The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 05, 1977, Page Page 9, Image 9
Focus
From page 8
THE PROGRA1
CLUDE folk songs
Germany and Spa
"Exultate Deo" a
"La Guerre,"
Renaissance periot
formed, as will fan
from Gershwin's nr
and Bess" and Kod
"Ave Marie."
JOHN WAYNE I
three of the greatest
ma Ho Tujn nf (hi
booked by the Un
Arts committee t
"Red River" and
"Stagecoach" (1939
that made John Wa
rescued him from i
career in "B" wes
shown in the Russell
May 11.
John Ford direct
about eight misfi
whose lives are cl
Ringo Kid (John
shelters them from <
and from inside per
as they race aero
confined in a stag
Trevor, Thomas 1\
Devine and John (
star.
Critic John Cawe
film, "Perhaps no fi
visual resources o:
landscape more b;
this. Ford chose to s
*
By MELANIE IV
Gamecock Staff
There's an old
more they stay
propriately desci
FOR INSTANC
1/x/vlr 1_
IUUIV at tuc pcupit
many of the sai
Slagger's is boor
business. The Oth
Tabard Inn, but i
interior looks lik<
About the only
in the past year i:
flashing lights a
with more zeal th
I RECENTLY 1
are frequented b;
to oDserve ana te
of my escapade.
The Capitol Coj
the old Joyful Alt
success. It featui
mosphere. Daily
Mondays and We
these nights is us
you can see and
Jazz Quartet anc
'f*VnTIIPD Ml
Electric Warehoi
Huger Street. At
night, but after a
The management
attempt to lure U!
Live entertain
periodically, but
I system. A deli b
and a somewhat
charge is $1.50, ,
tunnel, a maze of
THE TOP OF 1
but it bears littli
structure. The wa
J white. The ceilin
yellow loops that
prom.
\ Top of the Five
fee is $10.00. The
crowd was attrai
begun to frequen
with a sprinkling <
VI WILL IN- p
from Hungary, in
tin. Scarlatti's cl
nd Janequin's cl
from the p<
i will be per- ir
ious selections si
lusical "Porgy n
laly's beautiful
IAS starred in G
t westerns ever s<
:m have been sc
ion Cinematic fii
his semester: ai
"Stagecoach." m
i), the western e>
VHP A Qtor Qnrl r\
J M W?VMI UI1U VJI
in ignominious p.
.terns, will be in
I House theatre fr
N
ed this classic
ts of society 18
langed by the C
Wayne). He m
outside attacks ai
sonal conflicts a;
ss the desert K
ecoach. Claire la
litchell, Andy el
,ui i auulc Uiau cJl
W
A
Hi said of the
1m exploits the
f the western to
rilliantly than w
hoot the major gi
IASON
Writer
saying that the mo
the same. No phr
riK/J PAI imKio'o koi
i IMV vyviUIIIUiU o uai
'E, Oliver's Pub is g
who visit the Capit
me faces that one
ning again after ai
ler Place was remoc
in less than a year
J the Other Place lo
new thing to happe
s disco. The music,
nd mostly the dam
nn thp 'nriuafa' nlnl
UUI
VISITED a number
y USC students. My
II what I saw. The f<
il Co. opened in the
ernative building ai
red a classy decor
lunch menus and li
idnesdays were add
ually from 50 to 75
hear such artists i
1 Nannv Pj?tr?h
- -'-rr/ 2W
BAR to open
ise, a mammoth dis
first, it was packe
few months busine
. is now trying to get
SC students back to
ment at the Wan
the main attraction
ar, in-house clothin
lascivious slide sho
and you get to wa
lights designed to44
PHE FIVE is in the ?
e resemblance to t
ills are lined with m
g features an odd
looks like crepe pa
i is a private club,,
clientele varies a
-ted at first, but n
t the place. The clt
of old beach songs, t
jrtion of the stagecoach's journey
i Monument Valley, a brilliant
:ioice because the visual
laracteristics of that topography
erfectly embody the complex
lixture of epic grandeur and
ivage hostility that the film
squires."
AND FINALLY, for the
olumbia Museum of Arts and
fences because they have been
> consistent in their publicity, this
rial reference to end Focus for
lother semester. The Columbia
useuin win sponsor a special
thibition and sale of Original
riental Art from 10 a.m. to 4:30
m. May 13 and 14. The collection
eludes approximately 500 pieces
om Japan, China, India, Tibet,
epal and Thailand.
The oldest prints date back to the
tth and 19th centuries and include
hinese woodcuts, Indian
liniature paintings, manuscripts
id master works by such artists
s Hiroshiee. Kunivoshi and
unisada. The modern pieces are a
rge group of original woodcuts,
chings, lithographs, serigraphs,
id mezzotints created by such
orld-renowned artists as Saito,
zechi, Mori, Katsuda and Maki.
A representative will be present
answer questions about the
orks, artists and the various
-aphic techniques employed.
^
re things change the
ase could more apr
scene.
;one, but if you take a
ol Coal Co., you'll see
e crowaea Oliver's.
ti extended slump in
leled and became the
the once-refurbished f |^JJ
oked in its last days.
n to Columbia's bars
the disk jockeys, the
:ing have caught on floor is usi
> craze of a year ago. frequently,
Hnr?rmon f/
uwt mall vv
of different bars that that with ?
purpose was mostly
blowing is a synopsis QUITE /
year. One<
latter part of 1976 in 10 years th
id was an immediate more polis
and a congenial at- liquor licei
ive entertainment on The Twil
led. Cover charge on either sex.
cents. For that price plete with
is th*? -lim Poptfiicnn ?-i- ?
W .... a. VI ^UiJVll SUCH (1C11VI
weekdays
The Stat
this year was the only to set
co in a warehouse on retain its
>d with people every primarily
ss Degan to dwindle, tertainmer
a liquor license in an a disk jocl
the bar.
?house is presented THE BA
l is the $30,000 sound snack (on1
ig and record stores ortogosta
w are offered. Cover The Secc
lk through the time provides c
mess up your head." formers a{
as Crystal
old Oliver's building, bar was re
he previous interior seating an
irrors, and the bar is still serves
design of green and bar will n<
per decorations at a Some ba
change the
and the membership
great deal. An older THE OL
ow the Greeks have years as t
ib plays disco music hands rec<
ind the lighted dance different ir
Product
By TERRY DUGAS
Gamecock Staff Writer
The finest theatrical evei
two years is the Departmen
production of "Waiting for 1
crew are outstanding. The
director, Michael Roberts<
thus subverting the meanin]
The Christian interpreta
there is a possibility of salv
and dialogue, the audience s
chance occurence. Godot
communicate with us or hs
unpredictable in showing ki
chance. His coming may I
damnation. Such bestowal
understanding.
It is this hopeless uncerti
such agony. Fear of the outc
the object of existance, of s
v lauuuM aaiu, in mis imn
alone is clear, We are waitin
The desperate sameness c
by the settings of Philip Mul
in the round with a stage of
pool, he creates the total v
moves his characters in an
and through the audience, e
action to encompass realit1
The lighting by John C
audience's attention for eff
Hie main characters, i
nicknamed Didi and Gogo,
McConnell and Keith Gaylo
personalities. They cannot
Their relationship is patte
comedy team. The action ii
Vf?rhal wit anH phnral Hqi
corporates mannerisms fr
duos: Laurel and Hardy, Ab
and Carney.
Bar seer
1 i
nanges, i
aains the
jally crowded. Specials on d
and 15-cent draft beer nights
)ld me there is no dress code
i grain of salt.
i FEW BARS have been rem
>f the first to do so was the Tw
ic uai was primarily a ureet
hed image developed with
use.
ight is an excellent piace to p
The party atmosphere and
juke box provides the perfeci
ity. The doorman said more i
and more girls on the week*
je Door has managed throu
up one of the nicer discos in
laid-back atmosphere. Do
a icaiuuitllll, wun occasio
it on weekends. Upstairs is he
cey and disco regalia.
R IS A nice place to take a da
weekends they serve sandwic
g and get into the disco,
nd Level is one of the few bar
ixclusively live entertainme
>pear early in the week, but 1
and the Zassoff Boys appear
cently remodeled, essentially
ci a more open atmosphere.
: 23 kinds of imported beer ai
sver go disco.
ir interiors and names hav<
i bar's images.
D CAMPUS CLUB SOUTH,
he hangout for all the local
intly and is now named Cla
i many ways. Liquor is now s<
ion is fin<
is
th
it at Carolina in the last au
t of Theatre and Speech's
Godot." The cast and the an
only problem is that the pi;
>n, changed the ending, sa
g and impact of the work. N(
tion of the play is that ca
ation. Through the action liv
ees that life is nothing but
ncphonr ? 'L
, r-wiupo UVU, uttunui un
ive feelings for us. He is ha
ndness, and judges us by "o
iring either salvation or wt
of grace passes human dii
i
iinty that makes waiting Gk
:ome makes waiting itself en
urvival. As the character of
lense confusion one thing 1
g for Godot to come." tiv
>f life is perfectly created m<
lien. Covering the theatre let
sand, rocks, a tree and a ce
l.i _ e t> i
vunu 01 man. uoDertson ye
d under the staging area ]
enlarging the scene of the en
y outside the stage. ce
lbrych, Jr. focuses the
ective emphasis. pa
Wadimir and Estragon, m<
brilliantly played by Lee wi
rd, have complementary Es
exist without each other. of
affnn o 1
uivu auci a vauuevilif 1
deludes slapstick humor, of
rices. Their delivery in- wi
om the major comedy 1
bot and Costello, Gleason ph
coi
f been extei
such as th<
| and Revu<
IV/ has had s
parties, w
. Another
? ^ reputation
1 IB f managers
some disc<
atmosphei
to have a
same Saturday <
evening fe
"Our busi
Irinks are offered UNLIKI
aifuommon. ine its 14th y<
, but I would take publicity.
Don's serv
known as !
odeled in the past that, he w?
alight. For nearly wall becai
c beer hangout. A Not to b
the addition of a the univer
with Popp
ilk up someone 01 words Pi
dance floor com- Don't hi
t environment for competitoi
guys are there on of bars an
ends.
gh expansion not "THIS I
town, but also to female ba
wnstairs is still Poppa add
>nal acoustic en- Tapp's pai
>pping with lights, concerned
As menti
improved
te for a late night who work
hes until 12 p.m.) nights to di
located in
s in town that still Tabard Im
nt. Acoustic perJigger
bands such FOR Til
on weekends. The GO.ien Spi
' to provide better Spur serv<
The management provided p
nd swear that the features a
As far a
i been altered to are concer
you'll reali
in the pas!
known for many attributes,
freaks, changed sameness
ncy's. The bar is such as (
erved, the bar has everybody
3St ill tW(
Despite the weighty themes,
humorous. The author, San
at mankind is a "circus of
idience heartily laughs at th
The other two characters in
id tortured slave named Li
ayed by Hinda Schreiber, i
vage master Pozzo, playe
jrman's aggressive perforr
llousness and snobbery, rep
ing with illusionary power.
His inhuman dominance of
e later revelation that he has
s gone dumb. In a moving sf
me day he went dumb, one da;
J ii go aeat, one day we were
-i the same day, the same s
Fhe final character is a youn
>dot's, well played by Scott
trances and exits add further
Godot.
Vladimir and Estragon sper
ity. They constantly say '
ave. They consider suicide
;'s do anything. It's safer."
rtainty of death forces them
ar after year, century after
Evprv rlav is Iho cama unrll?<
? j ?? J VMV UUIIIV VIIUIUO
dared because they fear tl
rtain only of their waiting,
rhe play originally ends wii
ssivity, ending as the firs
wement. Robertson, howeve
th an apparent decision on th<
itragon. An effort of will occuj
change, a breaking of the s
[t is the opposite of Beckett's
all that has gone before, 1
th the rest of the play.
Rnhprtcnn mav nnt hmm
vwwi. iivi iiovl dj
ilosophy, but did he have
tisistency for a potentially u
ided and live entertainment
e Amazing Buddy Ray and H
; play there and draw sizabh
several Saturday afternoon
hich have been quite succes
trvinrt f a ItirA /4/xm.
?j??6 w live uuwi
is the old Purple Onion, no
ent and most of the clientele
3 equipment has been brougl
e a bit. Sylvester's is a priva
very good Sunday-night cro
s. The college crowd goe
evenings, but when I droppe
w persons were there. A bai
ness is very erratic."
? ANY OTHER BAK in town
ear in business, seems to i
Last year's Gamecock mad<
'ed "rot gut" beer. Don's fat
Poppa, said sales boomed. I
is refused a Budweiser Clyde;
jse he served Blue Ribbon <
e outdone, Poppa commission
sity to paint a large poster
a sitting on a broken-down \
jppa's Rot Gut Beer."
is also been accused of beii
rs, so Poppa has set up a zoo r
id a picture of King Kong.
IAR IS FOR people who liki
rienuer saia. we nave fij
led. "But he . . . someone co?
king lot if they got mad enou
ioned earlier. Slagger's lategreatly
since the closing of
late can stop by Slagger's af
o some partying. Slagger's ai
the same building, are both
n, however, caters to more i
IOSE WITH no method of tr
lr in the Russell House is eas
es beer and wine, and live
eriodically. Lunch is served
build-your-own salad and s
s close-to-campus bars desi
ned, that's it. If you've bee
ze things are much the same
t few years. The concept of
For one thing it's secui
trend will continue until ai
iOs involvement, comes a
out of their ruts.
) years
the action of the play
luel Beckett, has said
the absurd," and the
ie clowns on stage,
the play are a bizarre
icky, sympathetically
md her cultured and
d by Karl Norman,
nance, a mixture of
iresents worldly man
Lucky is undercut by
gone blind and Lucky
>eech, Pozzo says that
y I went blind, one day
born, one day we shall
second."
g boy, a messenger of
Moore. His startling
mystery to the nature
id their lives in inac'let's
go," but never
but conclude "Don't
The even greater unto
wait day after day,
century.
s boredom and agony,
le unknown and are
th a reaffirmation of
t act ends, with no
r, concludes the play
e part of Vladimir and
rs. It is an affirmation
ibsurd cycle.
intention, the opposite
lopelessly incongrous
greed with Beckett's
to destroy thematic
ipoeat ending?
is frequent. Bands
is Easycome Band
- crowds. Clancy's
65-cent Heineken
ssful.
1 an unfortunate
w Sylvester's. The
are the same, but
it in to change th^
tp r*lnh QnH plaimc
VIUU1IO
>wd and large sixs
on Friday and
d in one Thursday
rtender remarked,
, Don's, observing
thrive on adverse
? a stflfpmpnt that
her, affectionately
ti conjunction with
sdale mural for his
iraft.
ned an artist from
of six Clydesdales
vagon bearing the i
tig a "zoo" by its
notif featuring lots
i to raise hell," a !
ghts sometimes," i
lid start a fight in
gh as far as that's
night business has
Oliver's. Persons
ter 12 on Saturday
nd the Tahard Inn
private clubs. The
;>f a Greek crowd.
ansportation, The
ily accessible. The
entertainment is
daily and the bar
andwich bar.
gned for students
n here for awhile,
as they have been
sameness has its
e. I predict the
lother movement,
long and shakes