Fridoy, October 6, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Fridoy, October 6, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Carats': Ha, ha, ha By ALVIN CHARLES KATZ Forty-Carats, the first offering in this year's Ann Arbor Civic Theatre series, is a foolish piece of kitsch which situation comedy devotees may find diverting, and theatre devotees must find whol- ly worthless. The play is a mindless comedy concerning a love affair between a 40 year old divorcee and a 22 year old playboy, with countless side plots coming in and out as clumsily as the players. The performances offered in Wednesday n i g h t's production ranged from acceptable to unfor- givable, with the emphasis sadly on the latter. Lynne Wieneke, playing a 17 year old girl, has obviously seen Ann Margaret in Bye-Bye Birdie too many times, and rendered the most shallow and unbelievable portrayal of a teenager conceivable. Gary Kli- sky, in the lead role as the young playboy, delivered the show's most offensive performance. I expected him to turn toward the audience after each joke he de- livered and wink. In fact he may even have done so; his hair cov- ered the better part of his face, so it was impossible to tell. Veitch Reinhart is poor as the mother (a character essential to all situation comedies), but in the midst of such mediocrity al- most appeared to be good. Out of this debacle, Nancy Huesel, in the female lead as the merry divorcee, emerged as a jewel, with what can only be considered an averaged perform- ance. She was the only member of the cast who possessed a sense of comic timing; her jokes were the only ones which did not leave me with the feeling that I had been slapped across the face witl' the punchlines. The play was interminable long, a fault which was aggra- vated by the fact that several minutes e 1 a p s e d between set changes, leaving me with the un- easy feeling that nobody bother- ed to build the sets beforehand. I recommend Forty-Carats to anyone who had planned to stay home and watch the reruns of I Love Lucy and TherBeverly Hillbillies; such people will be able to sit back and enjoy the show without fear of compromis- ing their comic tastes. It could have been worse I suppose-the company could have attempted a drama. Slaughterhouse Five Campus So they've held it over anotl',r week, have they? Hurry folks! Who knows? This may be your last chance to catch this fabulous rerun! Experience the decimation of any and all the mild virtues of Kurt Vonnegut's autobiogra- phical novel! See the first movie since Night of the Living Dead to star a Zombie as the male lead! Watch a dog piss on a surburbanite lady's shoe! Learn that War is dehumanizing! That the Middle Class sucks! That, in our crazy mixed-up society, only abnormal, anti-social people are REAL! As illustrious farmer Alexan- der Bogue is reported to have said, "This isn't a movie; it'a a compost pile!" And what a pile it is. -RICHARD GLATZER cinemG weekend satire of Antonioni ("Why do some women have troubles reaching orgasm?") replete with Woody in shades and continental clothes, sultry Louise Lasser in a blonde wig, and Italian dialo- gue Lou Jacobi as a transves- tite; What's My Perversion, with Jack Berry as M. C. and Robert Q. Lewis and Pamela Mason among the panel members; a final episode in which Allen plays a sperm about to be ejacu- lated; and many, many other fantastic delights that no Woody Allen fan will want to live with- out. --RICHARD GLATZER I I i ij 1 ARTS I Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask Fox Village Legend has it that Woody Al- len first conceived of filming Sex while watching Dr. Reuben on a late talk show. A great idea, but how do you go about realizing it? Allen simply de-. cided to compile six skits as answers to various Reubenesque questions: "What is .sodomy?" "Do aphrodisiacs work?" "What are sex perverts?" etc., etc., etc. The various conceptions of the skits are often tremendously clev- er, but once again the problem of execution presents itself. Take the "What is Sodomy" episode. The idea of Gene Wilder falling in love with a sheep strikes me as a very funny one. But the actual episode isn't much more than one of those imitation-Love Story Seven - Up commercials stretched out for fifteen minutes. Even so, Sex is a very funny movie. It features: a monstrous tit that roamsrthe countryside nursing people to death; a great Modern Times Fifth Forum Fri. & Sat. In 1936 Charlie Chaplin's tramp appeared amidst the talkies to make one last silent stand on behalf of the common man. His adversary this time-modern technology-proved to be his most formidable, and the film, Modern Times, turned out to be one of his funniest. Chaplin wrote, directed and composed the score for this film, which contains some of his best and most famous comic mo- ments. His machines do not merely dehumanize people, they virtually devour them. They are a personal as well as a social menace. The tramp's one fleet- ing triumph in the film takes place in a world far away from them in Chaplin's oll, familiar world of the cararet. Charlie treats his audience to a delight- ful nonsense song, giving the tramp a voice, and thereby call- ing for his final exit. -DAVID GRUBER City Lights Fifth Forum Sun. In City Lights, Chaplin as the tramp falls for a blind flower girl and goes to great extents to help her regain her sight.aHis first source of aid is a wealthy gentlemen who fluctuates be- tween drunken charity and sober haughtiness. He later takes a job as a street cleaner, which he loses in no time flat, and then decides to try his hand at boxing. The film turns to pathos when, shortly after the fight, Charlie confronts the flower girl, whose sight has been restored. Many critics have called their meeting excessively sentimental, while at the same time claiming City Lights to be a masterpiece. They overlook the fact tha tthe tramp is not the tramp without his sentiments, that his sensitivity makes him a human being in- stead of shallow comedian. -DAVID GRUBER Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory State Sat. & Sun. Matinees At last, the sizzling best-seller explodes onto the wide screen, laving bare the seething emotions of the dedicated men and women who work in our nation's choco- late factories. What weird com- pulsion Jed a wealthy candy mag- nate to seek forbidden thrills in accosting youngsters and re- questing that they bite his "fudge bar?" Had I been asked to direct Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory it might have turned out like that. As this was not the case, this movie is just another fantasy extravaganza for Mom, Dad, and the kinder, somewhat in the Mary Ponpins 'vein. For those looking for Gene Wilder to duplicate the fine madness he displays in Start the Revolution, forget it: the moral of this story is that it's better to be nice than nasty. Some of the older folks in search of light entertainment may, however, enjoy the antics that transpire within the Rube Goldberg-style candy factory. -SHELDON LEEMON The Salzburg Connection State Theater Predictability is the byword of this typical international in- trigue: based on a predictably improbable premise, starring a predictably heroic lawyer turned agent on behalf of a madame in distress, caught in a plethora of DIAL 668-6416 "For this trip, one must fasten his*seat belt and hold on tight!" --Saturday Review WINNER R1972 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL JURY PRIZE AWARD -- --e - --------- KURT VONNEGUT JR.'S. Great Novel IVE A Unversa Pct e TFCHNICOLOR (X] I agents from Nazis to the CIA (not such a big difference there, actually) all searching for THE MISSING CHEST. The film raises a number of questions. Where is THE CHEST? What in THE CHEST could be valuable enough to jus- tify the murder of six people (or so-you lose count towards the end)? Which side is the pre- dictably sexy blonde working for? And most vital of all, when will they begin that heart-stop- ping car chase so basic to all recent action movies? Rest assured: Most questions are answered, the viewer is never quite able to match all the agents with their respective countries, and the car chase is embarrassingly inferior to that in the film's titular godfather, The French Connection. Movie-goers might expect more from the big screen. The Salz- burg Connection would have been ideal for the NBC Mystery Movie. But dammit,. the NBC Mystery Movie is free. -LARRY LEMPERT Butterflies Are Free Michigan Can a blind youth find love, h a p p i n e s s, and fulfillment? Watch Edward Albert, (son of Eddie Albert) find all three in the person of Goldie Hawn. Not reviewed at press time. -STAFF Here Comes Mr. Jordan Cinema Guild Fri. If you think it's so hip to be mystic in these days of deja vu, murder cults, and astrology, you should have been around (and maybe you were) in 1941, when one of the hottest offerings from Hollwood in the comic fantasy line was a breezy little movie titled Here Comes Mr. Jordan. As usual, it's a bumbling mes- senger from heaven, played by Edward Everett Horton who, as heavenly agent 7013, mistakenly informs a prizefighter named Joe Pendelton, played by Robert Montgomery, that his number is up. -HERB MALINOFF El Topo Cinema Guild Sat. & Sun. There seems to be an artistic paranoia in this country. Any film that deviates in the slightest from the norm of Hollywood pro- duction, or even worse, through a slick ad campaign claims to be something profoundly new, im- mediately become ars sanctis- simo. El Topo, a South American western, is such a film. "El Topo" means "the mole," always "striving for the sun." The man called "El Topo" is a g u n f i g h t e r. In his odyssey through the surrealistic land- ISRAELI FOLK DANCING with Zipporah Trope 12:30 pm. every Sunday (Following Brnch) at HILLEL-142Hill scar of Chile, he encounters hur carcasses, hordes of freaxs, and more blood than the Red Cross could dream of. Whole villages are massacred, men are graphically castrated, women are raped, and many are mutilated. El Topo has to con- tend with sado-masochists, sadis- tic lesbians, shoe fetishists, cof- fee bean fetishists, and some plain old everyday, heterosexual meanies. Do all the mutilations, killings, and perversions have a purpose? Director Alexandro Jodorowsky seems to be commenting on sexuality, society, politics, re- ligion, etc. But as in so many contemporary films, Jodorowsky suggests more than he can sub- stantiate. -CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS Scruggs Cinema II Fri. & Sun. Wistful country-western and strong lyrical folk by Bob Dylan; the melodic, floating melodies of Joan Baez, plus more country- flavored music by the Byrds, Doc Watson, and others, are in Scruggs-a Woodstock of coun- try-western-folk music. The non- stop festival was filmed in 1972. -MATTHEW GERSON Women in Revolt Cinema II Sat. & Sun. Andy Warhol nons up every- where. In the first few months of this year, for example, reviews in national magazines discussed his art and sculpture, his play Pork, his film Women in Revolt, and his recipe for gold-embroid- ered cake. The cake sounds fas- cinating (see Vogue, March 1) but Cinema I, lacking the ap- propriate kitchen facilities, has chosen instead to present the film. In this successor to Trash, Warhol and his compatriot Paul Morrissey feature many of the same . . . freaks? zombies? friends? lovers? everyday people like the folks next door (depend- ing on where you live) Women in Revolt continues the trend toward greater eventfulness. In many of Warhol's earlier films, the viewer is simply given an image to absorb, comprehend, mediate upon or get exasperated with for hours on end. Here, the action follows three women and their search for whatever it is that underground existentialists search for in New York City. Holly Woodlawn' portrays a high fashion model, Candy Darling a Long Island socialite,, and Jackie Curtis an avid women's libera- tionist. Vincent Canby termed the movie a "madcap soap opera" and judged it a relatively suc- cessful parody. But experience makes you wonder. The burned- out characters of his former films: a reviewer's assertion that See CINEMA, Page 10 CULTURE CALEN rAR WEEKEND BARS AND MUSIC-Bimbo's, Gaslighters (Fri., Sat., Sun.) 50c cover; Bimbo's on the Hill, Long John Silver (Fri., Sat.) no cover; Blind Pig, Boogie Brothers (Fri., Sat.) 75c cover, classical music (Sun.) no cover; Del Rio, Armando's Jazz Group (Sun.) no cover; Golden Falcon, Stanley Mitchell and the People's Choice (Fri., Sat., Sun.) $1.00 cover; Lum's, R.F.D. Boys (Fri., Sat.) $1.00 cover; Mackinac Jack's, Mo-jo Boogie Band (Fri., Sat.), Orchid Wally (Sun.) 75c cover; Mr. Flood's Party, Diesel Curves and Dangerous Smoke (Fri., Sat.) 75c cover; Odyssey, Deliverence (Fri., Sat.) $1.00 cover; Pretzel Bell, Lincoln County Ramblers (Fri., Sat.) 75c cover; Rubaiyat, Iris Bell Adventure (Fri., Sat., Sun.) no cover. DANCING-International Folk Dance tonight at 8 in Barbour Gym, 25c." 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MON -THURS. ~om 0 0 Boxoff ice Theatrical Magazine Gives Highest Honors To "BUTTERFLI ES" IR E O A 6Oxo HE 0,. _ .. toneht 6:00 2,4,7 News 9 Eddie's Father 50 Flintstones 56 Bridge with Jean Cox 6,10 News 6:30 2,4,7 News 9 Jeannie 50 Gilligan's Island 56 Book Beat 6,10News 7:00 2 Truth or Consequences 4 News, Weather, Sports 7 To Tell the Truth 9 Beverly Hillbillies 6 Jeannie 10 Dick Van Dyke 50 I Love Lucy-Comedy 56 World Press Review 7:30,2 What's My Line? 4 Hollywood Squares 7 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home 9 Lassie 50 Hogan's Heroes 56 Wall Street Week 6 All Outdoors 10 It's Your Bet 8:00 2 Sonny & Cher 4 Sanford and Son 7 Brady Bunch 9 News 50 Dragnet 56 Washington Week in Review 62 Big Time Wrestling 6 Sonny and Cher 10 Sanford and Son 8:30 4 The Little People 7 The Partridge Family 9 Woods and Wheels 50 Merv Griffin Show 56 Off the Record (B) 10 The Little People 9:00 2 CBS Movie "To Sir with Love," '69, Ideal- istic ex-engineer (Sidney Poi- tier) finds himself teaching in a tough East End London school. 4 Ghost Story 7 Room 222 9 Tommy Hunter 56 New Documentaries 6 CBS Movie 10 Ghost Story 9:30 7 The Odd Couple 10:00 4 Banyon 7 Love, American Style 9 News 50 Perry Mason (B) 56 High School Football Game- of-the-Week 10 Banyon 11:00 2,4,7 News 9 The Cheaters (B) 50 Rollin' 6,10 News 11:30 2 Movie "Summer and Smoke," '61, Shy young woman falls in love with a slick medical student in this Tennessee Williams' story. Lawrence Harvey, Geraldine Page. 4,10 Tonight 7 Dick Cavett 9 Movie "The Kiss of Evil," 63, Hon- eymoon disturbed by bats. Clifford Evans, Noel Will- man. 50 CBS Late Movie "Girl Happy," '65, And its Fort Lauderdale again inan- other teenage - crowd - on- vacation movie. Starring - who else -- but Elvis baby. 6 CBS Late Movie 10 Tonight 1:00 4 This Week in Pro Football 7 Movie "Decision Before Dawn," '52, Garry Merrill, Hildegarde Neff. 1:30 2 Movie "Angels Alley," '48, The Bow- ery Boys. BOXOFFICE :: September 25, 1972 Butterflies Are Free ' (Cot) Selected I TOMORROW NIGHT! Blue Rihhe Award Winner for August By MARY JO GORMAN BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE," starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart and Edward Albert, was voted the Blue Ribbon -Award winner for August by members of the National Screen Council. The film, described by one reviewer as "a comedy with heart," concerns a blind boy, who moves away from his overly protective mother into an apartment next door to a hippie-type girl. The Columbia release-rated PG by the MPAA and A3 by the NCO- initial bookings in major cities. andP BOXOFFICE reviewed "Butterflies Are MOST Free" in its issue of July 17, stating in part: "This long-running Broadway hit will gain CO an even greater popularity as a film. Pro- OF T duced by M. J. Frankovich, it likely will receive much critical praise and strong A FRANKOVIC audience reaction. Good word-of-mouth /1BuTY J advertising will insure successful runs. A Eileen Heckart re- NOW ... the DELIGHTFUL MEDY HIT THIS YEAR! H PRODUCTION ERF1IES FREE .. . . ........ X~",' ".~inminW .' ~