University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 1, 1989
Arts/Entertainment
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Unlaborious Labor Day plans
Stacey Gore/KANSAN
Gloria Warnock prepares for the upcoming Renaissance Festival.
Lawrence, KC offer activities for weekend
By Jennifer Owen Kansan staff writer
The Labor Day weekend is closing in, and for students without plans, it might be depressing.
The thought of being stuck in Lawrence is not appealing when your roommate is going home and your best friend is flying to Chicago. But there are plenty of things to do in Lawrence and Kansas City areas.
Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks and Recreation, said there are many activities available in Lawrence this weekend and throughout the year.
"There are 30 different parks, tennis courts and trails for hiking and biking throughout the city," he said.
Also, four recreation centers are open free to the public for basketball, racquetball, handball and other activities, DeVictor said. He added that the Lawrence Municipal Swimming Pool, Eighth and Kentucky streets, will be open from 1:30 to 9 p.m., including Labor Day.
If you're in the mood for a jolly old time, and turkey legs are your idea of fine cuisine, the Renaissance Festival will be open from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday through Monday, and weekends until Oct. 15.
To find the festival, take Interstate 70 to the Bonner Springs exit and flow the signs. The festival is 15 miles west of Kansas City, adjacent to the Agricultural Hall of Fame. Parking is free.
Admission price at the gate will be $7.75 for students with identification,
Ann Zahner, apprentice program coordinator of the festival, said that students would especially enjoy the "wenches, jousts, revelry, merriment and pub scenes.
"Other activities will include four
full-armed jousts a day; a live, fire-breathing, smoking dragon; jugglers; and mimes." Zahner sadd. "The King and the Queen will be visiting our harvest fair, and there crafts workshops with arts and crafts booths from all over; recreate a harvest fair of Canterbury, England, in the year 1535."
After you've had your fill of 16th century fun, you could try downtown Kansas City. Mo. The Kansas City Spirit Festival will be from Sept. 1 to Sept. 3. The festival will be on six square blocks around the Barney Allis Plaza Downtown.
Proceeds will go to the Kansas City Art Institute to help pay for tuition scholarships, Zahner said.
The celebration will be divided into several different areas, each with a unique theme and type of music. These will include Country Corner,
Blues Boulevard, Gospel Gateway,
Jazz Tracks and others, said Marty
Sawyer, co-chairman of the 1989
festival.
Musical performers will include Bonnie Raitie, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lacy J. Dalton, Foster & McBeth and others, Sawyer said.
Although the emphasis will be musical, there will also be arts and crafts booths from the Kansas and Missouri area, as well as displays of classic cars, the best of Kansas City Royals' Hall of Fame and a silent film show. Another exhibit will project the changes that will occur in Kansas City by the year 2000.
the Renaissance Festival will be open from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturday through Monday, and weekends until Oct. 15.
"Basically, the festival was started as an avenue for people to see what Kansas City is like, and to promote the metropolitan area." Sawyer said. "It helps the city feel good about itself. It has a little bit of everything to bring a cross section of people together."
Several restaurants will bring food to the festival. Fireworks will be set off at 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday.
Palazzolo added that different ethnic groups will be performing at the area called Ethnic Avenue. Amoung these will be a German trio, Scandinavian dancers, bagpipe players and more.
Admission will be $3 for adults after 6 p.m., $2 before; children 12 and younger and adults 62 and older can attend free. For more information, call the festival hot line at 1-800-877-3378.
For students with children, there will be an area called Children's Channel. In this area, there will be puppet shows, a petting zoo, magicians, Spiderman and creative projects for kids to complete and take home, said Stephanie Palazzolo, director of marketing and promotion for the festival.
DePalma film lacks substantial emotion
By Marc Parillo
Kansan movie reviewer
It seems as if every few years Hollywood cranks out yet another epic tale of an unnerving and horrible war. Ever since the box-office success of Oliver Stone's "Platoon," Hollywood has been scrambling to capitalize on the Vietnam War.
"Causalities of War," directed by Brian DePalma, who also directed "The Untouchables" and "Blow Out," has brought to life a true story depicting an awful reality of the Vietnam War . . . rage.
Despite his efforts, I'm afraid DePalma has fallen short of bringing anything to the screen except a movie. I remember a story with little substance.
Michael J. Fox plays Erickson, a newcomer to the front lines. He is tired and scared for his life. Sean Penn plays Erickson's squad leader, a brainwashened army sergeant who is willing to kill the enemy at any cost.
The real action from this picture evolves when Penn's character takes a detour from official plans in order to find a young Vietnamese woman to kidnap and rape. The other men condone the sergeant's plan except Erickson, who does not feel comfortable with the situation. Instead of succumbing to peer pressure, Erickson feels pity for the young woman and starts taking care of her.
While Erickson is alone with the woman one afternoon, he brushes her hair away from her face, revealing cuts, bruises, and a bloody nose. As her face contorts with agony, the look of disbelief on Erickson's face makes for a truly gripping scene.
Later in the story, the sergeant orders Erickson to kill the woman, but he refuses. Another member of the squad quickly volunteers and cold-heartedly stabs her just
before he leaves for combat. With what little life she has left, the woman struggles to her feet and staggers past the combat zone, slowly passing the men responsible for her horrible condition. One hand barely covers her bloody wound as she weeps and holds out her other hand for help. The men begin shooting her from both front and back while Erickson watches, petrified and angry.
The true casualty in this movie is that the last two scenes I described made up about 90 percent of the film's total emotion. All events before and after those scenes, however dramatic and meaningful the filmmakers intended them to be, lack the intensity which was brilliantly displayed during the heart of the story. Emilio Morricone's excellent score is the only support the other scenes have to keep them from collapsing.
In addition, I was disappointed with Sean Penn's performance. He was Sean Penn playing his typical character, a young egocentric. Sean Penn was not convincing as a legitimate army sergeant. Fox, on the other hand, has proven himself worthy as a dramatic leading man. I was continually captivated by Fox's character, the outrageous, mediately empathizes with Erickson's his emotions become our emotions. Because we are keenly aware of his moral dilemma, Erickson is an excellent character to watch.
Overall, DePalma has definitely made better and more worthwhile films than this one. So do yourself a favor. If you are determined to see this picture, pay close attention to the scenes outlined earlier and Fox's superb performance. Otherwise, rent DePalma's "The Untouchables" for now and wait for some independent company to make a short film on rape victims during the Vietnam War.
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