M arch 3, 2004
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Timeless play gives TV show new life
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Katie Funk
T he C lackamas P rint
Clackamas’ version of “The
Odd Couple,” although perhaps
not quite up to the standard set by
Walter Matthau and Jack Jxmmon
in the 1968 movie by the same
name, is still an enjoyable occupa
tion for a rainy weekend evening.
"Michael Gerber, the college’s
Artist in Residence, plays Oscar
Madison, a laid-back, disorderly
sports writer; Felix Ungar, a fanat
ic for cleanliness and organization,
is played by Tom Cavanaugh.
As the play opens, Oscar’s
Friday night poker game is inter
rupted with the news that Felix,
one of the game’s regulars, is half
heartedly threatening suicide after
being thrown out by his wife.
Oscar, whose wife left him several
years before, calms him. and s-
uggests that Felix move in with
him to cut down on expenses.
Soon, however, the behaviors that
drove their wives to leave them
have Oscar and Felix fighting like
the proverbial “old married cou
ple.”
Gerber and Cavanaugh are the
stars ■ of the production, each
amplifying his own personal habits
to the extreme, portraying their
respective characters xyith enough
comedy to keep tl/e audience
laughing and enougl/realism to be
plausible. Laugher erupts from
the audience at situations that cast
Felix in a feminine light, such as
his insulted aggravation with
Oscar when he is late for dinner.
Other emotions—the exaspera
tion on Oscar’s face as he flings a
plate against the wall in anger, for
example, or the desperation in his
eyes as he tries to avoid strangling
his roommate—keep the audience
enthralled, wondering what will
happen next.
Supporting characters add to
the humor and bring the play and
its plot closer. to everyday life.
Clueless poker pal Vinnie (Bob
Alsman), with his bucket hat and
wide-eyed naivety, is the typical
nice guy. Roy (Tony Marccllino) is
the nerdy accountant whose
attempts to be funny result in pity.
Speed (Matt Zak) is an easy-going
loudmouth that doesn’t take any
thing too seriously. Police officer
Murray (Matt Morrison) talks big
but doesn’t mean it.
Unlike many Clackamas plays,
“The Odd Couple” features only
two female roles, played by Annie
Rimmer and Bckah Finch.
Gwen
Upstairs
neighbors
(Rimmer) and Cecily (Finch)
Pigeon pepper one evening with
fits of high-pitched giggles when
Oscar trios to push Felix back into
the dating world by inviting the
ladies to dinner. •
‘Neil Simon’s original “Odd
Couple” has prompted many
reproductions, including a five-
season TV show in the ‘70s and
many neighborhood theater per
formances, and for good reason.
The plot is timeless—couples are
constantly separating or getting
divorced, guys will always have
Friday night poker games and
opposite personalities will forever
alternately attract and repel one
another.
Clackamas’
theater
department certainly docs justice
to this enduring account of two
people testing their friendship to
the limit and still surviying.
Anyone who missed the open
ing weekend still has a few more,
chances to attend the winter term
production. “The Odd Couple”
will be presented in the
McLoughlin Theatre March 4-6 at
7 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m. on March
7. The cost is $8 general admis
sion or $5 for students and sen
iors.
Contact David Smith-
English at ext. 2725, for more
information.
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Oscar Madison (top) and Felix Ungar bring their
respective characters to life in ‘The Odd Couple.’
Controversial film shows Gibson's true "Passion'
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James Caviezel shines as Jesus Christ in ‘The Passion’.
Dairy-free theater offers
low cost Monday nights
also offer coffee and a variety of
teas for only $1.
The Hollywood Theatre is
Monday night can be the most located on 4122 N.E. Sandy
dreaded night of the week for Blvd., on the cross-streets of NE
some, but for others, it can be» Broadway and 41st Avenue.
enhanced with a low-cost evening Parking can be a bit of a hassle
at Portlands Hollywood Theatre. due to the lack of a theater lot,
Typically, this theater plays but with a bit of a hunt, street
movies by independent film com parking can be found.
The theater is one of the few
panies as well as old classics.
“Zero Day” (2003), which started grand theaters of the 1920s left in
Feb. 27, is an independent film Portland.
11 spent nearly 30 years in dis
about “The Army of Two,” two
teenage boys who stage a repair befiye the Oregon Film &
Columbine-style assault against Video Foundation purchased it in
their high school. The story is 1997 for the purpose of preser
presented in the form of video vation and renovation. Although
diaries from the boys as" well as gradual improvements are still
security camera coverage from being made, it is now one of
Portland’s must-see attractions.
the school.
The architecture is amazing.
In March will be a showing of
“From Here to Eternity” (1953), Big hallways lead to the auditori
an Academy Award winner por ums and the stairwell is almost
traying military life in Hawaii just like being in a crooked house. It
before the attack on Pearl leans to one side and can bring
one back to fond memories of
Harbor.
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Jessica LeClaire
T he C lackamas P rint
Take one genius director,
add one amazing actor, and the
result is just the right formula
for a movie good enough to be
about Jesus Christ.
“The Passion of the Christ”
opened nationwide last week
to packed theaters everywhere.
Many viewers left the theater
in tears. The gripping portray
al of what Jesus went through
in his final hours was high
lighted the most in this movie.
Although, to some, this was a
grotesque and vile display, to
me this was a toned-down ver
sion of what he really had to
endure.
In maintaining the Biblical
story of Jesus, the movie was
performed in Aramaic, the
Arabic language, and Latin, the
language of the Romans, with
English subtitles.
The part Jesus was played
by James Caviezel, a devout
Catholic who had turned down
a previous offer from another
director. Caviezel .did not feel
that the first script had the
authenticity it needed. When
he saw Mel Gibson’s idea,
though, Caviezel jumped at the
opportunity. The great thing
about Caviezel is that he
poured 110 percent, of his
heart and soul into this part.
The audience never felt like it
was an actor on the,screen;
instead, most saw Jesus Christ.
One role that has not gotten
much attention from reviewers
is the part of Satan, played by
Rosalinda Celentano. She is
beautiful and yet horrifying
simultaneously. According, to
the Bible, Satan used be an
angel, so for accuracy’s sake
the character would have be
somewhat beautiful.
At the
same time, the evilness inside
of her shows through.
This is a morally appropri
ate movie that uses the actors’
raw talent to sell the movie
rather than sex. The movies
that use sex as a seller have
been wrong all this time.
Gibson has shed a new light
into Hollywood: the light of
morals.
“The Passion” did not fall
short when it came to ticket
sales cither. The film grossed
over $76 million in revenues
for its openitfg weekend,' leav
ing all others playing that
weekend in its dust.
Through this movie, believ
ers will be shown the gospels
in a new light and non-believ
ers will see the truth for the
first time. One improvement 1
would suggest is displaying a
number at the end of the
movie that viewers could call
to get more information about
living a life with Christ.
Parents with kids should be
warned about the amounts of
blood contained in the movie.
But it is the truth; should we
shelter our children from that?
Either way, this is a movie that
everyone needs to see to
believe.
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