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'Little Darlings'
By .101 IN WARD
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
From the advertisements, "Little
DarlingS - might appear as one of the
raciest movies yet released this year.
.Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol grin
suggestively from the Poster, and a
tagline reads: "Don't let the title fool
you." Look even lower and you'll notice
the R rating. Tatum and Kristy starring
in an R-rated movie? Horrors! What is
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McNichol walks into the frame, dressed
in a seedy denim jacket and jeans,
sulkily smoking a cigarette. When a
neighborhood kid propositions her, she
turns to him and plants a swift kick in
the jewels for his trouble. Egad! Is this
the Kristy McNichol we've come to know
from TV's "Family"?
Of course not. And after this rather
eye-opening introduction, "Little
Darlings" goes to great pains to prove
the fact. McNichol and O'Neal meet on a
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Pittsburgh Symphony to be in residence
By PADDY PATTON
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
For the eighth consecutive year, the
University will host a week long
residency by the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, currently under the direction
of Michael Tilson Thomas. Per
formances are scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday in Eisenhower
Auditorium. A Young People's Concert
will be conducted and narrated by
Victoria Bond 10:30 a.m. Saturday in
Eisenhower.
On Friday the Orchestra will present
an all Stravinsky concert. The program
will inchide Symphonies for Winds;
Variations ( Aldous Huxley in
Memoraim ); Symphony of Psalms (with
the Penn State Singers), and Le Sacre du
Printemps. Saturday night's per
formance will present The Hebrides
Overture by Mendelssohn; Symphony
No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64, by
Tchaikovsky; and Rhapsody on a Theme
of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra by
Rachmaninoff, with guest soloist Ilana
Vered at the piano. The Youth Concert,
which is part of the Lively Arts for
Young Audiences series, will feature the
Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens,
which will be narrated and conducted by
Victoria Bond.
In addition to the major performances
listed above the Orchestra will also be
is on the order of 'Little Rascals'
bus going to Camp Little Wolf for the
summer. From the opening insult,
they're instant enemies and the perfect
foils for a bitchy 15-year-old model
named Cinder (Krista Errickson) who
cons them into betting who can lose their
virginity first. According to Cinder,
one's virginity is not so much a "badge
of purity," but a nuisance akin to acne,
and easily rid of
The movie turns into a winner-take-all
contest between McNichol and O'Neal.
Tatum opts for the camp's athletic
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participating in a number of activities
scheduled by the School of Music. A
major portion of the residency will
concern itself with readings of concerti
with student soloists who competed in
this year's Young Artist's Competition.
A schedule of activites and their
locations appears below:
Tuesday
3:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Eisenhower
Auditorium. Chamber Orchestra with
School of Music Student Soloists, Donald
Johanos conducting (first Movements
unless otherwise noted):
Karen tekenroth, soprano: Mozart
"Porgi Amor" (Figaro)
Joel Westa, baritone: Mozart
piu Andrai" (Figaro)
Peggy Shipley, flute: Mozart Flute
Concerto No. 2 in D major
Mark Dutkevich, bassoon: Weber
Bassoon Concerto, Opus 75
Mary Beth lons, violin:
Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218
Annette Torregrosa, 'cello: Haydn
Cello Concerto in C major
Tom A. Kennedy, Jr., flute: Griffes
Poeme for Flute
Jeffrey Smith, piano: Mozart Piano
Concerto in A major, K. 488
Sheryl Wolbach, piano
Piano Concerto in D major
7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Eisenhower
Auditorium. One to One Rehearsal with
director ( Armand Assante), while
Kristy goes after a long-haired swain
(Matt Dillon) from a neighboring boys'
camp. Something about the bet doesn't
make sense; maybe it's because the
girls are placing such nominally small
stakes on something traditionally
considered important (except for Cin
der, who bets her $lOO residuals check).
If that's the case, then the only logical
reason O'Neal and McNichol could make
the bet would be for bragging rights, and
no one is going to make me believe that.
Actually, there's room in "Little
Darlings" for a sharp commentary on
morality and teenage sexuality, but
thanks to some condescending adults
(screenwriters Kimi Peck and Dalene
Young, director Ronald F. Maxwell), the
kids never get a chance to prove it.
Maxwell skirts corners in his approach,
and while no one would want or expect
the Penn State Symphony Orchestra,
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting:
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
"Little Russian" (last movement)
Tchaikovsky Overture-Fantasy
"Romeo and Juliet"
Stravinsky —Firebird Suite (1919)
Stravinsky Petruska (Dense Russe,
Dance of the Coachmen, Nurse's Dance)
Wednesday
9:30 a.m. Music Building Recital Hall.
Coaching Session, Graduate String
Quartet with Randolph Kelly, Principal
Violist, Pittsburgh Symphony Or
chestra: Schubert Quintet in C.
11 a.m.-noon. Music Building Recital
Hall. Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire"
Opus 21, Eugene Phillips, Director and
Violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony,
and Phyllis Jo Kubey, Reciter.
1 p.m.-3 p.m. Eisenhower Auditorium.
Opera Orchestra with School of Music
Student Soloists, Donald Johanos,
conducting ( first movemaents unless
otherwise noted) :
Mozart
Laura Hardison Willumsen, violin
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Brenda Harsch, soprano Puccini
"Mi Chiamano Mimi" (La Boheme)
Brenda Harsch, soprano Verdi
"Caro Nome" ( Rigoletto)
Carl Goshy, trumpet
Trumpet Concerto in Eb
Haydn
Margaret Lecrone, violin: Men-
him to do child porn, there's a feeling
Maxwell could have moved a little closer
to the truth.As it is, (O'Neal and Mc-.
Nichol aside), the most rebellious thing
these kids do is stage a food fight in the
mess hall. It's more on the order of
"Little Rascals" than anything else.
The director and the screenwriters
would rather preach than snipe; this is
shown with McNichol at the finish, as
she puts on a concerned air and nags her
mother about her loose morals. It's
almost as if Maxwell were standing
there with an accusing finger to the
audience, saying, "Now listen up this
is important "
"Little Darlings" is an interesting
film, however, and it's chiefly because of
the performances. Kristy McNichol, who
starts out looking like a 15-year-old
version of Patti Smith, slowly loses her
tough facade and achieves a tender
delssohn Violin Concerto in E minoLv
Michael Tellup, piano: Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Elizabeth Steen, piano: Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Music Building
Recital Hall. Michael Tilson Thoriv3s
lecture on Russian Virtuoso ComposerS.
7 p.m.- . 9:30 p.m. Eisenhower
Auditorium. Chamber Orchestra One to
One with Penn State Musica da Camera,
Donald Johanos conducting:
Handel "Royal Fireworks" Suite
Stravinsky "Pulcinella" Suite A . •
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.
Thursday
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Music Building
Recital Hall. Coaching session with
Leonard Sharrow, Principal Bassonist
with the Pittsburgh Symphony and part
time faculty at the Penn State Sao°lof
Music, with the Claremont Quintet:
Poulenc Sextuor.
Friday
2 p.m. 224 Chambers. Kathleen T
Butera, Assistant Manager, Educational
Activities, Panel on preparing Young
People's Concerts. • 4
4 p.m. 110 Music Building. Conducting
Workshop with Victoria 'Bond, Exxon
Arts Endowment Assistant Conductor,
Pittsburgh Symphony, with the Penn
State Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
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sympathy by film's end. She handles
both extremes very well; McNichol can
act circles around the hyped Osca r : -
winning appeal of O'Neal. McNichol IS
one of the best young actresses around
today, and it's high time she made the
move to the screen.
Rich kid O'Neal doesn't do as much.
It's partly the fault of the screenplay;
her scenes with Assante aren't played
seriously as McNichol's meetings wivh
Dillon, and she can't achieve McNichol's
level of conviction.
In the final balance, it's up to the kids
in "Little Darlings" to bring the film
home. They act a lot more naturally than
the few adults in the film, and managelo
make a reasonably comic, funny moille
out of Peck and Young's cutesy
screenplay. On their young shoulders,
"Little Darlings" strikes a positive note
for the future:
Stuffs: Poe and Twain done with equal skill
By JUDD BLOU('JI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Two characters in American literature, representing
- ) contrasting outlooks on life, made up the playbill
Saturday night in Schwab Auditorium.
"I was horn modest, hut it wore off," said the first
character, a spry, old man N% ith an Albert Einstehrhair
eyebrows and a mustache to match.
The second man spoke in a different tone. "All I have
loved, I have loved alone," he said.. This man wai
'),such younger than the first, projecting a heavy,
iroubledaden image.
The first ►man was Mark Twain, the second was
Edgar Allen I'oe and the third, the n►an who n►ade it all
k a ppen , was Will Stubs. Since his undergraduate days
t 2 years ago at the University of Alabama, Stutts has
'.een doing his brilliant one-map Twain show. The Poe
is only four years old, but is as mature and en.
crtaining as the more publicized Twain depict ion.
The Twain and the. Poe acts come off in a suprising
:quilibrium, despite Twain's undisputable edge in
popularity. The reason behind this equality is Shills'
'horoughness in both his research and the consequent
imrtrayal of the characters. Stotts says that over the
-c - rmars he has compiled six lo eight hours worth of
Twain material, which allows hint to do a loosely run
monologue
The Pne act is nre ()la play," says Shills, running
al a lighter schedule, wish less possible variety.
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ched Poe thoroughly. Stutts' performance of Poe was
convincing, frequently throwing the Schwab audience
into shocked silence.
The evening started with "the most conspicuous man
on earth," as Twain once referred to himself. Dressed
in the dapper white suit and smoking the cigar which
have beco►ne synonomous with him, Twain took the
stage and issued forth some well-thought philosophy.
tie talked about heaven and hell, smoking and
drinking, the newspaper business, Europe, the
American West a►id the Panama Canal.
"Heaven is a place where people work, strive,
progress and be good," he said, "and if that isn't hell, I
don't know what is."
Twain considered his nasty habits essential. He said
he wasn't a slave to his cigars and could give them up
al any time. "I've done it a thousand times," he said.
He also believed in drinking two shots of whiskey
before he went to bed. "It prevents toothaches," he
said,' adding that he never had one because of his
medicine. Twain spoke of one old lady-friend who
"neglected her habits." When the woman became ill,
Twain likened her to "a sinking ship with no weight to
throw overboard."
Even though he had once been a reporter, Twain was
not very complementary to the press. "I wanted a job,.
but didn't want to work," he said, "so I joined the
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Twain's most profound and astonishing piece of
prophecy was hiS commentary on the Panama Canal.
The "ditch," as he called it, was just being built when
he wrote his ideas. But even then he realized that there
would be problems when the time came to give the
canal back to the Panamanians. Instead Twain
suggested a canal from San Fransisco to New York.
"Now there's a ditch," he said.
Poe, on the 'other hand, did not offer much in the
"Quote and Quotables" category. The Poe act started
at a railway station as he left for Philadelphia on the
last night of his life. There he talked with a stanger in
his lonely, demented way, snorting cocaine to "keep
his sanity."
Poe faded from the depot into his study where he
related the story of his life. Intermingled in his history
were recitals of the classics "Annabel Lee," "The Tell
tale Heart" and "The Raven." It was these haunting
works that hushed the audience.
Of the Poe act,Stutts said, "If it goes well; you should
be able to hear a pin drop." One could have heard a
feather,fall after Stutts' rendition of "The Raven."
Just such an intensity was present all evening, Twain
drew intense laughter and Poe created intense silence.
Will Stutts did it all. He researched before the show,
acted during it and took the bows after it. Twain, Poe
and Stutts a starting line up that any director would
be proud to have.
Cubist influence and strong colors
Couch: thought-provoking prints
By COLLEEN MORRIS
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Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Strong messages and a cubist style form the basis of Francis
Couch's colorful works which are on display at the Paul
Robeson Cultural Center.
Couch's sure sense of design dominates his many silkscreen
prints and conveys his thoughts in a more original fashion than
some of his paintings inspired by Picasso. A striking brown
and tan print, "Namibia," contrasts•triangles with a circle of
stylized birds. Its mood is carefree and cheerful with closer
connections to interior design than pure art. Another simple
print, "Mother and Child," suggests warmth and love with
sweeping black curves and lines on a white background.
Such, strong designs reflect one aspect of Couch's career tha t
includes teaching art, painting for pleasure and working as a
commercial artist. The Philadelphian defines the fine arts as
the field in which the artist expresses his own ideas, and
commercial art as the field in which the artist expresses ideas
other people have put into words.
Most of Couch's works relate to the black's position in
society and conihine cubist influences or strong color with a
title that gives a concrete meaning to each work. For instance,
the acrylic. work, "Sister Antigone vs. City Hall" depicts a
decaptitated mask-like black head hanging from an office light
Another work comments on the force ethe Ku Klux Klan
with primitive masks giving the rigid figures covered in sheets
an almost barbarian, menacing appearance. "We Will
Overcome Those Kooky Klowns" is an acrylic work that is
pointed and hostile.
On a more optimistic note, a silkscreen print, "Who Gets
Ahead'," stylizes the struggle of two salmon swimming up
stream. And an acrylic work based on Picasso's paintings of
guitarists entitled "Aunt Yvonne Plays the Guitar," gives a
smooth abstracted view of the subject.
While the quality of Couch's work varies, many of the
paintings and prints on display are certainly thought
provoking. The exhibit will continue through April 3.
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while an enshrouded body hands in mid air. Divisions of pastel
colors form a neutral background to a tragedy devoid of
emotion. The work is mysterious but compelling and seems to
suggest that the indifference of government is killing blacks or
the poor.
"Zimbawee (1890- t" takes the cubist technique of dividing
an object into angles and forms to create a patchwork or map
of colors that is dotted with groups of stylized people. Only one
white community is included among the black groups and the
problems of Rhodesia immediately spring to mind.