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The Clackamas Print Page 8 Wednesday, April 26,1995 FEATURES V Hendrix returns “Band pf^Wpsÿs” remastered on CD ‘Eastern Standard’: complex comedy with multifaceted characters by Patrick Lundstrom ?’-• Staff Writer | The newj>-Capito? Records releas e, J i mJ Hendrix Band Of Gypsys, is the last official live record ing of a Hendrix perfor mance before his unti me ly demise. The album is digi tal remastered from the ijMjai h^^^M^niovid- ing a c ri^^^ffidiqual i ty, thatw shaping modem music. Not only were hi%ipflU^S^^ talk, and R&B recordings of his time apparent, but I actually heard guitacjri® that were copied or sampled in recent popular recordings. This recordingls not for. the musically It is not a good introduc tion to the heritage that Jimi into your lap. Gone are the left for us. The album is a lengthy dissertations, guitar must for any true Hendrix tuning sessions and cheer connoisseur. ing crowds |hat so often in «The releas&is^^Hfas terfere with the music ex well [as on tape. perience® Those who find; that I could easily hear his somethingismis soul, blues and jazz roots. digital music, should con- At the. scarne time, I ^.i^^^g^der picM » up . tfte limited hear the profound inflúiÉice¿Mdition viriyïàlbum/x Photo courtesy of Owen-Carey Studios Class of 1995 Portland Actors Association students “have pulled out all the stops” in their production of “Eastern Standard.” by Jay Milton Osborne, III Contributing Writer Join Eady for lunch by Christi Snavely Opinion Editor Need a new way to enjoy your lunch hour? Come hear poet Cornelius Eady read from his col lection of works at noon today in room 127 of the Community Cen ter. Eady was the recipient of the Lamont prize of the American Academy of Poets in 1985 for his book, “Victims of the Latest Dance Craze.” He has won nu merous awards, including the Prairie Schooner Strousse in 1993. Eady received fellowships • •••••••••• • M • ip ■ from the National Endowment for the Arts., Millay Colony, the Ragddale Foundation and the Vir ginia Center for the Creative Arts.. Eady is currently a director and instructor at the Poetry Cen ter at the State University of New York at Stoney Brook. He will serve on the teaching staff at Breadloaf 1995. His works include “Kartunes,” “Victims of the Lat est Dance Craze” and “The Gath ering of My Name.” The reading is free and open to the public. until he gets a jury duty notice. Shore figures out that on jury • • • •••••••••••• duty he gets paid $5 a day, which is a lot for him. by Jon Roberts So, Shore finds a trial that Staff Writer Pauly Shore has alway^* will take a long time so lie can been known for being funny and, make some money. He does his best to try and at times, dumb. But in his new est movie, “Jury Duty,” he has make the trial as long as be can hit an all-time low The movie so he can get more money. . Shore ends up solving the is dumb enough to be compared with movies like “Airplane,” case and figuring out who actu “Hot Shots” and “Naked Gun.” ally committed the crimes. Now you know the plot, so “Jury Duty” had its funny parts, but its not as funny as it I just saved you from seeing an looks fn the previews? It is a incredibly stupid movie. So now movie that would be funny if you go out and spend that money on are very tired and really bored. J something you will : enjoy;, you y I would not recommend go have my permission. If you still want to see the ing jout. and seeing this movie unless someone else is paying movie, it is rated PG-13 because your way. If I were you, I would of some language and body wait until it was at one of the $1' function discussions. The only cool thing about movie houses. The basic idea behind this Bis movie was that the dog was really cute and.kicked butt. Iovic is a ho is trying t^find an easy way Over all, I would give this movie Nothing works. barely one star. .IVlqvie iveview • The students of the Portland Actor’s Conservatory present highly professional theater in this play. There is nothing amateur ish going on in Eastern Standard by Richard Greenburg. Beth Harper, artistic director, and Chris Mikolavich, produeingdirector, have pulled out all the stops for the class of 1995 acting students with this delightful, yet timely comedy. If measured by a laugh meter on last Thursday night’s audience, the play is a success. Both the teachers and the students of the conservatory deserve high praise for this excellent performance. Greenberg apparently wrote about very contemporary and complex characters in his play. Director Joe Ivy has taken the complexity and run with it. Each character gradually reveals to us the multifaceted personalities which mirror those of real live people. Perhaps, this is why we see tragedy through the laughs. I saw so many of my own friends’ personas in these characters, that I felt a special kinship with them. Furthermore, the complexity was not limited to the actor ’s por trayal of the characters. Every thing about this play has some level of complexity. For example, the scene changes are both delightfully in novative and creative. By only changing the location of where the actors sit, while not moving a stick of furniture, or striking a sliver of the set, an early scene undergoes an easy transition. Later, what begins as a res taurant becomes completely be lievable as the summer home of an architect. One cannot easily forget that this play’s production is partly the result of the hard physical work of the students, when you see them moving the props and set ting up their own scenes in semi darkness. Both the nerd, well played by Jon Druy, and his longtime flam boyantly gay artist friend, played by Ned Turner, seem like an un likely pairing. The glue that holds these two characters together as friends, unfortunately, is not fully developed through the course of the- play; However, the clumsy nerd’s attraction to the ultimate princess, Phoebe, delightfully played by Susan Austin Martin, is classic. Phoebe and her brother Peter, (Sam Sunderleaf) make convinc ing siblings. Relationships are never easy these people’s lives. Drew is im mediately attracted to Peter’s good looks. But, as the story de velops, Peter is distant toward Drew. In one scene he says to Drew, “please stop circling me, I feel like prey.” We find out that Peter is HIV positive. He reveals his condition to Drew very late in the play. This is a source for a great deal of tension throughout the story. Ultimately, Peter’s revelation about his condition to Drew is one of the more deeply emotional moments in the play. Jenna Wilson, as Ellen, the waitress/actress is a total standout. Wilson brings a very special quality to her character. She is “totally twinkie.” Recog nizable as a nearly innocent “ditz,” she unveils a multifaceted person as the play progresses. Long after the play is over, her childlike voice and mobile facial expressions continue to de velop a warm smile on one’s face. The waif is completely likable. In another standout perfor mance, Carol Davis shows us the depth of her character as the bag lady, May Logan. She goes through many transformations throughout the play. At first, we see May'as ah ob vious paranoid schizophrenic. Without her medication she is raucus and violent, often spewing foul language, and hurling bottles of mineral water. Later, she beguiles Ellen into pitying her by displaying a more heart-rending side of her nature. Still later, she ingratiates her self into the yuppie lives of the other characters by cooking and cleaning like some kind of earth mother. Finally, she fools all but Drew, as she steals everyone blind and heads back, ultimately, to the street life. “These utopian, sce narios tend to fall apart in the sec ond act,” said Drew. With little exception, good acting, good directing and a script with contemporary and complex characters cohesively produce an entertaining evening. Overall, the play is upbeat enough to let you leave the theater with good feelings. However, you realize, too, that while you have laughed much of the evening away, you have wit nessed some major tragedies that we all face these days. Ultimately, you are left with a complex mixture of both of joy and sorrow. Art imitates life. WANTED: A 20-25-year-old man with some interest in Shakespearean Renaissance. Must be willing to miss three days of school (May 11-15). No criminal record. Share drive to California with two people, fly back to Oregon with one person. Money for own food and ticket required. Will be camping. Serious inquiries and rapid response requested. Call 650-5367
