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Thursday, April 19, 1984/Kaleidoscope/7 Drama review: By Anna Wilson Shakespeare done in modern times? Never, you say. But done it is in the Theatre UNCA production of Much Ado About Nothing. The play, set in mod ern times by Arnold Wengrow, director, is about a girl shamed at the altar by htsr love who believed malicious Much ado about modern setting gossip and the classic love/hate relationship between two others. Really, now. In today's society, will a groom shame his bride in church in front of the wedding guests when he was told she cheated on him? Probably not. And svca in Sicily, where the play is set, they still don't do t-r t p-j-- '1- minuet-type dances, do they? (Hasn't disco fever hit overseas?) And do they still use the archaic language of thee, thou, hath, and whither? Wengrow should have changed the script to reflect modern times (but it just wouldn't have been Shakespeare) or set the play in the time it should have been (and play hell with the costume department). Probably any time before World War I would have worked. But this dilem ma was never soTved. Much Ado About Noth ing became a showpiece for Df. David Hopes, by far the best performer. He played Benedick with flair. His soliloquies were perhaps the best scenes in the play. The scene where Benedick finds out about Beatrice's love for him was hilarious. Also the camaraderie between Hopes' Bene dick, Steve Magoon's Claudio and Tom Morris' Record review: Don Pedro seemed very real and it provided some good episodes between the three. Kathy Whatley came in a close second to Hopes for an outstanding per formance. Her face was very expressive and the scenes between Benedick and Beatrice were charged as everyone waited to see who would throw the best barbs. Tom Morris and Lee Morris played two bro thers, one good, one bad. Both had a prince ly air about them and they played their parts first-class. Magoon did as well as he could with his wimp like character Claudio. 1 missed some of his lines, but the ones 1 did catch were enough. It's hard to admire a guy who calls his bride a rotten orange in church! Mike Manley, Scott Mebane, Colin White, and Kazuo Miyabara provided comic relief in the form of bumbling detectives who solve the Hero/Claudio/bad guys scenario. 1 con stantly chuckled through all of their scenes. Manley's hat jump, Mebane's stupid tough guy, and White's and Miyabara's in-step routine Were really funny. Near the end of the play, 1 forgot that it was set in the present. The dance,whatever it was, could have been left out. The actors and actresses were trying to remember their steps and thbir lines, and it Was distracting. A nice slow dance would have worked just as well. Also the story itself just didn't fit modern times. Did I misunder stand, or did Benedick challenge Claudio to a duel? Dueling in the '80's? Come on, any Italian worth his salt would have hired the Mafia to take care of Claudio. But that just wouldn't be Shakespeare would it? Scorpions pack powerful sting \ i ^ ^ 1. Go fly a kite: Marty Schmidt (right), Joe Simp son (center), and Jo-Jo (dog) enjoy the kite weather. Photo by David Plunkett Recital goes electronic UNCA senior Robert "floating" guitars, and an appearance by clas sical pianist Dewitt Tipton. "I'm a showman," said Brown, a self-professed "rock 'n' roller who wanted something dif ferent." He urges students to "come with open ears and an open mind." Brown is a native of Asheville and is corn- sounds, thunderstorms ■ pi0txng his B.A. degree and bells. in music with liberal The recital wUl also arts, include exotic music Admission for the from other lands, recital is free. Brown will give a per formance of original electronic music blend ed with recorded sounds from the environment tonight at 8 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium. As part of his senior recital. Brown will perform on the piano, guitar and synthesizer, accompanied by original recordings of traffic By Colin White In an age of musical resurgences (like Rock abilly, for instance) and thousands of new bands looking for a chance to make it big, it seems as though America is steadily becoming the true mother country of rock music. More and more bands are coming to the real ization that America is the place where the big bucks (and the gold records) are made. And I don't just mean British bands either, even though they have dominated ' the rock invasion (of the U.S.) for a long time now. More and more coun tries are getting into the act, like Australia (represented by Men at Work, Air Supply, and AC/DC), Ireland (the home of U2), and Scotland (Big Country's main headquarters). And now Germany seems destined to become in volved in the "Race for the Gold" (records, that is), what with the emergence of the Scorpions' latest LP, entitled LOVE AT FIRST STING. Although the Scor pions have been making records since 1972, it wasn't until recently that they gained a large following of heavy metal fans in this country. LOVE AT FIRST STING is their 11th album to date. Their last LP, BLACK OUT, which made the Top 10 album charts last year, is currently reaching platinum sta tus in the U.S. In addition to that, the positive impact that LOVE AT FIRST STING will probably have on the rock indus try should increase the popularity of BLACKOUT, too. What's so great about LOVE AT FIRST STING, you ask? Everything. It features a wide variety of head-banging tunes, including the ever- popular Rock You like A Hurricane, an anti-war song. Crossfire, and even a beautiful bal lad, StRl Loving You. Lead and rythmn gui tarists Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker, two of the best heavy metal "axe men" in the business, create an incredibly tight, pre cise guitar section on all the songs, while drummer Herman Rarebell and bassist Francis Buchholz maintain a hard, driving rythmn (on the up-beat tunes). And of course Klaus Meine, lead - singer, does a fine job, with his raspy vocals and high-pitched' screams. I'm also glad that the Scorpions decided to bring their music to America, where LOVE AT FIRST STING, along with the rest of their LP's, can be fully, as well as financially, appre ciated. This is the "Land of Opportunity," remember?
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