12—The Daily Collegian Monday, Dec. 8, 1980 International Fair: all the ways of the won!. By DIANNE GARYANTES Daily Collegian Staff Writer It's hard to think of anything more in teresting than spending an afternoon discovering different foods, crafts, Nien-Tsu Alfred Hu (graduate-geology), left, president of the Chinese Student Association, greets customers and browsers at yesterday's International Fair held in the HUB, while Vice President Juang Wang (graduate-agriculture) observes the busy surroundings. Uta Hagen's 'Charlotte' a flawless performance By P.J. PLATT. Daily Collegian Staff Writer "For a would-be actor, the prerequisite is talent," writes actress Uta Hagen in her book, "Respect for Acting." "You can only hope to God you've got it." Considering the seemingly endless list of this woman's accomplishments and awards, you may. be assured to take her words as gospel truth. And, considering her performance Friday night in Schwab Auditorium, you need not even hold an inkling of a doubt that this woman knows vaidtading'is allabout. Utalingen baS - defiriite ly ``got it." In an adaptation of Peter Hack's monodrama, "Charlotte," the story of Charlotte von Stein, Goethe's mistress, Hagen employed all those WORK-STUDY STUDENTS The School of Music has the follow ing positions available to students eligible for work-study funds: Receptionists- Several people are • needed to work daytime hours tak ing telephone messages and perfor ming other office tasks. No ex perience or office skills necessary. Recital Hall Stage Manager-One (possibly two) individual(s) will be selected for this important respon sibility. While experience is not essential, the successful applicant will be a self-directed, capable per son willing to apply a measure of creativity to his or her work. 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Charlotte had to 'perfectly into the role of Charlotte, a woman • be strong in the face of unreciprocated love, caught between love's bitterness and beauty. while Hagen must have the strength to portray As an impetuous youth, Goethe moved to that woman's tumultuous emotions. Weimar, where he met Charlotte, the wife of "Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity,".. Josias von Stein, Master of Equerry, Lord of Hagen writes in her book. Indeed, how much Kochberg. Goethe spent a great deal of time with more sensitive can an actress be who, when she her in her home while Josias was away. recalls "the thunder of his brown eyes," makes Charlotte recognized Goethe's potential —in us feel exactly as Charlotte felt the first time she philosophy, poetry, playwriting, statesmanship; and the youthful Goethe made love? - =-"and helped - to' and includes "easy vulnerability;" ' por . return he dedicated poem after poem to her, and ,„, s trayed in the barometer of emotions Hagen ex wrote her reams of letters. "I can't explain the plores, from the flippant and bold jokes she significance, the power of this woman over me in makes about her lover "He even treats any other way than through the wandering of Socrates as though he were a colleague!" —to • 863-2020 -OUR FOCUS IS YOU - 863-2020 - OUR FOCUS IS YOU - 863-2020 -OUR FOCUS IS YOU - 0 coc° cn ~013t4, r> Cl) easy access Ams.qllllll. --• 'F' AMP" counseling peer approach COUNSELORS i i information 0 4 cP 6 - 4 . "" Pr .2.0 1, 0 -um- referral 5' 8 cn 6 -< th" 0 2 c Applications Now Available Due 8. , , 135 Boucke or HUB Desk Dec. 8 . 2 meeting for those interested: 6 3 ° p.m., December 10th, 0 • .-'g u. • HUB Assembly Room . 0 C) 0 2 135 Boucke Mon.-r midnightrts- 5 Student Assistance Center 863 . 2020 a..ornoo- y, th 8 - 8 . .9 • 863-2020 - OUR FOCUS IS YOU - 863-2020 - OUR FOCUS IS YOU - 863-2020 -OUR FOCUS IS YOU - THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE CENTER Ca PROUDLY PRESENTS: WINTER 1981 ORIENTATION RM. 301 HUB TUES. DEC. 9TH 7:00p m R-200 locales represented at the fair were China, Thailand, Japan, Carribean coun tries, Arab countries, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Turkey, Africa and Lebanon. The fair was full of people, excitement and mystique. All around was an allur ing sense of being in some far away place. It was a special treat to have the foreign University students giving us natives a unique insight into their coun tries and cultures. The food and crafts of each country were displayed in about a dozen dif ferent booths in the Ballroom. Each booth was sponsored by a University stu dent organization, such as the Hellenic Society and the Turkish Student Association. Tables were set up in the middle of the ballroom so people could sit and enjoy delicious food, such as sorullos, a Puerto Rican dish made of fried corn and cheese; stuffed grape leaves, a Mid- Eastern and southern European dish; bakalava, a sticky-sweet honey and walnut dessert found in the Arab world; flan, a Latin American dessert made of caramel and cream; and satay, a Malaysian dish made up of chicken on a stick and served with cut rice, cucumber and gravy. Some foods everyone would recognize, such as eggrolls, meatballs and cookies, and several rice and bean dishes were also available. The craft. displays were equally fascinating. Most of the exhibits con sisted entirely • of handmade crafts. Clothing, wall hangings, jewelry, carved figurines, handbags, baskets, eating utensils, pottery, water pipes and other knicknacks were displayed. Demonstrations of Greek folk dancing, Thai boxing and Carribean folksongs were given in the Charlotte Ray Lounge. In addition, several movies were shown in the Assembly Room, such as "Hong Kong Heart of the Orient," sponsored by the Hong Kong Society; "Glimpses of India" and "Classical Dance Kuchipudi," from the Friends of India; "Arab World: The Land and the Peo ple," a slide program by the Organiza tion of Arab Students; "Travel Tales of Thailand," from the Thai Student Association; and "The Blue Angel," sponsored by the European Student Association. Paintings by Maria Das Romas, a native'Brazillian, were displayed in the Art Alley, as well as arts and crafts from Slavic countries, Arab countries, Turkey and Japan. the deep-rooted fear she has of him, toward her husband (to whom this whole confessional is directed, although he is invisible to us), toward all men. But, in the too few precious moments with Goethe, she confesses, "I forgot my in significance that I was nothing more than a woman." Talent takes "high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting -- intense ly)." Hagen does these things with conviction. She cocks her head in the direction of the announ cing tra-r.ah's of the mailcoach, silently praying '- for some word from him; slie'let.S• the longed-for - letter pass briefly .under her nose, in hopes of capturing his slightest scent. These are done with such purpose that we, too, cross our fingers in hopes of receiving the letter, that we cock our In a demonstration of Thai boxing , at yesterday's International Fair in the HUB, Chaicharn Wongsamun (graduate-agricultural education), left, and Thada Savetsila (graduate-public administration) show some fancy footwork typical of the fighting style. Both Students are members of the Thai Student Association ears in anticipation, that we, too, inhale the breath of her lover. "A vivid imagination as well as a grip on reali o , ty" follows suit; Hagen's own comfort and sense of ease on the set made it believable to us that this is indeed the very salon in which she as Charlotte daily reads, writes letters, takes her morning coffee. Yet she is not so immersed as to neglect her purpose: to act, to portray, to be Charlotte von Stein just for an evening. Tiv, sense of audience is not lost. Finally, Hagen writes, talent is "the desire to communicate one's own expirielide and sensa tions, to make oneself seen and heard." Of course we can't know Hagen's own experiences and sensations, but we can well guess at them through this compassionate performance. Illustration by Joe Matunls 'Flash Gordon': dawning of cornographic film era By STEFANIE PLEET naily Collegian Staff Writer i ?It's the dawning of a new age in film! Need 'a change of pace? Here's cornography. The new age of corn is here and it can be found in "Flash Gordon," the hilarious movie adaptation of the adventure-fantasy comic strip and TV series. Be prepared. "Flash Gordon" is not another "Superman." It doesn't make the impossible feasible or realistic, it just makes it funny. Ab solutely no attention is paid to the laws of science and physics. Of course there is oxygen on every planet and even in between. This movie features ridiculous fight scenes, direct descendants of Batman (there was a cons expection of the word "POW" to appear on the screen in fluffy, bright orange letters), nar row escapes, and innocent sexual insinuations. After an escape from inevitable death and an ex etuciating separation, Dale Arden (Melody Neil Simon's 'Suite' comedy turned sour By P.J. PLATZ Daily Collegian Staff Writer With lines spoken faster than a speeding bullet, with voices more squeaky than a rusty locomotive, able to lap (and ignore) great lines with a single bound it's the Alpha Omega Players in" Neil Simon's doubtful com edy, "Plaza Suite," directed by Drexel H. Riley. In a most often desperate attempt at wesenting humorous drama, the AO Fl.ayers performed Saturday night in Schwab Auditorium, sponsored by the Student FoUndation for the Performing Arts. After that performance, I have my gravest doubts of respect for the Reper tory Theatre of America, with which the A O O Players are affiliated. Simon's comedy, too, tends to lead the viewer into the realms of poor taste. 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Picture-perfect looks, rather than acting proficiency, granted him a fitting role. Adding a new dimension to the established charactr, Flash is now the quarterback of the New York Jets. Unearthly powers and superhuman strength don't make Flash Gordon a hero. For prowess he relies on physical and mental willfullness; in telligent strategies and good looks to save the earth from imminent destruction. Good looks will always get the beautiful villainess (who would normally be against you) on to your side. The philosophy typical of comic book heroes is man, focusing most strongly on New York/Northern New Jersey, upper middle-class couples. (And Simon is surely the modern perpetrator of adultery.) But through his humorous situations we may see ourselves, and therefore take occasion to laugh at ourselves. That is surely his most valuable feature. "Plaza Suite" is a sweet, though dated play (it opened in 1968, and played for , nearly three years); it is actually a series of three one-acts, each taking place in the same room of New York's Plaza Hotel. An alternate title might be "Plaza Suite 719: My Story." The first playlet concerns a couple whose 20 years ("Or is it 21?" she asks) of marriage seem to have well-exceeded its boundaries. She is sweet,' cloyingly so; her youth-hip husband is over involv ed with himself and job. "I don't accept being older," he vehemently explains. "Good for you," she neatly returns. "You'll be the youngest one in the cemetary." I think he was supposed to come off as the villain, but somehow one can't help but sympathize with him. She, as por trayed by Linda Bentley, possessed a voice like yes, like fingernails on a blackboard. That convention may work for a character actor, but never for a leading role. It is an agonizing ex perience to sit through. He, however, fared better. 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Mike Genebach and Libby Campbell teamed up for this one, in an uninspired interpretation of a common, however in nocuous theme. Fortunately, some good did manage to eke its way out of the evening. The final playlet concerned a nervous mother, a recently poverty-stricken father (the wedding cost him $8000) and a daughter the bride who's locked herself in the bathroom. Here we had more overwrought squeaks from Bentley, her character en tirely too similar to the one in the first act, but some extremely funny business from McClory. He represented the epitomy of hysteria, believably building from one level to the next. There were finally some blessed pauses, some truly funny moments here. Too bad it took most of the evening to get there. COME TO A ChANNUICA CELEbRATION CANdIE LiglirriNg CEREMONY TUESdAy, DEC. 9 6:00 p.m. AT THE STEPS of PATTEE SpONSOREd by YAChAd ANd Had. presents preyalant in "Flash Gordon." In fact, it is this film's substance and consistency. Dale, who is literally on the sidelines cheering "Go Flash!" is analogous to Dorothy in. "The Wizard of Oz." Virtue to the point of recklessness, innocence to the point of naivete and simple overwhelming beauty constantly. finds Dale in hot - water and in need of rescue. When Flash is about to be executed his last wish is of course to see Dale. As this is being granted, the guard leaves the amount of time they have on an hourglass. As the sands run out Dale ardently attempts to turn the glass over, but alas time has run out and the guard is coming. Where is Toto? Dino De Laurentis, known for his extremely lavish productions. ("The Ten Commandments," "King Kong") has done it again. "Flash" is sure ly bucking for an Oscar in set and costume design. 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Not many bands fit the utterly ridiculous bill, so Queen was a perfect choice. Who but Freddy Mercury could sing, "Flash! Aaaaaahaaaa! I " as Flash comes riding in to save the day? This movie is a gas. Good clean fun in every sense of the cliche. The visuals (special effects by Frank Van der Veer) are very colorful and imaginative. The hardware flew right out of a comic book and onto the screen. If you are in the mood for a laugh, check out "Flash Gordon." Mich ael i s BEAVER AVE OPEN DAILY FROM 10-5 LiotEd us co. Coo ce The Inexpensive, Classic Cut We of ferthe classic haircut with blow-dry for men, Monday through Wednesday, for only $10; haircut alone for $7. Get the look today. Seinen Wi 143 South Fraser S Call 234-6090 • Mon.-Sat. The Daily Collegian Monday, Dec. 8, 1980-13 CALDER WAY
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