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By Jim Poindexter
Gamecock Stuff Writer
A group of butterflies flexed their wings and cried
out for women's freedom this past weekend in
Longstreet Theatre.
The butterflies were actually a host of characters
portrayed by Gailanne Stewart, a graduate student
working towards her Master of Arts degree in
theatre and speech. Her thesis project was entitled
Ca^ed Multi-Colored Female Butterflies, a collection
of three scenes and nine monologues that featured n
wide range of playwrights and genres. Miss Stewart
was assisted in her production by James Freeman, a
graduate student, and Jane Turner, an undergraduate
The production was the end result of an idea that
was born last spring. Miss Stewart explains the
theme by saying. "I'm crazy about butterflies. 1 sec
butterflies as hemg free females, women flying in
their Ireedom. The original title did not contain the
word raged. It was added later because most of the
pieces involvcv.i' nen bring caged, usualb. b\ men "
The pitiy >'>penrd uith Jun Freeman, dressed as
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music dressed is Fve She thru began her
monologues. s!;r'!iii(j with the character Kve. m
l\--'s iJw.ty i>\ Mark Twam. The next monologue
ua.s Helena, from Shakespeare's .M?>;?>i? r Sight's
D'ram and then Freeman joinied tier 11? portray
i'mesias in a scene Irom Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
Stewart's versatility was evident throughout the
production From the sultry Myrrhina in the previous
scene, she swung into the street tough "Somebody
Almost Walked ()!t Wid Alia My Stuff" from For
Colored (iirls W'hc Have Considered Suicide When the
Rainbow is Enough. by Ntozake Shange.
Sparky was the next character presented, and then
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By Nancy Young
Gamecock StiiM Writer
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is one of theatre's newest and most inventive playwr
Family Business, was first produced Off-Broadway in 1!
rave reviews from critics like Walter Kerr and Rex I
Workshop Theatre has brought the play to Columbia ui
personal guidance.
The three-act play concerns itself with the inheritance
to his four sons, and how they must deal with it and ea
Stein, the eldest son" follows the footsteps of his father
business. He is an opinionated man whose main concert
Philip is the seemingly well-to-do psychologist, be
desperate need of the inheritance money. Norman
servant to his father and his brothers. Jerry, the y<
father's favorite, is spoiled and a closet homosexual.
The drama is brilliant theatre. While the language
modern and realistic, the theme shows an affinity \
biblical tales of Cain and Abel, of Jacob and Esau: the t
caused by jealousy and covetiveness are resolved by
While the heme is universal, the .Jewish s*>nse of far
unity convey it with added urgency and intensity.
Lou Kaplan as fsiah Stein is the epitome of a Jewi
proud, humorous and guided by his heart instead of
Rodriguez played a believable Bobby, a man too a
business to fulfill the needs of his family. The scenes
Jerry, played adequately by Steve Bordner, are espe
The most gripping moment of the play is the scene i
Bobbv asks for Jerry's love and understanding.
Family Business is playing through Jan 20, and it is <
which must be seen. Although the language is quite si
effectively to add to the intensity of the drama
flies' featured
L/points, spirit
Jane Turner turned in a powerful performance as
Mrs. X in a scene from The Strnnvvr hv StrinHh*?rcJ
These monologues and the two scenes were a collage
of different feminine roles. Stewart presented both
ends of the female spectrum, from sultry seducer to
tough individual.
Another monologue from For Colored Girls started
the second half of the production and was followed by
Georgia, a character from the play Fairness of Face
which Stewart wrote herself.
Stewart was excellent in this portrayal, displaying
the genuine talent she posseses as an actress. This
monologue blended into a scene from No Place To Be
Somebody, by Charles CJordone. The scene featured
Stewart as Cora, Freeman as Shanky, and Turner as
the sister at the door. The next three monologues
wore taken irom For Colored Girls. An epilogue was
provided in a final monologue from As You I.ike It. by
William Shakespeare.
Speaking of the production, Stewart said, "1
wanted to create an evening of entertainment 1 want
the audience to share my ideas, not just an evening of
entertainment, hut I want them to leave with
something to think about
The play provided a refreshing approach to the
idea of women's rights. Stewart said, "Women have
gained a lot of respect I'm old fashioned, but I
believe men arc beginning to sec women as more
than sox symbols, and women arc beginning to see
themselves as having more punch in the world. 1 love
femininity, but I don't hide behind it." This attitude
was evident throughout the production.
Stewart's plans are to go on to a M F A in acting,
or a Ph I) in psycho-drama Psycho-drama is a
newly developed field that involves employing
theatrical techniques in work with the emotionally
disturbed.
'X-stati
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** Gamecock Staff Writer
'' At first Daryl Hall and John
Oates seemed no more than yet
another blue-eyed soul team, albeit
a good one; "She's Gone" could
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ners album. But as time coursed
on, Hall and Oates developed into a
, hit of an enigma.
Successive albums showed Hall
i and Oates moving slowly into pop
A, and rock idioms, incorporating
influence after influence into stateof-the-art
pop. The high point is
their last album. Along the Red
Ledge, which contains, along with
^ ML V guest shots by Todd Rundgren,
George Harrison and Hick Neilsen,
sorneo' ^1C svveolesl P?P music in
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of the same, with the subtle difference
that now Hall and Oates
have learned to rock out without
any help. The album contains more
obvious pop-hit-single shots, but
the second side explodes in a fire of
1TDC we-mean-it rock and roll and
Ilv^ worthy of the Who.
The album opens with "Woman
,Y . P ,.h Comes and Goes," a vague,
it* l?. uninteresting number about the
!?. i lS P a\i ^ew Morality of lovemaking. The
J1 re^e,v0 current single, "Wait for Me," is a
Heed. And now,
nder Goldberfts '7^'"" Iff swl"!je,r 'hat fows
Hall and Oates ability to get a hit
; left by a lather '"hey want one.
ch other. Bobby The album's centerpiece
into the family number, and a great one it is, is
lis the business. "Portable Radio," a slightly
inkrupt and in discofied fun-in-the-sun homage to
is the obedient music machines that will no
mngest and his doubt be the next single. A song
with a Beach Boys sort of mindless
and setting are happiness, "Portable Radio" is
Aith the classic attention-getting, superbly written
heme that feuds and stunningly performed. Just try
a family bond. and not dance to this one.
nily loyalty and
"All You Want is Heaven" and
ish patriarch ? "Who Said the World was Fair"
his head. Wally close side one, the first a passable
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with Bobby and the second a directionless disco
cially touching. tune abut how nasty things in
in Act III when general are. Killer.
But while side one is a mix of
definitely a play brilliance and dullness, side two
trong, it is used roars from start to finish with a
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Actress G a Harm
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sort of capsule roundup of modern
rock. "Running irom rarauis>c i&
disco-influenced but at the same
time chews apart disco
philosophy: "I gave you every
pose you asked for, played every
game you fantasized ; I called your
bluff, we're running out of breath
? you're hooked on looking, not on
what you find."
Superb production and
musicianship makes "Running
from Paradise" lislenable and
provocative. Numerous hooks in
the songwriting cancel the disco
beat effectively.
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"Number One" is a wildly
imaginative song of praise to a
girlfriend derivative of punk and
reggae influences, with a drum
line lifted straight from Elvis
Costello's "Watching the Detectivos;
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original; the combination of influences
outlines the styles without
parrot ting them.
Hall and Oates' tribute to thud
roc k is "Bebop Drop," which is
actually better than anything
Foreigner or Boston has ever done.
The song is professionally done
ie Stewart Rus.ell Jeffcoat
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using the characteristic heavy
guitar chords in innovative ways.
"Hallofon" is Daryl Hall's in-,
strumental composition featuring
the odd-sounding Hallophone. The
piece is a little weird and a little
repetitive, but it serves as an
excellent introduction to the
album's closing number, 4,Intravino,"
a rousing hymn to the
pleasures of wine Here a reedy
nrpfln anH Hrnmmino rominicnoni
of Keith Moon conjure up images
of the Who in their Who's Next
days. This isn't to say that Hall and
Oates are anywhere near the Who
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in ability", but their music reminds
us of them, and that's a feat in
itself.
X-Static is not quite as good as
Along the Red Ledge, but it's close.
'Portable Radio" shows Hall and
Oates' incredible ability to write
pop hits, and the whole of side two
shows their awareness of just what
is going on in the music world.
From Philly soulsters to rockworld
historians. Daryl Hall and
John Oates have musical sense and
taste far greater than most of their
own influences.