SCHMIDT Kansan Reviews Editor
SPOONER ART GALLEY:
"Kansas Landscape," an exhibit of photographs by James Enyeart, assistant director at Spooner. Through Sunday. A photography class takes on a summer trip through the hinterlands that, if nothing else, shows some intriguing parts
of the state too often overlooked by native Kansans.
SPOONER ART GALLERY:
"Gene R. Swenson: Retrospective for a Critic," an exhibit by the artist, opens at Swenson, a prominent New York art critic. Through Dec. 5. Most of the items, like all the posters and sculptures, have already become pop art cliches. But a few, especially the
Sex and More Sex Deaden 'Marriage'
grotesque "Hippopatamus Meat," are original and worth traipaining up to second floor Spooner to see.
By ALAN LICHTER Asst. Professor of English
"The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker" brings Richard Benjamin to the big screen in all his glory, proving himself robust and all-American by sexuality exhausting his gorgeous wife in the linen locker of a ladies' shower room. He takes it on a trip to throws in the towel to acknowledge his triumphant mastery of countless coital positions, fantasies of adolescent life, and she learned from his voyeurism.
TO COMPENSATE for the dullness of his life, for his faltering marriage, Bill feasts on a dietary diet of blue movies and snacks, but soon becomes very adept at his voyeuristic hobby, which is finally discovered in all its flesh banality by Lisa, who leaves him home alone. Her sister, Nan, who plays a double game: counseling Lisa to divorce Bill at the same time she (Nan) is trying crawl into his
In this film, directed by Lawrence Turman (who wrote the book) Richard Benjamin plays William Alen, and Joanna Skimbus is his delectable wife, Lisa. They are married and unhappy in glossy-slick Californialand. He doesn't find meaning in his job as junior veterinarian, but he is unable to satisfy Lisa, who needs more durable displays of his virility than the fumbling, scary man he manages only infrequently.
Nan (Elizabeth Ashley) has managed to tranquilize her own husband, Chester "Brown" surprisingly well by Adam West, the creator of *Eternal Castrator* who wants Bill's scorum for a decoration in
**UNION GALLEY:** "The Design Department Faculty Show" Opens Saturday. Both two and three-dimensional items are displayed, including work in ceramics, digital illustration, industrial design, interior design, sculpture and textile design in weaving.
her well-manicured garden. Bill holds out, a veritable rock, because he loves Lisa.
**OUT HOW CAN HE COMMUNICATE this love? How can he communicate this love? MEANINGFULLY?" The answer comes in the person of an unbelievably luscious nymphomaniac with Tiffany and with wood roses, who rolls in the rain. Although still dry behind the ears (and everywhere removes any of his clothes during what is presumably a sizzling sexual encounter), Bill is indulgent, idea why) where he obtains a quickie divorce. It is the divorce paper he presents to Lisa in the locker at the end of the film to ultimate fulfillment, i.e., they are both free, independent humans for whom there are no licenses.
NATURALLY THIS is all inan-
d ridiculous, this pathetic
matter that purports to be about the
vagaries and gropings of modern
marriage. Bill's responses,
which are examined below the slick surface, never motivated. What perhaps was intended as a appeal to be fulfilled, because neither the director nor Richard Benjamin understands what he is after. The quiet comedy this role needed, but loud and sometimes complete devastation of the
Turman, however, has unwittingly given us some wonderful images of blending through this movie the American male is an eternal adolescent, much more comfortable at peeping-tom than tom-peeping-tom, and women are always taking showers and walking in the cool rain.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE:
University Symphony concert. 3:30 p.m. Sunday. After concluding its six-day concert tour through Kansas, the symphony will perform selected works from around the globe in "The First Symphony" and pieces by Pucini, Liszt and Stravinsky. George Lawner, professor of orchestra, will conduct Weber, Topena senior and soprano, will be the featured soloist.
SWAIRTHHOU **RECITAL HALL:** Little Symphony concert. 8 p.m. Wednesday The Symphony members and advanced music students will perform "Concerto in Streams and Timpani." Bach's 'Brandenberg Concert No. 4,' Haydn's 'Allegro Symphony,' Swainy's 'Secretkey' Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will conduct.
WOODRUFF AUDITORIUM:
SUA PUBLIC Film, "The Boys in
the Nightclub," 6 p.m.
tioning and Saturday, Boyz
the story of a group of
light-hearted birthday party go
alight when the fun and games
turn into serious and painful pain-
analysis. Fine performances by
Leonard Frey and others and a
sympathetic script based on Matt
WOODRUFF AUDITORIUM:
Film Society, "Law and Order."
"The Song of Love" and "Scorpio"
the song written for the other two at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
"Law," (1989) is a "cinema verite" document on the law.
"Law," (1987) is the tissue to dispose of the "dedicated cop" idea. "Song" and "Scorpio" portrait human will in opposition to corporate visibly represented by the police.
WOODRUFF AUDIORIUM:
SUA Classical Film, "Rashomon,
7.30 and 9.pm Wed.
7.30 Friday."
Japanese director Aikira
Kurosawa's films, uses flash-
backs of a murder and a rape to
examine the conflict between
truth and the observer's per-
WOODRUFF AUDITORIUM:
Film Society, "Last Year at Mariebueh",
7:30 and 9:15 p.m.
Thursday, he uncertainties at
the age of 28. He is by French director Alain Renais
As in most of his films, Resnair
makes his point through mille
and subjective observation
GRANDA THEATRE: "The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker A slick but shallow film movie This time he plays the part of a broker in the midst of an identity crisis who chooses voyeurism as his solution. Joanna Skimuk, Adan West and Elizabate Ashley
HILLCREST 1: "Walkabout." A lengthy but visually stunning
Herbie Mann Scheduled To Perform at Festival
Herbie Mann has been booked for the Wednesday night concert in the 1972 Festival of the Arts, March 6-11; Steve Warren, of Oakland, sophomore and director of the festival, announced Thursday.
Mann, a jazz flute player, will bring a five-musician group with him for the KU concert.
Warren also said the The Portable Circus, a new improvisational comedy group from the Bronx, began on Thursday, March 9. The six-member group is led by George Sherman, a prominent director of the show.
the Friday, March 10 festival offering, Warren said. Wiseman has directed six films as "High School Musical," the Emmy Award-winning "Law and Order," the last of which will be on campus this Tuesday night.
Fred Wiseman, a documentary Ilmmaker, will give a lecture for
Warren also announced that the price of Festival ticket coupons would be reduced from last year's $6 to $5. He said that the lower cost might allow more fans to attend, and he would still pay Festival expenses.
Other performers already booked for the Festival are Gordon Lightfoot a folk comedy singer, Saturday, March 11.
Dr. Leonard C. Pronko
prof. professor of Romance languages at Pomona College in Claremont, Cal., and the only foreigner to study Kabuki at the National Theatre of Japan, will deliver a lecture on international demonstrations on international Monday, Nov. 8. at KU
An authority on French and Asian drama, the former KU teacher will discuss "Airaud and the Shadow of the Wolf" at 1 p.m. in Alceve D of the Kansas Union and "Language of the City" at 3:30 p.m. in 414 Murphy.
Highlighting the day will be a lecture and demonstration of the technique. The Dyche Auditorium. During this workshop, will apply Kabuki makeup to show how costumes are used in theatrical form are made. He will model typical costumes and discuss the significance of the costume.
Pronko took last year in Tokyo as one of eleven students at the university, and he was the newly formed training program for kakubi actors at the National Theatre of Japan. It was the first time he had taken up teaching to young men outside
The lectures, sponsored by the East Asian Studies and International Theatre Studies are free and open to the public.
The program will include Symphony in C by Igor Stravinsky and many movements, the Mayer's Symphony No. 1 in its entirety.
movie about two children lost in Australian bush country
Music Prof
Will Conduct
Fall Concert
The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of George Lawner, will present its fall concert at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Soprano Carolyn Weber will sing three arpaes "I'll Est Douw" and "I'm a Man." Masseman, "Aim't I A Pretty Night!" from Susannah by Carlisle Fldoy, and "Ditch Teenus" from Tanhouseer by Richard Wagner.
Drama Expert to Speak On International Theatre
The orchestra has been working on these pieces of music all semester. The 85-member ensemble returned from its annual tour.
HILLCREST 2: "Believe in Me." Jacqueline Bisset plays a girl who can't live with her man, but can't live without him, either. She Sarriaz is the less-than-deserving object of her affections.
kabuki families. The ten other students were Japanese.
He holds degrees from Driu College in Springfield, Mo., Washington University in St. Louis, and Tulane University. From 1949 to 1851, Pronk took post-doctoral study at KU.
He also studied at the Sorbonne on a Travelling Fellowship from St Paul's University in 1948-49 and at Ecole d'Art D'atque charificate Charles Dullin in Paris on a French government grant. He then taught at the University of Romance languages. Pronko teaches at least one course on kabuki production or history of the ancient Greeks. He has translated a number of kabuki and contemporary French plays and is co-author of an enciling anthology of kabuki plays.
HILCROST 3: "A Drama of Joasus
Jacobus, Mastroiann and
Monica Vitti play jealous lovers
to the tune of a melodramatic
novel."
SUNSET DRIVE IN THEATRE "DIRTY" Dingus Mountaineer "Dirty" Dingus War. "Frank" Sinatra gives an interesting performance in a run-down-town funny theatrent run-down-town funny school. Otherwise -hoo him.
SUA
DUPLICATE BRIDGE
VARSITY THEATRE: "The Organization." Dainty Pitter plays super cop Virgil Tibbs for the musical "The Night" and "The Call Me MISTER Tibbs!". This time he's combatting an international ring in San Francisco Barbara Barron McMauris plays Mrs.
Novice Pairs
(limited to players with 10 master points or less)
Free U Attendance Steady
Sunday, Nov. 7
1:30 p.m.
Fine Room, Kansas Union
More than half-way through the semester, approximately 24 Free University classes are continuing with students including Buelow, Lawrence sophomore and director of the Free University, Wendy Goldman, record of the number of students is not kept. Buelow estimates the number of students now at the university.
Last weekend the Free University contacted most of the instructors who had offered to teach at the beginning of the semester.
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of the 24 classes still meeting, 19 were open to more students and 13 were closed to predominately 12 classes never attended; more folded during the semester.
Buelow said that a catalogue such as the one of the University of Michigan, called Manhattan, was being considered for next semester. The University of Man catalogue has more descriptive descriptions, pictures and illustrations.
The Free U wants to write a catalogue describing its meeting and discovery of structures that instructors would offer to teach in the Free university next winter.
Buelow said it cost $10 to enroll in the University of Man, and that
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