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arts Actress Goldie Hawn uses laughter to fight image Goldie Hawn is one of Hollywood’s brightest stars. Since the beginning of her na tional career, as a dancer on “Laugh In,” she has been one of America’s favorite come diennes. “Laugh In” was not the beginning of Hawn’s career though, “I got a head start by being bom into a very colorful family,” she said. “My father’s a musician whose family came to this country when there were still 13 colonies. In feet, his great-great-great-great... how Winter production announces company A view of Christianity and Christians as outsiders and “athiests” in ancient Rome is the theme of Clackamas Com munity College’s theater department presentation of Bernard Shaw’s “Androcles and the Lion.” The play, directed by communications and theater arts chairman Jack Shields, is based on the ancient fable concerning the friendship Stage Management Costuming Properties Sound Lights between a Roman Christian and a lion. The play is set just before the year 100 A.D. and the costuming and properties crews have been conducting extensive research to guarantee historical accuracy in clothing, arms and armor. This has identified that there may be a basis of truth in the legend. The case and crew are ex tensive and the list is as follows: Roberta Ellsworth David Harvey Lynn Myers w/Dianna Hardy Charissa Smith Donald Williams Roger Nuffer Jody Sherrill Steven Berglund w/Ed Degrauw Etta Leonard Victor Toman Diana Bauer Joseph Schenck Patrick Sterling Kristin Black Terrie Kemp Joe Maher Sean Carlson Jim Nicodemus Robert Ems Brett Bigham Denise Schwehr Eileen McDonald-Ferguson Joe Maher Ed Degrauw Joe Schenck .Brett Bigham Roberta Ellsworth Dianna Hardy Lynn Myers Charissa Smith Soldiers.........................................................................Ed Degrauw David Harvey Donald Williams Roger Nuffer Lion Androcles Megaera Centurion Captain Lavinia Beggar Lentulus Nfetellus Spintho Ferrovius The Ox Driver The Call Slave The Editor Of the Gladiators The Nfenagerie Keeper Retiarius Secutor The Emperor. Christians..... College offers film nights The Associated Student Government of Clackamas Community College will offer two films for viewing this week. They will also run a baby pic ture contest through Feb. 2. Poltergiest: This 1982 release produced by Steven Spielberg will be shown this Fri day in the CC Mall at 7:30. Ad mission will be $ 1.00 and ASG will supply the popcorn. The Incredible Shrinking Man: This classic sci-fi film will page 6 be shown Jan. 13 in the Fireside Lounge. The film starts at 1:00 p.m. and there is no admission. Baby Picture Contest: Cur rently enrolled students at the College are asked to submit baby pictures of themselves or friends who are attending col lege here. The deadline for photos is Feb. 2 and the picture must have been taken before the age of four. Bring pictures to the Student Activities Office in the CC Mall. many ‘greats’ are we up to? . . . grandfather was the youngest signer of the Declaration of In dependence.” Following in her family footsteps, Hawn became the youngest student at Takoma Park, Maryland, School of Dance. By die time she was 17 she was teaching ballet in her own dancing school. “I also handled all the business details,” she said. “But in other respects I was a slow starter,” she said, “I was very, very flat chested. And shy with boys. I ran with a bad crowd for a while, smoking cigarettes, wearing eyeliner, looking tough . . . and stiff kept my reputation. That’s how shy I was.” Throughout her early career—from ballet dancing at 10, playing Juliet in a regional theater production at 16 and at 18 struggling in New York City as an actress/dancer, Hawn never forgot that the best way to make points was through laughter. “You have to laugh at your own weaknesses,” she said, “Because the alternative is no use at all. Laughter opens up people. It breaks down walls, ft’s our best weapon against the ugliness we en counter in the world.” Laughter was also the key to Goldie’s eventual success. After dancing in several New York Productions and even starring in a forgetable Walt Disney picture she was hired to dance on “Laugh In” and to announce an occasional skit. That’s when Hawn’s talent to make people laugh came in to public view. During a reher- sal she blew a simple introduc tion three times and then burst into giggles. The producer liked Goldie Hawn Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. her catchy laugh and from everyone else. Sometimes I there on the challenge was to feel klutzy and little girlish but make Goldie laugh spon there are other times when I feel sophisticated ... In a taneously. Week after week they kept femine rather than a funny dreaming up new ways to way.” This “blonde” image con distract Goldie while she was in front of the camera. They even tinued to follow her even had meetings on the subject. though she starred in some of Every week she knew that the most intelligent comedies of something strange would hap the pastyears. “Shampoo”and pen but she never knew what. “Foul Play” among them. Of course this constant giggling, her big eyes and Following this Hawn girlish face immediately started the project of starring established her in the public’s and producing the international eye as a so called “dumb hit of “Private Benjamin. ” After blonde.” This was an image this blockbuster Hollywood she would carry through most could no longer consider her of her career. Even with the “just a pretty fece.” She had Oscar she won for her screen proven herself. debut in “Cactus Flower” in She is currently starring 1969 people still did not take with Burt Reynolds in “Best her seriously. Friends” and is working on a ‘Tm smarter than people new movie, “Protocal.” give me credit for,” she said, “I “Performing,” she said, have moods and levels, like “(is) a natural part of my life.” Benatar musses hair, hardens voice for “Get Nervous” album By F. T. Morris Of The Print I think I can say that this has been a good year for women singers and not have the statement disputed; nearly all the records released by women this year have been critical and commercial suc cesses. “Get Nervous” is the title of the latest Pat Benatar release, and the cover alone is worth the money. For years Benatar has complained about her “pretty-girl-who- can-sing” reputation (her ex- act words); on this album she fights to alter that sterotype by posing in funny and extremely unattractive ways on the front and back cover. While her opera-trained voice is still pretty, she sings much tougher here. The only complaint I’ve had about Benatar is her constant jerking at the end of notes, that high, teary sound that Tanya Tucker has turned into her trademark (and a bit of a joke, too). Benatar tosses that habit out the window for the most part and concentrates on perfecting her tuff-chick persona. The voice still soars, but in a much coarser style. Which leads to my major dislike concerning “Get Ner vous.” To compliment her angrier singing, the band has roughened up considerably. They have even added a Doors-like keyboard player, Charlie Giordano. Of course, some will find this a positive quality, but I never claimed to dike screeching guitars. The harder sound is well done , though; it may not be my kind of music, but at least they know what they’re doing (which is more than I can say for most heavy metal musi cians) . The only disappoint ment is the fervered guitar solo in “Shadows of the Night;” this song is beautiful and unexpectedly compassionate, but it certainly isn’t loud enough or wild enough to merit this solo, which seems almost like an afterthought. “Get Nervous” probably won’t make Pat Benatar haters into fans, but fans should enjoy it. It says nothing that hasn’t been said before and isn’t too courageous, but there is comfort jn its familiarity. Clackamas Community College
