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Show October 5, 1984 Page 5 Forum arts and entertainment who wasted his Williams III), an out on his wife his takes frustrations talents, on the Kid and (Olga Karlatos) physically; when he tries to step in. His fathers sadistic tendencies brings a cold, realistic sense to the movie. In most musicals, parents are just wild, types who are stereotyped to the an non-believi- limit by Scott Kaiser Purple Rain I think it was Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune who said a musical stands out not because of its music, but because of the acting. Think about it; its true. Did you see Grease II Thats because or Cant Stop the Music? P-the actors brought no sense of realism to their roles. On the other hand, Saturday Night Fever was a musical with bite. Whether or not you liked the music, the characters were well defined and only improved the product. John Travoltas Tony Manero was true to life; you knew there were people just like him, who lived for their Saturday night out Prince brings the same realism to his role in Purple Rain. Prince plays an k star who is known only Minneapolis as the Kid. The Kid has a great musical talent, and childish. He but he also is gets annoyed when the two women in his group. The Revolution, are late for practice, yet he refuses to play a song they have written. In this celluloid biography, Prince is his true self. In real life, until Purple Rain, Prince wrote, performed, produced and played all the instruments on his albums. The Kids domestic life also affects his relationship with the stunning Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero). He tries to dominate her, and he slaps her when he finds out shes going to work for his rival. His actions, along with his dads advice (Never get married), shake him into reality. The fantasyland of entertainment doesnt make life any easier, and only through his music do we find the Kids true feelings. From the haunting I Would Die 4 U to "Purple Rain, we see the Kids growth. His boss at the club, however, says, Your music makes sense to no one but yourself. Those words strike home to the Kid, knowing how his father wasted himself in self-pity. This screenplay, along with the emotion of the soundtrack, are what set this movie apart from other musicals. Of course, the fact that Prince independently produced this film and kept it out of Hollywoods hands only helped. Prince is daring and clever on screen. He doesnt have to act, he plays himself. He doesnt speak until almost 30 minutes into the movie; his expressions say it all. pop-fun- self-center- ed On the flip side, the Kid is helpless and tortured by his home life. His father (Clarence Prince isnt the best actor in the movie, though. Morris Day, lead singer of The Time, the Kids rivals, brings comic and musical relief to this passionate, sometimes overbearing film. He is in complete contrast to the Kid; cocky, confident and very self conscious. The Times music is also in contrast to the Kids; funky and mindless, but purely danceable. Just like this film, which is, after being in release for only two months, a cult film. The music may be different for many of you, but its still a film well worth seeing. THE MAGHAVOEK COMPACT ISC P1LAYEI3. TIPtfS OH POIHTS Made by Philips, Inventor of the CD Fully Programmable Johnsons Sculptures Capture Western Heritage by Mark IF. Paulas artists and writers these days choose to focus Western Americana is probably one of the d most examples of art in Salt Hopi dolls tc Lake City. Tackey dime-stor- e e would-bRussells and one and the thousand cover the state. works whose Remingtons Even the new phone books have a picture of a wagon train on the front cover. So why a review on this art form that most people consider mundane at best? Wheres Andy Warhol, lets get modern, you say? Salt Lake City is not New York City by any stretch of the imagination and, try as we might, it never will be. But it is home and it has a heritage and a fine one. Western Americana is part of that heritage. And il you look hard enough around the valley you may find a surprise or two. One of them is the bronze works of Stan Johnson. Johnson shares this heritage of the mountains. Indians and nature. His sculptures can be seen on display in places like the Marriott Hotel and Borg Anderson and Associates photo specialists downtown. But the place to really see examples of his work is at Sullivan Galleries at 55 West First South. Johnson reveals both a love of nature and wild things and a mastery of a difficult medium. His work reaches its highest form in his sculptures of American Indians. While many over-expose- Most Advanced Laser Tracking System on despair and the frailty of human nature, Johnson has found a certain nobility and integrity of character that seems to have found universal appeal. Johnson seems to understand the legends that most of his works are patterned after. All of his subjects reveal the glory of just being human. Indians standing proud, their gaze uplifted to some universal understanding. Johnsons works are never of everyday life but rather the stuff of legends. An example of this is the beautiful Deer Mother, a sort of Indian Eve among wild animals. Also, Eagle Boy, a kind of lion with a thorn in his paw legend about a boy who saves an eagles life and the eagle later saves him. His most famous work to date is the Navajo Hoop Dancer and a sculpture of a beautiful Indian maiden called Mornings First Light. All of these bronzes are beautifully accurate down to the last detail. Johnson can be called a master in his own way, not because he has done something totally new, but because he has captured something we have always known here in the west; that there is great glory and a certain integrity someplace in men and our place in nature. Westminster Student Discount Tickets Digital Filtering for Lowest Possible BUT THE PBICE IS A ESHOCKOUT MODEL 1000. .. . MODEL 2020.... MODEL 3030 On Sale at Information Booth Opus Game Room ..$295 325 345 (Plus Coupon from Magnavox worth $50.00 in Compact Discs) iscrimmator Sait Cahrt Classical Record Specialty Shop 2124 South 1100 East Salt Cake City, Utah 84106 4? OpenCursday thru Triday, OIS 11 to till 530 Joseph Silverstein, Music Director Oct. 19-2- Oct. 31 David Atherton, guest conductor Nov. 16-1- 7 Nov. 30-De- c. 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