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don’t have anyone else in the world,” Troy
an said.
Troyan said the prestige behind the sto
ry offers him a chance to expand his acting
experience.
Troyan also said the tale is in some ways
a bleak tragedy that can fall upon anyone.
He said he believes that the moment the
audience gets immersed in the story and
forgets the people are acting, the perform
ers have accomplished their goal.
To see the ultimate goal of the play fol
low through is the director’s job, and this
play is directed by Robert Wenck.
"I want them to be moved by him (Lenny), to realize that he is an inno
cent being who had no intentions of doing any harm."
— FRANKIE ANNELLO
Lenny, "Of Mice and Men "
two farm hands during the
Great Depression.
Texas A&M University’s Theater Arts
program is presenting a stage adaptation
of the drama that began last weekend and
will continue on April 11-13 and 18-20 in
Rudder Forum.
Brian Troyan, a sophomore psychology
and English major, portrays George, a sim
ple man with the dream of attaining a
ranch house and enjoying life with his
friend Lenny.
George, who is sometimes a brother, fa
ther and mother to Lenny, takes responsi
bility for his friend, and the bond between
them is apparent.
“It’s a story between two friends who
The tragic tone of the stage production
originates from the character of Lenny,
portrayed by Frankie Annello, a junior
speech communications major.
Annello described Lenny as a child in a
man’s body who is much more than just a
retarded or completely moronic individual.
Annello first performed a scene from the
production in an acting class.
When auditions rolled around, he
thought he could play the part well. Now,
he said, he hopes the audience will enjoy
the performance.
“I want them to be moved by him
(Lenny), to realize that he is an innocent
being who had no intentions of doing any
harm,” Annello said.
While one character is just as important
as the other, the bond Lenny and George
share is central to the storyline.
“It’s just the old adage of brotherhood
and love men share in their own ways,” An
nello said.
Wenck, who has been an Aggie Player
and faculty member since 1954, said he
finds directing an easy thing to do.
He said each production has its own in
teresting points.
Wenck said people should realize the
sound, costume and lighting have all been
created by student designers.
He also said people should not ignore the
work of the actors.
“The actors are doing a fine job with it,”
he said. “The supporting cast is equally
proficient, and it lets the audience become
lost in the story instead of watching people
struggle to portray characters.”
Wenck said his responsibility is to con
vey the mood, emotion and ideas of the
characters to the audience and show the
brotherhood between people who care
about each other, no matter what handi
caps they may have.
“It’s a classic American play that speaks
to the human condition,” he said.
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entertainment
GLANCE
Lee stresses the value
of careers in media
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Film
maker Spike Lee's message to a
group of black
college stu
dents: Be like
Spike and con
sider a career
in the media.
''That's
where the bat
tle is being
fought, that is
how you con
trol people's
minds," Lee
told students
Tuesday at
predominantly
black Fisk University.
“As we move toward the millen
nium, the year 2000, the most pow
erful nations are not those that have
nuclear bombs, but those that con
trol the media," Lee said.
Lee is in Nashville this week to
shoot scenes for a movie, “Get on
the Bus," about a cross-country
journey by 20 black men to the Mil
lion Man March. It is set for release
Oct. 16 — the one-year anniversary
of the march on Washington.
Brando apologizes for
anti-Semitic comments
LOS ANGELES (CA) — Marlon
Brando apologized for anti-Semit
ic comments about Jews in Holly
wood and plans to make a public
statement at the Museum of Tol
erance, a rabbi said.
Brando called the center and
"expressed his remorse," Rabbi
Marvin Hier said Tuesday. Bran
do will "make a public statement
regarding this matter" Friday at
the Simon Wiesenthal Center's
museum. Hier said.
The 72-year-old Brando was
harshly criticized by Jewish groups
after remarks last week in an inter
view on CNN's Larry King Live.
"Hollywood is run by Jews. It
is owned by Jews and they should
have a greater sensitivity about
the issue of people who are suf
fering," Brando said.
“He told me he was an early
supporter of Israel," said Hier. “I
told him, 'Marlon, I never thought
you were an anti-Semite, but the
words you used on Larry King
was music to the ears of racists
and bigots all over the world.'"
The reclusive star of The God
father and A Streetcar Named De
sire mentioned on the show the
various stereotypes that he said
were depicted in films.
"We've seen the nigger, and
the greaseball. We've seen the
chink. We've seen the slit-eyed
dangerous Jap. We have seen the
wily Filipino. We've seen every
thing. But we never saw the kike
because they knew perfectly well
that that's where you draw the
wagons around," Brando said.
Belmondo lashes out
at movie distributors
PARIS (AP) — Actor Jean-Paul
Belmondo has lashed out at
French movie distributors' defer
ence to Hollywood's domination
of the film industry.
The 63-year old actor, whose per
formance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1959
film Breathless brought him interna
tional fame, is angry that his latest
movie, Desire, is being shown in only
20 theaters across France.
"The big French movie distribu
tors are the Trojan horse of the
American cinema," Belmondo told
the Paris daily Le Figaro. "I do not
condemn the American cinema, I
am against all forms of censorship.
But I would like the public to be
able to judge by itself."
Lee
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The Lord’s Ranch has career positions available in Special
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