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6 Clackamas Print Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Arty ntertainment I believe in ‘Yesterday’ Liz Travers I The Clackamas Print “The first audience is like [your] training wheels,” said Kelly Renee Miller, who plays Mrs. Hedges in the Theatre Department’s production of Garson Kanin’s play, Born Yesterday. However, this cast definitely didn’t need any training wheels. Born Yesterday debuted on Thursday night at 7 p.m. The lights came up at 7:03 p.m. to a beautifully crafted hotel set, complete with railings, foyer and a chandelier. Each character makes his or her appearance with flair, from Harry Brock (played by Matt Morrison) to the maid in the first scene (Jennifer Whitten). The story starts out with Brock coming to Washington, DC to buy a governor (played by John Schmidt). He is a devious, selfish, self-centered, arrogant snake played perfectly by Morrison. It appeared that Morrison had absolutely no trouble learning the part as he swaggered across the stage, barking orders at his cousin, Eddie Brock (played by James Sharinghousen). Bille Dawn is Brock’s girl in the story. She is sweet and naive, and has no sense or manners. Played by • POETRY • CREATIVE NON-FICTION • SHORT FICTION • LITERARY ANALYSIS - Open to students at Clackamas, Mt. Hood, and Portland Community Colleges - Postmark deadline: May 1 st, 2007 - Contest sponsored by the Thomas Binford Endowment for Writing - Submission details: www.marylhurst.edu/writingcontest - Writing scholarships and classes, call 503.699.6268 r FIRST PLACE WINNER: $ 100, a free 3 credit Marylhurst University English Literature and Writing class, publication in Marylhurst's M Review. SECOND PLACE WINNER: $100 THIRD PLACE WINNER: $50 • US News & World Report BEST COLLEGES 2007 "Number one in the Northwest for small classes" MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY JUST 10 MINUTES SOUTH OF PORTLAND Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredited 17600 PACIFIC HIGHWAY (HWY. 43) MARYLHURST, OREGON Serving students since 1893. I THE D-FñD Heather Ovalle, she gives the impression of being as dumb as a bag of hammers, but as the story progresses, her shallow exterior cracks, giving a glimpse of the intelligent woman underneath. Every character in the show has a depth to him or her that isn’t seen until much later. The reporter, Paul Verrall (played by Mark Polendey), starts off being a little devious after he takes on the project of refining Dawn for Brock. As the lessons continue, Dawn begins to understand the power of knowledge as Verrall falls in love with her. The costumes, which were fashioned for about 1946, were just great. The hotel staff (played by Jennifer Whitten, Dawn Quick and Emily Yakoola) had very authentic- looking uniforms, complete with brass buttons and bellhop hats. For some of the cast, this was their first show. Quick and Yahoola have both been involved in theatre before. “I got talked into it,” said Quick. Sharinghousen, a little newer to the stage, said, “I was threatened with naked mole rats.” Born Yesterday will continue to run through March 11. For more information, or for tickets, contact the Theatre Department. Writing Contest www.marylhurst.edu 800.634.9982 * 1 By Jeff Sorensen ‘The Caiman’ repulses Rachel Gillette The Clackamas Print Weighing in that die average American knows very 1ittle Italian and next to nothing about Italian politics, 77re Caiman was already playing to a tough crowd. Indirect tactics and drudgery were not sufficient ways to win viewers over. The Caiman is a political, Italian film directed by Nanni Moretti. It stars Silvio Orlando as bumbling producer Bruno Bonomo, who is watching his production company and marriage slip through his fingers. Despite my lack of insight con cerning corrupt Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, I managed to grasp that he is a charismatic and likable leader who held Italy in a headlock by controlling the media, namely tele vision. He has also been tried on numerous accounts regarding extreme financial discrepancies. The jabs at die prime minister would have been a decent plot if that was the clear agenda of The Caiman. It was hard to decipher if this was the focus, or if we were to be empathiz ing with Orlando’s character and his woes. His woes are plentiful, and Orlando does a terrific job of tugging die heart strings. He is a wonderfill lead with witty, dry one-liners and honest inten tions. His liability was die only draw I felt to the film (aside from the hilarity of the subtitles, in which “pajamas” is spelled “pyjamas” and an “S” is placed everywhere a “Z” should be). Bonomo grapples for footing in his waning marriage, trying desperately to keep it together. His debt is over whelming, and he pitches for a script before he has read its entirety. Only after the script is accepted to be filmed does Bonomo realize he is now producing a blatantly left wing movie that aims to crucify Prime Minister Berlusconi before Berlusconi charms his way through the next elec tion. Powerfill leaders appear to be taboo in Italy, and films that dare to show them in an unfavorable fight are sim ply unheard of. Unfortunately, there is more mention of how these films are never made than of the fraudulent Prime Minister himself It would seem that The Caiman was trying to inform Italy of Berlusconi’s slimy nature, but it only toyed with this concept and never actually accomplished the feat While struggling with whether I was to care about Bonomo’s love life or the roundabout at Berlusconi, I somehow got lost and stopped caring about both and waited for the lights to come up so that I could give my best death-stare to the lustful couple behind me who kept kicking my seat I think it’s fair to consider« myself both a gamer and al journalist, and I’m worried that« a time is approaching where 1’11« be forced to choose between I the two. I doubt I’m the first! “gamer” to pursue “real jour-« nalism,” but I’ve always seen I this column as a way for al “gamer” to offer insight on! our culture for some readers I who might otherwise be left« unaware. Well, things are heat-1 ing up for gamers in the media I again, and somebody has to I say something about it Roughly a month ago, 11 found a video clip from a Fox« News affiliate in Milwaukee I where they “reported” that it I was possible for children to be 1 approached by sexual preda-l tors using their Nintendo DS I while driving down the high-1 way. Luckily, die idea of some-« body communicating with al stylus (a small, pen-shaped! object) while operating al vehicle is absurd enough. I never mind the fact that com-1 munication like that is impos-1 sible while the kid is plavingt a game. Then there was a story that I CNN ran two weeks ago and I disgusted me on multiple lev-1 els. The story was about a 15-1 year-old boy who, along with! some friends, killed a home-1 less man and rubbed their own I feces on his face. CNN reported that the! boy told police the beating« “reminded him of a video« game,” and without any expla-1 nation or further mention of! gaming, the story continued.! Now, anyone who reads the! stoy will believe the kid was! acting out a video game where! the purpose is to kill a home-1 less man and mb feces on him! ... a game I’m almost positive! doesn’t exist. Which brings me to just« this last week, where a trial« began for a murder in Klamath« Falls, Ore., of a 20-year-old« man who killed a 15-year-old« boy in a motel and blamed ® on video games. The attorney« said they’re just looking fix ® sentence less than murder, an® neither he, nor the Associate® Press, nor the Medford NBC® affiliate, gives a damn abo® the effect this kind of reporn n® will have on the public’s opin® ion of video-gamers. The reason I’m bringing® these stories to light is because® they are all high-profi le exam® pies of how the media is fuel® ling a new kind of discrim® nation. Soon, gamers migh® be expected to attend “anony® mous” meetings, use separate| bathrooms or even sit in th® back of the bus! Does that sound absurd® Of course it does ... but it’s fa® less absurd than the idea th® I’m somehow' less of a per® son or more prone to violent® because of the way I choos® to spend my free time. Medi® outlets that recklessly portra® gamers this way are the reasoi® so many people think it’s oka® to blame video games for th® actions of psychopaths. So, if forced to choose, I® stick with my video game® The things I’m capable of as a journalist are much worse. I
