ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“Baby With the Bathwater’ set to go

UPEI

[heatre Society Preser

The play begins with Helen and John, the baby’s proud but con-

The U.P.E.1. Theatre Society is pleased to anno

e its upcoming

production of Christopher Durang’s contemporary satire, Baby With The Bathwater, to be directed by Patrick Hennessey.

This is Patrick’s first direction of a full-length play. Last year for a U.P.E.f. Theatre Society Lunchtime Production, he di- rected the very funny An Actor’s Nightmare, also written by Chris- topher Durang. Mr. Durang is also the author of the infamous Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You.

Patrick is a fourth year stu- dent attending U.P.E.I. Eight (8) of the nine (9) cast. members and

most of the production staff are

also U.P.E.1. students. They have been busy rehearsing and prepar- ing for next week’s performance

r. They munity

since early in the seme

are hoping the campu will show their support of their efforts by attending the play.

Baby With The Bathwater is a zany black comedy that attacks contemporary Western parenting.

fused parents, naming their male child Daisy. Thereafter, in a series of outrageous and hilarious scenes we follow Daisy’s unusual up-

bringings. At the hands of strange adults Daisy grows up with a number of problems not the least of which are an insecure identity and an inability to complete the first sentence of his freshman

English essay on Gulliver’s Travels.

Ten years after Daisy first visit to the Psychiatrist, Daisy finally finishes the sentence and begins a new life. This fact paced comedy is typical of Durang’s biting satire and promises to be entertaining theatr

The play will open next Wed- nesday, March 19 and continue through to Saturday, Ma the Steel Recital Hall on the cam- pus of the University of Prince Edward Island. Curtain will be at 8:00 p.m. and tickets, $4.00 stu- dents and seniors and $6.00 adults will be available at the door. For

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more information and/or reserva- tions contact 566-0389.

Movie Reviews

tects girl from evil, bad man; the typical David versus Goliath. The

use of the flashback is overused

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by Christopher

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directed by Patrick Hennessey

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and although you see some beauti- HIGHLANDER

By Nathan Stairs

Highland is a wee bit good and -> a wee bit bad, but fear not, as it will stay but half a fortnight, no more.

Highlander is the story of im- mortals, living in a mortal world. Charles Lambeitd is the White Knight, while Danny Gould is the Black Knight: both of whom are immortal, almost. What will kill these supreme beings you ask? A stake through the hear, a silver bullet perhaps? No, no no ... just lop off his head and he’s history

These are the only two’ survivors of centuries of duels between the ‘Gods’ and now one must kill the other to be the ultimate being.

The story tries to disguise the old plot of boy meets girl, boy makes ‘friends’ with girl, boy pro-

~March 13, 1986,

ful scenery in the ‘then’ sequences it loses its rareness the fourth and fifth times around. The special effects are blah and get blahier when the ending turns into Ghost Busters Il. The actors do their job but that is all. Danny Gould is a highlight, but not worth talking about. One bright spot I found was the music by Queen. Al- though you only hear clips of the songs, the soundtrack of this movie hads possibilities. :

If you were wondering what

Sean Connory does in this film, —

here it is. He is much like the old man in the Karate Kid. He edu- cates the young man in the art of doing battle. He is not impressive I think somone revoked his license to kill

Out of 10, Highlander rates a six.

“HOUSE”

By David Stewart

(New World Pictures)

“House’’ is the new horror — comedy from the producer/ ector team who made “Friday the 13th Part 2’ and “‘Friday the 13th Pari 3”. It’s the story of a success- ful novelist (William Katt of “The Greatest American Hero”), re- cently seperated from his actress

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wife after the disappearance of their son, who moves into his dead aunt’s house in order to write his new book, a personal history of

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Viet Nam. There he sees visions of his dead aunt, monsters, flying yard tools and finds clues as to the whereabouts of his son. George Wendt (Norm of “Cheers” appears as one of Katt’s neigh- bours and Richard Moll (Bull of “Night Court”) is one of Katt’s buddies from Viet Nam Horror-comedies have become popular recently with ‘Fright Night”, ‘Return of the Living Dead” and now “‘House’’. They

are usually mediocre at best, relying on cheap thrills and cheap laughs. ‘House’? sometimes rises above the level of the other two, but leaves you feeling a little like you hadn’t seen a movie at all Almost all the gimmicks can be seen coming long before they hap: pen on screen. The effects are pretty good though and “House” has enough going for it to keep you entertained for at’ least 90 minutes

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