Show : A v couple of Mbnnon missionaries stopped by AA my house last weekend I wasn't all that hippy to see them Diey wanted to make small talk I didnt Diey wanted to come into my house1 didn't invite them in Thing is I've heard what they had to say many times All my life in fact v : After they left the guilt set in Diat could have been Jesus knocking on my door unannounced WbuM I ezijert him to have an appointment? And what about just plain decency? (I was rather rude) On the other hand why should I let two com plete strangen into my home so they can ruin a perfectly good Saturday afternoon with small talk because thafs aU we can discuss given we don't really know anything about each other I mean do they really care why my dog's foot has a sock on v it? Or what flowers I planted in my garden Or do they just want to rescue my soul? In any case Tm not interested in talking abort any of those things with strangers So they wert their way and I felt guilty for the rest of the day And because I don't like feeling guilty I got angry Just ask anyone at die office I was griping aboutit all week I mean how assuming come knocking on my door expect me to let you in Then I saw "God's Army" This show abort LDS missionaries in Los Angeles is not the kind erf thing I would run out and see on my own but die Mormon community u abuzz abort this new filmland well this is a" Mormon community It seemed appropriate for this local papers arts and entertainment editor to find out more about this film Maybe interview the director: So I went to see "God’s Army" and I came away with a little different perspective abort those two guys who came a knockin' last ' Saturday I don't know what the Mormon masses are thinking about Richard Dutchess new film with its hookers bathroom humor sexual tension and scenes a Mormon friend of mine deemed "personal" but I found it engaging and refreshingly reaL Well maybe real is not the right word Die critic in me can't help but point out that all the folks these missionaries impacted seemed desperate Maybe that was part of the drama but in "real" life just because someone hasn't "found" God die Monnon way doesn't mean their lives are desperate or unfulfilled And honestly after talking with Dutches Fm convinced he understands that The film was certainly not the bland safe Monnou propaganda I’ve become accustomed to growing up in Utah What "God's Army" does show at least for this Philistine are the possibilities the power of car-ing abort a thing so much as to be passionate about it to be willing to sacrifice for it to be honest and human but determined So not that they need it but I'm going to give those boys die benefit of the doubt I'm going to assume they knocked on my door because they: have something they want to share dial is THE even if they most important thing in their lives dont have the couth erf an earthworm Don't get me wrong I don't want them to come back I dart want to hear their message and they really don't care about my dog But thanks to Dutcheris work IT! tee those boys in white shirts and ties a little differently from now on ' 3 4 — interview 2 9 — in the dark § Mfchael Flood picks An Interview with ‘God's Army" dreo-- I ' tor Richard Dutcrier I CN 0) v 5— on campus V-- i The OscaraT 10— crossworcl : New York Times Sunday Crossword if you dare A now UST production the best of the best music students in concert and cookbooks on the ratio li— sound bites 67 — inside J The Amadeus THo plus the Mountain View Boys Choir Local photographer Tracy Nielsen takes ip on a winter journey to the Continental Divide 12 — 8 — potpourri Logan Winds concert plus an art axNbN at the AVA gallery performing Cache CMcBafct brings ‘OndaraU' to He PAND30MINC Fiddling around Community theater comes to Providence life in ne of most beloved musicals ever written "Fiddler the Root will be presented at 7 pm v through Friday March 29 30 and 31 in Providence LDS Stake Center 800 S 600 East in River Heights The characters of Tevye Golde the Rabbi Yente and Frame Sarah cone to life in a witty and tender drama that includes such classic songs as "Dadition" "Matchmaker Matchmaker 'Miracle of Miracles "Sunrise Sunsd” "Do You Love Me” and "If I were u Rich Man 'Fiddler on the Roof takes place in Anatevka a small peasant Jewish village in Czarist Russia The story revolves around die poor milkmanhilosopher Tevye who along with the other members of his Jewish community has always managed lb keep his balance in life by relying on his religious practices and traditions "It ambitious for a stake to tackle a production of this Monte Lonigan (assistant director who magnitude" therofeofRabbiW when you hayeambitfons Ooo jiitiii- - 1 i i -- Golde (Ann Johns) and Yente the Matchmaker (Kathryn Hadfiekf) square off while Lazar (Craig LaRocco) takes sides in the Providence LDS Stake presentation of Tiddler on the Roof” people it works!" Previous stake productions include "Die Music Man" "Oklahoma" "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Brigadoon" Directing this performance of "Fiddle” ja Suzi Wilson with Randall DnmeU as musical director: 'Fiddler on the Roof "is presented in the tradition of old-style community theater Admission is free and all are " wel-alropb- ys ‘come4' ' fJ V vv — Nancy Bodily Cache Magazine wfitor |