Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

"Tuna—a small-town parody
entertains a big city
By Dcnbjonn
!n th. - grey (*;yi of San Krai,-
Cisco't saving theater ticket salex.
hit* if frw and far between Gteatt*
Tuna, which hit moved fn.m the
Alca/ar Theals, Ui iu rv* Mawm
Street Theater, ha* vnjoyeri amv-Jcrably
niorc weeev.* than man
u.uli productions. ('Small ' tmullv
connoting short nJ.ii> ami ipar%c
audiences).
This mo-nun. ZO-charaetcr tourde-iorcc
has become one of San Fmn-
A*co'i long-runntrg. uns!l*«Ac btv,
ji j^ to the higher echelon* of we h
pr. Oucttm*, at h.T*c the e^er-popular
A'jfA Blankrt Bdnb-n wnx and the
former Outicr Brr*rrn the Line*.
TheK* ti no Mitring and dancing.
rhou(.Ji. to urcuTi viUn.t houw ror
•-Si* show-. The «Kce** of Gniitfr
Tuna, how in it* third year in Sai,
F.-aocrwo. can be att.-ibutcd t»» firMme
comedi; acting ami a cleverly
crafted script.
Turui i\ a hiLirinui Jttack on
btgi«cd anu anptodiKtve life in a
small, southern town. Tuna. Tcxx\.
(don't K»ok for :t in an Atla*: >OJ
won't find it; t* rMlted i". the 'third
ima'hut un* n in Tcxa». where Pauy
nine. ^-v-r die* and i*»c Lion't :lub
The script is a compiled scric- of
vignmcs making up a long, hoi tiay
in Tuna. The comedy'* acum is
hrackrfied. u "Tuna sartduklt.;: i f
)tm will), hv the ami 4 weekly An Mtnute.
ihnwjrt fcaairing th^ violin pcrforrtuncc
of hval up-and"-Jc and Lairy
HaTj-.tph liecidcit.) m-itc it.
PI; nule pive* the ur»»ngcr periiw
rtuncc of tb-r two. tru»ugh ;: i.
defmit-fy J phtiin :>.i*Ji. »1*mile'\
tboMHiph and inlri«.ateiy CM lift
clLiractcr*. are ihi .-c-drnwrnKKul and
likeable; he breathes true cfuracicr.
not only Mjrfjcc characten/atium, tAto
his tectnim of n«tc*. Htphli(tta* m
Pl>malc'v repertoire include Vcra
Carp, axhair of "Smut Svtchcrs of
th? New Order." Didi Snavcly of
' 'Sruvcly'» U«d Guns arj Wopnm
Shop," (iJojjn: "'If Sna*cl>'***jn't
kill il. a\ immonal!") and IVtev Fnk
of tfk* Tuna tKunty Huirun.- Soctctv,
("Sate tfwr Lemming!" the &ign
on hiv cap reJdv.i
TV othtr naif of the can. Lar*>
Kandolph. tut •• tendency to ijtnore
CJ.1** pntentia? laugh-lino wnnout a
fjl! ipprccu!M>n for the wnpt** comic
tub:leticv iW.t't .pi*u.*Jcr*tai>J.
though. RaixJtMpli n eurcnicly funn*
pliyirtf * ranpc of character;. ;n-
CIL-IIW; the r«xich-poiM»ninf: Aunt
FVarl Currav. and the niTt-K>tu|.p>
K/mcrruker Bertha Bumiilcr,
TS- -script i* uriHen hy bJ
(iovkjnl. i*h/! dirccteJ UK or^oul
Tjnj olf-Briudua) .1 )i stay at *i»c lopot'the clcb
ictne.
"^•:ftcr. ika evolution began a* far
hack as the Suite*, aloi g with rcpf-t
*. in tl)c mu\icj]ly ohentcd. crime
inle%ted %turm of Janutca Atmmjii
ujch groups, as the Skat .'line*. Bond'*
Min.'ifclt, ant! W-tu//t. Rove
Mabpit^i (3 Jirrri'an Uang uord
meaning, in effect, "viir.l refuve")
to rc^n uvrr M else in the «ka
krnfdom.
Ski'i rcicn. however. wj»
ileciJew'ly ibm lived. It* vehcix-ni
omnicrp^n. reggae. out$rew-11 and
w:pprc».*cow that ika hat «chiocx) iu current
UJ; ^-»-incuniainou» tot
mcrrtortous proponkim. Maiaprop
ha> reformed and climbed the bfltce-
-nrk lo rro4^>Ibl< itself in muiic
*ith an «