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GETTING MODERN WITH WAITING FOR GODOT DIRECTOR PETER LACKNER
The existential play “Waiting For Godot” is the Theatre the future, but recognize it in the present The relevance o f feeL I love theater that gives a ritual purpose, and we-have to UCSB production opening this weekend. Peter Lackner, the play is that people do need each other and the two main give the audience something special other than renting a who most recently directed Ensemble Theatre Company’s characters need each other. This play is one o f the most uni video. Theater is special because the actors are live. This ri “The Game o f Love and Chance,” directs the Nobel Prize versal plays I know that raises questions but does not give an tual should make you more aware o f your own life and see winning play. I sat down with Lackner, who fed me his inter swers. what we have in com m on as human beings. A lso, it gives the pretations and feelings about this controversial and compli H ow do the characters bring this across? feeling o f being in the present moment and bang aware of cated play that is sure to leave its audience with a new appre Pozzo, played by Jessica Green, is kind o f power hungry, the here and now and the space around us. ciation for their lives. controlling, ambitious, and he has Lucky, played by Jake Beckett makes reference to the audience, which could O ’Ceallaigh, w ith a rope tied around his neck. H e has a fam even be G odot He loves to suggest something and then A rtsw eek What made you decide on this play? ous speech which he spouts out when he is asked to think. make it ungraspable. You sense what he means but you can’t Peter Lackner: Samuel Beckett and this play are labeled This monologue is a pseudo-intellectual philosophy about pin it down, like old Beatles songs. You can’t put down good one o f the most important o f the 20th century. Now that the life, and it makes fun o f academic rhetoric, which is one sen poetry, and Beckett is good poetry. 20th century is ending, I felt that I’d love to do it. It hasn’t tence long for four pages. How difficult was it to direct this play? been done here in over a decade, and I want to show that it Vladimir and Estragon are characters sitting and waiting Student actors are more willing to explore the craziness. can be done in a lively manner and can be entertaining. M y by a roadside, while the others are on a path o f worldly ambi This show demands more depth and detail work with each warning is that it makes you aware o f the present moment tion, but the play shows them going downhill in the second actor. It*s rewarding to w ork with a small cast in order to help along with the acton and forces you to pay attention to what act it's a lesson o f what ambition gets you, which is worse each person get deep into their character. It’s not easier be is on the stage rather than watching a movie. It’s pure theater, than people living day by day. Beckett says they are all male cause I feel a responsibility to entertain the audience with surreal fantasy with real human em otions. It’ s liberating and characters, but we cast three female characters. The boy, four people instead o f 20. These characters have to be more fun and allows the a cton to explore and im provise a lo t Y ou played by Katie Long, is played by a girl who is kind o f an interesting for die same amount o f time. The challenge is have to feel what it means. drogynous. W e’re trying to respect Beckett’s wish that the harder, but if s easier in terms o f organization. The smaller H o10 do you interpret ’W aiting For Godot’? couple is a universal example o f human relationships, even the cast, the larger the responsibility o f the actors. N o two Godot is a metaphor for placing your hopes in a better fu family relationships and couples, but not limited to that bits o f dialogue are the same, and I would call it variation on a ture. People are always looking for someone else like an au What do you want the audience to get out o f this? them e. T h e audience-should refish the difference and see the thority figure to help them solve their problems, and this play I want the audience to get a life-affirming experience by progression. says thatyou have tok n ow you rselfan d solve your ow n prob going into a depressing circumstance but coming out all the lems. For me, existentialism is labeled as depressing, but more positive. I want the audience to see parts o f themselves ’ Waiting For Godot’ opens Friday, M ay 21, atSp.m ., at the Beckett is trying to say that you should live your life fully and in various characters and be entertained. Theater holds a UCSB PerformingArts Theatre and runs through M ay 29. $12 take responsibility for yourself. H e is saying don’t put your mirror to nature to see little things about relationships that students; $16 general. For information on other show times, tick hopes in a false sense that things will be better in the past or we’re all in, with the contradictions and push ahd pull we all ets, etc., call 893-3535.
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JATCJG^r M f i G a m e b i q POilTl®N. ■ MH and id damned | jenne raub “Election’’ is a clever, intelligent film that welcomes its au cent, affable guy and Tammy as the libertarian running on porary U.S. politics, and ifs definitely clear after watching dience to the sad, forlorn world o f American politics. It’s a the platform o f government ineffectuality and immediate this film that even a high-school election possesses the same world where cormption runs rampant, morals are nonexis . abolishment, a political rat race has soon begun, dirty politics great morality conflicts as even the race for president. But tent and back-stabbing and social-climbing are just a part o f and all. perhaps what is best about “Election” is it reveals the sor^ the game. W ell, actually, i f s a film about an election for high state o f human nature in a way that is so realistic that ifs ab school government in Nebraska, but it manages to speak surd — if not grotesque— in its realism. The sex between the both as a veiled allegory fo r U .S . politics as much as it man married M r. M cAllister and a recent divorcee is unarousing; ages to speak about the greater trials and tribulations in life. the depiction o f teen sex is (well, according to my male The film successfully changes narration among the four AUCtlStfJ X08 OdVOSOiAO V SV SNUS3Q1NI ONVTV friends) dead on; and the sex between M r. McAllister and main characters: the civic-government teacher and student- HUlSrtQNI ‘TW OUNfU SV SI 3JW SH ONV taiSrTWOW ~dw N3WU38 X3S 3HL his wife is as functional, industrial and interesting as a government adviser, Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), THE SEX BETWEEN MR. MCALLISTER cardboard-box factory. And, ultimately, nothing is safe in and the three candidates. Brought into “Election” as they be AND HIS WIFE IS AS FUNCTIONAL. INDUS the world where politics have touched all realms o f life — gin their campaigning, we are quickly introduced to Mr. TRIAL AND INTERESTINGAS A CARD and, to be moral, one realizes ifs necessary that politics McAllister and his student, the brown-nosing Tracy Flick BOARD BOX FACTORY should. (Reese Witherspoon). As Flick begins her. campaign, Mr. The movie concludes accurately1— whether ifs a happy McAllister fears a year o f working with the overachiever, and It’s a skill to take the absolutely banal and turn it into in ending is a matter o f debate. But with the accuracy o f tire soon begins his plans to rope another into the race. He con teresting, witty material, and “Election” succeeds at just that. script, the excellent decisions in casting and the wonderful vinces the do-good, popular ex-football player Paul Metzler High-school politics lack the luster and glamor o f most H ol direction of filmmaker Alexander Payne, “Election” is a (Chris Klein) to compete against the obnoxiously successful lywood flicks, but the depiction o f dull commonality in the clever, well-done film. As everyone else on the block runs o ff Flick. Due to ongoing family politics, M etzlefs younger sis dead-center o f America ends up reflecting a great deal more to attend a screening of “Star Wars,” venture to another ter, Tammy “I’m-not-a-lesbian, I’ve-just-only- liked-to- o f American life. As the characters’ lives change due to the room in the theater, kick your feet up on the back o f the seat kiss-girls” Metzler (Jessica Campbell) soon enters the race as election, the politics entrenched in American family life, in front of you (something you won’t be able to do at “Star well^ V^ith Tracy as the Machiavellian megalo manic, ready school, sexuality, etc. become all too clear. Wars” for a while) and enjoy the delightfid, intelligent com to win no matter what stands in her way, Paul as th ecom p la- I f s been said that “Election” is a sly allegory for contem- edy that is “Election.” Enriching our community through knowledge and experience Asian/Pacific Student Union Outreach Program University of California, Santa Barbara (7 Four Winds Lantern Festival May 20,1999 RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 6:00-9:00 p.m 3435 STATE STREET Corwin Pavilion 682.5174 BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER Welcome Speech by Master of Ceremonies - Heidi Hirahara and Trace Ednacot- 6:00-6:05 • ••• BANQUET FACILITY/PRIVATE DINING Featuring Performances by: ktf-OR GRADUATION EVENTS AND PARTIES► Chi Delta Theta- Fashion Show- 6:05-6:15 Calf 68 2 ,3 7 4 for Reservations Kapatirang Piiipino-Traditional Dancing 6:15-6:45 Indus- Traditional Dancing- 6:45-7:00 JOSIE'S COCKTAIL LOUNGE Ia'Ora’Na’Te'Otea- Polynesian Dancing- 7:00-7:40 HAPPY HOUR! Korean Cultural Awareness Group- Seven Days a Week, 4-7pm Korean drumming- 7:40-8:00 • DRINK SPECIALS • Vietnamese Student Association- Traditional • FREE FOOD • Flower Dancing 8:00-8:15 Martial Acts Club- Martial Arts Demonstration/ Lion Dancing 8:15-9:00 4A Thursday, May 20,1999 Daily Nei "O fcount I know Hieroglyphics, I love Atm ! Souls ofM ischief? order to. maximize full comprehension. Therefore, the fol “That triple album right? W ell, I heard it's actually a pro N ever beard o f them. * lowing shall be S.R.’s information list stripped down bare to ject scheduled to be released in three parts. Kinda like ‘Star — words o f a Hiero fan notified o f the upcoming Souls of the bone for certain third-grade readers. (Fellow reader: W ars’ !” M ischief show. Based on nonfiction Please do not be offended if you fail to fall into the above- As he acknowledged Incidence’s words, A-Twice then mentioned category.) heard a nasal-pitched voice yell, “What? De La’s biting ‘Star Wars’? Man, only ‘Star Wars’ should be allowed to released ‘How’s this album? h it, like, rap, like, rappyrap, like, have a lot ... an information list stripped down bare to the bone for projects in three parts, man, like, fuck that!” o f rap? I normally don’t like rap, but Ilove that song [then begins certain third graders As A -Tw ice slowly turned to observe who the cretin was, a tosingw bile "raising the roof”] H e llo , my name is D r. G reen- role o f toilet paper thrown from the balcony collided with the thumb ...’ * 1) Tricky and DJ Muggs made musik togedder. It shuld be chump’s cranial area. W hile witnessing images o f Tatooine — arguably the dumbest bitch I’ve ever seen. Also based on vewy, vewy nice. They are coming out w if album. and Yoda circle the unconscious fellow’s head, A -Tw ice then nonfiction 2) DJ Vadim has new music. He is Rushin. He haz a knew turned his focus back to reinitiating his rudely interrupted album. It is unreleesd. It will feature Swollen Members, conversation. Moshun Man and Iriscience. It should b vewy, vewy neat. “Planet Asia and Dilated Peoples were recently seen up ... on dumbing down one’s readership 3) Jungle Brothers hav ablum prodoosed bi Propellerheads. in the Interscope headquarters. Maybe they’re gonna get V ew y nice. signed.” Sometimes I find it hard to fathom people. Maybe if s my 4 ) SoundBombing 27 wasn’t dat good. Kinda okay, but not “For real? W ell, did you hear about Raekwon dissing tenacious nature to analyze situations, but this time I admit d a tg o o d . Mase?” to be stumped about several things. I’ve heard through the “Whaaat? That’s some hilarious shit; if Mase battles grapevine that according to several readers, my last column ... like in a bad dream Raekwon the chef, there’s gonna be a recipe named after him was “easy to understand, really informative and not negative" called ‘Stir-fried bitch.’ ” compared to past Sirjunz reports. I admit to bring utterly AGGGGH, Gasp, gasp. Suddenly, a sporadic fit o f epileptic “N o doubt, son, the W u be taking our all haters and fake- phukking befuddled by this insight. W hat did I do different? - like seizures grapples his body, as his consciousness is harshly assed ni%8cas, knowhatimsaying, dunn? Beep beep, Bobby I still maintained the same approach toward talking shit and awakened. W hile breaking out in a cold sweat, he realizes Digital.” Startled by the all-too-familiar voice, they both industrial news?! Ohhh, I get it. Maybe it was easier for those that he was seeing a horrible dream while dozing o ff in the turned the direction o f the voice. readers to understand because it was segmented. That must Arlington Theater. “Oh shit, The RZA?!” Incidence exclaimed. “Whut the be it. (Sigh...) “Goddamn that shit was scary,” he thought, “I hope I phukk are you doing in Santa Barbara?” Another example o f pathetic information processing is a never have to be that stupid. Oh I forgot, I'm living in I.V.” “Because my ldtko be runniri from jakes, even when a god recent reader1 s response to the infamous survey o f pop cul As he surveyed his surroundings, the pandemonium be flossin’ high up in Ivory Towers, knowhatimsaying? A ture personas, as featured in the M ay 14 edition ofArtsweek. caused by over 2,000 “Star Wars” fans immediately sobered ni%&a gotsa shine for the seeds. Knowhatimsaying, son?” According to one dyslexic reader, the chart, which listed his numb senses. A group o f guys in the front began tilin g (Sorry fool, but fools outside o f the S percenter New York ex generally accurate stereotypes o f various different white shots o f whiskey, as a myriad o f personalities engaged in a perience don’t understand your ass half the time.) Santa Barbara residents, was negligent in mentioning carica massive session o f lightsaber fights. A 40-year-old man “Yo RZA,” A-Twice began, “what’s with Kool Keith dis tures o f people o f color. That* s right, you heard me: Our dear walked up and down the aisle holding a red light saber, occa sing you? He’s got a new character called Robbie Analog, A r ts w e e k editors have been accused o f discriminatory poli sionally stopping to do his best Jedi pose. Suddenly, a large that’s obviously a direct reference to you, yo. Anything to- cies by NOT clowning minorities. Supposedly, A r ts w e e k beach ball plummeted from the balcony, instigating a ridi say, consists o f nothing but “bleached-blonde white folk who culous frenzy o f volleyball using the entire ¿heater as a court. Following the question was a minute o f silence. A-Twice echo the Santa Barbara sentiment of The Great White Unbelievably, the Arlington was transformed into a chaotic slowly noticed one bead o f sweat trickling down Bobby Digi Way,’ ” who are supposedly “afraid to offend rather than tell collage o f rambunctious fans, Jedi fanatics, college students, tal’s dark forehead, as his eyes behind the pilot goggles re it like you see it.” So let me get this straight, potnuh: You attractive women and hapless 10-year-olds awake past bed mained in frozen suspension. Suddenly, The R ZA thrusted didn’t think the survey offended anybody whatsoever? Also, time. W hile indulging in the energetic scenery, A -Tw ice was two objects, which created a wall o f smoke as they simulta do you really mean to tell me you’ve failed to see hip hop and then nudged him in the ribs by Incidence, saying “Hey, you neously struck the theater’s floor. Coughing, A-Tw ice and other forms o f music besides the Grateful Dead represented hearing me? I said that the new Public Enemy album, titled Incidence then cleared through the smoke only to reveal an in A r ts w e e k } Sir/madam, have you just begun reading the There s a Poison Going On can be found on empty seat. N exu s yesterday? > www.atomicpop.com. I ordered a copy myself, and the shit “Shit!” Incidence exclaimed, “He escaped. I guess that T h e bottom line is: Y ou can try and be as sim ple as possi should be slammin’." means ‘no comment.’ ” ble, and muthafuckers still won’t understand. As pathetic as “Huh?” A-Twice replied, his groggy senses still slightly it is, I’ve witnessed that in order for certain individuals to blurring his vision. “Oh, right. W ell, you heard about the Listen up to A-Tw ice’s few remaining hip bop shows Sunday comprehend, it is an imperative to incorporate simplicity in new D e La Soul Project?” nights from 10 to midnight on KCSB 91.9 FM. 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D ef Jam gets dissed duduh duh duduh” foreboding tune chimes along with radio consultants and pimped- in with the chorus, plus there are several out rappers. The craziest thing about this vocal samples from the original trilogy, most single is that it is the lead to There's a Poison notably Vadefs “Don’t make me destroy G oin ’ O n , which is exclusively available on you” warning to Luke. All this plus curse line at vnuw.atomicpop.com. Public Enemy words bleeped out by R2D2, true “Star are the first platinum group to ever make Wars” fans can t resist. N o matter what you such a move, which should give major labels think about the song, you gotta give these a real reason to worry about their imminent guys props on their marketing strategy. Arsonists / “Pyromaniax/In Your Town” / several emcees running wild all over it. On fall from {Sower. Finally we have the new Mystik Journey M atador paper they sound like a New York Pharcyde; One o f the most underrated emcees in the men single, “Mercury Rising.” By now peo Public Enemy / “Do You Wanna G o Our in reality their most common factor is that game, Capital D , follows up No Additives, ple familiar with the Living Legends know Way’’ / Atomic Pop they’re both dope. “In Your Town” is the “we No Preservatives with a new dope single. that they can expect consistent rhymes from Capital D / “Que Sera Sera/You Ain’t rock shows” anthem that seems to be preva “Que Sera Sera” is D ’s ode to fine Latina la PSC and some crazy experimental stylings Ready” / A ll Natural lent among most underground artists nowa dies while a light guitar strums in the back from BFAP. The combo do it again, with a Walkmen / “Fortus” / W hite days. Despite the, unoriginal theme, the ground. “You Ain’t Ready” changes the mesmerizing chorus from the Brother From Mystik Journeymen / “Mercury Rising” / playful styles make this one a winner. mood with an edgy battle feeL Lauren H ill’s Another Planet, I watch the things you do, O uthouse So you thought Public Enemy were wack, “Ready or Not” singing is sampled on the you're such a fool / D on't you know your soul stagnant or both? Think again. Public chorus and Cap D ’s dope lyrics are a given. should be worth more to you / Weed and them After about a year’s hiatus from the 12” Enemy are back in effect and retains their This guy gives Common a very serious run drinks got your mind in a daze / 1 see right scene, the Arsonists return signed and ready cutting edge style (it never really left, despite for Chicago’s top lyricist, so check him out. through you girl/A nd the games you play. 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His delivery is unconventional, as where you want to marinate in a mood of You guys are pompous California cock suck his rhyme patterns take unusual timings and tranquility, “A Fact o f the Matter” is that ers! P.S. I’m serious.” W ords o f a wise man. structures. Listen closely to Scarab’s world, this album is the type o f quality underground Diesel Boy is opening for the Isla Vista A ll- where realities are reveled, unlikely conclu shit deserving an appreciative audience. Stars on D P nekt weekend. sions are derived and our basic understand ing o f everyday life is shown completely al — A-Twice says he loves “Chronic 2000” — Cristy Turner is, like, so over it ternative perspectives. -ju st kidding fool On the title track, Scarab grasps everyday situations and forces us to reconfigure Pinhead Gunpowder / Shoot The Moon / ourselves to his wavelength, challenging us A d elin e to* reevaluate what constitutes common sense. H e jokingly adds, A fact o f the matter is Most people haven’t heard of Pinhead that Fm going to marry a fa t, ugly woman so Gunpowder, and it is a damn shame they ha when she leaves me I won’t feel so bad / no, ven’t. So now l must educate the masses as to that’s not the fa ct o f the matter. “A Beetle D e who they are. Pinhead Gunpowder is a punk Scarub / A Fact o f the M atter scending” is Scarab’s chronicles o f his birth rock band based in the East Bay (Oakland). into a corrupt world, as “L ove vs. H ate” talks Pinhead Gunpowder, much like M e First Although hot as high profile, Scarub may o f the eternal war between two opposites and The Gimme Gimmes, is a band com be the most talented emcee affiliated with that cannot exist without the other. posed o f members from different bands. The the living Legends crew. W hen the beetle Scarab’s superior storytelling abilities are most (in)famous member o f Pinhead Gun first emerged from the underground of not to be taken lightly, proven by tales o f im powder is Billie Joe o f Green Day. Pinhead murky reality with “The Answer 2wo die agination such as “Planet Dogmatic.” “Bar Gunpowder rarely plays shows, and if they Meaning,” it was an unsung testament tow Stool Confessions” is a hilarious account o f do, itis under false names. They also have re ard envelope-pushing seldom covered by an evening with a wino whose failed at Diesel Boy / Sofa King Cool / H on est leased about four albums, all previously on even the most acclaimed griots. Despite it's tempts to break his cycle o f drinking and spit D o n ’s Lookout. OK, so that is all the education this jainky (translation from hip hop: four track) game to a woman is a lighthearted moment puny column o f space will allow. recording quality, the creativity o f Scarab's o f self-debasing humor. However, one o f the Please, please, please, no more Orange Shoot the M oon was recorded in B illie Joe’s production and wordplay shined like Gene highlights is “It’s o f M y Nature,” in which County-inspired, pop-punk bands polluting basement. However, the album still sounds Hackman’s head on a sunny day. A year and Scarub depicts a scorpion, fax, spider and fly the airwaves with utter banality. Diesel Boy great; the. songs are pretty straightforward a half after, Scarab returns with his new full that become entangled in doomed relations is the Lady Lee version o f music. Diesel Boy punk. Few o f them have solos and all are length, A Fact o f the M atter. Fully equipped with uncanny outcomes. This brother’s vocal is the Natty Ice ofbeers. Diesel Boy is G PC- pretty short. In all, a seven-song CD is de with cryptic beats by Elusive and guest ap inflections and wordplay breathe life to your brand cigarettes. In a nutshell, the generic signed to hityou hard and fast Hike any good pearances from fellow Legends homies imagination, transnutting the irony o f each and absolutely forgettable nature o f Diesel East Bay band. Grouch, Eligh, Asop, PSC and Murs, fable’s lesson. Boy is unbearable. A lthough n ot as great as their previous re Scarab’s style is reversing Jaws and tuning A drawback is some o f Elusive’s produc It w ould be nice i f a band cou ld form ulate lease, Goodbye to Elision, this one is definitely the earth upside down. tion, which occasionally fails to avoid the lyrics a little more sophisticated than M ela worth picking up. O f course, all Pinhead Need I mention that Scarab is dope? traps o f monotony and redundancy. How nie, where can you be? / It has been so long/I Gunpowder albums are a must-have for any Much like inner-dty griots such as Aceya- ever, fd r the most part the music compli w on d er i f yo u drink a b o u t m e. But hey, at least East Bay punk fan. lone, this brother has a inique way with ments Scarub perfectly like Ruby Dee does they know how to rhyme, right? I dunk the words that teaches basic lessons without be Ossie Davis, as both mesh together in creat inside o f the album cover sums it up best in — Dan Villain needs a home ing didactic, as his rhymes are brilliantly ing a somber, yet intriguing listening envi stating, “You guys are sellout wankers. You packed with single lines retaining multiple ronment. Perfect for those dark, rainy nights don’t deserve all the attention. You suck! 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