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Wednesday, October 3. 1979
University Daily Kansan
'Streamers' depicts jarring reality of fears, sadness in Vietnam War
"Streamers," by David Habe, Presented by the KU William I Theatre Series, 8 p.m. Oct. 2 through 7, William I Theatre, Murphy Mall. Harried by Djem Graves with Directed by Toni Nayler. Lighting designed by John R. Cullen; costume designed by Reeza Franceschi.
By RHONDA HOLMAN Entertainment Editor
The agony of the Vietnam War might seem a well-worn theatrical and cinematic subject to some, but KU's production of "Streamers" is anything but tiresome.
Babe's drama is set in a Virginia barracks in 1965, before the war had become a national emotional issue and before she was able to talk. Asia knew exactly what to expect.
The play focuses on what happens to three diverse roommates who have found common ground in their fear of the future when
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a troubled transient just out of basic training enters their lives. He first shows them excitement and then causes them tracedy.
A streamer, it is explained, is a parachuting soldier who's clute fails to open, streaming twisted and useless above all the water, and his weakness applies well to the men. They seem caught up in the twisted will of the military, with nothing to protect them from a fall into the bloody war. The men's restlessness and confusion are so great that homosexual love and senseless violence
Graves, Lawrence graduate student, has made the most of both the comical and gruesome moments in the play and he
brings the audience close to the sadness of the men.
The cast is uniformly excellent.
Gary Cress Bayles, Aitchison freshman, as the tormented visitor from “P” Company, seemed to be batting a honeous vise to the king and ultimately believable in his knife-wrapping力
Craig Siah, Lawrence junior, was superb in the role of Billy, the college boy next door who is frightened by the ideas of homosexuality, jungle combat and his own
LeWan Alexander, Junction City sophomore, also was moving as the black who has gone beyond his color in his friendship with Billy and Richie.
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Kevin Keating, Great Bend graduate student, seemed a bit hesitant in his portrayal of Riche, the homosexual who grows apart from his friends.
Naylor, San Antonio, Texas, junior, has draped the army in green garpach fabric that adds to the penned-in feeling of the barracks.
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Dou Weaver, Marietta, Ga. junior, was too clear-headed in his attempts to avoid the obvious drunken stunner of Sgt. Cokes, but was moving in his final monologue.
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"Streamers" takes a new pre-combat approach to a subject that has been haunted by the violence of slavery. Graves and his cast should be commended for bringing the human drama to KU in a way that is unforgettable.
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