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"Barefoot" worth admission
by Jeannin
an e Ouillette
Collegi Staff
Does everyone know who Neil
Simon is? Mr. Tony Elliot was
shocked to learn that not
everybody does, and when one of
his students called "Barefoot in
the Park" to his attention and
expressed an interest in the play,
he figured he would get Behrend
students familiar with the
playwright.
The play is one of comedy and
set in the 1960's along a theme
of the I Love Lucy show. Corie
Bratter, played by Conchita
Dixon plays a newlywed wife,
full of energy and very demanding
of her husband, Paul's attention
(played by Matt Milroth). The
new couple has just moved into
the top floor apartment of a
brownstone on 48th street in
New York City. Corie is the
happiest woman alive, she is
absolutely ecstatic about the new
apartment, though Paul is a bit
skeptical. The two have in in
mid February, with a busted
radiato in the skylight, a
missing an . a single bed
for the tvo to s: -ep in. As
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Low Ratings for Oscar-
Even though 75 million
Americans tuned in to portions of
the Oscars on Monday night, the
show suffered a seven percent
drop in ratings from last year.
The show's average 30.3 rating
failed to equal those from the
three previous Oscarcasts, despite
having the best non-football
primetime rating since the
Academy Awards last year.
`Murder' Will Die-On May
19, CBS will air the final
installment of "Murder, She
Wrote," the 12-year old show
starring Angela Lansbury. The
final four original episodes of the
show will begin airing Sunday,
April 28, at 8 p.m.
Doc Simpson Death:
Accidental-According to the
Los Angeles coroner's office, the
death of producer Inc Simpson
was accidental. It was a
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9 inlets
14 River In Francs
16 Bleat
16 Wall hanging
17 Flesh
16 Mix up
20 Demestlcated
21 Cake deantkri
22 'Norma
23 Sdentlfic miter.
Ashley
25 Peracgate
27 A leder
20 Woolen' state:
abbr.
31 norms
34 Elaphard feature
36 Surmounting
38 Comic or land-
ktg end
40 As neat as
41 Ethical
43 Make sharper
44 Embankment
46 avis
47 Graceful bird
48 Domain
expressed by Paul, "Yes, we'll be
sure to turn from left to right in
unison!," one can easily sense his
doubt. Yet, being in love can
overcome any uncertainty in a
relationship; this couple is put
through a few trials to prove just
how much in love they really are.
Early on in the play, the
Bratters are confronted with quite
a strange, but friendly, neighbor--
Mr. Velasko, played by Greg
Welsch. A strange man whom
lives in the attic, Velasko
befriends the new couple by
inviting them to a cocktail party,
"bring the liquor!," he exclaims.
It is to be seen that Mr. Victor
Velasko is quite a character,
especially once he is to be set up
with Conies `poor little old
mother,' played by Sue Hanson
of Erie. It is soon found,
though, that Velasko and Cone
have a great deal in common,
being so outgoing, and is shown
when the two enter the stage
singing a Greek folk song,
"Shamma, Shamma," while Paul
and Cork's mother lag behind.
The lifelike personality that Mr.
Velasko possesses makes Conic
notice how terribly conservative
ARS
combination of prescription drugs
and cocaine on top of a heart
condition that caused the death of
the Hollywood producer.
Rushdie Scripts Film-
Author Salman Rushdie is
making plans to adapt one of his
short stories, "The Courter," for
film. The story revolves around
the life of an immigrant boy who
grows up in London during the
early `6os.
Dean Joins Monroe on
Stamp-James Dean, the second
celebrity since Marilyn Monroe
to have his likeness on a
commemorative U.S. postage
stamp, is causing a stir in
relation to where it will be
released. Instead of Hollywood,
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana is
lobbying to have the stamp
released in Fairmount, Ind., the
late actor's hometown.
Entertainment
Paul is and the newlyweds soon
end up arguing.
But, as mentioned before, the
couple is very much in love and
is shown in the final scene. Both
Cork and Paul compromise and
BEHREND-Penn State Erie,
1 he Behrend College will
ontinue its Women's Film
• eries with a showing of Bhaji
.11 the Beach on Tuesday, April
P . The film will begin at 7 p.m.
n the Reed Lecture Hall in the
' eed Union Building.
Admission is free and open to
e public.
Called an "entertaining story"
.y the New York Times, Bhaji
iir
Crossword
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52 Anals
53 Unheeding
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70 Gladden
71 Tested
72 Wd and Fleet
abbr.
73 Challenges
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3 Lanford
4 West= Milano
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give a little of each other to make
for a happy ending.
The play should be considered
for anyone who likes happy
endings. "Barefoot in the Park"
leaves you with a warm and
on the Beach involves topics
such as abuse, pregnancy, and
sexism. First time feature
director Qurinder Chadha's film is
a story of a diverse group of
Indian women with different
problems and prejudices, ranging
from an abused wife to gossiping
older women to boy chasing
teenage girls. The women go on
a day-trip from Birmingham,
England to the nearby seaside
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7 Secular
8 Foundatkm
9 Things shot at
10 Onassis. tan*.
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12 Actress Turner
13 Punta del
19 Dollw bik
24 First Person
20 Way s
27 Lat. abbr.
28 Excelert
30 Sacred book
32 Baking Ingrecl
ant a Imes
33 Biblical mount
35 Work dough with
ths hands
37 Pat birds
30 Sean or Waharn
42 WaSh
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Thursday, March 28, 1996
toasty feeling inside
"Barefoot in
the Park" is being shown March
28, 29, 30 at 8:00 p.m. and
March 31 at 2:30 p.m.
resort of Blackpool to get away
from the men in their lives and
experience solidarity for the first
time.
Dr. Ursula Davis, assistant
professor of communications at
Penn State-Behrend, will
introduce the film. Another Penn
State-Behrend faculty member
will lead a discussion afterwards.
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51 Shouted
54 Cooks. in a way
56 Actress Prentiss
57 Enaeoement
abbr.
58 Aspersion
59 Rants garment
61 ''— Ire you
dont."
63 Amain
64 War goo
66 Bom