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Carolina life 4 The Gamecock Friday, February 2,1990 USC's ac for 'Les 1 By SCOTT PRUDEN Carolina Life Editor Seduction, sinister intrigue, sex ual competition, revenge, bawd] bedroom antics and unrequite< love are just a few of the thing! that make the USC Theatre an< Speech Department's production o I ps J.inisnns DnnoprpuKPS mp.mnr able and provocative. The rest can be chalked up t< sheer talent. The story revolves around L; Marquise de Merteuil, a wealth] and powerful widow who passe: her time by alternately taking nev lovers and taking revenge on th< old ones, and Le Vicomte de Val mont, La Marquise's former tru< love interest who is also a seduce of some repute. These two compete with eacl other in the arena of sexual an< emotional manipulation, while al the time denying their true love fo one another. La Marquise use: Valmont to revenge a lover wh< spumed her, while Valmont use; the same occasion to get back a Madame de Volanges, a friend o La Marquise, who has ruined Val mont's plans for another seduction Ann Drp.hp.r's Hirp.rtinn i< smooth and keeps the performanci interesting, as well as doing an ex cellent job adapting the show t< Longstreet's theatre-in-the-roun( format. The necessarily minimalis set is richly decorated in tapestrie< furniture and a convincing "marble" floor. As the scheming Marquise, Me lanie Parrent does well to show th< more human side of the womai who won't be satisfied until sh< ruins the lives of everyone arount her. Her style is subtle, whicl gives the audience time to actually get to like her a bit before she be gins her final fall. James Huesz turns in a specta cular performance as Le Vicomtt de Valmont. Huesz is appropriate!) charming and good humored, anc far more believable as the mastei lover than John Malkovich, whc portrayed Valmont in the filrr version. Le Presidente de Tourvel, A rim %. /*rr li OMICRON DEL NATIONAL LEA HONOR SOCIE Requirements: 1) 60 or more hours compli 2) cumulative 3.0 GPA 3) significant contributions t media, and other activitie Applications Availa Info. Desk, 2nd floor Russ Student Activities Center For Information, call 777-4 or Eric Paine 544-1462 Deadline 5 PM Friday, Fet xrs i < tors shine Liaisons' [Theater i Review I f - played by Lisa Mehalko, is quite simply a prude, but Mehalko 3 trancends the potential for playing h^r oc Q nun onrl Knmoniiao Knr uvi uj a uuii, auu iiui itemized uw i and shows her weaknesses for the i manipulations of men such as s Valmont. v The two young ladies that alter^ nately engage Valmont in bedroom - romps, Cecile Volanges and Emilie - the courtesan, are played with nur bile enthusiasm by Sharyn Greene and Elise Wilkinson, respectively, i These are also the ladies responi sible for the play's much talked 1 about nude scenes, but these are r more humorous or shocking than s titilating, and are well acted and ^ carried off in very good taste. s Le Chevalier Danceny is a grint ning youth who begins teaching f Cecile piano as an excuse to be - near her. Danceny is always aim ing to please, and this comes 5 through well in Shane Eisiminger's 2 portrayal of the love struck - buffoon. 3 Appropriately respectible and 1 matronly, Robin Edwards and t Linda Khoury turn in fine perforI mances as Madame de Volanges I and Madame Rosemonde, though their contribution to the perfor mance is not fully evident until the ? end. l Since the film adaptation of this ? play, Dangerous Liaisons, has gotI ten so much attention, it's difficult t to keep from making comparisons / between the two. Large portions of - the movie's screenplay were lifted from the play, but the humor especially seems to work better on - stage. In many cases, the stage ; performances outshine those of the r more lauded film actors. 1 Performances will continue r through the weekend, with 8 p.m. ) shows tonight and Saturday, and a i Sunday show at 3 p.m., and Feb. 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. Call 777-SCAT for more information. f NOW! o TA KAPPA WW DERSHIP TY 3ted :o academics, arts, athletics, is ble: ell House 172 ). 2, 1990 n^r*; It K K H Hfr lii jgiifek KlipF - I H $f *dNis^^H B fJJ |A^ \0^w W jytl^^^k si zil'hm m * The cast of Oh! Calcutta! will be taking it off al Township box office for $21.50 and $18.50. Oh! Infamous sex rc By SCOTT PRUDEN on ? Carolina Life Editor T Don't toll Mik-p. Fair hut A The Township, Columbia's grand old bas- is tc tion of live entertainment, from performers tanii of the symphony to perpetrators of the su- and plex, is now playing host to that show on the Tyn evening of Feb 5. T That show sounds harmless enough at as v first. Since it first opened in 1969, this parti- a ni cular production has surpassed A Chorus incl Line as the most performed play in Broad- with way history, and was one of the most popu- on a lar American theatrical attractions for foreign sexi tourists visiting the U.S. It also contains seg- no r ments penned by twelve of the most famous A (and not so famous) writers of the last 20 Coli years. Stor So what's the problem? Stad Well, one might say it's the costumes. oun< The show is Oh! Calcutta!, and what umb might raise the eyebrows of some is that a just few skits in this nigh on legendary produc- each tion have no costumes. That's right. A bunch of folks up there on Dav stage, dancing and singing, while wearing thin! very little in the way of clothing. all h Columnist Lewis Grizzard defines the dif- outs ference between naked and nekkid. He says that naked is when you "ain't got no clothes on," test and nekkid is when "you ain't got no clothes Tow 'Roger and Me' By David Bowden Staff Writer * ft M Roger and Me is one of the best I W I V*r \ documentaries in recent years. Its jr*> _ humorous look at the corporate j world's lack of compassion for the working class is brilliant. ?*?; The film tells the true story of attempts to inter the laying off of over 30,000 peo- man Roger Smith pie in Flint, Michigan by General ^on Flint. Motors. The devastation this Moore goes at causes the community is horrible. several funny so morous moments Director Michael Moore shows with "celebritie: a poor woman who sells rabbits as Boone and Bob Ei the sign says, "for pets or meat." Eubanks, the h He shows family after family be- show "The New ing evicted from their homes, one might have ended on Christmas Eve. joke concerning J The movie is not all grim, how- The reigning Mis ever. Moore keeps the movie from Miss Michigan) being unbearably depressing with any friends with h< some hilarious moments. The title When asked wh nf thp film mmpc fmm to the unemnlo\ v MIV X X A A A A VV/1UVJ 11 Will iYlUVl^/ O A J NAVY NURSE FAR AND AWAY ONE OF THE BEST JOBS AROUND. You can really go far as a Navy nurse, muda and Hawaii are just a few of the Ic could be assigned after your first tour of du Navy nurse, you're also a Navy officer. You'll work in a professional environmen lent opportunities for career advancement, salary with comprehensive benefits. Plus y< up with the latest in medical advancements service training and qualify for further educat Call: 1-800-922-2135 In SC or 1-800-845-5640 in GA, M-F, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. NAVY NURSE IT'S NOT A JOB. IT'S AN ADVENTURE. : Columbia's Township, Monday, Feb. 5 at Calci >mp jiggles in tnd you're up to something." tl hese folks are nekkid. md what they're up to is simple. The aim '( "\ "nrrxi/rvl/o r\or\r\la tiiVian if />n*v%^ f/x j pu*uivv pvwpiw wii^ii 11 v^ain^ lvj pun- t/ cal ideas about sex," according to creator sc British theatre critic, the late Kenneth in an. th ynan's mission in 1969 was fairly simple di /ell. Solicit skits of a bawdy nature from v< amber of up and coming young writers uding John Lennon and Sam Shepard, le i the instructions that they could write C inything in the world within the realm of tx lality, as long as the skits had absolutely 1c edeeming social value. N nd now Oh! Calcutta! is on its way to m ambia, of all places.'Heck, the Rolling th les aren't even allowed in Williams-Brice w lium, and there are people running ar- ot 1 the Township stage in die buff. Is Coliia ready for bare bodies dancing where m yesterday there were large men putting oi i other in sleeper holds? ol rhe show has been here before," said th id Bishop, director of the Township. "I th c they had a few pickets outside, and in se ionesty, I think we'll have a few pickets th ide for this show." Bishop also remarked sh some picketers even showed up to pro- pe the annual Singing Christmas Tree at the m nship, so this is not unfamiliar stuff for sa L^lL ^ Jw uuui cuiueuj ~ Rint, she said that they sh< for her in the Miss / /|0 pageant. 0 Anita Bryant told the p 1 /31 | % Rint to cheer up becausi Lv/ row was a new day. Pa suggested that unemploy view GM chair- natives start their own busi about the situa- callousness of the .. . . Motors officials is just as >OUt i? um *n8- Gne Ircal GM official enes. Other hu- saj(j t^at Qenera| Motors ?are interviews tave no loyalty to the tot s such as Pat whjch ^ company was bo ibanks. ost of the game Moore was very thoroug 'lywed Game, jnterviewing large s his career with a Qf the Flint p0pualtion ews and AIDS. how General Motors had V s America (then town also won t win jr comments. A particularly sad mon at she would say when a huge theme park red citizens of attract tourists was forced PEOPLE W Naples, Ber- are urgently neede )cations you Mono test kits. If ] ty. And as a .... ' within the past 1 t with excel- I Earn a top i du can keep with free in- for on|y ion. For Further In % s 2719 r tx X #s'. Ik % t/ S 8 p.m. Tickets are still available at the itta! to Township le Township staff. Bishop remarked that the climate of the >0s had a lot to do with the creation of Oh! alcutta!. "About that time, it seemed like ) many people went in the direction of seeig just how far they could go, and I believe tat Oh! Calcutta! is one of those shows that id go that far. To my knowledge there are jry few, if any, others who have done that" Asked if he anticipated any other probms with the arrival of Oh! Calcutta! in olumbia, Bishop said no. "I think there will j a lot of people here who are curious. A it of people, like myself, have never seen it. ow, I have got to admit I'm going to poke y nose in there and see what it's like, and J ., f ink there will probably be a lot of people ho will come for that reason, if for no her." For those who are curious and open inded and happen to be under 18, they are it of luck. Bishop made sure to send a copy ' the South Carolina Anti-Obscenity Law to e promoter, who responded by suggesting at those under 18 will not be allowed to ? the show. Signs were quickly placed at e box offices to that effect, and the Townlip plans to comply. "We will have security >ople who will check and enforce that ordiince by asking to see proof of age," Bishop id. drama 3uld root for lack of business. The city had America spent' millions of the tax-payers money for this failure. eople of Besides being an indictment of j tomor- corporate greed (GM opened factoh F?nC "es 'n Mexico where they could ed F mt p empioyees iess) ^ mo_ nPCCPC . . 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