Fridav. April 29, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Prof has role in TV film
By SHERI BALDWIN
Entertainment Editor
"A man in his mid40s."
"From Ivan Kutlike easily fits the description of only the stipulation placed on a part he will soon play in 'Mary White,' an ABC TV movie being made in Emory.
the role. Kuhke, professor of speech and drama and Slavic and Soviet studies, recently said that he used no special characterization in his reading. He was just himself.
So did many who tried out for
the part of the Rev. John Rice until he first consulted the film's director after the call for shooting.
"Mary White" is about the daughter of William Allen White, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Emporia Gazette.
Personalities
William Kublke
She died in 1921, after a horseback riding accident at the age of 16. The film's title is also that of an editorial White wrote to Mr. Lippincott which he expressed quiet joy at how alive she had once been.
As the Rev, John Rice,
Kuhike will be pastor of the
White family church. In one
scene, he comforts White after
Mary's death and before the
editorial has been written.
IN ANOTHER scene, Mary is eager to help with a Christmas dinner at the church for the aged. Instead of asking people to just bring dinner to the church, she wants them to stay to eat with the elderly folk.
"The Reverend is caught between Mary's eager desire to make things better and things
as they have always been done by the church's ladies," Kuhke said. "Especially when the dinner turns out to be a flaço."
There are several scenes with Mary and her father for Kuhike to act in, but he said they were short and would amount to no more than three days of shooting. More than 15 other short speaking roles and over 200 extra parts in the film were cast during a two week home education in Wichita, Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City, Mo in mid February.
No trend is the trend in the 1970s art world
By JEANNE HIERL Staff Reporter
KUHLKE HAS an agent in Kansas City who watches for students. He's 'suitable' to Kuhlke's talents and time schedule. Although this is his first dramatic film, he will be involved in educational and industrial films.
There is increasing emphasis on fine craftsmanship, he said, and a return to realism.
After three decades of strong trends in artistic expression, the art world finds itself in an unusual situation in the mid-70s. Today's major trend, the rise in paintings, is the absence of trends.
This is not to say that abstract expressionism, pop art and conceptual art are dead. They're not. But, say the artists, these styles no longer dominate the art scene. Instead they are incorporated, along with older art styles, into a new art that can't be easily attributed to any particular movement.
"Obviously opportunities in film are limited for me," he said. "My career is in teaching and it is strictly a parttime time."
ARTISTS TODAY are drawing ideas and inspiration from art of all ages, according to the American professor of art history and curator for the Spooner-Thayer Art Museum. And in doing so, they are becoming more intriguing and materials, he said.
HENNESSEY attributes the diminished influence and importance of 50s and 69t trends to the natural exhaustion of ideas in the art movement and that of the art world, and early 70s. The exhaustion of ideas in a particular style is a phenomenon
"Artists are no longer using house paint on newspapers," be said, "but are using fine canvas and high quality paint."
that has recurred throughout history, he said.
The Vietnam war demonstrated the fallibility of America and sapped the confidence that had led to abstract expressionism, Hennessy said. People—and artists—started
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reaching back to older ideas and values, he said.
Despite the current re-examination of old ideas and techniques, artists still want to do something but that is not the case.
Hennessey said the new art that is emerging has been under attack by some critics.
Shimomura stressed that it is the idea, not the technique or material used, that makes art. However, he said, experimentation with both can lead to new artistic expression.
Some crites say that artists are stealing compositions from the past, he said; others say the art market has deteriorated a technique has deteriorated into a slickness. In some cases, he said, artists have been accused of putting all their emphasis on ownership instead of conception.
ROGER SHIMMURA,
associate professor of art, said
Virtually everything in art has
been acquired in the past
going through this period of
refinement. There is still a
need for work to make newness is
in the refinement.
'If plastic weren't around,'
he said, "no one would try to use it. But it is, so we're saying things that have never been said."
HENNESSEY SAID the disillusionment after Vietnam had caused some artists to retreat into cynicism, visual puns or empty "message" painting.
The things the critics are saying are all legitimate grips, he said, but the positive trends through these negative aspects.
Michael Ott, chairman of the art department, said he thought the fragmentation of trends was healthy for artists. By not having to worry about what's popular, he said, the artist is free to break out of the mold and explore the accepted and ask himself who he is and what he really wants to say, with his art.
Ott said the public was usually not ready for new artistic expression.
Philip Blackhurst, assistant professor of art, said he thought the lack of definite trends and art art had confused the public.
"PEOPLE ARE comfortable when they see things that reinforce their ideas of art and are angry or disappointed when they don't find what they're used to."
"Many people still don't accept the art of the 19th century," he said, "but they will. Artists who were considered less important often the most accepted today. Van Gogh is a fine example."
Although part of "Mary White" is expected to be fictional, care has been taken to have Mrs. William Lindsay write her daughter-in-law, authentically and accurately. Material has been taken not only from White's autobiography, but from Emporia people who knew the Whites and Emoriorabilia in Elmwood Allen White Library at Emporia State University.
HOLLYWOOD STARS EDI Flanders and Finnuala Villa and his wife Sallie. Contract negotiations have not been completed with a 20-year-old actress to the play the part of
Producer Robert Raditz' credits include "Where the Lilies Bloom" and "Sounder." The casting director Caro Jones recently cast "Rocky." Shooting is to begin May 3.
Art and music at Saturday fair
Art in the Park, a Lawrence tradition in which local artists exhibit and sell original works, will be from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Sunset Street near the downtown streets of main business district.
About 115 entries in the 16th annual event will include paintings and prints, ceramics, glass, weaving and quilting, woodworking, leatherworks, sculpture, woodcarving and photography.
Bands scheduled to play throughout the afternoon are: 12:30 p.m., Jazz music; popular and marching music; 1:30 p.m., Down Home, bluegrass music; 2:30 p.m., KU Jazz; 3:30 p.m., KU Juzzle Ensemble.
The fair, sponsored by the Lawrence Art Guild and the Parks and Recreation Department, is free to the public. More than 10,000 attended last year.
Weekend
Highlights
Theater
COSI FAN TUTTE, " a Mozart opera, 8 tonight and Saturday in Theatre Theatre of Johannes, " a STRATA, 8 tonight and Saturday, McCain Auditorium, Kansas State University, University
"RICHES," an evening of dramatic and musical performance, at Winfield graduate student, B.p. m.sunday, William Ingen. b.p.monday, William Ingen.
DOBIE BROTHERS, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Ahearn Field House,
Kansas State University,
Manhattan
Concerts
DANCE THEATRE OF KIDS
traditional, contemporary and
righteous dance. 8 p.m. Saturday,
White Concert Hall. Wash-
ington.
PROCOL HARUM, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Uptown Theater,
Kansas City, Mo.
HARTFORD BALLEN
COMPANY, a one-hour
program for all ages. 3 p.m.
Sunday, University Theatre.
KANSAS CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL, featuring the Monte Alexander Trio. Chuck Clifford, Joshua Chisson, vibes; the Milt Abel Trio and winners of the 1977 Mid-America Jazz Conference; 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Mason-Halpin College, Kansas City Mo.
Recitals
HOYT  ROBINSON, INGON
tonight's Recital Session
tionally at Hall Halt
MARK  HOLMBERG,
carlson. 3 p.m. Sunday, cam
p
JAY MCSHANN, CLAUDE
"FIDDLER" WILLIAMS and
PAUL GUNTHER, 9 to mid-
day.
Paul Graw's Jazze Plaz.
BARTHOLDY TRIO with David Wheehr, piano; Steven Shumway, cello; and Martin Swarthout at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Swarthout
TREE FROG, 9 to midnight tonight and Saturday, Off the Wall Hall
Nightclubs
J. T. COOK, rock. 9 to midnight night, the Opera House THUMBS, rock. 9 to Saturday, the Opera House.
GREG WEST, takinger, 9 to midnight tonight, Sister Katie
CAY M STRING BAND, takinger, 9 to midnight
Saturday, Sister Katie
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Saturday, the Seventh Spirit.
TUMBLING DICE, rock, 9 to
midnight tonight, J. Watson's
SPIDER AND THE CRABS,
midnight
Saturday, Watson
Lectures
WINDFALL, rock, 9 to midnight, the Brewery.
"MOUNTAIN GORILLA," movie sponsored by the
department of anthropology, 4
p.m. today. 627 Fraser Hall.
"A HUNDRED YEARS OF LAWRENCE HOUSES," an annual homes tour of six private homes and two public buildings dating from 1870 to 1970, self-guided tours of the museum Saturday, tickets available at Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum.
"FACE, MIND AND ATTACK,
'CROWN COUNTRY', Byran
MacMahon. Irish Symposium
Public University, Honig
Union Forum
BLACK SUNDAY—This may be the ultimate chase movie, with policemen chasing terrorists on foot, in cars, in boats and finally, in helicoptere. No matter what Frankenheimer delivers plenty of action, but the script is encumbered with obligatory scenes of character revelation for actors Rebeau Shaw, Bruce
BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS--Robert Altman's sidestop of a movie gets out of control much of the time, and Altman is careful trimming. Still, there are many great scenes, and Paul Newman gives his best performance of the last 10 years.
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE- George Sealg and Jane Fonda strive to salvage an awkward character. They come to their aid. Then, as
Films
NASTY HABITS- Restaging the Watergate saga in a Philadelphia convent provides another twist to this shoddiily made production misses. However, scandal-backed will find Glenda Jackson's interpretation of Richard Nixon's John Dean inspiration (R)
ELIZABETH M. WATKINS
COUNTY MUSEUM
Stitch. It.
exhibition of crewel, quilting,
needlepoint and woven pieces.
they turn to a life of crime and comedy, the second half is enjoyable. (PG)
KANSAS UNION GALERY - Department of art scholarship show, through May 4.
Exhibits
LAWRENCE PUBLIC
LIBRARY - Karen Burke,
weaving and baitk; June
Kleinberg, pottery; Leanna
Davis; Nancy Bean,
Robert Zervelw, oils;
beginning Sunday through May.
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER-Hammel Lee Carrell, jewelry, opens with a reception 2.4 p.m. Sunday through May
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painting and silversmithing,
and artwork from KU sororites
and fraternities as part of
the college's heritage.
E7E GALLERY - Tim Saskia paints and drawings, opens with a reception 7-9 p.m. Saturday through June 1.
Arts & Leisure
DHAKAR hv. TIM GUNN
These three musicians, all in their sixties, have been proving in Lawrence that Kansas City jazz is still very much alive. Plainist Chuck Berry and Bill Graham were among the first to play it.
Kansas City sound
Staff photo by BILL UYEK
recently returned from Europe, where he had played with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, top left. Drummer Paul Gunner will round out the trio, appearing this weekend at Paul Gray's Jazz Place, 926 Massachusetts.
'Annie' Woody Allen's best
Reviewer
When a character in Woody Allen's new film is offered some advice, he will make him "mellow," he refuses in panic. "I don't respond well to mellow." he buys it. "If I get mellow, I ripen and then it."
"Annie Hall" is a pastiche of recollections from the long affair between Ally Singer (Woody Allen) and the title character. The memories are often melancholy or bitter-sweet, yet they are somewhat hilarious too. It is, in short, a comedy about being rotten. "Annie Hall" is Allen's greatest film.
locker room after playing tennis. ("I don't like to show my body to a man of my gender."
PART OF the difference is that Alvy Singer is a more self-assured character than Allen's earlier roles. Alvy is a 40-year-old comedian twice the size of himself that he has been killing spiders since he was 30, although he is too modest to shower in the men's
Alvy still has plenty of neuroses a la Allen, and he has been in analysis for 15 years,
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but he never completely loses control. Consequently, there are no scenes of silly, slapstick fumbling with aggressive machines or unfamiliar athletic equipment.
These may sound like minor departures for Allen, but they can be a major change. Although Albaugh Vyso is an important figure, Woody Allen has shifted the focus so that his female lead is the central character.
ANNIE HALL (Diane Keaton) is a would-be singer from Chippewa Falls who meets Grace, an 18-year-old divorce. She is slightly awed by
his success, and he is flattered enough to fall in love with her.
With Alvy's guidance, Annie begins to develop: her singing ability (he explains that the audience wasn't hostile, just "a witch") encourages her to enroll in college and buys books for her with the word "Death" in the titles; and her own neuroses (he pays for her analyst). And long she is outgrowing Alvy.
The film opens and closes with Alvy delivering monologues directly to the camera, and he frequently interrupts the story with asides to the audience. The ambitious and sophisticated structure scrambles time and place accretion, while Alvy's thoughts. But no matter how Alice tries, he can't escape the realization that Annie made enormous changes in his life.
marriages and the day Annie made the decision to move in with him. In desperation, he goes to bed with a reporter from Rolling Stone, who tells him, "She's like a faaskees experience." Then they are interrupted by a call from Annie.
Diane Keaton's earlier work in Woody Allen movies demonstrated her resources as a comedienne, and her role in "The Godfather" showed her capabilities as a dramatic actress. But "Annie Hall" revels an incredible range of talent.
AS THEY begin to drift apart,
Alvy remembers his first two
As Annie, Keaton is required to unfold from a bashful ingenuue to a smooth, confident member of the Hollywood set. She must be sexy enough to earn Alvy's comment that she is "polymorphically capable" to be impractical enough to carry the burden of Alvy's idolation. She not only succeeds, she dominates.
Ralph Keyes" "Is There Life After High School?" reads like a lesson in revenge- how to get revenge when you didn't make the football, basketball or track team; not as much as your friend. But over that date or caused snickers when you affirmed your bra in Phys. Ed. class.
In reading the book, I caught myself unwillingly remembering my own high school years. I assumed that after college, I would spend all of my life with wonderful memories, never considering the long-range effect—both good and bad—high school experiences might have. Keves considers these possibilities, and his book is "One Day at a Time" that gives us over "the best years of our lives."
*I' THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH
*LIFE ALPHES (Little, Brown)
28m age $7.95
36m age $10.95
High school not just a memory
KEYES DISCUSES what is popular and what isn't. Being an "innite," or popular, means that you prefer a team with a variety football or a cheerleader. Being an "outie," or unpopular, means you are definitely none of the above and only made Honor Society.
Reviewer
An excess of anything from brainpower to bastine was emphatically "out."
Do people really remember high school, much less dwell on it? You bet they do. Mimar rememberms that every girl but her was asked to dance at one high school and you can't. Caman rememberss she slouched over to minimize her "absolutely huge" bustline.
EVEN ART Linkletter says that his most vivid memories of high school were the "frustration about his size; frustration at not making teams; frustration at not being a hit with the girls; and frustration about not feeling popular overall—or even
Even at high school reunions people want to be noticed either for staying attractive and popular or for becoming attractive and popular. During his time as a student, he found most responses were the same. Comparing was the main reason for returning.
B A B D N
By ANN CASTEL
THE NUMBER of high school "failures" that are now successful people suggests that something pushed them to become somebody. The consolation of becoming a star or President while seeing a cheerleader lose her curves, a jock's muscle turn to flub and a person unable to succeed" sacking groceries can be saved for satisfaction all the years of anannuish.
A former cheerleader doubted her name would be remembered. A nonchance giver told him, "I'm not sure how I compare." Jamis Joplin said, "Man, those people hurt me. It makes me happy to know I'm making it and they're still back, planers and all, just like they were."
In Keyes' final chapter he gives advice on how to diminish the anguish of high school years with "101 Ways to Get High School off Your Back." You might:
- Go back to high school, Walk down the UP staircase. Tread on the plaque. If anyone asks you for your hallway pass, tell them to stuff it.
—Sue the yearbook for defamation.
Sand a copy of your DDtikki to the
Off the Shelf
- Use the year book for declaration.
- Send a copy of your Ph.D. thesis to th
counselor who said you weren't college material.
And finally, there is always writing a book
entitled "Is There Life After High School?"
—Become a regular on talk shows, Talk about your classmates.
And finally, there is always writing a book entitled "Is There Life After High School?" Ann Castel is a sophomore majoring in geography.
Book discusses adult psychology
Reviewer
"PASSAGES," by Gall Sheeby (Dutton, 393 pages, $10.95).
This is the age of psychology for the masses, with books such as "I'm OK, You're OK" often at the top of the nonfiction best seller lists.
"Passages," by former New York magazine writer Gail Sheehy, is the latest of these books, having led the New York Times list through much of the fall and winter until it has grown to more than a beginning introduction to some over-summedified theory, however.
“Passages,” is about those off-neglected periods, the stages of adult life. Psychological development doesn't stop with adolescence, and after 21 can be divided into growth periods just as easily as can life before 21. Through an extensive literature review, we describe various stages of life, Sheehy develops and explains her theory of predictable crises.
The idea is that if people know their problems are natural and something most other people experience, they will be better prepared to deal with them and to know they're not going crazy.
It is a book about development and growth; doubt and reevaluation. Using a technique more journalistic than the conventional, it analyzes. Although she could conceivably be accused of being too optimistic (maturity being "aggressive of one's self at last") and not especially profound, the book is, at least, all too often been overlooked.