PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — JANUARY 27,1995
JOE ORVAVIS REHEARSES FOR “GREATER TUNA”
Best, worst, films
By KEVIN CORBETT
Here are my fMcks for the best
films of 1994:
Forrest Gmm|K A wcmderful
film featuring Trnn Htudcs as a
simple-minded man who goes
through many different adven
tures in his life.
Ed Wood: Hm Burton’s hi
larious true story about a Holly
wood director famous for mak
ing bad movies.
Clear and Present Danger:
The third installment in the Jack
Ryan series, features Harrison
Ford in this fast-paced political
thriller.
The River Wild: It may not
have a deep plot, but it’s a thrill-
ride down the rapids.
The worst films:
The Specialist: Stallone stars
as a bomb expert (how fitting —
he’s been in enough — remem
ber Stop Or My Mom Will
Shoot?). This film drags on with
unlikable characters.
Being Human: Robin Will
iams plays five different guys
named Hector. It’s a great film to
watch if you can’t fall asleep.
Mary Shelley’s Franken
stein: Robert NeDiro’s perfor
mance is terrible in this extra
graphic, uncompelling version of
the classic story.
North: After making cin
ematic masterpieces like The
Princess Bride, When Harry Met
Sally, and A Few Good Men, Rob
Reinder strikes out with this re
ally dumb movie.
Kevin’s Oscar picks:
Best Actor: Tom Han
Forrest Gump.
Club Dramatica to perform
first full-length production
• Best Actress: Meryl Streep,
The River Wild.
Best Picture: Forrest Gump.
Best Supporting Actress:
Kristen Dunst, Interview with a
Vampire.
Best Supporting Actor:
Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction.
Best Director: Quentin
Tarantino, Pulp Fiction.
Best Comeback: Arnold
Schwarzenegger, True Lies.
January’s star of the month:
Laurence Fishbume. This incred
ible actor displays his talents in
John Singleton’s Higher Learn
ing and in t^thriller Bad Com
pany. In February he will be seen
in Just Cause with Sean Connery.
What to Expect for 1995:
Die Hard: With a Vengeance,
starring Bruce Willis, Samuel
Jackson, and Jeremy Irons.
Batman Forever, starring Val
Kilmer, Jim Carrey, and Tommy
Lee Jones.
Mission Impossible, starring
Tom Cruise.
The Quick and the Dead, star
ring Sharon Stone and Gene
Hackman.
Under Siege 2: Dark Terri
tory, starring: Steven Seagal,
Morris Chestnut, and Eric
Bogosian.
Bad Boys, starring: Will Smith
and Martin Lawrence.
Rob Roy, starring: Jessica Lang
and Liam Neeson.
By ALAN P. FELTON
The hillbilly humor of Tuna,
Texas, will fill North Carohna’s
Wesleyan College’s Coltrane
Theatre when Club Dramatica,
Wesleyan’s drama club, presents
the comedy Greater Tuna in Feb
ruary.
The production will be the first
full-length play presented by Club
Dramatica and will also be the
first Wesleyan production to be
sponsored by a local business.
The Texas Steakhouse and Sa
loon is providing various props
and other assistance to the project.
Greater Tuna is a biting satire
of Southerners and their culture
that blends stereotypical charac
ters and comic situations into a
rousing work of entertainment.
But according to the production’s
director, Christopher Alexander,
the entertainment is only one im-
pcvtant facet of the ove^I work.
Alexander said, **1 hate racism
and ignorance. That is what this
show makes fun of. By ridiculing
racism, I have tried to show how
stupid it really is.”
The cast consists of six mem
bers of Club Dramatica with each
member portraying at least two
different characters. According to
the cast, playing more than one
role presented an interesting chal
lenge especially since most of the
roles involve crossing genders
and one cast member, Michelle
Anderson, plays a dog named
Yippy during parts of the show.
But for most of the cast it was
not difficult to find actual people
on which to model their charac
ters because, as cast member Joe
Bratcher said, “I just draw on my
family for character inspiration.”
The Wesleyan production of
Greater Tuna is unique in sev
eral other ways according to its
director. Alexander said the show
will use a real, working train on
stage and audience members will
not be merely purchasing a ticket
when they enter the theater.
Pianist to give recital
Jan. 29 at Wesleyan
Frank Vulpi, pianist from
UNC-G, will give a recital on the
campus of North Carolina Wes
leyan College Jan. 29.
The recital, held in Leon
Russell Chapel at 3 p.m., will fea
ture selected works of Brahms,
Chopin, and Debussy. Admission
is free, and the public is invited
to attend.
For more information, call
Mike McAllister at 985-5212.
Rather, audience members will
buy a membership in the Tuna
Hunting Club.
“I wanted to give the audience
a feeling of real involvement
when they come out for the show.
By selling' memberships in the
Tuna Hunting Club the audience
will become part of the show. I
believe it is a concept that will
add to the fun of the show,”
Alexander said.
Greater Tuna will be the di
rectorial debut for Alexander who
is a second year theatre major.
“I have learned a lot by doing
this show. I have had to establish
a trust with the cast which was
not easy at first. Theatre is a tough
business and we have to be seri
ous about the work going on. But
we have made a good effort dur
ing our rehearsals. I have been
lucky to be able to work with
such a high level of talent in the
cast,” Alexander said.
Greater Tuna will be per
formed in the Coltrane Theatre at
8 p.m. Feb. 2-4 and 9-11. Admis
sion is free for students and $5
for community members.
CAB
Wolf
January 28
9:30pm
Clear &
Present Danger
February 4
9:30pm
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