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Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008
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jalloween inspires a life of acting
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how to be better actors. Being in
on the classes gives me a chance
to get back to the basics and
improve my own skills,” said
’ Sharinghousen.
According to Sharinghousen,
the best part about acting is get
ting to become a different person
and putting yourself into situa
tions that you normally wouldn’t
get to be in. He loves getting
to explore what it’s like being
in someone else’s shoes and
explore what it’s like moving as
a different person.
“James (Sharinghousen) is an
amazing actor. A year and a half
ago we put on the college pro
duction ‘Oklahoma,’ and James
played the character Ali Hakem,
who was a hustler,” said Smith-
English. “James did a knock out
job developing that character.”
According to Smith-English,
Ali Hakem is not the only impres
sive character Sharinghousen has
played.
“This last summer, the
Clackamas Repertory Theatre,
Clackamas’ professional theater,
did a musical called ‘Swinging
on a Star,’ which required tap
dancing,” said Smith-English.
“James had never tapped before;
he went out and learned how to
tap in a matter of a couple weeks
and did a great job with it. It was
really spectacular how fast he
learned how to tap.”
According to Smith-English,
Sharinghousen has played a big
role in the development of the
other students.
“James is a great actor, and
(the students) see that. They
identify with what he’s doing
and identify what makes him
successful,” said Smith-English.
Outside of his job as the Artist
in Residence at Clackamas,
he is working at the House of
Midnight, Bullwinkle’s Family
Fun Center’s haunted house. He
has been helping with everything
from set design to construction,
and will also play a role in the
haunted house.
“Working in haunted houses
is just like acting on stage; you
Still get the opportunity to devel
op your own character,” said
Sharinghousen.
After
Clackamas,
Sharinghousen plans on becom
ing a professional actor and
hopes to have his own perfor
mance company and run his own
haunted house.
Coming into this job with no
prior experience in casting or pro
duction has led Sharinghousen to
a new perspective on the amount
of work that is put into a show.
“It’s been really interesting
being around David (Smith-
English) throughout this entire
process and getting to think along
with him during all of it. I like
being able to see what goes into
a production from a different per
spective,” said Sharinghousen.
Smith-English
has
been
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very pleased so far with how
Sharinghousen has responded to
being the Artist in Residence.
“James is a pleasure to be
around. He works hard to be an
effective Artist in Residence and
works hard to be the most use
ful that he can be to the theater
department and to the other stu
dents,” Smith-English said.
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“Heroes” — This drama about
people with extraordinary powers is
returning for its third season with more
twists and characters than ever, which
is almost the show’s downfall. There
are simply too many characters for
one hour-long episode to adequately
follow. To compensate for the over
whelming cast, the players are being
slowly assigned to one of two teams:
the heroes and the villains, those try
ing to save the world and those trying
to destroy it Hopeful ly this reshuffling
will cut down on the annoyingly long
breaks between the di fferent storylines
that are simultaneously going on.
Aside from this flaw, the show
remains as engrossing and thought
provoking as the previous two seasons.
Several new faces have appeared,
including Daphne, a young woman
with super-human speed; Tracy, a
woman who can turn anything to ice;
and Knox, a dangerous villain who
feeds on the fear around him. At the
same time, many of last season’s stars
have stepped back, and only appear
sporadical ly, such as Micah and his
cousin Monica.
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Henry is a regular and average
man with a job, wife and kids. Edward
is a stubborn, secretive and deadly
spy who’s part of a top-secret section
of the government The premise of
the show is interesting enough — two
distinct personalities in one body. As
we are told in the show, Edward is die
original personality, and Henry is an
artificially created alter-ego that serves
as Edward’s cover.
The show has a good sense of
humor and doesn’t drag out obvious
plot twists. Even better, the storyline
doesn’t dwell on the cliché and over
done “who is real?” question. The
show is very upfront and easy to
follow.
But interesting and intriguing as
it is, the idea has a potentially fatal
dilemma, which is—why would a spy
with so many deadly enemies want
to have such a cover? If his enemies
were to find his alter-ego, he would be
helpless to defend himself as the pilot
episode skillfully demonstrates.
Since file show airs right after
“Heroes,” it’s not hard to convince
oneself to spend one more hour in
front of the TV. The messages that
Henry and Edward leave for each
other add a unique kind of humor to
the spy backdrop and as an added
bonus the show7 fil Is the hour between
“Heroes” and the late news.
“Crusoe” - The newest addition
to NBC’s line-up is an adaption of the
classic story ofthe castaway Robinson
Crusoe and his cannibalistic compan
ion, Friday. The idea is perfect - two
men and a dog stranded on an island
for an extended period of time are
bound to have all manner of adv en
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“Fringe” — “Fringe” appears to be
“The X Files” for a new generation.
The similarity goes beyond the subject
matter, in that it also has a male and
female pairing, Peter and Olivia, as the
dominant characters.
This time around though, there
are more permanent and important
supporting characters that are crucial
to file storyline. The show certainly
has the same appeal - mysterious,
addicting and thought provoking. But,
where ‘The X Files” left a lot up
to paranormal and occult reasoning,
Fringe gives the viewers a scientific
spin on file fantastic events happening
in the show.
C ertain tidbits are left unexplained,
such as the repeated appearance of
Olivia’s dead partner and file mys
terious bald man who is somehow
connected to Peter and his lather, but
instead ofbeing annoying, these delib
erate blanks draw the viewer in and
make for a compelling storyline.
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“House” - Gregory House, every
one’s favorite arrogant, narcissistic
doctor is back for a fourth season.
Sadly, the show has digressed from
what it began as. It did not used to be
about the gossip and drama that hap
pened between file permanent char
acters. That used to be pleasant filler.
Then with the introduction of multi
episode story arcs, file show became
more about the inter-character antics
than the medical mysteries that drew
viewers in the first place.
Following the loss of most of the
original cast, die show is relying even
more heavily on House’s childish
antics to cany die show. Overall, the
show just isn’t what it used to be.