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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, May 5, 1970
THE BATTALION
A Review
Of Jiggers and Goons
Editor’s Note: “Barefoot in
the Park” continues at 8 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday in
Guion Hall.
According to Fredrick Lewis
Allen, there are two kinds of
people: jiggers, those of playful
spirit, and goons, the world’s
perpetual straight-men. The
thesis of Neil Simon’s domestic
comedy, “Barefoot in the Park,”
is that one jigger and one goon
(of opposite sex) make a cute
couple.
Setting: sixth-story one-room
walkup. Enter newlyweds: jig
ger bride, Corie, and goon groom,
Paul — the Bratters. Enter goon-
ish mother-in-law, Ethel Banks,
popping pills for her tummy and
worrying about her bad back.
Enter jiggerish upstairs neigh
bor, self-styled aging man of
the world, Victor Velasco. Ac
tion: Corie decides her mother
needs some spice added to her
dull New Jersey suburb life, so
she sets up a blind date for low-
octane Ethel with vigorous Vic
tor. The two couples depart for
an evening on the town, and by
2 a.m. the jiggers have been sep
arated from the goons and Corie
has decided to divorce her stuff
ed-shirt lawyer husband.
Can this marriage be saved ?
Yes, if Corie will follow her
mother’s advice, and if she can
coax Paul in off the sixth-story
ledge.
The Aggie Players’ production
of this slick comedy should be
delightful. I say “should be” be
cause, having seen only the last
full-dress rehearsal (the night
when anything that can go
wrong will), I can but predict
what opening night will be like.
Let’s assume, then, that what
few technical goofs there were
will be weeded out, and that
director C. K. Esten will coach
Kathy Maxwell (Corie) to slow
that scatter-gun delivery which
rendered about 20 per cent of her
’’fines unintelligible.
The old couple will steal the
show. Kay Slowey’s vivacious
performance of Mother Banks is
bound to be the best of the sea
son. From her first breathless
entrance to her last bathrobed
exit, Kay takes the stage by
storm — facial expression, ges
ture, voice control, presence, tal
ented — you name it, she’s got
it. Opposite her, Bob Robinson
creates an unexpected and well-
sustained characterization of the
charming and urbane Velasco.
Kathy Maxwell and Pat Castle
are undeniably right for their
parts, and they demonstrate the
contrast between nervous, scat
ter-brained Corie and stodgy,
clumsily forceful Paul, with skill.
Robert Wittlinger, as the witty
telephone repairman, and Robert
Rogers as the ancient delivery
boy, are pleasant surprises in
their supporting roles.
Robert Wenck’s set is, as usual,
well done. Costuming and light
ing is appropriate, and the prop
crew, headed by Scott Wilson, de
serves special mention for keep
ing track of bottles, pots, gou
lash, and all the bits and pieces
the play demands.
You can see the play through
Saturday night this week and
Thursday through Saturday next
week; curtain at eight. Please
do. If the dollar admission were
quintupled, it would still be
worth it just to watch Kate
Slowey light up Guion Hall.
Tom McAllen
Listen Up the batt forum j
Editor:
Too long has the silent ma
jority sat back without being
heard. While minorities are dis
rupting society for corruption’s
sake, many of us are sitting back
hoping to again see a day of nor
malcy. The members of the silent
majority keep from speaking their
personal convictions as an out
cry against the rioting and havoc
caused by the long-hair radicals,
because we are tired of so much
“freedom of speech.” We long for
peace and quiet.
My own personal convictions,
combined with a certain amount
of nationalistic pride, keep me
from agreeing with these radi
cals—thus, long hair. In my opin
ion, to be a cleancut American,
one must regard hygiene and
neatness of appearance as well
as ethical standards.
If one is at A&M, or any uni
versity, to sincerely acquire an
education, he doesn’t have time
to smoke pot and attend illegal
rallies.
Universities should remain as
places to acquire an education—
not breeding places for “mag
gots” and other smelly things.
I stand by our administration.
Since they have more experience
than we, they just may know the
best means for educating us.
Wayne Dacy
Editor:
The recent invasion of the
country of Cambodia was initiat
ed by President Nixon without
the consent of the United States
Senate or any other law making
body. This act was not constitu
tionally, or legally, in the power
of our President to exercise. On
Monday, May 4 1 , students at Kent
State University in Ohio protest
ed this abuse of power—a protest
which was ruthlessly crushed by
the National Guard at the cost
of 5 students being shot and kill
ed, while 11 others were wound
ed.
The Campus Committee of
Concern (CCOC) asks that the
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