A few things should be borne in
mind by conscientious readers
wishing to get the “total picture”
concerning this weekend’s en
tertainment prospectus.
They are these: A) all time is
irredeemable; B) loneliness is
the central and inevitable ex
perience of each of us; C) nobody
knows what follows death; and
D) for all our ignorance, we may
rest easy in the knowledge that
we live, and will continue to live,
in an era in which men effect
imperfect practice by in
creasingly sophisticated, and
therefore increasingly ridiculous,
means.
From these considerations
derives this doubly weighty
conclusion: given the context of
the situation, the fact that this
promises to be a slow weekend
promises to be but a minor
irritation over which we can all
laugh good-naturedly.
And if we abandon this initial
burst of hilarity for close, even
scientific, scrutiny of available
data, we find that the slowness of
which I spoke is only relative.
Comparison with the riotous
events of Friday through Sunday
of last week isn’t advisable, but
for the record, we have at present
ample access to a creditable
Very Little Theatre dramatic
production, a couple of dances,
and two films of reasonably high
caliber.
The VLT undertaking is Frank
Gilroy’s “The Subject Was
Roses,” a comedy-drama which
details the domestic com
plications occasioned by a young
man’s return home following
WWII. Two years on the
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relative
slowness
European front have made an
adult of him, and he is con
sequently made more aware of
his parents’ marital difficulties
and the role he must adopt with
respect to such tensions. For the
parents, a significant amount of
adjustment is also required with
the recognition of their son’s not
entirely expected maturity.
It all sounds pretty heavy,
probably, but the virtues of
Gilroy’s play are its economy of
utterance and sincerity of tone. It
is not a message play; nowhere is
it encumbered by pretension or
by self-conscious theatrical
gimmickry. It proceeds at a
realistic pace along a precisely
linear course, and the domestic
situation which unfolds provides
a credible, everyday kind of
drama which possesses
legitimacy with which Gilroy has
wisely refused to tamper.
The production of “Roses”
precisely complements this
engaging simplicity of con
ception. Co-directors Carole
Wexler and Martin Acker have
demonstrated an exacting
psychological penetration in
capturing those small indices of
familial embarrassment or anger
which underlie much of the play’s
action, and their cast of three—
Mark Lutz as the son, Frieda
Hyman and Tom Engle as the
parents—slipped comfortably
into their respective roles
opening night, despite a little
collective reticence, I think, in
the early minutes of the first act.
“The Subject Was Roses” plays
tonight and Saturday and
Tuesday through Saturday of
next week at VLT 2350 Hilyard.
Ticket information may be ob
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Films; It appears that the
political science department’s
film “Lord of the Flies” is the
flick to catch this weekend, and
never mind whether you’ve seen
it before or not. It’s a
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Sunday double feature (2 and 7
p.m.) features a pretty funny
Peter Sellers flick, “I Love You
Alice B. Toklas,” which is
self-indulgent and manic but
sometimes very funny. Leigh
Taylor-Young supports Sellers,
and she is an eyeful.
Those two dances of which we
spoke involve Home Brew
(Saturday, after the game, in the
Ballroom, $1 admission) of whom
I know nothing but who deserve
best wishes for all manner of
success, and the Searchin’ Souls,
who appear from 9-12 the same
night at Wesley Center. Take
your pick.
D.A. dismisses
felony charges
against student
Charges of “threatening to
commit a felony” against Arnold
Leon Gibson, University student,
have been dropped by the Lane
County District Attorney, ac
cording to Charles Porter,
Eugene attorney.
Gibson, of 2573 Kincaid St., was
arrested Friday by Eugene
Police on a complaint by Maxwell
Edomwonyi, also of 2573 Kincaid.
Gibson was released on his own
recognizance.
Porter said charges were
dropped because of insufficient
evidence.
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