University of South Carolina Libraries
Ironically By CAREN CAMPBELL Features editor There were 30 people in the theatre. It was filled with the kind of people that eat the popcorn before the movie starts, but even that didn't detract from Rude Awakening. ine movie revoivcs arouna a ciassie theme. Two idealistic, hippy, anti-Vietnam demonstrators in New York in 1969 drop out of American society into the jungles of South America due to their ideals and a hard-nosed relentless hippy hater and member of the Department of Justice named Brubaker (Cliff DeYoung) who is hot after the draft dodging duo. Twenty years later, after living in a commune where they built their own huts, made their own clothes and grew their own grass, Hesus and Fred (Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts) decide to return to New York. Their "hasty" return is prompted by these . top secret papers they find on a dying CIA agent in the jungle. It seems that they possess information that indicates that a war will be waged so the U.S. government can install their own puppet regime and Fred cannot believe it. After several attempts to alarm the world, Fred finally decides to take over a hall at NYU. Much to his surprise, after his impassioned speech, the crowd of students disperse, each going to his/her class, which has been relocated. Fred is disillusioned. Here he realizes that the power of the people doesn't exist if the people don't care. In the end, Fred finds out that the papers were actually fake, that it was just one of many simulations that the government proposes. The zinger however is that after the public is made aware of the papers, it seems that a majority of Americans think that war would be a good thing for the U.S. and the draft is reinstated, war is waged, HHI ' llBl S> H^Efe. if v. . *w . k m ^ ..- **#$ Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie's m a_c *> '?- ~1- Minumm I MClVlSSiw Exhibit display From staff reports frass Come stroll through the Alvar- tor cr ado Hotel, where Indian baskets lectin^ and pottery were sold in New one o Mexico in the early 1900s. Wander sakes farther and listen to the singing quilts, cowboys ? R?y Rodgers, Gene Autry, Jimmie Rodgers. Turn a The bend and you'll see a 1950s diner which and a living room from hippie bols o days. * All of these eras are featured in in Am "Folk Roots, New Roots: Folklore how t in American Life," on display to doc Aug. 20 through Oct. 29 at McKis- lore, s sick Museum. sick s Organized by the Museum of ?ce National Heritage in Lexington, and pe Massachusetts, the exhibit features fie(j a: photographs, music, tape record- Horn< ings and various items that capture wood the flavor of the times, such as 1880s posters of Buffalo Bill's f0ikj0i Wild West Show, costumes and jdentit materials from Henry Ford's old- ^elp i time string band conventions and Ameri children's cowboy costumes from the 1950s. ^ of imj In connection with the exhibit, can ci McKissick has organized its own with i special programs for the public, in- progri ol.?j: <-:i ~ ; ? crhrv-,1 | wuuiiig 1111115, a aciiiiiiai uii aw> 'Rude and America is once again doing what it does worst. Just as Fred begins to feel the ultimate depression knowing that on top of starting a war, that many new problems have arisen since 1969 like crack, which is turning people into coconuts, acid rain, AIDS, the homeless, and the lack of the ozone layer ("We blew a hole in the atmosphere!?," he asks), his hope is renewed. It's no coincidence that this movie opened during the same month of the 20th !>nniuprc!iru nf W/z-u-vHotrvV- ae thp CfMindtra/<V ? viacu j v/i tT wvuJiv/v** wiv uv/unuuaviv features staples such as Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix. However, the title track "Rude Awakening" was a soulful melody perfectly timed and suiting the mood. Regardless of what anyone thinks, the movie contains some great performances. Julie Hagerty who plays the part of Petra, Fred's girlfriend, executes her role fantastically. Her and Sammy's (Robert Carradine)'s transformation from hippies to yuppies to real people are believable and at the same time they strike a chord of sympathy in your heart Although Marin's character seems flat and reminiscent of old Cheech and Chong movies at first Hesus actually contributes much more to the movie than simple drugusing, comedic antics. Comedienne Andrea Martin, who played April Stool, was fantastic in her short but memorable part in the movie. She definitely stole that scene. This movie is for anyone who has lost his heart, because while giving you hope for the future, it doesn't just let you leave feeling good about the world. It lets you know that you have to fight for what you want ? for your freedom, for your dignity and for the the kind of world you want you and vour kids to live in. I - The film was dedicated to people who I care about the world. Hwb.?i ^ ^^ '"^?*^**"" I ""'-Jr flBgiMtfPnl lSBx'L'S&>f W Jflr 9^v "k*^"" J Hi > mwm ^ i auHH IS?P?h flnHj iusic is featured in the exhibit, "Folk Root! American cul basketmaking, storytelling fluence of im lildren, a workshop on col- 1920s, the feder ; family folklore and another rams of the IS n preserving family keep- cowboy era of and heirlooms, such as grassroots move wedding gowns and letters. Special envi created, such a: national traveling exhibit, house porch anc features a diversity of sym- corated a la 196< f American history and cul- The hands-on races the history of folklore hibit, "Doing Fc erica and also shows viewers the work of prol o use folklorists' techniques today and alsc ument their own family folk- photos and albu aid Catherine Home, McKis- histories, chief curator. ' 'This area is people how to u rtain images, sounds, objects professional fo sople have come to be identi- ment their owi 5 part of American culture," Horne said. * said. "Quilts, Indians, McKissick M y Guthrie, and Marlboro to the national ? all of these images are lending several .? nn>| i , . ... maHp nn Cnnth I w aiiu nave 10 ao wun our w" uuul" y. These are the things that ^he ex^ibit v is distinguish ourselves as by National cans." Humanities and Council on the exhibit explores seven eras ties. Its openin tges identifying our Ameri- Lexington, Ma Liltural traditions. It begins cided with the the American Indians and of the Americai esses through settlement founded in 18} s of the early 1900s, the in- Massachusetts. likening' lives u H& ^mm m^ m . mG^^ ^JHH *?) |& j$ Sammy (Robert Carradine), Petra (Julie Hagerty), Hesus (Che snapshot before Hesus and Fred flee. r~~" I Carolina Poi 3 to an end wi It will be a "grand night for singing" Aug. 26 the Carolina Pops Festival wraps up its first { with "Some Enchanted Evening " a concert fea the well-loved, often-hummed tunes compos Broadway's famous duo of Richard Rodgers ar car Hammerstein II. The 8 p.m. show at Carolina Coliseum will s Carolina Pops Orchestra conducted by Dr. E Portnoy with a special cameo appearance by ] way star Karl a DeVito. Well-known to Midlands audiences from hei I out "Karla at the Koger" show last winter, I will sing some of Rodgers' and Hammerstein'! I popular melodies. Four other outstanding vocalists ? Donald Richard Conant, Laney Palmer and Lillian Qu | bush ? also will appear, singing the hits fron ousel, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, South F The King and I and other major musicals. About 25 of Rodgers' and Hammerstein' songs are part of the program, ranging from ro: classics like "People Will Say We're in Lx)ve" ? Wonderful Guy" to rollicking numbers such as ' is Nothing Like a Dame" and "Do Re Mi." Portnoy said the performers expect the audie tl hum along, and iM 111U "I remember when I was a little girl," sh< "jumping up and down on my mother's bed, * along with the South Pacific record. Broadwz stories that appeal on different levels to young i alike." DeVito is no stranger to the music of the stag File photo , i New Roots," at migrants in the J?1 al New Deal prog- mm.fjf >30s, the ongoing , the 1950s and the ^ ment of the 1960s. ronments are re- * 5 a diner, a farmI a living room de>s. |Mra|rTBWr ** ^ section of the ex- ?^0v^V;r;fc / >lklore," introduces fi * * fessional folklorists ) features family ms, quilts and oral designed to show t'l'v* * - ? :se the strategies of lklorists to docu- k' vA 1 family history," useum contributed * JP" traveling show by ' sea grass baskets !; ' Carolina's coast vas funded in part Endowment for the the Massachusetts IjfcTff \r Arts and Humani- ^ i;, * C g last October in " ssachusetts, coin100th anniversary ggjp 1 Folklore Society, bHHI Cambridge, Broadway star Karla DeVito will perform wi p to its name M ' i jripHjH IamS mHBBhEB * jfl I HaPS M lM HPPf ^ xiH Hi PJAM B ' ? HfilR&&JS3HHgrag ~ ^ ^ ^ ^ " tile phoro ech Marin) and Fred (Eric Roberts) pose Tor is Festival comes th Karla De Vito when large arenas. She starred in Big River and The Pirates ;eason of Penzance on Broadway and appeared with rock star ituring Meatloaf on his famous "Bat Out of Hell" arena tour, ed by She has several critically acdlaimed albums to her id Os- credit, and drew praise last February in Columbia when she starred in a program feauring the music of tar the Andrew Lloyd Weber at the Koger Center. )onald "We're extremely pleased that Karla agreed to perBroad form with the Carolina Pops during our first season," Portnoy said. "She has an exceptional voice, and we r sold- expect her renditions of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's )eVito classics to be a real treat for the audience. 5 most "We also have four other first-rate singers on the program. Like Karla,; they're well-known from their Gray, performances at the Koger," he said. "With these solacken oists and a 50-piece orchestra, we expect to be able to i Car- do justice to Rodgers and Hammerstein." 'acific, "Some Enchanted Evening" concludes the first season of the Carolina Pops Festival, a new summer cons best cert series at the coliseum modeled after the Boston mantic Pops concerts. ind "A The concerts feature cabaret-style seating at tables 'There on the floor along with traditional seating in the stands. The success of the inaugural season, which nee to featured an appearance by John Williams and the Boston Pops, has encouraged plans for a second series - said, next summer with the Carolina Pops Orchestra and singing three guest soloists. iy tells Tickets to "Some Enchanted Evening" at $10 and ind old $8 are on sale at the Carolina Coliseum box office and the coliseum's usual ticket outlets. For more informa;eorto tion, call 777-5113. r / - , A-<. * - , flii^lnrOffMfflg^Pfli^^^^^^^B File photo ith the Carolina Pops August 26.