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Show Page Eight Wednesday. April 9. THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 1975 w ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Redford shines differently in 'Pepper' by DA VID PROCTOR s Film-goer- bright-toothe- Chronicle staff used to the sm.Lng, Robert Redford of d "The Sting" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" fame may think they are going to see a recycling of the same item in "The Great Waldo Pepper." But even Redford romances the ladies with George Roy Hill directing, as he d.d in the two Newman Redford smashes, "Waldo Pepper" is a horse of a nicely different color. Paul Newman is absent, but the In typical Redford fashion, competition Redford collaboration will d.ffer little from the first two. Early on, Redford is seen as the image of the WnM War swashbuckling, Hill Bo Svenson) by loosening the wheels on his plane, forcing Svenson to make a crash landing in a pond. Later, the two team up to try a barnstorming act I THE DAILY UTAH 1J I'ul.li-hi- i ROM li ail. nipt n i during by lh Publmnont CounoJ the I'mxpMitv of V'uh The on th editorial opinion f cif the Duly I'uh ChronKle do not nwreonnnly reprevr! the xl ,lfM ' ,re ntudt-nttv.i- nr the he romances ladies with imaginary tales of his battle against the German ace, Kessier, and promises of wealth and fame that lie before him as a great flyer. He handles his viewer is given plenty of opportunity to conclude that this prt biplane hobo. Hs smile sparkles, hs scarf whips long and white behind him and the humble fall hastily in line for the pnviledge of paying five 1920 dollars for a quick spin arourd the countryside. t , Mprsd 'njvennty dmiri'itition JOHN BIGGS CONSORT and Redford ends entering a barn without the benefit of a door. Almost as if it were calculated, these painfully funny scenes reinforce the Redford-Hii- l image of the happy-go-luckfilm. But gradually things begin to fall into place and it soon becomes apparent that Hollywood's dynamic duo have really put a sting on the audience. Pepper is a man struggling to survive in a world that seems determined to st3y one step ahead of him. While he is giving flights to y farmers, the rest of aviation is involved m organized, company barnstorming. When Pepper joins the federal barnstormers, legislation enters the picture and t"-'- j ns to license the pilots. In his own charming way. Pepper becomes the personification of the way a colleague once described G. Gordon Liddy before Watergate. "LkJdy," said the man, "has managed to rise through the system despite the fact that everything he touches turns to shit" When Pepper attempts to rescue a giri from the wing of an airplane, the tragedy leads to an investigation and he is grounded. When a friend crashes. Pepper buzzes the crowd to keep them away from the body and his license is revoked. The omens are there but Pepper, like his counter part in "Butch Cassidy," knows nothing else. The Sundance Kid went to South America, Pepper goes to Hollywood. fear-froze- n Tries stunt flying Under an assumed name and hopefully out of the reach of the federal bureaucracy, Pepper again rises, this time as a stunt flier. It is in this capacity that he meets the great Kessier and the two manage to combine their fantasies in one last dogfight, this time before the cameras. For Pepper it is the glory of the war he was too late for, for Kessier it is a chance to live again in the world of gallantry and glory he so badly misses. There is a temptation to cheer Pepper as he goes tilting madly at his windmills. But unlike Quixote, it is net idealism that pushes him, it is a tragic inability to take stock and adjust to a world that continues to change without his consent. Pepper is caught in his own bright-eyeimage of himself, a fatal flaw tht Redford refuses to dwell on. Instead he let the story unfold ever so slowly until the climactic scene when Pepper and Kessier find themselves fatally at home in the past. d Biggs Consort sets production John The Biggs Consort, performers of a variety of music covering periods from medieval dance to contemporary peices for voices and electronic sounds, will appear in the Art and Architecture Auditorium Thursday at 8:30 p.m. The Consort has performed in Elizabethan costume at the San Diego and Ashlands Shakespeare festivals and as featured preseason guests at the Renaissance Pleasure Fairs in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. The performers made a color film called "Discovering the Music of the Middle Ages" for BFA Educational Media of Los Angeles. It received the "Golden Eagle" award in this country and the "Arezo Film Festival Award" from 4 PA M (J n i , Illll II " 1 0- - 11 t Italy. Tickets for the concert are $2 for students and $2.50 for William Lyon Lee (right). Beverly Campbell, Priscilla Magdamo and John Biggs make up the John Biggs Consort, playing Thursday in the AAC Auditorium. The show is at 8:30 p.m. Radio Activist stuff Middle-of-the-roa- d by music is not uncommon Middle-of-the-roa- AAC AUDITORIUM THURS. APR 10 8:30 P.M. ADMISSION Students 2.00 Gen. Public 2.50 anywhere there is a need for music. Even in the Iowa backcountries they have soothing music to lull the cows to sleep. They even get the 'good music' before country and western infiltrates the air waves of Montana country. KFMC FM, 96.1 and 93.3, give younger middle-of-the-roa- d music that we all use as background once in a while but hardly ever listen to. Both stations season their soft rock with rock hits of the past. KFMC puts about of golden oldies into its "stereo hit parade" while KWHO would rather give of their air space torock hits that have made the top ten after the year 1968. The reason that old rock is used is that people who don't pay attention to radio now but did while they were in high school and college like hearing old nostalgic songs. It's good to do your housework to. And they pay attention when thc.-- hear a song they three-quarter- s two-third- Union Programs KWHO-FM- , audiences here in Utah that same s like. To suit the mood of consistent mellow music, KFMC does not announce any of the songs and has very little news. They also eliminate the hard rock which KWHO finds an audience for. Because of more Douglas Hoff IL over thp air" nr in v v t i'n'us- nlaved ' iu, u icy iidve more of a need to announce them. They also have more features. KFMC brings the city of Provo and surrounding areas its mellow sound 24 hours a day. They also customize their sounds to the people of Provo by censoring certain songs that weren't as popular around this area in those years. KWHO only broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 1 a m Sunday through Thursday and until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday when there is a greater listening audience. They have a tracker once a week on Friday at midnight. This week it will be the new America album, "Hearts." Both stations are very solid in their format and serve a necessary function within this community. However the market will not evolve any further because of the similarity of the two stations. The Radio Activist will be conducting a survey of radio .stem ng on the campus with special emphasis on KUER in the near future. If there are interested students or faculty that would like toany help in the survey contact Doug Hoff in care of the Chronicle P,e!"sonel chan9e t0 a more professional standard will be discussed as well as another change of programming in the next Radio Activist i VV i |
