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Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
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‘Yesterday’ starts tomorrow
Katie Wilson
Co-Editor-iti-Chtef
yny’s Playstation 3
ictualfy not worth
hying... some say
Well, it looks like the
laystation 3 (PS3) is being
lasted by game developers,
Siners and other haters. I
id some digging, and here’s
tune quotes from people
iho obviously don’t know
tat they’re talking about.
‘ The PS3 is a total disas-
ion so many levels. I think
s really clear that Sony lost
ack of what customers and
bat developers wanted.”
That’s a direct quote
om Gabe Newell, during
a interview with Game
former. He runs some
ame company called Valve,
velopers of the Half-Life
iries... it’s like, popular, or
jmething.
Anyway, Newell went on
i say that, “[...] even at
is late date, they should
ist cancel it and do a ‘do
>er’ - just say, ‘This was a
jirible disaster and we’re
orry, and we’re going to
lop selling this and stop
jing to convince people to
tvelop for it.’”
Todd Howard, another
tveloper from a no-name
jftware company called
ttheseda (creators of the
'Ider Scrolls series), recent-
i criticized Sony’s use of
lu-ray technology for the
S3 in an interview with
lectronic Gaming Monthly
I
Hie world is full of dirty people.
Not unwashed people; they aren’t special
I mean foe people with filthy souls and tiny
minds: people who make it into history
books, Russian novels, t-shirts and, in this
case, a ilay.
• The Theatre Department will be
performing Garson Kanin’s Bom Yesterday
this term.
One of foe main characters is a crooked,
r*
foul-mouthed scrap dealer named Harry'
Brock, who is taking advantage of World
War n and making a bundle off of scrap
metal. He buys off politicians without a
second’s thought.
“He’s made money and a life by being
a bully. Sound familiar?” asked Director
David Smith-English; “Do things ever
change?”
Artist-in-Residence Matt Morrison
plays Brock.
“It’s been fun to watch him take on
the Harry Brock role - the character isn’t
like him at all,” said Smith-English. “It
hasn't come easily for him, but he’s got
it down now.”
The two primary characters are
Brock’s mistress, Billie Dawn (played by
Heather Ovalle), and an intrepid reporter
frying to get the dirt on Brock, Paul i
Verrail (played by Mark Polendey).
Dawn is’ the ■
dtimb '
broad ... preferably blonde, but may her
hair color be whatever the good Lord did
intend it to be - the stereotypes exist for
a reason.
“He’s right. I’m stupid, ant) I like it,”
Dawn declares at one point.
But here’s the problem, and the plot
of the plaV'lg
Brock is trying to get in good with and
buy off senators congressmen anyone,
and there’s Dawn, ruining his. chances,
reputation and sanity every time she
opens her mouth. What’s the Supreme
Gourt? Dawn doesn’t know.
Brock forms | plan. He hires Verrall
to coach Dawn, She needs to learn how
to talk, walk and act correctly. What be
doesn’t take into consideration is that
she might learn how to think.
' “Me blossoms; she;.grows^i,said‘j;
Smith-English. “She figures out what’s
going on. She develops a moral compass.”
The Theatre Department has never done
a play like this before, according to Smith-
English.
“The issues dealt with, the charac
that are such identifying character
now,” said Smifo-B^A. “It’s a classic.”
And it’s not just the characters that
should interest the audience.
“The set is absolutely gorgeous,'
Smith-English. “I think people w:
stunned. And the costumes! I’d foiy
how interesting foe clothes of that era
are ... foe hotel workers have wont
costumes.”
And in foe end, “it’s a comedy
added. “Even with all these issues s
|«3t still is a comedy.” '
Bom Yesterday wi 11 debut tomorrow
pm. Evening performances are schei
through Sat., March 3, and next Thursday
through Saturday (March 8through 10)
at 7 p.m. Matinees are scheduled for 2:30
p.m., March 4 and 11. General admission
is $10; seniors 62 and older, as
students, are $8. For more informal
503-657-6958, ext 2356
All photos by Katie Wilson Clackamas Print
EGM).
“Drive
speed matters
lore to me [than capac-
y], and Blu-ray is slower,”
toward said.
To put all this tech-talk in
mtext, Howard and Newell
is whining about how long
takes developers to create
anes for the PS3 because
show advanced it is. I guess
ey feel it was too early for
my to implement Blu-ray
sc drives in a console, and
s going to take a while for
em to catch up. God, what
bunch of emo-kids.
The magazine PC World
d the balls to claim that
ePS3 was one of the 21
p tech screw-ups of 2006.
by? Because of its delayed
lease, its expensive price-
g, over 200 PSOne and
52 games aren’t compat-
le with it and that Sony,
cording to analysts, is
tally losing money
¡cause of 1he system. Pffi,
hat does PC World know
out video gamds anyway;
body plays games on PCs
ymore>
I don’t think Newell,
»ward or the editors at PC
'»Id have even played a
53.1 mean, it’s awesome,
have one, but I don’t have
y games for it because I
d to sell a kidney to buy
e system, and there won’t
¡any good games on it until
ffi. But hey, it was totally
wth it to pay $600 for a
iny, black paperweight.
The only downside to
wing a PS3 is that my
ends are too busy with
rir Xbox 360s and Wiis
come over and stare at it
an, they don’t know what
ty’re missing.
LEFT: Director David Smith-English
(far left) oversees the setup in a
scene with student actor Heather
Ovalle (middle) and Matt Morrison
(right), this year’s artist-in-resi-
dence.
ABOVE: Mark Polendey plays reporter
Paul Verall in Born Yesterday.
Student-directed one-act plays coming soon
Jennifer Jenkins
The Clackamas Print
The Theatre Department is
giving students the opportu
nity to learn from each other
by granting them complete
creative liberty.
Department Head David
Smith-English allows students
to produce one-act plays that
are generated entirely by the
participants.
Smith-English offers the
director’s position to students
who have demonstrated the
necessary skills and abil
ity in previous productions or
classes. After they are chosen,
advisor Cynthia Smith English
is on hand for guidance and
advice, but doesn’t force her
vision on the productions.
For the upcoming Winter
Term Festival, there will be
two one-act plays. They are
Lysistrata, directed by Mark
Polendey, and Perfect, direct
ed by Sarah Wilson. Both
plays are comedies and run
approximately 15 minutes.
Along with the plays, the
standup comedy class will
show off their newly-honed
skills for the last part of the
hour.
When asked what they have
enjoyed most, participants in
the one-acts made it clear that
a director has a much different
experience than an actor.
“Student
actors
being
directed by other students can
be difficult,” said Kelly Miller,
who stars in Lysistrata.
The advice Miller gave
for future participants is to
remember that the director is
a student, too; it is crucial to
view the whole process as a
learning experience and get
past the hurdles egos can cre
ate.
Director Mark Polendey
has seen the entire process
as a course for self-improve
ment.
“Working as a director
has improved my skills as an
actor,” said Polendey.
Polendey has seen both
sides of the fence and can
really appreciate what direct
ing a play means. The experi
ence has given him a better
understanding of what a direc
tor wants from his perform
ers.
For anyone considering
auditioning for the Spring
Term One-Act Festival, it’s a
great idea to go see this term’s
productions. Students can get
a feel for what is being put on
the stage.
Also, participants in any
of the festivals receive course
credits. After the auditions,
selected students register for
a one-credit class that meets
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday for one hour between
noon and 3 p.m., based on the
cast rehearsal schedules.
For those who love theatre,
but have busy schedules, it is
a great way to earn Arts and
Letter credits while being a
part of something you enjoy.
Spring auditions will be
posted soon, and no prepara
tion is needed.
The Winter Term Festival
will be held in McLoughlin
Theatre on Tues., March 13
through Thurs., March 15 from
noon to 1 p.m., with a 7 p.m.
showing on Thurs., March 15.
For -more information, call
503-657-6958, ext.2356.
Attendees will receive a
lunch-hour filled with com
edy, and admission is free.