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Show WESTMINSTER Man of La Mancha: An Instant CADE nickel Success For Westminster 3M by Janna Kay Jensen Just $1.75 Admission then its Forum staff writer As anyone who has ever seen "Man of La Mancha" knows, Don Quixote de La Mancha is the fearless foe of windmills and a wooer of fair maidens. On Nov. 9 and the Westminster Players and Music Department presents all NICKELS from there. 6-- 5: 13-1- 6, this long-runnin- Broadway hit. g The play begins with autnor, Cervantes, placed in the Inquisition jail in Seville awaiting questioning. The other prisoners hold him for trial. He pleads he asks guilty and in if he might tell his story. Cervantes becomes Don Quixote as he employees the inmates to play the other characters. T ne story moves on past the windmills, which he takes to be his enemies, with his sidekick Sancho Panza shaking his head and uttering proverbs. The short, potbellied Sancho is appropriately named, panza being Spanish for paunch. Don Quixote takes the tavern whore, Aldonza, to be his lady Dulcinea. Too many times academic productions cast singers who lack acting ability or actors who can't sing. Director Michael Vought cast a talented group of entertainers, who could do both, that created a night of magnificent theatre. Wnat can one say about a production by a college on the professional level? It was refreshing. The musical direction by Christopher Quinn was superb. The vocal difficulty of the music, by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, were meet with the undeniable ability of the cast. Jennifer Rouse Jemming's vocal power was stunning as DulcineaAlaonza. The many attractive songs included "Dulcinea" and "The Impossible Dream" which the whole audience mouthed along with. By far, the best part of the production was the lead, Stephen self-defens- , ; - . ' , 7 FREE ADMISSION : WITH ?. ONE AT REGULAR PRICE Ask us about your next Birthday Party. Offer expires 33 198. value. per customer. Coupon has no cash 1 Coupon I Three Locations: e, Taylorsville Sandy Orem , l 1725 West 4160 South 798 East 9400 South 170 South State Street 933-12- 13 571-02- 20 802-85- 55 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. mCKELCADK Boogie Nights 12 Most movies have it. Some live up to it, others are by it. "Boogie Nights", the new filncv about the adult-filindustry, falls into the latter. It has been one of the most talked about and most anticipated films of the year. But it is far from worthy of Hype. Man of Mancha: Padre (Kim Taylor) places the Golden Helmet of Mambrino on the head of Don Quixote (Steven Ivey). The Westminster production sold out on Novu La 6-- 7. Ivey as Cervantes Don Quixote. His versatility to undergo transformation and to create the two distinct characters made the story believable. The set and costumes designed by Nina Vought were beautiful. However, the costume for the Knight of Mirrors was a little over the top. The use of red filters in the lighting design were tacky and needlessly dramatic. This production made the writing of this boring musical based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra almost justifiable. A wonderful achievement for the Westminster Theater Department and who will hopefully continue to produce musical comedies. m the hype. The story starts in the late 70s, and goes into the 80s. It follows Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a seventeen-year-ol- d kid from Torrence, Calif. Eddie has one trait that really sets him apart. He has a 13 inch, uh, appendage. This is what attracts him to Jack Homer (Burt Reynolds), a director of adult films. Eddie has dreams of being a star, and Jack is his chance. Eddie becomes part of a surrogate family, made up of the people that work with Jack. The"family" includes the motherly Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), Eddie's soon-to-b- e best friend Reed (John C, Reilly) and Rollergirl (Heather Graham), an actress who never removes her skates. Eddie adopts the name Dirk Diggler, and with Jack's help, becomes a star. Life at the top isn't easy though, and things fall apart Eddie succumbs to drugs and vanity and video changes the race of the business. The other members of the family also soon spiral downward. The happiness of the 70s becomes the depression or the 80s. There are good points to the movie, The acting is tremendous. Reynolds turns in tne best performance of his career. Wahlberg, formerly Marky Mark of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, establishes himself as a real actor. He gives subtlety and depth to his character and succeeds in carrying the movie. Moore, Graham and Reilly also make their characters human and likeable. The problem with the movie is that writer-directPaul Thomas Anderson has created two movies and tried to combine them into one. The first movie makes up the first hour. The first section is interesting, upbeat and filled witn quirky, likeable characters. It makes it easy to see why the adult film industry was sopopular - it was fun. The second hour is another story altogether. The story loses the fun atmosphere and becomes somber, depressing and violent. As the characters fall from grace, the audience falls asleep. It feels as though one is watching "Less Than Zero" or any other 80s cautionary tale against drugs and excess. Worst of all, Anderson feels the need to insert unnecessary"Reservoir Dogs"-styl- e violence into the or movie. Anderson attempts to add an upbeat ending, and somewhat Photo by Clint Hendry the innkeeper (David Neisler); Don Quixote (Stephen Ivey); Sancho Night of the Woeful Countenance: Sung by(l-r- ) (Jared Thomson); and Aldonza, (Jennifer Rouse Jemming). suc- ceeds. The sour taste at what's gone on before, however, just doesn't leave the viewer's mouth. Considering the hype, "Boogie Nights" should have been better and it very easily could have been. The fall of all the characters would have been just fine if it had taken 15 minutes, instead of an hour. The violence really needed to be left out. By showing the same lack of restraint that his characters do, Anderson has turned in a merely mediocre movie. |