THE _MICHIGAN DAILY Weclnesdav. Mauch 25. 1 970 j TH MCIGNDAL W i I auurArvlti 4 2 r 0: Kng An inspiring and political eulogy By ALEXA CANADY Last night, people in 300 cities paid $5 a ticket. to see a special film honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The proceeds from the film will go to the Martin Luther King Special Fund which is administered by King's w i d o w, Mrs. Coretta King. The 22 - hour documentary begins with the birth of King's non-violent movement in 1955, and ends with the Memphis sanitation worker strike and King's assassination in 1968. King: A Filmed Record . - - Montgomery to Memphis was a nostalgic and. inspiring trip in- to the past. And although it was only 1968 when King was assassinated, the spirit that characterized his movement, has all but disap- peared. The people around King-hnd therefore the movement itself- had a cheerfulness and a sense of hope that has been virtually obliterated. Perhaps much of this spirit came because they have a lead- er, and therefore a direction. But seeing King and his fol- lowers only made the longing for a leader for today grow stronger. In his eulogy to King, Dr.' Ralph Abernathy, called him a "twentieth c e n t u r y prophet." And perhaps that is the most correct title. Because his move- ment aimed at a moral awaken- ing. As he said in Montgomery in 1955, "I am depending on moral and spiritual forces," to set things right. But if he was a prophet, he was also an orator. Nothing can match the oration of King. His resonent voice, combined with a supreme command of the lan- guage gives his speeches a mag- netism that was captured by the film. . The audience was caught up in the emotion of the moment. The "I Have a Dream" speech, and the last speech he gave where he said "I've seen the mountain top" evoked spon- taneous applause from the au- dience. But it is false to say that the movie deals only in the past, for the present haunted me. The beginning of the movie starts with King defending himself against the "new, breed" of black leadership. King ex- presses his undying faith in the inevitability of justice being done, but in 1970, I can't quite believe it anymore. He also says that "violence is self-defeating" but, although I want to believe it, I have nagging doubts. I keep thinking about the people who are still living in wretched con- ditions, even though, the right laws were passed, and the most offensive cities were marched in. The buses, rest rooms, lunch counter and drinking fountainsa were desegregated, but the peo- ple are still poor. And that is what King realized and was be- ginningto attack when he was assassinated. King had helped the black man win the social issue, and therefore the moral issue. But the economic issue re- mained and the morality that America has there is "take what you can get." Stokely Carmichael and others were saying that an appeal' to Americans conscience would not be fruitful on economic issues. King never had a chance to try his moral suasion on economic issues, but somehow I don't think it would have been very successful. I remember what happened to Bobby Kennedy. Nevertheless, King's firm con- victions must be admired, as must his actions to turn these convictions into reality. Per- haps he was as A. Phillip Ran- dolph called him, "the moral leader of our nation." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the Univer- sity of Michigan. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN f o r m to Room 3528 L. S. A B1dg.,before 2 p.m., of the' day preceding pub- lication and by 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday . and Sunday. Items ap- pear once only. Student organiza- tion notices a r e not accepted for publication. F o0r7more informa- tion, phone 764-4270. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 I Day Calendar Anatomy Seminar: M. H." S n o w. 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Lutheran Social Services Toledo, Ohio, caseworker for 23 counties, fam- ily and marriage counseling, unwed par- ents and adoption MSW, any denomi- nation, serves total community. (Continued on Page 7) ' MARCH' 24 & 25 Tuesday & Wednesday Due to the mail strike, Cinema Guild doesn't receive films in the mail. Therefore, we can't guarantee what we advertise. The only film we have re- ceived to date is "invasion of the Body Snatchers." Since it doesn't seem likely that "The Shape of Things to Come" will arrive, we will show "Body Snatchers" both Tues. and Wed, nights, and hope that the weekend films arrive. ENDS THURSDAY WALTER MATTHAU INGRID BERGMAN GOLDIE: HAWN Todoy at 1:10-3-5-7-9 P.M. 1 1 elk Program Info: NO 2-6264 HELD OVER! 3rd WEEK.. . I -Daily-Jim Judkis By MARCIA ABRAMSON' A brilliant choice of material and a remarkable cast made last night's presentation of two Spanish farces one of the best productions ,I have seen any- where. There can be only one regret about the production of Cervantes' El Retablo de las Maravillas and Fernando Arra- bal's El Triciclo: that it will not be accessible to more people. Perhaps as a public service the cast will present the plays in English at least once. Although the two plays are separated by . nearly 400 years. - in time, they are intricately re- lated. Both present farcical -views of man. and Spain. And inr the 400, years. between Cervantes -.and Arrabal, the world has vis- ibly darkened. Cervantes peas- ants are silly and gullible, but they are tremendously vital, costumed beautifully in vibrant reds, oranges and yellows. Arra- bal's waif - like slum - dwellers are thin and, ragged,'and the color of their world Is, grey tex- cept for bright streaks of graf- fiti on a dingy wall. Cervantes' entremes (s h o r, t one-act play designed to fill the intermission) is a bright farce about the residents of a pro- vincial town who are taken in by a clever, pair of traveling rogues, La Chirinos (Virginia Santaliz de . Rodriguez) and Chanfalla (Mike J o n e s), who claim to offer a magic show of Wonders. The catch is that only those of pure S p a n i s.h, Christian blood can view the show. None of the villagers want to be stig- matized by impure Jewish or Moorish blood, the worst curse of Cervantes' Spain, so they all< "see" the show which includes Sanson destroying the temple, a shower of golden dew and the d'ance of Herodias, among other' wonders. gWhen saroyalofficerr. arrives, villagers accuse him for not "seeing" and he chases them away in. anger. The rogues es- cape laughing; they have al- ready been paid for the show. In Arrabal's absurdist play, two wanderers earn their living by riding children on a giant tricycle. But one of the partners is always sleeping, so they are having a payment problem. A friend, Mita (Christine Koski- maki) comes along and event- ually the two vagabonds decide to rob and murder a rich man who has been following her. They commit the crime, but do not flee, and soon are captured by Authority - a magnificent, s h i n y blue-helmeted, bla c k leather - jacketed a n d n i g h t- sticked cop straight off the streets of Ann Arbor or any- where. After a while, Climando and Apal are led off like the 'little children they are, with- out questions, and Mita and an old man ride off happily on the tricycle. These characters are defined by their childishness; they are always playing. Mita cannot sit still; she must always play with something; Apal's foot, her hair. What Arrabal means be- comes clear as the children are overwhelmedsby the- tangible presence of the system that has destroyed them; .they are terri- fied. Their own childishness has been forced on them by the social system, by church, state, money. Their cruelty cannot be their fault in such a state of reduction. This, the producers and cre- ators of last night's production seemed to be saying, is what has happened to the silly but living people of Cervantes' world. The trickery is gentle, the mockery soft in Cervantes' play. Spain is not such a bad place; there is no overwhelming evil in it But Arrabal presents a horrify- ing spectre of a world, inwhich there seems to be very little GRASS' HANDBOOK THE MARIJUANA MANUAL Send $1.00 to Dart Enterprises,4 rg' P.O. Box 40, Village Station,% New York, N.Y. 10014 ' hope. These are the esults of the 400 years of decadence andr the sores of the modern world.. All the acting was brilliant, and especially excellent were all six major characters: Miss San- taliz and Jones in the Cervantes play, and Luis Argueta, Tom Donnelly, John Allen and Miss Koskimaki in the Arrabal piece. Miss Santaliz' strutting in a loW- cut peasant blouse with a rose between her breasts reminded me of the triumphant walk of. Mrs. Waters in the movie Tons Jones, and Jones' magnificent conjuring gestures displayed a magic grace and quite possibly dance training4 Miss Koskimaki was simply perfect. Not enough can be said for any of them. SHOWS AT: 1:00-3:00-5:00 7:00-9:10 P.M. NOMINATED FOR 9 ACADEMY AWARDS I I1 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS dir. DONALD SIEGAL, 1956 I PANAMION* COLOR 6Y .OELW E 7& 9 662-8871 Architecture Auditorium 3PANAYI$oNAT*tO- oR TDLX MI ".e.. xaw v I i THURSDAY MARCH 26 _ NATIONAL GENERAL CORPORATION N OW FOX'EASTERN THEATRES SHOWING FO.AVILL6 375 No. MAPLE RD. -76941300 TIMES 1:30-4:00 6:45-9:20 Noon Luncheon Series continues on "Human Convictions and the Religious Crisis" "AN EASTERN VIEW OF MAN AND' NATURE" _CHILDREN'S PRICE AT ALL SHOWS ^~ Dzzling! ex erien~e thriling! A R Cliffhanger, in space!" -L.A.Times I 11 3 I MRS. 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