Entertainment
Weekend Preview
By CHRIS HOUGLUM
Of the Emerald
There is no entertainment page
today, folks. Just this column.
Film critics Jim Ritzdorf and Ian
Templeton are recovering from
the overwork of past assignments,
and I’m resting up from the ex
hausting chore of repeatedly dol
ing those assignments out. So
there’s respite of sorts in order,
right? Right.
Now—to business, which should
properly begin, one imagines,
with a mention of the SDS dance
which will be held from 8 p.m.
to 1 a.m. tonight in the EMU
Ballroom. The Permanent Brain
Damage and Indecent Exposure
are doing the musical honors. Ad
mission is an exorbitant 75 cents.
Therefore it appears as iff’n it
wouldn’t be such a bad idea to
show up. Which is an entertain
ment-page recommendation, in
case any of you are easily de -
ceived.
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Oh. And while we’re on the
subject of dances, the Social Di
vision Dance of the following eve
ning (Saturday — who’s keeping
track?) is worthy of mention. It
kicks off at 8, lasts until mid
night and features Atlantis, a Port
land group which has been down
here a couple of times before. Ad
mission is $1, and if you don’t
want to go, I recognize that as
your prerogative, but it doubtless
means that you’re not fit for hu
man company. Ecetera.
And while we’re on the subject
of drama—which we aren’t, real
ly, but a few more words will take
care of that problem—there are
two notable, worthy, estimable, in
teresting, absorbing productions
which warrant more superlatives
and redundancies than I have in
stock. Herewith some pertinent
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comments related thereto, for
everyone’s edification:
Firstly, two performances re -
main for Very Little Theatre’s
“Wait Until Dark,” a suspense
ful and well-acted dramatic vehi
cle which concludes a seven
night run tonight and tomorrow
at 8:15. It’s about the attempts
of a trio of calculating con men
to secure a heroin-loaded doll
which just happens to be in the
innocent possession of a blind
girl, uninformed of its contents.
Those of you who caught the Au
drey Hepburn film are familiar
with the chilling climax, and al
though I’m tempted to give the
ending away, out of sheer mean
ness, I refrain.
Drama in French
Be that as it may, those inter
ested in sitting in on this com
mendable presentation may pur
chase tickets at the VLT box of
fice, 2350 Hilyard (344-7751) be
tween 2 and 5 p.m. today and
tomorrow. But it’s your decision.
The second production is more
unique, in some respects. “Jeux,”
(Games) a two-act play written by
PSU French instructor Penny Al
len, is slated for two perform
ances (in French) at 3 and 8 p.m.
tomorrow in the Arena Theatre.
The production, sponsored by
the University French club, is be
ing presented by the Portland
State Les Planches du Pacifique,
a unique theatre group (perhaps
the only one of its kind in the
country) composed primarily of
students studying languages.
“Exercise in style”
The play itself, also directed by
Miss Allen, is described as an
“exercise in style,” with humor
ous and melodramatic elements.
It is designed to explore the the
atrical possibilities of a device
used to great effect by Jorge
Borges: take a certain situation,
follow it through more than one
possible development and record
how the changing circumstances
affect the personalities of the
play’s characteristics.
It really ties in pretty securely
with Borge’s preoccupation with
the ‘labyrinth,’ with his repeated
examination of encounters with
seams of illogic which point out
the gratuity on a life which guar
antees nothing.
Flicks are thin
On a less profound level, we
may observe that tickets for the
presentation, priced at $1 for stu
dents and $1.50 for adults, will
be available at the door for each
performance.
Dispensing altogether with ab
surd reasonings, we may acknowl
edge, in the usual cursory fash
ion, the presence of a few films of
note. F’rinstance, only major ad
dition to downtown fair is “The
Sterile Cuckoo,” which has earn
ed mixed reviews intimating that
it is a gem for Liza Minelli fans,
but offers little for those who re
gard her film antics with indif
ference, as I do.
Campus film fare
On campus, the Slavic Film Fes
tival offers a film by Jerzy Skoli
mowski tonight at 7 and 9:15 p.m.
at 180 PLC. “Identification Marks:
None” is a picture which pro -
vides an incisive view of alien
ated youth (remember those?) in
a totally committed society, as
seen through the eyes of a draft
dodger pretending to study ichthy
ology in Warsaw.
“A Boring Afternoon,” the ac
companying short subject, is an
adaptation of a tale satirizing the
common man’s contempt for the
non-conformist. This should pro
vide an illuminating discussion of
personal prerogative, and all for
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