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'My One and Only 9 sparkles
By D^ih Jones
Anyone who thinks thai the oMfailuoncd
tuneful, "boy-mects-giil"
musical is dead a misuken. H'% alive
well and kicking up its tap» at the
Golden Gate Theatre in the TonyawonS-winmiig
m-iiical, *Vr Ow* ark/
On*.
A :how buUi anwnj the. music of
Gcorgr ««! 'ft •-' .shwin. JWy One
and O JB T-wwiry Tune. (who
won two ionyi forth? ihow: one to*
best actor in a mujical and one for
hit choreography with Tumrry
Walsh.) aivl Lucic Amu. who playi
the role Twiggy created or
Broadway.
Though My On* Z* / Only has ur:
look and fed of the I92O« revival,
the story, written by Peter i;ooc and
Timothy S. Mayer, iiorifinal, tcr
tn$ as a I(XMC framewak oa uhich
u> hang the vintage Gcnhwin m. ,ic.
The Oearsc and Ita »cor; ina* tdes
with such grm* as "S* Wonderful,"
"Strike Up iht; BanJ." ipd •'Funny,"
as »r!l a* te**ci known pearl*
from tnc Gcnh'tin archive: "Boy
W*»«cd." "Soon." ana "1 Can't He
Pothered Now."
The plot 1.1*01*0 the love affair
between Opt. Bi'ly Bu;k Crundlcf
(Tune), in AmcnMti hjrniiorming
flying arr » ho is «nii the vong*. anc J Nxik ua*
v.jiirn In lie [he umg\ uyr'her. I,**
ct simple a\ thjt.
%ion*be>ondtrtcarubtl.iic*. giving
tnc audience little to !mr,k jhoui. bul
Th, bawttl. Hamttr'f. I9ia.'fiiih
.ENTERTAINMENT
Johnson stars in 'Cease Fire 9
By Chrfa Crit€n
"This film is dedicated to the sprit
•f the vetCTL J of tV Vietnam War.
their wives, and thrir childrea."
These w-ords mark the beginning of
another ryp*eaJ uory o1 the hardships
faced by a Victcam veteran a* fee attempt*
to Tit back into American
society.
C*ojr fire serves as a painful
reminder of a war which is
considered hy many to be a festering
it v in the American psyche. It
accomplishes this by examining the
difficulties encountered hy a veteran
who suffer* frum puti-Vietnam War
wrccs tj-mfrumc afier he rerunu to
the United Suits.
Tir fplajed by Don Johrvvi i the
unemployed veteran whme famtl;* t«
pfitnai Jy wppwrtcd b> hb w^e PaaU
(playrr] h> Us* "An Officer *nd a
O-.iJcnun" rJlount). Ncrillexi ;o
uy, they harclv wr*»w »•»•.
One meht in a lur. Tiro rt»uy p ^e4
an>.iher ^vicran (Lukr. pb)L\f by
Ri*tn T Lyoai) by Ins HI*I Infantr>
Div\ion pj'ch oo hu jaclct. Tlic
:»o iinle up a convenation and immediately
precede to ^et drunk and
rcminucc about the v.ar. Their
fnendih-p blmuHru.
At thit ptitnt, Mhicr< . .-rally ju%t
(lie bcginnirig. the f'.m itaru to fo
d-mnhill. Tim 4nd Luke arc unable
to find }ob% and teem to be coruunt-
Ij inctirutcd. Tint u ttneien with
hen ;Wc nifrciura and fluhbacki t< >
Vietnam. Mi* rromape is weakened,
and. tpi:tc wddcnl>, i uke decide* he
t\ utuble to deal with hi* life thil
vecmt to be p >ing nowhere, and lw
commits luictdc.
When Luke folli, he ncarl> bnnjf%
Tim Jonc with him He wremv tu be
i'« the vcryeof J mrmal cidLipsc. Hi*
lovii./ wife Paula comrj to his 3K1
anJ w^-r* him, and together Upromuirif*
note a* Tim wcou to he
on the "*Ay in recovrry.
Cetve Ftre a-. * whole, however.
simply docsn'i work in the 60t. It
uses a theme •'•JI was mere popular
in the 70s* namely, the idea of referring
to the Vietnam War as the r/ar
r^ one wanted. The vets are unable
to successfully re enter U.S. society
bxau^e DO one recognizes their
vjilor, and nobody will roped them.
People today flow with the modern
trend toward patriotism. They enjoy
leeinj a "Rambo figure" who will
stng'c-handedly Jefcnd our flag
against South Eaif M^ie eneirJei,
They don't want to be reminded cf
a deprrutng segment of *wr history
thai claimed so many lives for a cauv
they did nol believe in in the firw
pU-c.
At for the aciirq; in the lilm. the
Mrongeu perfurmancc n prevented by
Li.ia Bluunt as Tim'f «ife. Paula. She
doei a fine job portrayinr the lifr of
* wife of a Vietnam *-eter.jn. She i>
very* bclicvabte u she help- her fanul>
d:al with m obttaclcs anj i*
outstanding in the clinuciic wenc
w hen ihc keep* Tim from breaking
down mentally.
P?« Johnson turcu in only an
avenge ocrformanjc a* Tim. For
vim- rcwon he n umhr; to capture
t!»c audience'* ivmruthy unit) a »cene
at the very end of the film when he
rtxalU a rurti.~ularly dunjrlwng rvew
friHn Oie war Out tonncna him to the
prc*ct>{ da>.
Xohert F. I.yon"* pcrfonruf.ee i»
Liike wai ^liRhJy below par. Hu
character was loo unbelievable.
Tj-Aighout the film he helped TUT.
dcil with hi* «trcu *nd painful
loncir^erances at the I* 3 of :hc:ti
IKII drunk i« a fccthell field, in a bar.
ur m each nthen apartmenU. Then.
MJdJenJy. IK WJ* ajian became of Im
wn urcu. ai*i mmmiu vjic.de. It
Joun'l quite folio*,
In tho.i. Cfaif fire t^ould not he
comiJcreO a high priuntv fur
weekend entertainment. Quite frank-
1 1>. it «* not worth jour S5 or 93
mmuu \ of >i>ur time.
City movie theaters draw crowds with classic films
By Alexandria Sage
The proem day high-tech gllrj and
gltscr of Hollywood movies all too
r!^:n ob-*.vifr\ :hc ci^otributtom of
tho« avamu-" • cull ebwie*. or
vintage fili*.» *vhich reflect ihc vuicc
ot jr.cri, thr poetry uf p cu'iurc. ot
'he priiion of human a.tiitr,.
Th-inki t*> *oirc advcniunn)* .V»n
Francivco thrairr*. however. the*e
liole-knowp film*^rc pnaea'AJ n*nd
in Land with current mr i.
lmttted. however, "SnoMute
propruTw. detailing the film* in he
» I'lm . .e /7u* Ttrrunawr one itiy presented. These programs arc
ilcfli;itelv crjble* u-> to slx>u a more available at tniK* record stiires. Dai-
;ure film the .text day." ly uitcdulcs are also uvailablc by
ihc lhcxrcs.
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