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page 4 ^cc . KE19S PaKwfan nv.3, o 3- »4C b 4 i^K >^ioL(ior\C: to COvLc~ t nr\o*Vv.j| for th? ircfa^-c:! * Lo t Vc»-Vidn. |rv€ yjid nt-- tirvc rsvnrvjUl^ UJ^A a, t-JCAtJ i uc 0^^cd4r^ jtj^ cftjJL^; ted. tdCA i Aar a, _ ^ -ocm •Vccd p€r 3a A -^r c? * ro'srv-^;^. PAKISTAHf REFUGEES MTn V) ye,^. Fine Arts Series Presents Star - Spangled Girl Who Am I? “ . . . Charm, brightness, deft inventiveness and capacity for good, honest hilarity ...” — Richard Watts - Jr., N.Y. Post. “‘ ... Mr. Simon can do wonders with casually tossed - off fantasties that pop up from nowhere and whistle as they go by.” — Walter Kerry, N.Y. Times. “ ... Rich Humor, line after line of it ...” — George Op- penheimer, Newsday “... Boisterously clever... ” — Norman Nadel, N.Y., World Journal Tribune THE STAR-SPANGLED GIRL BY NEIL SIMON This fast moving hilarious comedy starred Anthony Perkins, Connie Stevens and Richard Benjamin in its long- run New York production. Bursting with witty lines and brightly humerous situation the play deals with two earnest young men struggling to put out a “protest” magazine, and the all-American girl who moves in next door and manages to send both of them into a romantic tail spin. Andy Hobart and Norman Cornell, Neil Simon’s two male characters, are fiercely dedicated men who endure near-starvation in order to put out a protest magazine in San Francisco. Sophie Rauchmeyer is the Olympic swimmer and all-American girl who moves into another apartment on the same floor. The three of them bubble a lot of fun even out of familiar situations. Miss Rauchmeyer makes her first appearance paying a good-neighbor visit to the combination home and office of the two publishers. Her friendliness is charming, and Norman Cornell’s im mobile reaction is funny as can be. Thereafter love, with him, is a determined mad ness, with the humor of it heightened by her frantic rejection of him. Meanwhile his partner is fielding telephone calls from the irate printer who wants to collect the money due him, and distracting the landlady from thoughts of back-rent with motorcycle rides and surfing expeditions. And while she is convinced that they are editing source of annoyance is that the wrong man is pressing his attention on her. Happily this situation is reversed in time, as love and politics blend delightfully in a bubbling series of funny happenings, set forth with the masterly skill and in ventiveness which have become the hall-marks of he «»Neil Simon comic stvle. WHO AM I? BLACK? Son of Africa Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba, Ashante, Mandingo I am black, brown, chocolate, cream I am a subject of Nefertari, Of ancient empires of Sundan I am prince, warrior, ar tist, tiller of earth. I am slave, chattel, a piece of property Driven to market Auctioned, bought, sold I am bred, stud to dam Livestock, cattle, beast. I am liberated Free at last Free at Last! Thank God 0’Mighty! I am segregated, pushed away, kept in place Nigger, happy, water melon, shuffing, trifling, lazy Stereotyped I am raped I am hung I am burned I am protest, freedom ride, prayer, fire bomb I am hope I Shall overcome. VAr' WHITE? Son of Europe England, Scotland, Wales, Holland, Germany I am white, hair of gold, eyes of blue I am a subject of Bonnie Prince Charlie Of the British Empire I am nobility, commoner, coal miner, clansman, sheep herder. I am proud, better than niggers I am an owner of slaves Master of blacks Buyer and seller of humans Breeder of human beasts. I am feeling guilty Ashamed, defensive, afraid Happy for his becoming At last! I am segregated, mistrusted, rejected, hated Prejudged, WASP, whitey, lily-white, bigot, racist Stereotyped, a heavy I am stoned I am beaten I am spat upon. I am protest, establish- mentarian — patronizing, sincere Hopeful, discouraged — friend, enemy — militant, complacent Courageous, fearful I am aware I am sad, I am happy I walk beside I care. OR ME? Son of Love Brother, husband, daddy, friend Important, unimportant — loved, unloved Remembered, forgotten — disappointing, fulfilling Needed, wanted. I am me ... changing, secure, believing Loving, hating, rejecting, accepting. Playing other I’s Conforming, creating Changing, evolving, reaching out Becoming future me, being right - now me Remaining the same and changing Becoming., -
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