12 Daifj{_Collegian Monday, June 20, 1982 alts 'Pictures' starts theater's 'B3 season with laughter By HEIDI BEELER Collegian'Staff Writer “Summfer artistic refreshment” was Douglas N. Cook offered the first audience of the Penn sylvania Theater’s ’B3 sea son last IPhursday night. And if s>ou find laughter refreshing, then the|Festival Theater’s opening production of Neil Simon’s “I Ought To Be Inf’Plctures” was just that. One of&imon’s newest comedies, "I Ought T£ Be In Pictures” is set in the clutterecj Hollywood bungalow of Hernfrucker. (Torn Markus), a once suc«jjsgftliv.AScreenwriter. Sixteen yearsearlier, Herb gave up his three year-old daughter, infant sort, and NYC’s pastrami sandwiches to es cape his wife’s humorless lack of understanding;? Now Herb struggles against writer is block in Hollywood, and not even ;his girlfriend, Steffy Blondell (JaneiMoore), can help him . regain his conf-id'ence. Suddenly, Libby (Jane E. Beck hard), Herb’s now 19-year-old daugh ter, appears .’at the door. She’s hitchhiked her’way across the coun try (“If you’re riot you hike more than youj hitch.”) to convince her father to help her break into the movies and to. let her' back into his life. i- The cast did;a good job pf bringing out the comedy in this production. Beckhard placed an energetic ver sion of the brick-laying, car-repairing Libby. Even -Libby’s frankest re marks and actions (She calls her father a shit-heel within ten minutes of meeting him.) are made believable by the strength Beckhard brings to the role. •; Although given a sketchy character OVER ROO FREE MOVIES f i WITH YOUR RENT ft ATHERITAGEOAKS PAY LESS RENT, GET MORE FEATURES : Our new satelliteT.V. entertainment system is \ included with rentat Heritage Oaks. You’ll see all the networks,Chicago and Atlanta ; Super Stations,ESPN,plus HomeTheatre Network. That’s a lot of free movies { and other great entertainment at no extra cost. r ■ ■. dj&H E-RITAQE'OAK S ( Ultimate Apartment Living - S- PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED BY BENCHMARK REALTY INC. ; 10 VAIROBLVD. STATE COLLEGE 237-8201 in Steffy Blondell, Moore added di mension to the roll. Simon has devel oped Steffy as a raisonneur a character who stands outside of the action and speaks the author’s opin ions, and a weak device in a realistic play. Yet even though Moore had few lines, her attention to Herb and Libby and silent reactions to their struggles made her an important part of each scene in which she appeared. Markus’ performance as Herb, al though often funny, was the weakest in the production When he first stum bled onto the stage wearing an inside out T-shirt and rumpled pajamas and tried to unstick his left eye, he cre ated a hilarious picture of the sloven ly screenwriter. And his delivery of Neil Simon’s one-liners caused al most sure-fire laughter. Yet as the play progressed,' it be came obvious that Markus was trying for audience-response as an actor, rather than living within the scene as a real person might. His exaggerated gestures (drawing an imaginary circle around his head to suggest a sombrero at the mention of Morrocco) and punch-lines (draw ing out the word “rhoooo-doooo-den dron” when the character was angry and probably snapping out quickly) received some chuckles. They also lost much of the character’s credibili ty and made parts of his performance appear pre-planned and stilted. An audience finds much more humor in a person they can realistically identify with. , Martin Gdttfried of Cue said the Broadway production, “(Pictures’) provides a touching blend of laughter and sentiment.” While the Festival Theater’s ver- sion had plenty of humor, it was the more serious side of the play that was lacking. Herb and Libby haven’t seen each other for sixteen years almost the whole of the girl’s life. The pair must overcome a lot of time, guilt and resentment during the course of the play. v Simon develops this conflict Comedy is highlight of Superman 111 By TOM SAKELL Collegian Staff Writer Should you see “Superman ill?” It all depends upon your mood. Do you wanna laugh? Gasp in awe at spectacular scenery? Cheer for heroics and cringe at near-catastro phe? How about just leaving the theater with a smile on your face? Well, “Superman III” is for you. But if you feel a comic strip hero with super powers and straight laced morals might be immature for you, perhaps you would be bet ter off watching documentaries on PBS. “Superman III” works well, as director Richard Lester success fully cuts between three subplots. The first follows Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) as he returns to Smallville, Kansas for his 15th high school reunion. There he finds Lana Lang (Annette O’Toolej, the subject of Kent’s adolescent admi-. ration. Lang finds herself attracted to the kind and sensitive reporter. Suprisingly, Lang finds Kent more mNKS for ordering from our new store! Recces Pizza & Italian Restaurant. to call this store next time you order. Our number is if you’re on campus, call the original Rococos Pizza ZS7*l *6(O Don’t forget that our new store serving the best in Italian food. West Hamilton Ave.,for a meal prepared from recipes by our genuine Italian cook! through a series of arguments and resolutions between the father and daughter. With the end of each verbal battle, Herb and Libby are a little less defensive and a little closer to each other. In the end, as Libby prepares to hitchhike back to Brooklyn, having found what she came for, she and her father- truly care about each other as individuals and not merely out of a interesting than Superman. Back in Metropolis, Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is down to his last dollar and-out of unemployment benefits when he takes a'computer programming course. Realizing he is a programming genius, Gorman goes to work in a company owned by a financial dictator. Meanwhile, company president Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) is looking for someone who can pro \ gram computers to cause meteoro logical havoc on South America’s coffee bean crop and control the world’s‘oil tankers. If you haven’t guessed it by now, Superman meets Gorman and Webster in a showdown involving computer treachery, world domi nance and, of course, Kryptonite. The.reason the latest chapter in the Superman series works so well is the comedic screenplay by Leslie ■and David Newman. All the charac ters in the story get a generous share of throw away one-liners and funny situations. Reeve, too, is given a chance to •• •* • 'k sense of obligation. That sense of acceptance between Libby and Herb did come out in the Festival Theater’s production. The problem was that the characters went the whole distance in the first half of the play. ' s . Whether the fault of director Rob ert E. Leonard or Markus’ overly nice portrayal of Herb, Herb had Villian Richard Pryor gets a lilt from Christopher Reeve in Superman 111 expand his acting talents. He takes the opportunity to devote more time to the Clark Kent character, where he does an admirable job.- Always the stumbling bumpkin in the big city, he finds a certain confidence and grace as he comes to know Lang all over again. WE ARE STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS With: X ■ personal problems • academic concerns ~ J : ■ need for information summer hours or pertinent referral Sundays through Fridays ; •study skill workshops DR0 s p^ o ~us • stress management The STUDENT COUNSELORS 863-2020 135 BOUCKE STAND OUT IN THE CROW STUDENT SAVINGS CARD Local & Nation for Students, Stall 7 i These cards are available in the USG Office 203 HUB and can be used for discounts at the following merchants: Pedals Bicycle Shop ASA Photo Barefoot Shoes 321 E. Beaver Avenue 357CalderWay 212 Calder Square Bubba’s 254 E. 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