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Page 4 The Battalion Friday, March 3,1989 286-12 11.305! 386-20 12,3071 386-25 157212 693-9675 KIWANIS PANCAKE DAY SAT., MARCH 4 9AM to 8PM ALL YOU CAN EAT ADULTS $3 CHILDREN $2 BRAZOS CENTER, BRYAN EAST BYPASS at BRIARCREST Tickets available in MSC 11-1 pm SCOTT& WHITE CLINIC, COLLEGE STATION Celebrate National Nutrition Month Join us for Tuesday, March 7 7 p.m. Scott and White Clinic Lobby featuring Sally Scaggs, M.S., R.D., L.D. Registered Dietitian and Health Education Coordinator at Scott and White Learn to choose foods with less fat, cholesterol, sodium and sugar and more fiber The lecture is FREE. 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Free skin testing available to determine eligibity. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-0400 Hispanic culture gets new twis in revision of Don Juan legend By Chuck Lovejoy REVIEWER Attempting to provide a more fa vorable view of Hispanic culture and people, Texas A&M’s Hispanic Group Theater presented “Johnny Tenorio,” an American version of the Don Juan legend, Thursday night in Rudder Theater. The choice of “Johnny Tenorio” seems a perfect vehicle for this at tempt. The play’s performance was the first ever for the new group, which is a division of CAMAC, the Commit tee for Awareness of Mexican- American Culture. Roberto Villarreal, who played the lead character, said the play by Mexican-American playwright Car los Morton was chosen because it places Hispanic culture in a differ ent light than what the public usually sees. “All the public gets is a particular view of our culture from the media, which tends to focus on the bad as pects,” he said. “The play helps to show a side of our culture — a sensi tive, vulnerable one — which is rar ely seen.” Set on the west side of San Anto nio, although the program states it could be any Latino barrio, the one- act story takes place entirely in a can tina owned by Johnny Tenorio’s friend and confidante, Big Berta. The play’s dialogue, delivered partly in English and partly Spanish, fur ther develops its regional setting. In the play’s opening scene, Johnny is shot and killed by a figure representing his own violent spirit. But he arises, seemingly alive, to ex amine his past in a series of flash backs prompted by Berta, who wishes him to repent of the evil course his life took. And an evil course it was, for Johnny Tenorio was a hustling, drug-using womanizer who says, “For me, it’s always Saturday night!” Many of Johnny’s crimes are re vealed to him by the spirits of those he abused, who return to help him see the error of his ways. His best friend Louie appears, and Johnny remembers the night he killed Louie in a fight over Ana, Louie’s 15-year-old sister. Johnny se duced Ana and turned her to prosti tution. It is the spirit of Ana’s lost inno cence that visits Johnny, not her mortal soul. In the same context ap pears the essence of Don Juan, John ny’s father, who tells that his faith in his son disappeared long ago. Near the end, Berta tells Johnny of his death (He thought he survived the shot.) and that she is a member of the living dead who was sent to him to “eat his sins.” She also tells him he can return to the living if he can persuade one of his victims to forgive him. Johnny tries valiantly but to no av ail. As his attempts repeatedly fail, he resorts to groveling to the ghosts, blaming his wickedness on a family curse. He says he inherited his “Don Juan” lifestyle and womanizing ways from his father, whom Johnny now discovers cheated on his mother. As a result of his father’s infidelity, Johnny’s mother died of heartbreak while giving birth to him. Johnny’s pleading does him no good, though. In the end, Don Juan tells Johnny the only one who can forgive him is God, and he must ask His mercy. Johnny fails at this task as well and passes into the realm of the living dead along with his victims, re grettably screaming, “I’m dead!” as he goes. The performances by the mem bers of the Hispanic Theater Group made the play a smooth production. Villarreal was convincing in the role of the repentant Johnny, appar ently having no trouble representing the evil in men’s souls. Georgette L.o- pez-Aguado gave the role of the wise, cold Big Berta a warm side with her sorrowful and mercif ul facial ex pressions. Manuel Ruiz III, as Louie, pro vided a pleasing representation of the good opposed to Johnny’s evil. Janey Rosas successfully wore three hats in her roles as Louie’s sister * na, as Johnny’s motRelrahd as one of Johnny’s lovers, portraying fear and confusion and even pain with ease. Baldomero Valdez shined as the ghost Cantante, singing Johnny’s re quiem in a powerful voice that car ried easily from the rear of the the ater without a micrnrihnnf The evening was even morel®, pressive considering that “Tenorio' was the first stage performancefo each of the cast members, whit! seems only fitting since theplaynji also the first produced by the group, Villarreal said after the perfr mance that this will probably bettf group’s last production this seme ter, because each play takes aboj; three months to produce. He saii the group will resume production; the fall, with a rotating caste! GAM AC members. “Next year we hope to be itiori aggressive and produce maybethrti or four plays,” he said. Playright explains motivation for writing 6 Johnny Tenorio’ By Richard Tijerina STAFF WRITER The stereotype of the Don Juan character has been around for cen turies, said Carlos Morton, play wright of “Johnny Tenorio”, at a round table discussion Thursday night. Morton, a professor at the Uni versity of Texas at El Paso, was in the audience to watch the Hispanic The ater Group’s production of his play. After the performance, Morton and cast members answered ques tions from the audience. Morton said he decided to write a play on the Don Juan sterotype be cause it is a fixture in Mexican American culture. “I chose the Don Juan man be cause I wanted to examine the di alectics of my people,” Morton said. “It is there, and we all know it is, es pecially in our families. Johnny is not a very positive character. Throughout five centuries in litera ture, Don Juan has been known for his ability to seduce women.” Morton said the character of Johnny Tenorio has a vulnerable side to all the flash and machismo. “Johnny is a human being,” he said. “I showed him as a little boy, I showed him in a tender scene with his father and,we saw him thinking about his mother and how she d(ed. In a way, Johnny exists because we let him exist in our community. The question is, how do we get rid of him?” Janey Rosas, who portrayed Ana in the play, said machismo is a char acter trait all Hispanics deal with be cause it is a part of their heritage. “I think this play is a very good representation of what ‘machismo’ is all about,” Rosas said. “I think every body believes in machismo a little bit. This play has taught me a lot. I think it is an excellent representation of what the Chicano man has to offer about himself.” Roberto Villareal, who played the title character, said working on the production helped him come to de cisions about his cult ure. “Throughout this whole process, I’ve come to realizations internally about my identity by dealing with the negative aspects ot our culture and dealing with the positive aspects of our culture,” Villareal said. “Be ing a minority group that has been stereotyped and drawn in myth makes us more vulnerable.” Villareal said working on the play was more than just finding his iden tity, it was a glorification of his cul ture. The cast wanted the audience to learn something about Mexican By Mia B.Moody REPORTER The restaurants listed below were inspected by the Brazos County Health Department Feb. 16 through 23. Information is taken from a food service estab lishment inspection report. SCORED BETWEEN 95 AND 100: Wendy’s at 202 Southwest Parkway was inspected by David Plett. Score — 99. One point was subtracted because a thermome ter wasn’t provided in a conspicu ous area. Chic-fil-A at 1500 Harvey Rd. was inspected by David Plett. Score — 98. Two one-point viola tions were cited because an ice American culture, said George® l.opez-Aguado, who portrayed Bj Berta. Being a student and being acton is not something we handlecl easily, I .ope/-Aguado said. "I hope even one leat tied something tonight.lit wanted everyone to enjoy it first anil foremost. If we taught anyoneife son, then we’ve succeeded in ot mission.’’ wiping t lothes. Dixie Chicken at 307 Lniver- sits Dr. was inspected b\ David Pickens. Score — 96. A four- point violation was cited because it lacks the correct number of ac cessible toilet and handwashing facilities. SCORED BETWEEN 90 and Emilio’s Pizza at 315 A Do- minik was inspected by David Plett. Score — 94. Two points were deducted because the food- preparation counter tops were in a state of disrepair. Four points were deducted because the bad door didn’t close by itself to pre vent rodents and insects from en tering. David Jefferson, a registered sanitarian at the department, savs restaurants with scores of 95 or above generally ha\ e excellent oper ations and facilities. He says restaurants with sc ores in the 70s or low HOs usually have serious violations in the health report. Scores can be misleading, Jefferson says, because restaurants can ) get the same score by having several minor violations or a few major violations. He says the minor violations can he corrected during the inspection. Point deductions or violations in the report range from one point (minor violations) to five points (major violations). Jefferson says the department might Hose a restaurant if: the score is below 60, the personnel have infer lions diseases, the restau rant lacks adequate refrigeration, there is a sewage backup in the building or the restaurant has a complete lack of sanitization lor the food equipment. The department inspects each restaurant evei \ six months. Jef ferson says a follow-up inspection is sometimes required il a restau rant has a four- or live-point violation that cannot he cot reded dur ing the inspection, or if there are numerous small violations. Restaurant Report 7:30/9:45 PM Friday and Saturday, March Rudder Theatre $2 with TAMU ID Midnight 3 8c M M VgoiiAWAincma/ \AGGIhW/0hNEMA/ Frida: Be all ByShai STAFF \A The ' I tern, whi< nates sho The sy are effect The lo ers place store and success f'u lockers f< age of loc DeHar workers p “We dc al’s books because v are their checkout charge th Anotht is magnet less deac ‘Big A By Fiong STAFF W This ye promises pie” from urday. 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