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The Office of Major Events presents
IN CONCERT
Sid
Caesar
With his
Special guests
The
Buddy
Greco
Quintet
Continued from preceding page
p.m., through Aug.,
352-9696.
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD
Southfield Civic Center Art
Gallery, 26000 Evergreen,
exhibit by Samuel Bolker,
today through Wednesday,
354-4717.
PONTIAC ART CENTER
47 Williams, Pontiac,
"Artwork By The Detroit
Institute Of Arts Staff:
From Detroit lb Pontiac,"
and "German Expressionist
Sculpture," now through
Aug. 22, 333-7849.
BIRMINGHAM
BLOOMFIELD ART
ASSOCIATION 1516 S.
Cranbrook, Birmingham,
"Expansions" by Rental
and Sales Gallery and
Sculptors Guild of
Michigan, now through
Aug. 21.
OAK PARK ARTS AND
CULTURAL
COMMISSION Oak Park
library, "Structure And
Form," by James R. Gilbert,
now through Aug. 16.
FILM
DETROIT SCIENCE
CENTER 5020 John R.,
Detroit, Grand Canyon: The
Hidden Secrets, daily except
Mondays, admission,
577-8400.
TUESDAY AT THE
MOVIES Southfield Public
Library, 26000 Evergreen,
Anatomy of a Murder, 1
p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday,
free, 354-9100.
SOUTHFIELD LIBRARY
YOUTH DIVISION 26000
Evergreen, Neverending
Story, 2:30 p.m and 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 354-5342.
NIGHT CLUBS
NICKY'S 755 W Big
Beaver, 220, today and
Saturday, Heavenn,
Tuesdays-Saturdays, now
through Aug. 29, 362-1262.
DANCE
Tuesday Sept. 29, 19878pm
Power Center-Ann Arbor
Charge by phone
763 -TKTS
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FRIDAY, AUG. 7, 1987
ONLY AREA
APPEARANCE
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD
J.C. Penney Court,
Northland Mall, "Sunday
Afternoon Dancing," 4-6:30
p.m. Sunday, admission,
354-9362.
MI S C
AUDITIONS 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak,
Stagecrafters mystery, Wait
Until Dark, 7 p.m. Aug. 17
and 18, 661-4599.
AUDITIONS The Great
Lakes Dinner Playhouse,
for Grease, Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas and
Showboat, reservations,
463-2850.
COSMOLOGY Farmington
Hills Branch Library, 32737
W. Twelve Mile, Alfred
Varone lectures on the big
bang theory of history, 7:30
p.m. Sunday, 553-0300.
SOUTHFIELD SUNDAY
FUNDAY Southfield Civic
Center Plaza and Pavilion,
music, games, food and fun,
1-7 p.m., free, 354-4400.
MATERNITY PROGRAM
Farmington Hills Library,
32737 W. Twelve Mile,
Lynn Rife presents a Care
During Childbirth program,
7:30 p.m. Thursday and a
Postpartum Care program
7:30 p.m. Aug. 20,
registration, free, 553-0300.
REGISTRATION Paint
Creek Center for the Arts,
407 Pine, Rochester, kids
art day camp: Wonderweek
II, Monday through Aug.
15, registration, admission,
651-4110.
ENTERTAINMENT
`Restaurant' Israel's
Favorite TV Comedy
LAURENCE AGRON
Special to The Jewish News
erusalem — Saturday
nights on Israel tele-
vision have become
more enjoyable recently, since
the return to the screen of the
all-time favorite comedy
series The Big Restaurant.
One of Israel's first situa-
tion comedies, The Big
Restaurant stars Jewish actor
Jacques Cohen and Arab ac-
tors Basam Zoyaomut, Rasan
Abbas and Khalil Khaldi. Ac-
cording to the show's pro-
ducer, Uzi Peled, the program
is not merely entertaining,
but serves as a "cultural
bridge between Arab and
Jewish populations."
Peled relishes the interna-
tional flavor of the
restaurant, which is modeled
on some of the dining
establishments of East
Jerusalem. Although both
Jews and Arabs are
customers, the main clientele
are tourists. In each episode
you may hear Hebrew, Arabic,
English, French or German.
Peled argues, "Everyone can
watch it without knowing
either Hebrew or Arabic and
understand quite a lot." But
most of the dialogue is in
Arabic, with Hebrew sub-
titles. However, subtitled edi-
tions were prepared and sold
to Scandinavia and Australia,
and South Africa has express-
ed a strong interest in carry-
ing the series.
Peled volunteers that dur-
ing last year's run of the
series, an Arab friend of his
returned from a trip to Jordan
and said that on Saturdays at
7 p.m. in Amman, faces were
pressed up against the win-
dows of TV and video stores,
while others watched The Big
Restaurant in public places
such as restaurants and coffee
j
houses. But Arabs and Jews
alike, from diverse educa-
tional and cultural
backgrounds, delight in the
antics of restaurant owner
Abu Rami (Jacques Cohen);
the hefty chef, Hakim (Basam
Zoyaomut); the handsome
gigolo waiter, Abdu (Rasan
Abbas); and the diminutive,
expressive deaf waiter,
Ma'aruf (Khalil Khaldi).
Peled was one of the
founders of Israel Television
and over the years has
become quite an astute judge
of talent. He knew that the
choice of actors was critical as
was the chemistry between
them. Many who have
witnessed the rapport among
the cast members thought
they had worked together for
years, but some of them had
known each other only a few
months before the series
began.
Abbas comes from a family
of entertainers and has ap-
peared in both Hebrew and
Arab productions. He is also
a reflective man- who is not
averse to reading Isaac
Bashevis Singer during the
brief breaks on the set.
Zoyaomut, also a veteran of
Hebrew' and Arabic language
theater, gets many of the
show's belly laughs. Khaldi's
character required him to
study sign language and in-
troduces a sensitive element
to the production.
The scripts are not
sophisticated and occasional-
ly make use of slapstick. In a
particularly hilarious
episode, the restaurant is
thrown into an uproar during
a visit by patrons,who turn
out to be a troupe of magi-
cians. The staff frantically
tries to piece together the
chef, who appears to have
been sawed in half.
World Zionist Press Service