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By JULIE POLSTON
Feature Writer of THE BATTALION
Dioscuri, a eurythmy-guitar
duo, will perform Nov. 1 at 4 p.m.
in Rudder Theater.
The art called eurythmy, which
means beautiful or harmonious
movement, began in the early
900s.
Eurythmy uses the body as an
instrument in space to transcend
physical boundaries. The air is
een as a medium where the artist
makes forms and gestures, like a
iculptor uses wood or stone.
The eurythmist "speaks" to the
audience through this harmo
nious movement.
Dioscuri is composed of gui
tarist Miguel Trdpaga and euryth
mist, poet and choreographer Gail
Langstroth.
Trdpaga, who began playing
the guitar in Spain at age 16,
forms a part of a new generation
of Spanish guitarists who research
the roots of the music they play.
Tr&paga has performed with
the symphony orchestras of
Seville and Madrid.
Langstroth began her euryth-
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Gail Langstroth interprets classical guitar with her body movements.
my training at Emerson College in
England and completed it at Das
Eurythmeum in Germany. She
lived in Spain for three years and
became the first eurythmist to
work with the classical guitar.
Langstroth returned to the
United States in 1988 and began
performing and teaching euryth
my throughout the country.
Three eurythmy workshops
will be held Nov. 2 and 3 in con
junction with the performances.
Dioscuri's performance is
sponsored by the Bryan/College
Station Waldorf Association.
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'Talk Radio' only talks in generalities,
may induce you to hang up the phone
By ANAS BEN-MUSA
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
"Talk Radio"
Written by Eric Bogosian
Starring Sam Rose III, Hilary
McHenry, M. A. Sterling, Matt
Urbanek
Directed by Jeffrey C. Gilmore
An Aggie Players Production
Playing at Rudder Forum
"Talk Radio" talked too much
and never said anything signifi
cant or profound.
It was advertised as an off-beat
comedy, but it was so off-beat I
hardly laughed.
"Talk Radio" is a serious play
that tries to discuss some pro
found social issues.
The play centers on a talk show
host, Barry Champlain, played by
Sam Rose III.
Champlain is a crass, loud, ob
noxious man who plays off the
tribulations of his callers.
Each time a caller comes on the
air, Champlain gives the person
only a few minutes to say some
thing before he jumps down the
caller's throat and starts to hack
into the intimate parts of his life.
Champlain thinks he knows
something about the world and its
problems. However, throughout
the play he only states broad gen
eralities that reminded me of the
presidential race.
Rose's portrayal of Champlain
is a good, solid performance, but I
was not overly impressed.
Eric Bogosian's vague yet still
above-average script limited
Rose's ability to fully develop his
character.
The only times I was able to get
to know Champlain was through
his co-workers' brief soliloquies.
Unfortunately, they were all too
brief and then Champlain was back
on the air irritating his callers and
myself.
If you are desperately looking
for some entertainment, go watch
"Talk Radio." But don't be sur
prised if you want to pick up a
phone, call in and tell Champlain
off.
"Talk Radio" will play through
Oct. 31 in Rudder Forum.
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Reviewer of THE BATTALION
"Night and the City"
Starring Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff
Gorman and Alan King
Directed by Irwin Winkler
Rated R
Playing at Manor East III
In a world where punches fly from around
every corner, "Night and the City" takes a jab at
the face of the human condition.
Harry Fabian (Robert De Niro) is a dreamer.
He is a fast-talking, deal-making, people-using op
portunity seeker. Harry is a New York City
lawyer who is lured into the boxing promotion
business by the prospect of cold hard cash.
It is not so much the money that snags Harry
into an intricate weave of impending misfortune
as his uncontrollable desire to be the "man of the
hour".
Harry, like so many people in the real world, is
just waiting to throw off the blanket of an unglam-
ourous past— to walk into the ring like a prize
fighter. This strong link with reality made the
movie important to me.
Harry is always looking for his big chance. In
fact, that is really how the movie gets started in
the first place. Fabian, Fabian, Fabian, Harry's
lawfirm, represents the common people of the
New York City streets— or more specifically, a
man reported to have been beaten up by a pro
boxer in a parking lot fight. Harry calls him up.
"Hey, you want to make some money?" he asks
with a cocky smile.
Most of his business is conducted at a bar
called Boxers, which is owned by Phil (Cliff Gor
man) and his wife Helen (Jessica Lange). Harry
has an extracurricular interest in hanging out at
Boxers, mainly because Helen does a little than
just pour his drinks, and because a lot of the big
wigs of the boxing scene are regulars there.
Boom Boom Grossberg (Alan King) is the man
who fearlessly leads the boxing scene, and the
man whose prize fighter decked Harry's client.
During his preparation for the personal injury
case, Harry makes a trip to a 42nd Street fighter's
gym.
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and he is in the ring.
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Harry has a problem though. He has a great
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ting in the way.
I do not want to take anything away from the
merit of the movie by saying that it depressed the
pants off me. The portrayal of the situations peo
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in order to weasel their way into the big time
painted a pathetic picture of real life for me.
On the upbeat side of things, Robert De Niro
takes another walk on the golden side of acting
with this film. I must note that every time I see
this man smile more and more lines on his face are
moving along with his lips. However, I appreciat
ed the signs of increasing age in this movie; it
added a sense of desperation to his character.
I enjoyed watching "Night and the City" not so
much for pure entertainment but because it ad
dresses an unglamorous characteristic of mankind
and deals with it honestly.
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