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Thursday, March 23, 1989
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The Michigan Daily
Fo's farce
ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily
Cast members swarm around one another at a dress rehearsal for the MUSKET production of Chicago, a
musical replete with glitter, jazz, and death.
In Chicago, love's murder
We Won'tJ
BY MARC MAIER
W~VHAT do a working-class U
a communist playwright, and M
in common? Well, the uprising
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
nist playwright Dario Fo. Midl
the University Players have per
weekends their production of t
its Ann Arbor premiere at t
tonight.
"A communist play in Midl
Isn't Bush still president?"
Calm down. Here's the deal
satire that takes aim at a myriad
relationships between classes
sexes, to name only a few. Th
working-class woman returnsf
wtih her groceries - after ha"
them. As her husband returns,
hide what she's done. From th
plications ensue. The play's m
story twists wildly about.
Wait a minute! 'Message
Blech. Sounds didactic and preac
Never fear, the play is much
tor Barry Goldman explains: "In
of politics in it, but it's also a
farce. All of these things mak
provocative and untraditional."
"Oh no! Hey, what about M
right?!"
Hold on! Let me finish. Th
certainly untraditional, but no
based on the medieval "giullari
wandering minstrels performed'
ian satire in the streets of Euro
the people, for the people," says
style of Fo's theater has to dow
tions of bourgeois theater, tha
He continues, "The play is made
"Good God,what about Midla
Geez, don't you even want t
to what Goldman described as a'
town?
"Well... yeah, I guess."
Okay. Well, for one thing, T
the Arts invited University Pla
year. They have a brand new th
provided by Dow Chemical, an
in it. The company did four per
two weekends and met with rea
tire spectrum. Goldman was ple
Pay! satirizes class relations
especially because performing a play by a communist
playwright in a theater owned by a giant company, in a
prising in Italy in 1974, town where most people work for the company, was
4idland, Michigan have risky.
in Italy is the basis for "I'll say."
,a play by the commu- Yeah, well it just so happens that the play is
and, Michigan is where uniquely suited to that situation, because Fo and his
formed for the last two troupe created the play to travel around with, and they
hat play, which makes took it to union halls and factories, "Into places where
he Trueblood Theatre working-class people live, because the play deals with
working-class people," said Goldman.
and?! What's going on? And apparently, the show did reach some working-
class people. Goldman relates how line workers who
. The play is a political had just negotiated a new contract two weeks ago, came
of targets including the up to him and said how they wished the play had been
and the battle of the there then. "They really honestly felt that it would have
ie story begins when a brought a different tone to the discussions, and made a
from the grocery store big difference for them. Well, wow!" he beamed.
ving refused to pay for He has good reason to be happy, because the play is
she and a friend try to designed to rouse people to action. It's-
is basic situation, com- "Action!! I knew it! They started a revolution up
iessage emerges as the there, didn't they. Someone oughta call Governor
Blanchard-"
'? 'Political satire'? Stop interrupting. The play simply shows us people
hy." in situations that we can recognize, in positions that
1more than that. Direc- we can recognize. Let Goldman explain: "It's a theater
ndeed, the play has a lot of situation. This is not a theater of psychology, of
satire, a comedy and a what a particular character is going through. It is about
ke for something quite the situation they are in, and what they represent."
What they represent in this case is workers, and the ac-
idland?! Is everyone all tors demonstrate to us the attitudes of workers in gen-
eral. You can probably tell that Fo's theater is related
he style of the play is to the epic theater of Brecht, but probably funnier. But
t unprecendented. It is the aim is the same.
" form of acting, where "Well, just what is that aim? Is it subversive
bawdy, anti-authoritar- political preaching?"
pe. "It was a theater by No, far from it. After seeing the play, Goldman
s Goldman. "The whole said, "It's up to people to then make a decision to
with breaking down no- change their own situation, not wait for it to change
t famous fourth wall." around them. It's about taking a stance. We're just ex-.
e to provoke." posing the situation, getting people to think." Does
nd!!!"" that sound subversive?
o know why they went "Well, no, not really. But-"
"staunchly Republican" Hey, no more questions. If you're interested, go see
it, okay?
"All right. If Midland could handle it, I guess I can,"
BY JILL PISONI
ACTS of murder, greed, corruption,
violence, and exploitation set to mu-
sic and dance - that's what Chicago
is all about. Set in 1920s Chicago,
the musical is the story of Roxie
Hart, a woman who wants to be a
nightclub singer. She kills her un-
faithful lover on Valentine's Day and
then tries to capitalize on the public-
ity of the murder. Nice girl.
The show, full of glitz, glitter,
and steam, is Jazz Age vaudeville at
its peak. There will be plenty of
brilliant displays of color - both in
the costumes and in the characters'
personalities. In the jail and at the
trial, Roxie meets up with a number
of colorful characters. Her cell-mates,
the "Merry Murderesses," are also
guilty of killing their lovers in
crimes of passion (they had it com-
ing, is their claim). Roxie's lawyer,
Billy Flynn, is expensive but knows
the process of the law so well that he
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can get anyone off. And then there is
Roxie's ever-faithful husband, whom
she shuns and ignores.
(Chicago)
vaudevillian
make some
uses the
style to
pretty big
statements... about how
something as immoral
as murder can be turned
into money and fame.
The musical uses the vaudevillian
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ments about the relationship between
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cast of women. The organization
feels there have been too few roles
for women in past MUSKET and
other University productions.
The Chicago story began in 1926
as a Broadway melodrama by Maurice
Dallas Watkins. It was turned into A
musical by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, and
John Kander in 1975. The students
have tried to stay true to Fosse's
original production.
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WE WON'T PAY! WE WON'T PAY! will be per-
formed at the Trueblood Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturday until April 1, with matinees at 2
p.m. March 26 and April 2. Tickets are $7 general ad-
mission, $5for students and may be purchased at the
Michigan League Ticket Office.
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode 101
Sire
Dig this: an explosion of me-
chanical energy. "Pimpf," an am-
biguous catch word designed to take
an individualized meaning to the lis-
tener, coupled with piano "wrath of
God" music. In this context, pimpf
probably means pain, death, or de-
struction. The song, the finale of
last year's Depeche model, becomes
an intro build-up to what we could
quite accurately call a "black
celebration." That's right, more for
the hungry masses - it's 101, a
double album recorded live at the
Pasadena Rose Bowl.
Next, the nihilistic "Behind the
Wheel" is delivered with faithful and
accurate maliciousness, for great ef-
fect. The song takes a lyrically very
pop concept, i.e. "my little girl/
you're behind the wheel tonight/ I'm
in the hands of fate" and delivers it
in an apocalyptic, malevolent light.
The theory of putting the girl in
control of his life is considered
putting himself on the line. A nice
perversion, and you can dance to it,
too. The dark theme exhibited in the
Orwellian "Music For the Masses"
dominates this record as well. The
result: a hip, revolutionary newspeak
that interprets our overall cultural
consciousness as well, if not better
than, any social critic you can name.
The concept continues through an
equally faithful "Strangelove" with
emphasis given to the line, "pain/
will you return it?! I'll say it again'
pain." Hits "Never Let Me Down
Again," "People Are People,"
"Somebody," "Things You Said,"
and "Black Celebration" are included.
As the record continues, a recurring
theme of darkness emerges, and I
admit, I like it. The problem stems
from delivery here. The songs are all
transferred very well from studio to
live mode, considering that they use
drum machines and sequencers
extensively in concert. It's just that
almost no progress is made here. No
attempt is made to improve on the
songs, and this becomes a retread.
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