1972_04 The Daily Collegian April 1972

              Thmmmhry. April II. 1972    THE DAILY COLLEQIAM    f
Ag Field Day expected
to draw 7,400 students
f,rPl%_D Fr** P«rr> Portrays Pavel  Andreyev in the  FSC's Department of
I   It* Theatre Arts rwroest production •The He*oi*jr»t*r *.' Explained ss s
study in human conflict and the struggle for freedom, the production
Hf>f1flhtl f|Jt*0^t^,     *'" run ,n th* FSC Aren" Theatre April 13 throuoh April 2S). For
1 ITJUUflUlllCf .3        tickets snd reservations phone the thestre box office st 487-2?i6.
'Cabaret' termed cinematic art
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ludging,  to be chalrod by Stero Worktag   with   Perry   oa the
I^aStaeher of Oxnanf, Other eon-      planadag ar* Jim S
teat*   aad thter ehaUrtaeo i
David Mattroce of Madera, Tiro-
stock; Stan Crrolman of Freeno,      swcretsry sad Frank Rtes, peb-
vocetable  crops.   David Kradiet      llclty.
By RtckMatd B   Petier
Cellactaaw  Bevsesse*
The motion ptctare version
of •Cabaret." (carrantly at tha
Country Squire Thaatro) the
smash Broadway hit that was s
milestone in American musical
theater (it opened oa B-way November to, 1964). become* at
one* * stunny piece of sty Used
cinematic art snd s dscldedly
trrought-provofclnf hi stortcal document.
The etory ta rot ta ateaiortad,
rompteUngiy dac*d»nt B*rlta of
1991, ta a eoasstry oa the verge
of completa Nazi tarrortsm and
control. Tha action revolves
loosely around s popular, alsazy
cabaret In which Lisa MteaelU
IB tha ssscattoaal heeteiner and
Jeel Grey themssjteflram m**t*r
of cersmateea.
The original stsg* play by Jo*
Maateroff was adapted for tb*
screea hy Jay Altoa aad Hugh
Wheeler fromChrtstoxSterlsher-
wood'a Berlin atortes aad a 1991
dramatic play by John Van Dru-
tin. 'I Am a Camera.* The songs
are by Joha Kaaxer and Fred
Ebb.
Th* film opens In darkness.
A* the title* roll by we begin
to hear the muffled voices of
those in th* Kit Kat Clab. Gradually  light to
the patron* reflected In a di»-
torted mirror. This Initially dis-
torted view of lite In ths cabaret
ia a brilliant prelude to th* recur rlnf BC8SBB '
that ar* to follow
Fosse (fron
Broadwsy) along with art dlrsc
tors Rolf Zi
• ad
t Us*Twortk (-tOOl .
tag of llf* for tb*C*rmanp
Nazism ls threatening everyone
who will not conform toltsldmls
and it is ths Jewish who saftor
•ror moral
th* people M that ttm* was aot
reacesMrtly th* rroolt of aom*
anlrorsal flaw. Tha chsrscter
portrayed by York manage* too*
a sort of stabilizing, moral Everyman, whll* Mlnnelll 1* ill*
within the cabaret personified to
life outside of it. Although It mxy
ba a strangaly dlsssttsfying Ufa
tor bar, it is fun and mad at a ttm*
when Ills la difficult enough without tryi*g to b* • pillar of virtue.
Throughout the film th* story
of Mlnnelll and York aad their
frlenda la Intermingled with
*c*n*s In th* cabaret For life in
th* cabaret Is particularly Interesting toobaerve. The people are.
In reality, also * mirror of life
outside there are Jews, gentiles,
overt homoMxuals.t ransvestltes,
all mixing together with little
obrorvabl* discrimination. Not
paradoxically, perhaps, la the
fact thst Hitter did sot saaame
the office of chancellor of Germany until January of 1999, and
•ventually Fuehrer to August of
1994. y*t already there sre ob-
-rious overtures of permissiveness sad a gradual acceaxaac* of
whatever Hitler lator deal red aa
hla •auper race." Pertssps, too,
this accounts tor the general seed bomoroxealtty. Htt-
la
rood, brtlliamiy Wtlng and mar-
rolously witty: aom* te the heat
•ror written tor a musical. Departing aom •what from traditional movt* (or stag*) musical*, the
only songs ar* then* performed
to tha cabaret. Maay w*rodreas»*d
from tke origin*! show sad two
new one* added. Althoofh th*y
arc performed a* strictly enter-
talnm*nt tor the people to the
clab, they also haw
nlflcsnc* to the I
0 hav*i specialists:-
1 s'.,r\lineandpro-
mlUeu. moat particularly striking ta the cabaret itself.
Joel Gray, as the master of
•rorythiag oa stage, beftas the
alluring. tavtttaf 'Winhsasien*
fwsleasxa). Blmultaiiasasly, ro
ar* Introduced to a young British
tsavteksr arriving to Berlin,
Michael York. Ctenctdeotally. he
seeks s room st the Bam* beard -
taf houro to wtero MteaelU Uros.
They meet, of coarse, and tha llf*
they bsfta te share is axada to
llf* of the aabe-
aad well-d*vised
ta   part,
iroaic accaptanc* of
viaoce amid tha ***** ch sccim-
toattoaa levtod saatast th* Jews.)
Of particular aoto l« » see* by
Gray toward the end of the film,
•If Yoa Could See Her (Throe**
My Eyes).' s see** which aroma
milieu of th* period. The rroult
1* a mora •rroltettc* matecal (if
that's possible) snd cooxoqawntly
lack* a cu**om»ry ororoll •*•
. uberanc* aaa usually sssoclstro
wltexh* genre.
Lisa Mlnn*IU reach** th* very
height of her carmrtnaCsharet*
with a performance quite un-
•ssxsSasSd from her. She if, la
•very scene, showcaaed by the
earners snd therefore dominates
ths screen mach of the time.
This rarely used tschtego* of
showcsslng the star ta mach ta
ths way Barbra Streisand wss
r Girt,* right
Joel Grey la superb as the
m.c. ropoBtlng hta Tony Award
winning stag* rote. His makeup
1* dsvtltshly exaggerated and on*
is ceastately drawn to him by hla
graadty theatrical Bsaaxvsr.
Michael York la alao quite
good, acting modost and lmm*-
tare, sad eventuaUy *>*taxinf
tbrough a rortro of untortBaate
a. He Is seeae-
1979 aad 1991
and make* 'Cabaret* a* ratovant
to our own tin* to maay ssxicIb
ways.
Tha reet te the eaat ta •ojually
Use sad moat pi u Bar til u a credits
ara SwSBSrtor to moat otterr f-tms
the auteoace, 'Uro and let Uve."
a very potgnsnt momate ta tke
show (thst to not at sll cliche),
which rtiesse* tee te aha most
tetsgcalt foals ta lite; to accept
tor what they Bare, I
rortas of
follow are
all  in this  world
It. 1
i. We're
ae
of
• tatle. Director
Fosse (who, tetlttetaally, rsstaed
th*  fllmlsf te •Sweet Charity*)
partly   stsg*d  aad axecated.
(Fobs* ta sxost sotahty s Oaera-
axaa to amplify thla thc-sxht even
j      further  rarrytag It tolteMfhset
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