Friday, May 21, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY ti EN ROUTE TO CANNES Theatre: C'est la vie a Paris By MARK ALAN FARBER Special to The Daily PARIS - This is by no means a cheap city, but don't pass it by. It has all the excitement of New York, minus the smog and muggings. Montmarte is 42nd St. with charm, and the Louvre makes the Metropolitan look like a WC. St. Pat's, compared to Notre Dame, looks like a nouveau riche imita- tion. Transportation is a cinch, for the sub- way system (Le Metro) is considered the best in the world. It is cheap, prompt, convenient, and inexpensive. (Buy your Metro tickets in lots of ten and save mucho). The food is not terribly cheap, but it is by no means expensive . . . and it is ter- ribly good. You can cut restaurant costs one-third by eating standing up. (Don't ask me why, but it's true.) Enough travel patter. If you're lusting for more may 1 suggest "Esquire", "Holi- day", or "Europe on $5 a Day". Let's pass on to Paris' most renowned form of theatre, the follies. The four most famous examples of the phenomena are the Follies Bergere, the Casino de Paris, the Lido, and the Moulin Rouge. How- ever the Lido and Moulin Rouge are supper clubs and tres expensive. Ergo, if you are on a limited budget (and who isn't) may I suggest the Casino de Paris where standing room tickets can be pur- chased for 15 francs (about $3.00). Reviewing the show at the Casino, I cannot help but think of-one of Nick's lines in Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf that goes something like, "I'm not a sadist, but I can't held ad- miring anything that's done well." Of the Casino's famous presentation I can only say, "I'm not a teats and ass man, but I can't help admiring..." Yes it's true the show is bourgeois male chauvinism. Yes, (and to add insult to injury) it's true that the designers lavish use of furs displays a thorough disregard for our ailing environment. But, it's done so well and so complete- ly that you cannot help being awed by the beautiful bodies (male and female), the colorful costumes, and the fantastic scenery, even .if you are disgusted at the same time. Remember, life is a para- dox. The show at the Casino is, of course, a revue (singing, dancing, and variety acts). The plot of- the sketches are minimal, but this is not theatre or plot but rather of spectacle. There are costumes by Yves St. Laurent, a Rolls Royce that c o m es through the stage floor, mammoth sets that fly in complete with suspended chorus girls, a full-stage typewriter that uses girl's legs as keys, and a full proscenium (top to bottom, side to side) neon stair- way which is used a la Flo Ziegfield. So, if you're willing to dismiss all of the negative aspects, the fact that the chorus line lacks precision, the chauvin-. ism, the furs, and the lack of intellectual content and are willing to resolve to enjoy the show as you would a Busby Berkley musical or a fashion show, then by all means go. Coming next: The Opening of the Can- nes Film Festival or where it's not at!! Page Five Can't Sleep Nights? Muscles Tense? PLAY PINBALL at WIZARD'S 605 E. WILLIAM (in Mark's Coffee House) OPEN 12-12 STUDY POLITICS IN EUROPE THIS SUMMER and earn 6 credits in Compara tive Government while visiting 10 nations in Western Europe plus East Berlin and Czechoslo- vakia. Seminars and lectures will be given by an Oxford-educated American professor and 70 lead- ing European statesmen a n d scholars. Meet with European students of similar interests at balls and other social events. Write or call Prof. R. L Schuet- tinger, Political Science Dept., Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia 24504 (703) 845-9071, Ext. 348 The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students acche isviersity sf Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second # Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 425 Maynard St., Ann Arbor. Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $10 by mail. Summer Session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $5 by carried. $5 by mail. Robert Redford -con on the lam Marion Brando good-guy sheriff Jane Fonda the con's wife E.G. Marshall -corrupt banker James Fox -son, friend, lover in Arthur Penn's THE CHASE Next Tuesday May 25-7:00 & 9:30 p.m. auditorium a, ongell hall the ann arbor film cooperative Join The Daily Program Information 434-1782 ! r 3020 WASHTENAW NOW SHOWING! SHOWS AT Mon.-Tues.-Thurs.-Fri 7 & 9 P.M. 1 Wed.-Sat.-Sun.- 1-3-5-7:05-9:10 P.M. NAPOLEON MEETS WELLINGTON ... 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