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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
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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 \
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a The d
country
of famil
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jnBHhni going 01
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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