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Thespian show opens at Kern
Dames' success is pure escape
By JANET MAZUR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Once upon a time, 30 or so years ago, people escaped life’s
complexities at the movies. There they were instantly whisked
into a world where people fell in love at first sight, sang to each
other under the stars and in the rain and despite the odds, the
two lovers are united and live happily ever after.
"Dames at Sea” is the perfect parody of this film genre.
Exploiting every possible gag, cliche, line and character type,
it is a rollicking good time from start to finish. Not once does it
lose its lighthearted tone.
Martha Ann Talman (lOth-theatre) in the role of Ruby, the
ingenue from Utah who arrives on Broadway and fills the lead
role that night, is a grown-up Shirley Temple minus the sugar
coating. Talman captures Ruby’s sweetness, yet avoids
becoming syrupy.
Dick, the song writing sailor Ruby falls in love with, is
played by Douglas Moore (lst-theatre). His antics at the piano
are among the show’s better gags.
Mona Kent, star of the show-within-a-show is played by
Rhodesia bombs two African countries
SALISBURY, Rhodesia (UPI)
Rhodesian warplanes yesterday bombed
the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, killing
“hundreds” of persons, possibly in
cluding Cuban troops, and raided
guerrilla bases in Mozambique in an
unprecedented two-pronged attack.
It was the first time since the war
began in December 1972 that Rhodesia
has launched simultaneous attacks
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across both its eastern' and western
borders and the twin offensive
represented a major escalation of the
five-iyear-old war between the
Rhodesian regime and black nationalist
guerrillas.
UPI correspondent Nicholas Hanks
reported. from Lusaka that the
Rhodesian jets leveled a black refugee
and guerrilla camp 12 miles north of the
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"Carolyn Bowes (7th-theatre). Though in her first number she
gets off to a slightly shaky start, she redeems herself, nearly
stealing the show in “The Beguine,” her duet with the captain,
Michael Bologna, (7th-theatre). i
Lucky, Dan Frischman (6th-theatre) and Joan, Barbara J.
Bisbing (6th-theatre), are a cutesy couple whose "Choo-Choo
Honeymoon” ranks as the show’s campiest number.
The neurotic director, Hennesey, is portrayed by Rich Lyon
(6th-theatre), who manages to pull off a successful show
despite a track record of twelve flops.
“Singapore Sue” is probably the show’s funniest routine;
though it competes closely with “Dames at Sea.”
The size of Kern’s auditorium combined with the size of the
cast make for an especially tight production. Naturally, the
tone has been reduced but without hurting the show. Actually
the intimacy of Kern is perfectly complimentary. It’s a good
time, as any member of last night’s audience will attest.
A word of caution if you’re looking for substance or
message, "Dames” is a poor choice there’s none to be
found.lnstead it provides pure escapism, which is quite a lot.:
capital and that a huge gray cloud; of
smoke hung over its ruins.
Black guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo,
who ran the camp, charged the
Rhodesian warplanes dropped napalm
in the attack and said the base was
a "camp for the unfit and sick.”
There was no immediate reaction
from Zambian President Kenneth
Kaunda. ,
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