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It's lead "Balloons!" for two acts and
witty only towards the end of the
Durham Theatre Guild's new production
of Chapel Hillian Randolph Umberger's
play "Balloons!" or 'The Fable of Ah!"
The play -an intelligent and incredibly
complex study of, among other things,
the cycle of life, the conciliation of two'
families in Capulet-Montague tradition,
"the wonders of the world," "the'
beginning of time and the end of time,
Freudian phallusy, hedonism, first love
and the world of illusion (Amos says "we
exaggerate our world") -demands a
spritely, plastically lithe cast which
attracts a striking and immediate
identification from the audience, and this
is where "Balloons!" sinks.
Blue Calhoon (Chapel Hill's Carolyn
Kohli) is seventeen, a "wallflower," and
just home from summer camp. Amos
Revere (Arthur S. Marcus) is an aspiring
Rick Gray
Oscar Snow was ftasftele
Surprise.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts
''' 'and Sciences has balls. George C. Scott,
1 the man who told them to take their
;', " Oscar and stuff it, was named the best
, - actor of 1970. And the motion picture he
; won it for, "Patton," swept through the
' two-and-one-half hour "meat parade,"
and picked up eight of the golden Oscars.
It was a surprising year for the Oscars:
the voters actually showed they were
capable of chosing the most outstanding
talent, and Bob Hope got only one laugh
in his seven-minute monologue, and that
was for a bad joke.
Orson Welles, Igmar Bergman, and
Lillian Gish got special awards, and the
Beatles won a stature for the score of
"Det It Be." Glenda Jackson was given
the Oscar for her brilliant role in "Women
in Love," and "Love Story," the movie
that's taking millions away from a
hopeless American public got only one
award for the best original score.
But for all the Academy did right,
they showed again that below the surface
Amateur films win
by Kathy Koch
Feature Writer
Hard work, perseverance, and
creativity paid off for five UNC
film-makers in Saturday's film festival at
Swain Hall. The festival was sponsored by
theFree Flick Committee, which awarded
cash prizes to the top entries in both the
1 6-mm and 8-mm divisions.
H. B. Hough and Charlie Huntley won
first and second place in the 16-mm
competition. Hough received $100 for his
'Three Animations into Life," amusing
A)'j anecdotes on human nature. Huntley
received $50 for his "Cars," a short
animation with original electronic music,
i -'The winners were selected from 12
t entries.
Honorable mentions went to Rick
Gibbs and Charlie Huntley. ' Gibbs'
black-and-white film "Oh Yeah" had
hi Jilt been, .done for' Dr Peck's religion class.
", -Huntley's visual "exercise" "Squeeze Me"
mixed painting and excerpts from
!uSS2$commercials with music by Dr. Roger
fi Hannay to present a comment on modern
S society.
; Out of the 31 entries in the 8-mm
Ion
Crossword Puzzle
division, Jerry Gentry walked off with
$75 for his sensitive portrayal of
"Claudius," a black, blind painter.
Meredith Mullins placed second for her
film "It's Always Worthwhile Speaking to
a Clever Man." Meredith's film was also
prepared for Dr. Peck's class and is based
on a theme from "Brothers Karamazov".
Meredith said, 'The theme was that
machines are perfect; you can't conquer
them. The funny thing is that while I was
doing the film my machines kept
breaking. I think they were trying to tell
me something."
H.B. Hough won third prize, collecting
$25 for "Canvas I," an animation of
people painting a canvas.
The three honorable mentions in this
division went to Charlie Huntley for "Ad
Lib," a. colorful sight and sound trip; Jim
Eldridge for his documentary on the
moratorium, -"Means to an End;" and to
Bill Hatch for-his delightful rendition of
"Rocky Raccoon." : '-.vJ: . : . ;
This year's festival was held in hopes
of initiating a yearly event. Festival
coordinator Jeanne Finan said, 'The
response was surprising, I didn't think
we'd get that many films."
. Answer to Saturday's Puzzle
still lingers the same tastelessness that has
hampered the presentation in past years.
Sure, Hope was limited to only seven
minutes of his mindless drivel. But Frank
Sinatra, the pretty-voiced young star of
the Mafia, was given the Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award only a few days
after he announced his "retirement."
Sure, Helen Hayes was acknowledged
as the first lady of the performing arts
when she was named best supporting
actress, but the Academy showed again
that, given a choice, they will pick a
white or an Uncle Tom ahead of an
outspoken racial leader-John Mills was
named best supporting actor ahead of
Chief Dan George, who deserved it.
Not having Bob Hope onstage for the
entire two-and-one-half hours made the
show a bit more bearable, but still it was
two-and-one-half of boredom. The only '
non-boring parts were the film clips from
the movies of Welles, Gish, and Bergman
which preceded the presentation of their
special Oscars.
Prior to the time Goldie Hawn opened
the envelope containing Scott's name,
Welles' filmed acceptance speech was the
high point of the show. Miss Hawn read
the list of nominees and asked for the ,
envelope. '
"And the winner is," . she . said.
"... Oh my God . . . George C. Scott for
'Patton.'"
If that had been the end, the show
would have been good, but there were the
best actress and best film to be named
yet. Miss Jackson won one, and "Patton" :
grabbed its eighth. .
The bad part is that "Patton" had no
real ' competition among the nominees; -
and even Scott's win was not enough to ' -make
up for the moments of tastelessness
that will haunt the Academy Awards
until movies gain the class of a broadway
productions, as the Tonies have done.
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pianist of the same age he plays "scales
or Scarlatti" and he ambitiously wants
"to change the world with sounds."
They fall in love on a hill in the backyard,
thanks to the "designs" of Blue's
capricious mother (Patty Hinson) who'
ad rises "nothing ventured, nothing
gained," and in the thrill and balloonish
euphoria of love and the wonders of the
world, the duo storm the big city,
unmarried and unprepared.
Amos, desperate for work sir""e Blue
may be pregnant, figures that "fingers
like mine are a collector's item," but his
auditions at bar, bordello and mortuary
are unsuccessful. Blue is anxious for a
proper marriage, but after checking with
the doctor, discovers that she is not
expecting. Swirling in Amos's
employment plight, the turbulent times
ensue as the two grapple with a
psychological situation that is financially
and mentally beyond their grasp. Finally
admitting that "we weren't ready after
all," the two return home to security.
Forty years later in the society of
"plastic power' inhabited by
black-tighted humans with pink boots
and plastic capes imprinted with pink sex
symbol, Amos, by now a world-famous
Italianate pianist meets Blue again in the
same old front yard. She is bitter; he is
twice divorced. And after a purging battle
between the sixty-year olds, they join
together in a celestial, 'Tempest'Mike
return to the original scene and characters
of Act I, to commemorate the Fantastick,
Ah-inspiring power of balloons-the
thrills, their rising like sun and moon in
endless cyclical repetition, the continuous
recurrence of youthful spirit -everything
that rising balloons can symbolize,
including the characters themselves: "We
are balloons, soaring up so high we forget
what it is like to soar."
Randolph Umberger's play is
excellent, creative, and filled with
insightful lines. For example, Amos
considers the night to be "as thick as
octopus ink." Uncle Willie, a dear friend
of Blue's mother who eventually marries
her, dishes out advice worthy of the
"Hee-Haw" philosopher: "Life is like a
; bathtub. Fill it up, but don't leave a ring
for the next fellow." When Blue kisses
Amos's wounded finger, she poignantly
whispers that "the pain will ebb away."
With such first-rate writing it takes
only an active, appropriate group of
players to make the Dlav work
successfully. Unfortunately, Director
Benjamin Keaton's cast does not
unanimously deliver.
Arthur S. Marcus as Amos is excellent,
wide-yed and magiciarJy motivated.
Perhaps he is a hedonist, but we still love
him as the never-say-die-hard who, after
the New York Qty failure, triumphantly
announces "the next time well be back
and win the title of the world."
As Blue Calhoon, Carolyn Kohli seems
miscast. She lacks the attractive,
youthful, bouncy, balloonish freshness so
necessary to establish the counterpoint
with Amos.
Bill Shawn Smith steals the show on
three separate occasions: as W.C. Fieldish
Uncle Willie, as the lecherous doctor and
especially as Walter, the fawning,
flower-pot kicking newly wed husband
who wants to buy Blue's house. He was
definitely the audience favorite.
Mary Jeanne Reid Martz plays her
three roles consistently. As Amos's
mother, she effects the perfect tone when
she tells Amos in a honey-voice that
"Jesus wants you for a sunbeam." Her
other roles are as the New York City
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prostitute Amos encounters and
"plastic power" mother clutch:.
imaginary child.
Blue's mother, the "crazy jur.que
woman next door," is too vouthfuHy
portrayed by Patty Hinson. She is simply
not convincing as a mad widow with a
furniture fetish.
Daniel L. Leonard is capable as Amos's
timid father, a "marshmaUow," but the
material deserves a- more polished
performance. He is a real estate agent in
the final act.
The physical "world of illusion" also
depends on the Freudian sets of Benjamin
Harris and Harrell Tice, the simplistic yet
effective costuming of Jacqueline Grgf n
and the lighting and musical
gurgle-and-clank effects of Benjamin
Harris.
Life at its best bobs up in the wind."
as "Balloons!" should. With such a fine
script, the disappointing production is, to
use Amos's line, "enouah to make you
blue." -
The play will be presented at the
Allied Arts Center in Durham throuch
Sunday, April 18, and also April 22-25
Ticket sales for the final production of
the Carolina Playmakers current season,
"Slow Dance on the Killing Ground,"
open on Monday, April 19 for season
ticket holders and on Wednesday, April
21 for the general public. William
Hanley's play will run from Tuesday,
April 27 through Sunday, May 2.
The play involves the confrontation of
a triad of unusual characters in what
Richard Watts of the New York Post calls
"an event of forceful and steadily
arresting dramatic interest."
The cast of "Slow Dance on the
Killing Ground" features William Hardy
as George Rose, Elliott Moffitt as
Clarence Williams, 3rd, and Lisa Galloway
as Rosie. Direction is by Patricia Barnett,
settings by David Nard and costumes by
Mary Davis.
Tickets are available at
Ledbetter-Pickard in downtown Chapel
Hill and at the Playmakers Business
Office in Graham Memorial Building on
the UNC campus. All tickets are $2.50.
Telephone reservations may be made by
calling 933-1 121.
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