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Wednesday October 1991 the HERALD- Page Entertainment M Review Shout plumbs rock n roll roots GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 By DAWN WOOD Herald Special Shout is another one of those in creasingly popular celebrations of Bluesrock music relayed in the risingup of lost souls through song It wasnt a month ago that The Commitments a far better Irish rendition played here in Georgetown But unlike The Commitments which is a revival of the soul Shout is about the roots of rock roll These modern day rock epics are a world away from the former art form known as the musical Those were the good old days with Judy Garland and Doris Day spontaneously break ing out of their cocoons into song Today the reasoning behind breaking out into song goes fur ther back to the slave days when song was a method of coping with ones oppression Shout stars John Travolta as a fugitive who drifts into a Texas town that is need of a music teacher for the Benedict Boys Home a type of pooi farm for wayward teens has come a logn way from his dunce days as sweathog Barbarino and the disco dancing icon of the late He has matured as an actor and through the variety of parts that he has had he demonstrates a in role acting that is shared by very few of the in dustrys favorites Travolta is convincing as a Lone Star drinking cigarette smoking rugged and unshaven drifter but the kids at the Boys Home appear too unhaggard and insensitive to their humble lots In fact theyre too brighteyed and wellgroomed to support their heavy loads This flaw is ob vious in tough guy Jesse James Walters who is squeakyclean and perfectly coiffed after digg ing feet of trench as a punish ment for speaking up for one of his buddies being chastised by the headmaster But to his credit Walters over comes his facade and attempts to seriously act a somewhat com plicated love affair by teenage standards with the equally beautiful Heather Graham Sarah the masters daughter His challenge is to overcome the resentment and prejudice that a male of humble beginnings has for a college girl The theme of prejudice is the focus of the movie It is a social comment on Southern socie ty in transition he postWorld War II period The aspect is somewhat novel in that we do not share in the high powered politics of the era but instead witness the beginning of a form of liberation of a white mainstream Southern culture through the experiences of Cabe and Jesse The catalyst is alien and foreign to the old guard and therefore threatening but a liberating force for the next generation The movement is symbolized by the Midnight Rambler voice of James Avery who clandestinely plays rock roll over the airwaves hunts for talent By IAN WATSON GLT Publicity The last time held audi tions it was for Steel Magnolias and the response was terrific Now there is another op portunity for budding and veterans of the stage to display their talents to the com munity of Halton Hills And this time there are parts for men too The production is Opera Comi- by Nagle Jackson a farce with a difference Its a costume production set in 1875 and the setting is the opera house in Pans The characters involved are- a middle aged lady usher in the opera house La Corniche Parisian gentleman aged around 50 De La Corniche His wife in her mid Viviane Their daughter aged around 17 La Tartine A cabaret enter tainer in the loosest sense Aged about 30 Georges Bizet- Composer of music In his Ernest Guiraud Georges friend and contemporary Paul Vigneron A distinguished gent mid Hector Pauls son a lecherous military cadet Charles Gounod Composer his mid The parts come in all sizes and the play is very funny If you are interested please come to GLTs premises at Stewarttown Road Georgetown on Wed Oct 6th at pm If you have any ques tions call the producer Fran An thony at or director Willows at A pirates pleasure Pirate Bryan of Georgetown took part in the fun at the Georgetown Librarys Haltoween party Friday Bryan and hfs sister Laura who was dressed up as a fairy spent the afternoon making paper witches and bats in the spirit of Haltoween Herald Photo VIDEO PLUS West of Fruit COMING THIS WEEK JUST FOR YOU Fantasia Robin Hood Kick Boxer Stone Cold Across The Tracks Guelph St Unit 8 Georgetown Director Jeffry is not very innovative in his portrayal of the repression but he does get the point across Through staging imprisoning and confining scenes he sets the old guard against the subculture represented in scenes set in secrecy and in underground joints The movement is em bodied in the sultry performance of Linda Molly Cabes dark haired Blues loving woman This movie offers a story about growth specifically development through the birth of rock n roll and the maturation of adolescent boys and their teacher opposed by the restricting social climate of the 50s And secondly there are some great tunes to hear score Randy and dynamite dancing scenes choreography Michael Johnston Although this is all in teresting the main flaw with the movie is that you know where its going from the beginning There are no surprises to behold Enchanting newcomers By BARB Eliza is just looking for a somewhere far away from the cold night air The enchanting young lady in and Loewes My Fair Lady is being played by a newcomer to Globe Callaghan theatre background however goes back to 1984 when she appeared in the chorus of Brampton Musical Societys Camelot At the same time Brigida met Eleanor and soon found herself studying voice with Eleanor Since then she has appeared in a number of shows with Bramp ton Music Society the Mississauga City Centre Opera Co and the Calbes Voice Studio Bngida also finds time to help backstage with props makeup and costumes and her husband Tom live in Brampton and besides be ing wife mother of a and actress she is employed as Purchasing Manager at Peel Memorial Hospital My Fair Lady opens at the John Elliott Theatre Nov 21 with a gala evening including dessert and coffee in the gallery after the show Tickets are 12 and are available at Royal LePage Real Estate Guelph St Show dates are Nov 22 23 28 29 Dec BRINGS YOU LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EVERY THURS FRI SAT HOME OF CANADAS FINEST COUNTRY MUSIC SHOWS CALL 226 Queen St E Brampton 4516000 lEEmEH VOW PLAYING I Evenings at 900 pm NOW PLAYING Evenings at pm LAST2DAYS SUBURBAN COMMANDO No home should He without one Evenings at 700 pm SHOUT Evenings at 900 pm NEW SHOWS STARTING FRIDAY HELD OVER Necessary Roughness Evenings at 700 900 pm fjlttw Matinees Sat Sun at pm f held OVER Evenings at 700 900 pm Matinees Sat Sun at pm STARTSFRIDAY I Evenings at 700 pm Matinees Sat Sun at 200 pm ADMISSION Adults ChildrenSenior 425 THIS WEEKS PASSWORD TRICK OR TREAT