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6 - Orono Weekly Times 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Basic Black by Arthur Black It's later than I think "When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was only sick. George Burns Do you remember the scene? It occurs about half way through Tom Jones, a movie which chronicled the adventures and misadventures of a loveable young rascal as he danced and romanced his way across 18th century England. There were a lot of memorable moments in the movie but the best one has to be what has come to be known as `the eating scene'. In it, Tom Jones, portrayed by Albert Finney, sits down to a luncheon with a more than accommodating and receptive Mrs. Waters. Tom is, as Tom so frequently was, randy as a rooster. So, it appears, is Mrs. Waters. She proceeds to demonstrate that fact as the two work their way through a mess of, shall we say, libidoenhancing foodstuffs, all the time eyeing each other lustily across the table amid gobbets, dribbles and juicy, luscious rivulets of oyster, lobster and pear. Never have a bivalve, a crustacean and an orchard fruit been deconstructed so lasciviously. The New York Times film critic described it as "one of the funniest, most sensual scenes ever put on film without removing a stitch of clothing". Amen to that, but here's the thing: Joyce Redman, the lovely and vivacious actress who played Mrs. Waters in that scene died of pneumonia last month at her home in Kent, England. She was, my newspaper informs me, ninety-three years old. Ninety-three??? How can that possibly be? Didn't the movie Tom Jones come out just a few -- well, quite a few, really, I suppose ­ years ago? Quite a few indeed. Fortynine, to be exact. Tom Jones first hit the movie screens back in 1963. I find that life is bushwhacking me like that quite a lot, of late. I catch myself humming Girl from Ipanema, then realize the song hasn't been on the hit parade since Lester Pearson was PM. I fall to musing about the `Big M's' of professional hockey -Mahovlich, Messier and Mikita ­ and it dawns on me that one of them has become a three vocal types in one voice, she can sing a really high soprano and alto, "and really loud; I can sing high operatic stuff and more popular, jazzy numbers," she says. Her favourite is, "singing really, really high and really really loud". On her one day off a week Heather is auditioning anywhere between Toronto and Ottawa for her next role. Home is a good place to live for now says Heather because it is convenient and the price is right, as it costs a lot of money to chase down auditions. Some day she would like to work at the Factory Theatre in Toronto ­ a centre for new play development that well-upholstered Senator in Ottawa and none of them have seriously suited up for a shinny match in nearly twenty years. Sarah Polley, the sweet little thing who played in the Road to Avonlea? She's middle-aged, a wife, a mother and a filmmaker in her own right. The last Blue Jays World Series win? 1993, chum. Almost two decades ago. Trudeau's famous "Just watch me" speech? More than middle-aged. It's getting on for forty years old. Time is a slippery and elusive critter ­ "Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve and too short for those who rejoice", as some wag once said. Charlie Chaplin, who lived to produces all Canadian plays. "They do a lot of contemporary stuff that pushes the edge of theatre," Heather says. She would also love to work at the Stratford and Shaw festivals. In the meantime, Heather is encouraging everyone to get out and see live theatre. "It is a huge part of Canada, and there are so many great theatres out there," she says. "Nothing compares to a live performance." Queen Marie was written by Shirley Barrie, and is directed by Kim Blackwell. the ripe old age of eightyeight, declared in his dotage that, "in the end, everything is a gag". I hope he's right. In the event that he is, I offer the last words in this column to one of my favourite surrealist gagsters, New Yorker Stephen Wright, who once observed: "When I was two, I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought: `If this keeps up, by the time I'm six, I'll be ninety'". Wright, like Einstein, knows that time is relative. "I went into a restaurant that serves `breakfast at any time'" says Wright. "I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance." and never actually knowing 4TH LINE why you didn't get a part you Continued from page 5. auditioned for can be chalPerforming was not Heather's lenging, Heather says. "But first career choice. Because you have to realize you are acting always seemed an not going to get every part, "unrealistic industry to be rejection is a huge part of this successful in," Heather turned career," she stated. The more to hair styling when she gradrejections you get, the better uated from Clarke High you deal with them, according School. While she liked the to Heather, adding, "You just creative aspect of styling hair have to keep training and keep Heather says she did not positive, realizing you are "love" it. When Heather meant to be in this came to the realization industry and that she needed to do not every part is something she going to suit just loved you." and wanted Her to do it all h a i r the time, styling she knew experiit was ence is time to Heather's pursue a insurance career on against the stage. photo supplied by Lance Anderson becoming a After years Kawartha of drama Shelley Simester andMy Heather s t a r v i n g camp at Maitland rehearse for Queen a r t i s t . While many Clarington's Marie actors work Visual Arts at catering and waiting on Centre, voice lessons, singing tables, Heather says her in the choir at Orono United hairstyling does not tie her Church and four years in coldown, she can work her own lege, Heather says she is at the hours and she can take that point where she knows she is skill with her wherever she setting herself up for a future goes. full of a lot of hard work but Another talent that sets says, "It is so worth it and it Heather apart is her big voice makes me so happy." Nothing and her four octave vocal compares to the rush you get range. Heather says she has when you know you have given a really good performance and you feel the energy from the audience according to Heather. "Nothing compares to that feeling and when you feel that once you need to get it back, it's like an addiction," she stated. Dealing with rejection is the down side of the industry, according to Heather. 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