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Thursday, August 15, 1968 Shf (Jar lj?rl Page 3 Tar Heel Drama Review m.ir 0 isiey Good. Dirty Fu Thurs.- Fri.-Sat By HARVEY ELLIOTT Tar Heel Reviewer THE PAISLEY CONVERTIBLE. By Harry Cauley. Directed by Joe Shea. Now playing. Village Dinner Theatre. The Paisley Convertible is the best sex comedy presented by the Village Dinner theatre this summer. If that sounds like dubious praise, it is because no one can really get worked up about a frothy little bag of erotic innuendoes and New Morality stereotypes. On the other hand, if all you want is escapist fun (and a few dirty jokes quite good on the side), then this sounds like the one to see. Marked by the most skilled performances and the snappiest direction of the season, it's a funny, funny show. Until it gets a little tedious, that is. But then every comedy gets a little tedious towards the end. You've been sitting still for two hours, and all the characters do is misinterpret the motives and actions of all the other characters. It's sort of like those slapstick movies where everybody is chasing every body else and one door closes just as another opens and nobody finds anybody. Or like the silly husband-and-wife spats (this is the case here) where you want to say: "Stop, dammit! Just sit down and talk everything out and. you'll see you're all mistaken and things'!! be okay." ill m mm ms& oo After Inventory SALE Blouses and Shells $1.25-$5.00 Women's Bermudas ... All Under $5.00 Skirts $1.50-$4.75 Boys' Banlon Shirts $1.86 Sizes 8-20 Men's Banlon Turtlenecks $2.75 Men's Jams, Surfers and Swimsuits 50c-$2.00 Men's Banlon Shirts $3.75 Support Hose (Irreg.) 3 pr. for $3.00 Panti Hose (Irreg.) $1.00 Women's Slacks $3.25-$7.00 NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES FOR SALE she i Wm mm STUDIO CARD J if;:: iii U y ''' " ' Hear Ye! SEND A STUDIO CARD From The actors finally do that and the play is over. But on the way to that inevitable hop-in-the-bed finale, the "misinterpretations" are hilariously enacted by those involved. The paisley convertible is not a car, but a sofa-bed. The plot concerns the age-old question of Who's Been Sleeping With Whom? but somehow it doesn't seem age-old with this company. Charlie (Neil Alan) and Amy (Nancy Petocchi) are newly -married, each obsessed with the other's sexual history. Bring out their ex-companions (lovers, they question?), toss in the mother-in-law, and that's your recipe for a dinner party and a play. Alan is good and Miss Petocchi somewhat weaker, but the supporting characters are terrific. 1 1 a Jerom plays the mother-in-law like she's never seen a mother-in-law on stage before. And that's good! Russell T. Gossett and Judy Wisman as the former boy- and girl-friends of the couple are much better than their lines (which are good). Gossett's dum-dum physical nut and Miss Wisman's dry-witted bitch (they said it, I didn't) are honest and funny people. Nearly every actor received hearty applause not only in the curtain calls, but as they made their final exits within the play. Congratulations, group. For once, you've got a play to match your superb dinner buffet. JULIE CHRISTIE TERENCE STAMP PETER FINCH ALAN BATES PANAVISION . METROCOLOR Sunday -Monday " - " I Q love comes W. -AND TOM ' l 'WW0W"!! &m$yrT - ft" ft 'i I) y I n 1 w ! J I -'- ? 'X"5 " "fx CO 5v I 0 1 WJ to is ..;'.;:.. i-' n 4 jkj- 1 , uin lis 2 i o 4 r i e i 1 -02 i w ' ii fin i r I '-v- r t i 1 w ft) m -wJ - Meg J 4. And wherever you find a congenial crowd, you 1! find Coca-Cola, f A For Coca-Cola has the refreshing taste you never get tired of. Utft m I That's why things go better with Coke, offer Coke, after Coke. DURHAM COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
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