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Show .Hi 1' ' WiH H 'Till I hi H i nil ' mi-ir-wmmmmmtmmmmmmmmi i , .. V' r : - t ! ! ,. W ! V f . f ; i i i I ;r "" ' ... - - ......... v ' i, i, .,. . p - - ' j o ' , TV J - o J V " ' - ' t ! : w ' r - - ' ' f ' ft it II i tii " n ..... ' ' ' v - m urn ii "UlrY-"- " ri rrtnf iV r r- - - - J KATHY JO TUCKER and Donny Sawyer I play mother and son in this year's Bottle Hollow Dinner Theatre. The production is Neil Simon's "Come Blow Your Horn." I 1 . . 1 . I Cinematic - ) Lefs qo to the movies! sentiments ! By Dr. Allen Hasson I A LJ "STAYING ALIVE ! () Worthwhile: Fair, Children: Poor, Offensive Con-tent: Con-tent: Fair, Skill: Good SPLASHY STALLONE-TRAVOLTA EFFORT Sylvester Stallone, who did much of Ike writing and directing for the ;i "Rocky" series he starred in, has writ-1 writ-1 In, produced and directed a musical, - "Staying Alive," starring John Travolta in a repeat of his Tony Manero role from "Saturday Night Fever." With plenty of Bee Gees x sic, flashy dancing, and the thin- ' wt excuse for a plot, the film will pro-Wy pro-Wy please loyal "Fever" fans. Manero is a talented, frustrated teer looking for the Big Role. Mean-, Mean-, he's trying his best "come-on" each of two dancers in the cast of ' show called "Satan's Alley," in hich he also dances. The performer the lead role can't deliver the maleness demanded by the director, Manero gets his chance. He even lejms a little about how to treat omen! The film tries to moralize about how Wple "use each other," but with "eak script, story and characteriza-. characteriza-. succeeds only minimally. Actual-f Actual-f this is your basic flashdance rmula film. Modern musicals generally seek to please audiences on 'Bit level with the beat, the kick, the rather than tackling either tusical excellence or involved character study. mStauyin? Mive" succeeds in deliver-' deliver-' shat it promises, perhaps not to ) ta n h0P6d f0r "Fever" fans. 1 ell enough to draw praise for "Rita's considerable talent. Rated PG for premarital sex, a lit-PWanity, lit-PWanity, scant costumes, and-' and-' "'Stic images in the 20-minute J" finale. 'CLASS" () Worthwhile: Fair, Children: Poor, Of-t(sive Of-t(sive Content: Poor, Skill: -xcellent-CLASSV TRASH ill C'aSS" is a film with Powerful 10n' humor, characters you care ul' a fine cast in uniformly ex-i ex-i 1 performances, effective "ical score, stunning photography, -d Might direction j,v. C!ss" is the story of a teenage s affair with a much older woman n,m!le?ther of his PreP-sch001 ,-! !pe- 't contains graphic sex, ty, hardcore profanity, and to aMnCkery such as a youth g0" ' Halloween costume party as frying a cross. re'S 'S not one f tnose exercises " ou guess which answer is cor-l cor-l Both are. 'hicliT VS a skillfully-made film uld .p.lores the difficulties a boy ijioti 6 lnto through deception and 4itau burnout- "Class" is ex-ke ex-ke met?ndwell"made-The film wiU hent ' and those wh0 choose Uke "ntamment will be satisfied. Class" 6r and a Gentlemen," strorg stuff; and will shock ve m)vie-goers in spite of its undeniable emotional impact. The main characters are portrayed as weak but well-meaning people who cannot handle their problems, but who eventually make slight changes for the better. "Class" is well-directed, with excellent ex-cellent performances by newcomer Andrew McCarthy and Rob Lowe ("The Outsiders") as the boys, Jacqueline Jac-queline Bisset as the temptress, Cliff Robertson ("Charly") as her husband, and Stuart Magolin ("Angel" on "Rockford Files") as a special investigator. |
