arts
Playgoers
Prepare to see
rollicking comedy
As February grows old, the
opening of the College winter
drama project draws nearer.
This project is a play called
“The Reluctant Debutante.”
Joined with the completion
of the project is enthusiasm,
within cast and crew, as they
prepare to display their work.
Performances are scheduled
for Feb. 28, 29 and March 1 at
8 p.m., and March 2 at 2:30
p.m. in McLoughlin Theater.
Later, the cast will perform
“The Reluctant Debutante” at
the Coaster Theater in Cannon!
Beach on March 20, 21 an!
22. This will be the seventh an]
nual production at the Coastel
Theater during spring vacation!
Admission for “The Relucl
tant Debutante” is $3 general
CCC students with iderfl
tification and senior citizens!
with a Gold Card will be admit!
ted free. Other students will ba
charged $2.
LOVE GAMES—Two women, Sheila (Lisa Kaser) and
Mabel (Diana Bauer), connive to marry off their
daughters—to the same man (left). Later, Mabel in
troduces her daughter, Clarissa (Becky Steele), to David
Bulloch (Rod Ragsdale), the pursued gentleman. “The
Reluctant Debutante” was described as “fine family fun”
by Roby Robinson, theater technician. Photos by Duffy
Coffman.
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Every now and then,
Hollywood releases a few low-
budget
thrillers.
These
“thrillers” are supposed to.
scare the intelligence out of the
audience. Although a good
majority of these manipulative
films
are
deservedly
overlooked by the public eye, a
few earn notice.
A few years ago, a young
director named John Carpen
ter scored an enormous hit with
his
well-crafted
thriller,
“Halloween.” The film, now a
cult favorite, was based on a
simple plot. A young boy was
caught stabbing his older sister
and' was sent to a mental
hospital. Eighteen years later,
he escapes the hospital and is
-headed home to kill again.
With that simple plot, Carpen
ter sent audiences screaming
with his style and mixture of
surprise and suspense.
Since then, many people
have anxiously waited for Car
penter’s latest thriller, “The
Fog.”
Well, “The Fog” has (forgive
me) finally rolled into Portland
and the result is (forgive me,
again) a rather hazy shocker. A
coastal town is celebrating its
centennial when it is attacked
by ghosts hoping for revenge.
Their (the ghosts’) ship was
sunk by ancestors of the people
now living in the town. Killed
100 years ago, the ghosts
make their once-a-century ap
pearance through the form of a
light fog.
Adrianne Barbeau heads the
cast as the owner and DJ of the
town radio station and mother
of a child in danger of getting
killed by the ghosts. Hal
Holbrook, John Housman and
Janet Leigh make appearan
ces, also.
What Carpenter creates is
tremendous suspense. A knot
♦
is tied in the audience’s
stomach, but there is never any
chance to release the tension.
What made “Halloween” so
enjoyable to watch was the
needed comic relief and, just as
important, the chance for the
audience to scream. Without
these
tension
releasing
mechanisms, the audience will
tire of the event and want to
leave.
In “Halloween,” Carpenter
gave the audience both, but in
“The Fog,” he gives us neither.
There is not one scream
or laugh in the movie. Just
straight
tension
without
release. It was not an enjoyable
experience. I left the Moreland
Theatre feeling like crap.
Technically, “The Fog” is
well made. The sharp and-crisp
editing has always done well
for Carpenter, who composed
a terrific musical score for the
movie as well as writing and
directing it. He has always had
a strong visual feeling towards!
his films. It is the audio portiB
that gets him into trouble. His I
screenplay is sub-par. The’
dialog always gets in the way ofl
the movie. Carpenter spend!
too much time explaining what ]
is going on. If Carpenter made]
a silent movie, I bet it would be I
worthwhile to view.
The actors fare better than!
the script, if that’s possible. Bui
it is pure “Night Gallery” style
acting.
What surprised me most
about the movie was thatlit
carries an “R” rating, Thera
was no reason to give it such a
rating. No blood, flesh, and'
only a little foul language!!]
suppose the only reason for the]
rating was to keep the kiddies
out. By no means is “The Fog’s
a bad film, it is just not that]
satisfying. No screams,.no
laughs, means no relief. Andi
no relief is no fun.
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