March 10, 1969
N»C,Essay
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forged its path to infinity
|The rejoicing fowl sang itself
to death in his circle:
From blinding speed to careless
entities of small notions
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"Mother Courage"
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she is hitting her daughter, there
is nothing but concern and pity
flowing from her. Reversely, when
Kattrin's eye is injured and Mother
Courage gives her Yvette's red boots
as a pacifier, we do not see that
the boots are given because Kattrin
will not be able to secure a husband
with her scar (as she probably could
have beforehand without her mother
demanding otherwise). The boots re
present the type of physical love
that Mother Courage abhored for her
daughter's sake, but which now is
the only way in which Kattrin can be
satisfied sexually, if only in a
psychological sense. The lack of
tension in this scene is caused by
inadequate direction, for the sexual
aspects of Kattrin (not to be con
noted with lusty) are not played un
less they are mentioned specifically
within the text of the play.
Nevertheless, at time Miss Dai
ley compacts universal forces within
her bodyo Her stained-glass soul
shook the fiber of my soul with "The
Song of Capitulation."
Zuckerman has put the actors
through their paces like an armless
cop directing traffic. He does not
point the production in any particu
lar direction and never goes below
the surface level of the plot, which
is told before-hand on projected
slides. Zuckerman has let his ac
tors distort scenes because he is
unable to handle the intelligent and
subtle workings of the scripts. One
example of how the actors interfere
with the play's action and how there
is no attempt on the director's part
BY DENNIS WILLIAMSON
CRISIS IN
Ml DDLE
Relations deteriorated steadily
between the Zionists and the Islam
ites from 1917 on, but a state of
war was not declared until 1948, the
year of Israel's independence.
Through full-scale immigration dur
ing this period of time, the Jews
did everything possible, legally or
illegally to increase the percentage
of Jews in Palestine's population.
Determined to achieve an autonomous
state, the Jews organized their for
ces against Britain, the imperialist
controller of Palestine, and the A-
rabs, who opposed a separation of
Palestine into one state of Jews and
a separate state of Arabs. Well,
the determined Jews won out over
both opposing factions and proclaim
ed autonomy on May 14, 1948. A sep
arate Arab state called Transjordan
was then set up directly to the east
of Israel to where thousands of A-
rabs who previously lived in what is
now Israel were forced to suddenly
pull up roots and move.
THE CRISIS OF 1956 AND 1967
. -I
The moment of broken relations
between the Islamites and the Zion
ists in 1948 filled the Arab nations
with a perpetual, intense hatred for
the Jews. Thereby, Arab aggression
against Israel increased to such a
degree that in 1956, Gamal Abdul
Nassar, Egyptian President, closed
the Suez Canal and sent military
to clarigy a point can be found in
the Second Scene involving Mother
Courage and the Cook. Supposedly,
the scene points out that Mother
Courage uses every possible advan
tage to pocket on more guilder (even
though the chicken she is selling is
going to be her son Eilif's meal).
That very important aspect of Mother
Courage is completely ignored while
the actors play cheap comedic tricks
Over the years at The School of
the Arts, Zuckerman has directed
MARAT/SADE^ VISIT^ VIRGINIA WOOLF
and SKIN OF OUR TEETH^\ihich are all
exceptionally strong scripts. Be
cause he is unable to fulfill his
function, as director, the plays Zuc-
kennan selects must be self-support-
ing to be successful. Although
Brecht's play is a masterpiece, it
is hindered by a readable, but not
very theatrical translation.
The School of the Arts has a
responsibility to acquaint the pub
lic with professional productions so
that they will have a more valid ex
perience with better theater that
the usual fare served in this area.
With this production, the Drama De
partment has proved itself to be ir
responsible.
THE
EAST
forces to occupy the Sinai Peninsu
la, a plain of land on the southern
vorder of Israel, War nearly broke
out between the Egyptians and Israe
lis before the virtually impotent U-
nited Nations managed to stumble in
to the crisis and proclaim the Sinai
Peninsula an unoccupied buffer zone.
This move prevented all-out war un
til 1964 when Nassar again aggres
sively occupied the peninsula after
kicking out the U.N. "Peace Keeping"
force. This time war did indeed
break out and, unfortunately for the
aggressors, this "Six-Day War" ended
in an overwhelming victory for Is
rael. So up to this day the strain
ed relations between these peoples
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"Stambler's Attacked"
cy which Mr. Ward is the head of
intends, purports, desires and would
like to see subservience character
ize the student body. Have you had
a viable convercation lately with
the administration? Why not try
asking somebody for the standard
reading concerning whatever has been
written? That goes for Mr. Colina's
article also.
Secondarily, there is the
clearly obscure issue concerning the
"honor code" (because of this ob
scure clarity, for all we know,
P.U.M.P. may not only be directly
affiliated with this versute con
cept, but may also be an outgrowth
of it). Even a purblind person
would be able to see that the "honor
code" (which indeed may make the
situation much more dishonorable)
could never possibly become such a
far cry from a rule-enforcer as a
liberating force, and indeed could
only conceivably rebound in augment
ing the paranoia from which multi
farious students already suffer. And
if you think the drug and homosexual
problems here are bad, you ought to
take a look at the paranoid problem.
Why doesn't Stambler look into the
students' problems more circumspect
ly?
In succinct conclusion, it
seems that Stambler should cut the
sanctimonious crap about extolling
the virtues of the honor system,
which because of his article has
been cogently confuted. Also, it is
my hope that this letter has para-
gonned Stambler's unique pseudo
intellectual style; after all, you
can take the Yale graduate out of
the country, but you can't take the
country out of the graduate. That
is to say, if it is at all question
able that the salaried personnel
here have vacuous ears, there is
certainly no question about the vac
uousness of Stambler's mouth.
ANONYMOUS