THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, January 11. 1970 ..- . .. ,.- 7 , ... - theatre- NY theatre with Oywin and four-wletter deeds By DEBORAH LINDERMAN NEW YORK - Salvation, a rock musical in the shallow and noisy genre of Hair playing at the Jan Hus Theatre, is a loosely compiled set of jaunty and pre- sumably audacious songs. It is based on a simple set of ironies which converge in the single message that the old ways of getting to heaven are supremely square. For example, in one song is repeated the phrase "What God said" (especially the shalt-nots), the point of this refrain being that the Word was hardly groovy as compared to four-letter deeds. This "iconoclasm" is not only religious and sexual, but politi- cal (Viet) and social (lawe). The words and music, written by C. C. Courtney and PeterI Link-who also appear in the performance - are strung to- gether in variety-show fashion without much plot for them to hang on, wherefore the contin- uity of the thing depends on the motif of a revivalist meeting which is turned on and off as it is needed. The play begins as a group of instrumentalists who call them- selves Nobody Else saunter onto the stage and elaborately tune up. Some pyschedelic projec- tions are flashed onto three screens on stage, and a heckler in the house rushes onto the stage and seizes a mike. He turns out to be Minister Monday (played by C.C.C.) and he preaches a revivalist sermon which leads to the theme song "Salvation", which leads to Mon- day's being stripped (down to his red underpants), which leads to the rock-drug-sex-roll rebellion against anything that might possibly be labeled sacred. A mention of the song title will give you an idea of what is to be regarded with irreverence: "Honest Confession is Good for the Soul," "There Ain't No Flies on Jesus," "Deuteronomy XVII Verse 2", and "Back to Genes- is." And the following song titles will, by the rules of switcheroo in the scheme-of-things, indi- cate the realm of the sacred: "If You Let Me Make Love to You Then Why Can't I Touch You," "Footloose and Fancy- Free," "Let's Get; Lost in Now," "Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of My Life." I should like to think that the ironies went both ways, against both categories of the revered, but it goes in one direction only. Although the jokes against old pieties are excellent, the piece is 1 not so witty about the cliches of the swinging scene. The company itself, however, does really swing. Whatever it lacks in self-irony about its own preachments, it has in huge re- serves of energy and spirit. Its members frequently laugh at their own jokes, and their evi- dent delight in themselves is charming. It spreads through the house wreaking, I suppose, its just conversion. Everybody has seemed to like Three Men On A Horse, which I seemed to find a rather empty play having a Damon Runyon gist-fierce but loveable crooks -but nothing near the dash or atmosphere of real Damon Run- yon. The play was actually writ- ten in the thirties by John Cecil Holm and is here directed by George Abbott, who directed it then. Since its style "is mildly fetching, and its script funny on paper, I can only conjecture that this style and this fun are car- ried on for too long in this production and this age; and so wear themselves and the audi- ence out. The events of the drama pro- cede from the sublime and glor- ious talent of its protagonist, a milquetoast doormat of a man named Erwin Trowbridge who happily earns $40 a' week writ- ing verses for a manufacturer of inane greeting cards. How- ever, going to and from work on the Ozone Heights-New York bus line, he plays the horses. He lays odds only in his head, never placing an actual bet, and he has a most uncanny tal- ent for picking winners, He has, in fact, never picked a loser. By an implausible quirk of destiny, he falls in with three ELEANOR RIGBY We could have helped you! WE ARE IDS, the only computer dating service that gives you a photo and personal information about each of your dates. And for our more foot-loose mem- bers, we will soon offer large discounts on travel to Europe and the Caribbean. For your free questionnaire and more detailed information:, 769-5079 or: IDS, P.O. Box 2137 Ann Arbor, Mi. 48106 tough and dapper thugs who happen to be earnest about win. ning at the races. They have to do a good bit of work in order to win Erwin (whom they call Oywin, of course) away from his devotion to J. G. Carver, his greeting card employer. They manage to kidnaphim and per- suade him to take a cut of his own sizeable winnings. Even kidnapped and getting rich, Oywin is still preoccupied with writing Mother's Day ver- ses and still troubled about fail- ing his commitment to his true vocation and J. G. Carver. Jack Gilford as the doormat, and Paul Ford who, as Mr. Car- ver is as intimidating as any of the three horseplaying crooks, give shrewd and funny per- formances in opposite and com- plementary ways. The correct ugly-thirties sets are by Boyd Dumrose. p-"""" COUPONS------ I I THOMPSON'S II PIZZA 76 1-0001 *off 50c off : * Large one item (or more) *pizza. One coupon per pizza # . Mon., Tues., Wed.,) Thurs. Only JAN. 12-15 EDEN ORGANIC FOOD STORE A NON-PROFIT STUDENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IS NOW OPEN 514 E. WILLIAM M-F 9:30-5:30; Sat. 10-4 specializing in organic and macrobiotic foods and low prices. BROWN RICE, 30c/LB THE FREE UNIVERSITY Needs Teachers for the Winter Semestera Anyone can teach anything. 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And when Lazenby loses a girl (?) he says, "This never happened to the other fellow." Except for his new body, how- pver, Bond is pretty much the same, and that means the best in film adventure. Admittedly, Lazenby lacks the cool sophistication Connery was able to project. When he orders Dom Perigan '57 somehow it has hollow ring. Nor does he move with Connery's grace. Lazenby's Bond is less central and more physical, and there are prob- ably more fisticuffs in this Bond adventure than in any of the earlier pictures. Can you imagine James Bond entering a room without a cau- tious scanning of the premises? Unthinkable! But it, happens. And what about arch-villain Blofeld (Telly Savalas)? Why doesn't Bond finish him off when he clearly has the chance? And why does 007 casually go skiing with the baddies right on his tail? The film provides no answers, but then what did you expect-Bergman? Bond flicks, like Doris Day comedies, all have a patented formula. There is always deft direction, carried off very well this time by Peter Hunt. Quick cutting. An incredible story dripping with the Bond brand of droll humor. Beautiful women. Finally, there is John Barry's score which in this latest outing is once again excellent. On Her Majesty's Secret Service uses the formula and uses it well. The early Bond films depended on plot and action-James Bond verses a. diabolical fiend. Gold- finger marked a watershed. It was a satisfying blend of fam- iliar Bond action with a few twist-an unbelievable array of gadgetry. Thunderball, continu- ing the trend, tried to dazzle its audiences with gimmicktry, and I believe it was the least successful of the Bond films. After all, real adventure is al- ways focused on man; Engineer- ing students are perhaps the only persons who identify with machines. If the characters are, overwhelmed with, machinery. there is bond to be a diminution in excitement. 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