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-entertai I U! dllld By John Vaughan "Buried Child" is a pre provoking play. Or at least 1 same "they" who awarded S Prize for writing the drama; sucn reading in college Englisl But "Buried Child" is the 1 experienced exclusively on b but I'm not convinced it pla production, the weaker the exj USC's production of "Bui Lonffstreet Theatre is thprpi director and cast shoulder 5 _ fgtr ;|* ~ ? - " \ s* i ! -" -wmm < n Dodge (Ray Kinney) is often ( confused about what is going Child." I'm gonna stai Student/ By Beverly Simmons USC student Mike Gen returned from Salt I^ake City he was learning things he won university campus. Genova, one of the nation's 1 experts and the owner of t karate studios, was learnii heady world of movie-makinj Utah to act in "Revenge of martial arts film that will be spring. Genova said he met Riclu Cannon Films in April at Atlanta, an annual karate Norton, who helps cast mam movies, looked closely at tl Genova. "HE WAS impressed with We talked in Atlanta and i times on the nhone." Genova s hbHhkI t *TM I Mike Ganova stands with son? ^ ' V -Vi ' s. i . '' . nment. has difficu playwri scient, well-written, thoughtifaat's what "they" say - the enll?hte lam Shepard the 1979 Pulitzer the same "they" who assign WHIL h courses. some of type of script that ought to be the drai [Hind pages. It may read well, decent 1 ys well ? and the poorer the his bloc! position, I'm sure. But 44 ried Child," now playing at halfhou ore hard to judge. Should the case: ei all the blame, or should ^ is a The c MnB thday \ ^ S ^ \ terested a The d country of famil _ - ?~~ _ '-f" ] DODC jnBHhni going 01 ldllllijr I cruel m; bitter at Thedi himself He is ac< Vince him, am credulot or blocki It is t producti to suppo Micha trayal o Tilden 01 and tall role, anc Fredr Halie ai "somett trunk and frequently "someU on around him in "Buried 1WWA cess as rt dreaming big' karate expei "Originally, I was su] .. guy un menirn;. i wasj oya recency mafia bodyguard who Utah, where Keith Vitali (one of the 11 learn on the and gets killed," Genov, eading karate ? But the ta]l> ^chl wo Columbia G* was not cast in lg about the From the time Geno g He went to script to the time he wa the Ninja," a script had 'oeen c* released next ro*e contained much said. "I was a little ag , ?, . . 1~- 1 1 ira fsiorion 01 ws?wv?* cajjiuihcu ne the Battle of youths martial arts ski tournament. feels he sets an exan i martial arts students. le 30-year-old AFTER DISCUSSINC A ? - ! J ? ine director ana proauc my fighting. in another, somewhal again several played a policeman. I aid. killed and didn't have i words. I do get beat up said. Genovft said he ga minutes of silver scre< day his scene was to be suit he was to wear did t So the senior physic donned a navy blu< "University of South C Genova said "Reven Derienced some filming Morrow was supposed but Morrow was killed Iiwunnuw s i'/\m \ Fry, causing delays. O in the Philippines wer monsoon season hit the i I y Before he left for Ut tried to get his confid< increasing stress by rur and taking care of 1< Columbia businesses. *ho<o by Frank Lutter ^ .. Genova said he wan opines. physical condition poss ilties transl ght Shepard's Pulitzer pedestal be shorten* e bottom line is, "Buried Child" i ining, thought-provoking, nor very enjoyab] ,E DIRECTOR Rick Rottschaefer has a gc the play's physical aspects, his sensitivity t ma is not apparent. Rottschaefer is work functional set and competent technical arl king is generally good. Buried Child" is a plodding, ponderous, I tr production, and Rottschaefer is at fault h ther this yawning pace is Rottschaefer's ci latent cancer in the play itself to which e student has surrendered. :omplex script unfolds slowly, but unli jpening presentation of Harold Pinter's 'arty," this theatergoer was never esp< I in thinking through the complexities. Irama is set in the American heartland, of Illinois. Dodge is the father of an unsett y characters tormented by a dark secret in ?E IS drunk and frequently confused aboi i around him. He is not helped by his < a disoriented, emotionally disturbed man. ] mity provided by Halie, the angry and j atriarch, or by another ^on, Bradley, a vol >out the loss of his leg. rama is stirred by the arrival of Vince, wl as Tilden's son, returning after a six-yeai ^ompanied by his girlfriend, Shelly, is shocked and hurt to discover no one r d after he is sent to cet HoHa#* limmr Qh 0? ? o~ > "" is to learn that everyone has apparently fo ed out ? Vince's existence. his group of "crazy" characters that pre on's most irksome flaw: not one is powerf rt the viewer's interest in the entire drama, el Dowell comes closest to this goal witl f Tilden. The viewer is never able to tri it, but Dowell keeps one wanting to learn. KINNEY is effective as Dodge. With his n , angular body, Kinney is physically suit< I his delivery has merit. ica Lawlor and John Brasington are ad* id Bradley, respectively, though there is ling" strange in Lawlor's portrayal. Hei iately distasteful, but one gets the impre ling" is missing. t Hooker and Elizabeth Tucker meet with Vince and Shelly; both seem a bit overea 't gets lessor r\nncorl tn nlov i Karl HDHBHHnnBMBRB piuj u uuu ese sjoing to be an Italian gets in a fight with | film's ^^co-stars) a said. lBfaw JB i _ ?, toed H the role.><iqMB| va read the s actually on the set/^B langed. The revised 118 teaches Columbia ills and conduct and j H V' "1 thp cihiafinn tin f Vl er, Genova was cast t smaller role. "I didn't have to get ?;. i to say any curse [u, Mf$ mrn^Y: by Keith Vitali," he > : filmed, the running :al education major ge of the Ninja" exproblems. Actor Vic | J to star with Vitali,, I in June in a much- ?... ? . rash during filming Geneva dorr \vilightZone." karate championshi irckO rnnoof fA \/4wr?1 Jtlft fA HA CAnnnl two vtnoi iu yjigu ?- w v.w owiuti nginal plans to film apologize and say ] e dropped when the islands. Genova earned ah, Genova said he years, and has bee ence up and relieve Kar<*te Illustrated ming, lifting weights jn 016 Professiona [>ose ends with his y(:rai ^ars.' championship in runner-up in 1979. ts to be in the best ible. "When they ask CjENOVA SAID atinc^ijs od idea of ;o much of ng with a fl istry, and '.: ;' :';. ;wc-and-a- tollltlSIffi Bill .. ere in any M PltfJSIil eation, or I -T J- - =^T i the USC 1^ TTCr"e "The Bir- S " scially in- . ^ _ the farm inggroup I . /: : ^. their past. : it what is f eldest son ^or is any <d ;ef?minglv - tit ^ - M ecognizes elly is inrgotten ? Shelly (Elizabeth Tucker) i Kinnnul ac eho trine tn Innr ?Sents tne ? """ "* """ ul enough his own flrandson. press some degree of "r l his por- family characters, ily figure "Buried Child" is not restlessness and impatient trying to "read into" each asal voice that Pulitzer material fron k1 for the ONE SHOULDN'T have equate as stuff on the stage. ? a vague "Buried Child" will r Halie is formances at 8 p.m. exce ssion that Tickets are $3.50 for the f U.. /?a. _ rr " lauuiiy/suiii, senior cmzc i less sue- $1.50 for students. For moi ger to ex- at 777-2551. is in movie-i niilir 'llP^^^'^ lonstrates the form that has earned him ip. His sparring partner here is Scott Car thing, I don't want to career in r [ can't. I'll do it," he said. to find his see how fa his blank holt in ? ? ... ?>?w. casting W n featured on the cover of Bronson r . He has been a competitor Liberation 1 Karate Association for winning the national "I'm a d 1978 and finishing as before. I i I've accor start dreai he is not looking for a doit." Lowell confronts Dodge (Ray j n why he won't recognize lormalitv" amone thp di?tnrh#?H bad, but the show encouraged le in this reviewer. I found myself i line in act three, straining to get i somewhere. to work that hard if there's good un through Sunday, with perpt for a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee. i general public; $2 50 for USC ins and military personnel; and :e information, call the box office making Photo fay funk Luster JW awards and a national 8 npbell. no vies, but like a runner wanting best time, Genova would like to r he can go. He is waiting on the ord for "Outraged/' a Charles novie concerning the Palestine fWtfariiinJiAn v/a guiuiiauvil. fln reamer now because I never was lever dreamed of all the things nplished," he said. "I'm gonna ning big ? that's the only way to I