14 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Friday, March 29, 1968 Brazilian writer faces censorship Dias Gomes, author of the Experimental Theatre's production "Payment As Promised" must continually fight the government over censorship in his plays, says a member of the play's cast. Jose Fonseca, a graduate student in journalism from Minas Gerais, Brazil, who plays the part of a singing narrator said, "this play is very famous in Brazil. I've seen the film and stage production of it." He says that American plays also suffer at the hands of the censors. "At one time Tennessee Williams' 'Streetcar Named Desire' was censored because it had the words 'gorillas' and 'cows' in it and the military thought it was making references to them. It's just stupid. That play had been playing in Brazil for years without any trouble." As a journalist, Fonseca knows directly about the problems writers in Brazil have in keeping the military government happy. Three finalists for Kansas Relays Queen were chosen today, but nobody knows who they are except four judges and two nervous queen committee co-chairmen, whose job it was to put the 35 candidates at ease. Queen finalists' identities secret The candidates were nominated from 23 women's living groups including one from each sorority and scholarship hall and three from each of the residence halls. The finalists will not be announced until April 4. Co- chairman Doug McKee, Topeka junior, and Jack Rowe, Kansas City, Mo., junior, greeted each coed in the Kansas Union with a questionnaire and an offer of coffee, punch and cookies. When the questionnaires were completed and the judges were ready, McKee and Rowe escorted them into the room three at a time, introduced them to the judges and advised them to "relax and just talk freely." The coeds nodded in agreement or in awe—it was hard to tell which. The candidates were questioned by a downtown merchant, a fraternity housemother, a KU department head, and a KU student leader, who were looking for "poise, personality, and beauty." Judges' names will also be released April 4. The women did not admit to being nervous, but carefully avoided discussing the subject, preferring Ryun's injury, fraternity parties, and the yo-yo champion who was displaying his talents on another floor of the Union. Portraits of Distinction Also ● Passports ● Applications ● Lettermen K-Portraits Please call for appointment Hixon Studio 721 Mass. Portraits of Distinction** Bob Blank, Owner Mass. VI 3-0330 "The Brazilian dictatorship is the worst kind," he said, "because most people don't realize just how much censorship takes place. They take everything in the papers as the truth." In 1964 a small revolution in Brazil installed the dictatorship in power. Fonseca's was one of the newspapers opposed to the regime, and as a result the offices and presses were ransacked by the supporters of the dictatorship. "It is mostly the intellectuals in Brazil who oppose the dictatorship," Fonseca said, "and they are a very small group. Only 50 per cent of all Brazilians are literate." Fonseca was asked to participate in "Payment," a play about vooooand Catholicism's struggle in Brazil, by his brother-in-law, Fredric Litto, acting assistant professor of speech and drama and director of the play. Besides singing, Fonseca also dances in a vooooce ceremony in the drama. Fonseca said he plans to eventually return to Brazil as a journalist. "Payment As Promised" runs through April 5. All shows start at 8:20 p.m. Who's Whose Engagements Jennifer Riley, Evanston, Ill., sophomore, majoring in secondary education, Sigma Kappa, to Duane Bailey, Topeka senior, majoring in mechanical engineering. Ellen Holtsberg, Wilmette, Ill., sophomore, majoring in radio and TV, Sigma Kappa, to David Hiatt, Barstow, Calif., sophomore, majoring in physics. Ann Sullivan, Phillipsburg senior, majoring in speech pathology, Alpha Delta Pi, to Dick Ensminger, McPherson senior, majoring in mathematics, Delta Chi. Pinnings Annette Simkins, Overland Park sophomore, majoring in education, to Robert D. Shutts, Joliet, Ill., sophomore, majoring in history, Delta Sigma Phi. Diane Smith, Russell senior, majoring in secondary education, Lewis, to Arnold Wheatley, Garden City junior, majoring in electrical engineering. Linda Boor, Kansas City junior, majoring in microbiology Sigma Kappa, to Dave Chiles, Kansas City junior, majoring in business. Phi Kappa Sigma. Marilyn Rule, Ottawa sophomore, majoring in art education, Miller Hall, to T. William Wallace, Ottawa junior, majoring in political science, Phi Kappa Tau. 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