SeptemBer 27,1991 page four
What's Playine
by Amily Brown ^ O
Area pijyhouses have a full venue for the
1991-92 season. NCSU's Center Stage, at
Stewurt Theatre, is featuring Nun sense, J[
Ain't Yq Uncle. As You Like Tt and Ihe
Three Sisters while Thompson Theatre is
performing The Odd Couple. Joe Turner’s
Come and Gone. Arms and the Man and The
Boyfriend.
RaJeigh’s Theatre in the Park. 107 Pullen
Road, is finishing its run of Breakingjhg
Code and will follow with Fences, The
Merchant of Venice, and Briarpatch.
As for Raleigh Little Theatre, the City
will include: Gemini.The Roto
performances are at the Gaddy-Godwin
Theatre, at Raleigh LitUeTlieatre, 301 Pogue
Stre«.
Raleigh Little Theatre’s Main Stage is
completing its petforinaiice ol^ig Jtoc. ajid
upcoming performances aie: Da.
Bilojti Blue.s, and Me and My Gir)
Main Stage performances are also at Ra
leigh Little Theatre.
Playmakers Repertory Company, which
performs at the Paul Green Theatre, Chapel
Hill, is currently running Stephen Jeffties’
adaptation of Charles Dickens’ HfluOinies,
Eleemosynary and Twelfth Niohr to fol
low.
For ticket information, call 962-PLAY
for Playmakets. 821 -4579 for Raleigh Little
Theatre, 831-6058 for Theatre in the Park,
515-2405 for Thompson Theatre, and 515-
3104 for Center Stage.
Film Review
To Regard! or Disregard??
Feeling down in the dumps? Are you a
little depressed ? Do you need a quick fix of
heartwarming happiness? Then slap down
five dollars and sit back to Regarding
Uemy., a sickeningly touching film that
traces the path of a yuppy New York lawyer
who must start his life and relationships
over after being shot in the head.
A love child of director Mike Nichols,
RsgmUflgJifiacy is a feel-good film of
mediocre quaUty. Nichols, who also directed
Ilie Graduate and. more recently, ^cjiKijug
Qid, u'eates an easy-going piaure tliat boasts
only an adequate plot and characters. There
are no daring intrigue, no spicy sex scenes
tvo suspense just u forniulated .sequence
of bad man + tragic event good man.
Convincingly played by actor Harrison
Ford. Henry is an insincere, materialistic,
and self-centered man. The opuning scene
shows him arguing an emotional case; Uieji
tlie scene flashes to a telephone booth i n the
court lobby where Henry is threatening
someone about a table that "looks like u
damned turtle.” His callousness extends to
his family, where he browbeats his daughter
for spilling juice on his“baby" — graywall
to wall caipeting. Henry’s bastardly image
is siiattered. however, with the bullet liiat
pierces his skull in tlie groceiy store rob-
beiy. The fdm focuses on tlie long peiiod of
rehabilitation that follows. During this pe
riod, Henry rediscovers the pains and joys
of life with help from his therapist, Bradley;
his wife, Sarali; and his daughter, Rachael.
Dragging from scene to scene, tlie plot is
predictable and unrealistic. For example,
the viewer knows Henry’s recovery is in
evitable when, thirty minutes into tlie fiLin,
tlie man is already walking and talking again.
After all, this film does last two hours, and
its main focus is to trace Henry’s lehabiJita-
lion.
Aside irom the slowness ol the acticm. the
plot also suffers from alack ol'reiUisin. The
assumption that a tragic accident combined
with little savings and no income equals
financial strain is glossed over. Although
Sarah takes- a pan time job. there are few
tnodificntions in their high dollar lifestyles;
they sLill retain tlieir daytime housekeeper,
drink expensive Heineken beer, and send
their daughiei* to a costly prep school.
Another example of the fihn’s disregard
for reality concerns the focus on Henry’s
physical disability. His arm suffers no im
pairment from the shot in the shoulder, and
nmdnverl onpngtfsix
Meredith Performs Proudly Presents.
Journey Proud
by Tom Cope
Admission:
In Studio Theatre of Jones Hall
Individual $6
September 26-28 at B p.ni. if 39 al 3 p.m.
October 3-4 at 0 p.m. i 5 at 2 p.m. and 0 p.m.
Students 4 Senior Citizens U
An award •.«]] be given to the club the most members present