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Page 12 — Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, October 27, 1993 ~ Entertainment GLT’s By John Sommer Special to HHTW The story is a fairy tale. An old woman, a young heiress, a half-wit, and a blameless fool get together and defeat the powers of darkness and bigotry. The meek inherit the earth and everything is fine in the best of all worlds. It sounds simple enough. Yet, “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, the latest offer- ing of the Georgetown Little Theatre at the John Elliott Theatre in the Cultural Centre, 9 Church St., Georgetown, must be one of the most difficult plays the company has ever produced. The play has a bit of every- thing. It is funny, it is sad, it is scary and it has a cast of THURSDAY, OCT. 28 FREE Tim Mug | Buy 6 MUFFINS to First 200 DRIVE-THRU Customers characters that all go through pei in the course of the acti The: actors not only have t i speak the dialect of Geo: (where the story takes place), but have to deal with a “for- But don’t get the idea that I did not like the production. On the contrary, I enjoyed it a lot. The play offers so many ia layers and such a host of insightful situations that to have undertaken it deserves high praise. And the set id: last but not least, feats of histrionics are demanded of some of the actors to make the play plausible. The cast, under the direction of Ron Hill, is trying hard but does not always succeed. mn Hunt as Foggy le Sueur gives one of his signa- ture interpretations of a rough man with a heart of gold. Eric Witvoet as Charlie Baker manages the sweetness but misses out a bit on the ee peration of the man. Barbar: Freelen as Betty Meeks is sufficiently rustic. Michael Halsall as the Rey. David larshall Lee is supposed to be upright and trustworthy at the beginning of the play, to be-revealed as an extremely shady character at the end. As played, however, he is smarmy throughout, a type one would never have wanted to buy a used car from; not to mention a religion. Debra Burden as Catherine Simms is very pretty to look at. Paul D’Entremont as Ellard Simms does well with his difficult part. Marcel Deault as Owen Musser is loud but not menacing enough. The pace of the production could be slower at times. FRIDAY, design by Doug Robinson has a lot of atmosphere and is handsome to look at. - We have just gone through an election campaign where the problems some people seem to have with immi- grants and foreigners was bined about by aval commer This play talk you ina whimsical way that the foreigner is the bear- er of- gifts. To reject them is an act of foolishness. There will be four more performances of “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue at ‘The Foreigner’ both entertains and enlightens the John Elliott Theatre. The dates are Wednesday | (tonight), Pipones Bay: | and Saturday. Go and hav night out. You will have a good time and you might, without being aware of it, learn something. Mr. Jones fails to impress By Dawn Wood and Lawson Oates It is often said ‘if you have your health, you have every- thing. After watching Mr. Jones, you will undoubtedly add the proviso that if you have your mental health, you have everything. Mr. Jones is ‘a soul-search- ing, one-hour-and-50 minute voyage into the life of a manic-depressive. Richard Gere stars as Mr. Jones, a flamboyant drifter who trav- els in and out of the mental health system. We are introduced to Mr. Jones when he is in a state of mania. He spends the rest of the movie in depression. In fact, much of the movie is depressing. Many of the scenes involve crying and interviews with disturbed patients. Although the main action is centered around the events and symptoms of. mental health conditions, we are set up at the. beginning to observe the love relationship that OCT. 29 1/2 PRICE Jack-olantern Cakes}, Call to order. (Reg. price $1195) Movie Review develops between Gere’s character and the psychiatrist (Lena Olin). This plot is quite predictable without any sur- prises to challenge the audi- ence, The filmmaker attempts to explore more in the area of mental health awareness, but , this endeavor must- compete with the story of Gere’s char-” acter and the romance. In an interesting way, the combina- tion of plots adds an interest- ing perspective to the mental illness challenges. This movie is not great, but is one of an interesting collec- tion of recent films that have put mental health awareness into the mainstream. Last summer, Benny and Joon brought the same mes- sage to the forefront. Earlier, the message was memorably told in The Fisher King. Richard Gere performs well in the role of Mr. Jones. He was able to move beyond the typical romantic role which has become his trade- mark. He adapts well to deep- er, more challenging charac- ters. The acting is generally good, with pane Bancroft cast in a small rol The movie ise is a long, drawn out film, written by Eric Roth and directed by Mike Figgis. This is good news for Gere fans who want maximum time with his face on the screen. Otherwise, the entertainment borders on the depressing side rather than the manic. Freddie Wonder Show Arts Alive is extending an invitation to families with children of all ages to come and see The Freddie Wonder Show on Nov. 7, 2 p.m. at the John Elliott Theatre. Fred Stinson plays the goofy, nerdy, Freddie Wonder with lots of humor, which totally delights the youngsters. 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