GREATER HAMILTON’S INDEPENDENT VOICE AUGUST 8 — 14, 2019 VOL. 25 NO. 31 Walls COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENTTAINMENT FREEFREELISTINGS EVEREVERYY THURSDAY RULES • SILVERTONE HILLS • HOBBS AND SHAW • HAMLET • KEY FOR TWO • RUNNING AWAY FROM GUNS • ASTROLOGY 2 AUGUST 8 — 14, 2019 VIEW VIEW AUGUST 8 — 14 2019 3 THEATRE 05 HAMLET INSIDE THIS ISSUE AUGUST 8— 14, 2019 08 COVER PALE DRONE Cover Photo: Mike Thoang FORUM FOOD 05 PERSPECTIVE Running From Guns 10 Dining Guide 18 EARTH TALK Glamping MOVIES MUSIC 16 REVIEW Hobbs And Shaw 08 Hamilton Music Notes 17 Movie Reviews 11 Live Music Listing ETC. 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HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8P 1K2 HAMILTON’S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE SINCE JANUARY 5, 1995, VIEW IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER USING VEGETABLE OIL-BASED INKS 4 AUGUST 8 — 14, 2019 VIEW [FEATURE] by MICHAEL TERRY himself was killed within 30 seconds of opening fire. 30 seconds. 41 shots this man fired. In 30 sec- RUNNING AWAY FROM GUNS onds. Fairly, law enforcement involved in Dayton were time and again praised for their amazingly FOR YEARS, WHEN America was dealing with the quick response. I don’t disagree about that specifi- tragic fallout of yet another mass shooting, we cally. 30 seconds is probably about as quick as such often heard the demand that politics be left out of a thing can happen. But, that utterly misses the it. That it was somehow dishonouring the victims point. The point is precisely that all of this carnage to discuss politics in the immediate aftermath of can be wrought, all these lives ended, all these fam- this sort of public violence. This sort of request ilies torn apart, all these traumas induced on those came most often from supporters of gun rights, who who will have to live with what they saw, all of it time and again would try to remove the opposing could still happen, in but 30 seconds. It took only politics from the conversation, in order to allow 30 seconds, to once and for all, end the argument their own into the fray. As the years have gone by, that all that’s needed to stop a bad guy with a gun, the shootings have most certainly not stopped, and is a good guy with a gun. That’s not how it works, the notion of leaving politics out of it has largely that’s never been how it works. The scale of the gone away. That’s not to suggest that much has damage done in half of a minute goes to show, this actually changed. Rather, it’s just revealed what answer too, is just another obfuscation, another we’ve always known, that the arguments made by run from the guns. gun rights’ advocates in the time period where they Many in America are all too fond of running would ask for depoliticization of the tragedy, are in away from themselves. A mirror is their worst fact, political ones. enemy, so oftentimes they beat the reflection to Most of us have sadly lost track of how many the punch, choosing to distort the mirror so as to times America has let this happen. The cycle is so not be seen too clearly. They don’t want to truly automated as to be heartless. Even worse, it all address the effect of Trump’s rhetoric on the state takes place with leaders and pundits straining to do to approach reality, for it is on that ground, where had guns, they could stop the bad guys with guns! of the nation. So, they insist its more about his base their best performance. Yes, they care, they care so action would be demanded. The Stockholm Syndrome runs deep. What if the than his heart, as though that would be any better. much, so, so much. Something must be done. This Instead, a game of pretend is foisted on America, answer, were more guns?! Now, there’s pushback, They don’t want to take account for a history of time it’s different. If this can’t get us to act, what cynically, at the same time as it grieves another to be sure. People on these sorts of telecasts are racism, so they act as though this is a strange will? Yet, within minutes, hours, days, the tired unnecessary loss of life. Somehow, newsmen and there to say, wait a minute, that’s just not true, and moment, rather than the result of hundreds of conversation blaming mental illness for these Republicans can look right into the camera and so on. But, the goal is to muddy the waters, to allow years of hate. They don’t want to assess the vio- events, or video games, or music, or well, just about pretend that maybe Americans are just worse at the space for the talking points of outfits like the lence of misogyny, so they demand the return of anything other than the damn guns that can kill dealing with mental illness, worse at playing video NRA, ironically while the newscasts laments their prayer in schools. They struggle to admit they’re multiple people in seconds of time. It is sadly fitting games, worse at listening to music, worse at not outsized influence on outcomes. the only ones who deal with this daily, so they that in the aftermath of people running from guns praying in schools, than all the other nations that It’s the guns. It’s always been the guns. In hope it will go away if they make it harder to play in a Wal–Mart, or a downtown bar, or a concert, or do not suffer more than a mass shooting every sin- Dayton, a particularly telling example of how the video games. One can hope, that somehow, some- a school, that those with the power and influence gle day. The main idea usually presented by many evasion of this takes place. The shooter killed 9 way, this time it will be different. But, it’s hard to to do something, they too often run as far as they of these people is that maybe there should be people, injured 37 others, including 14 with gun- be hopeful, when so much about it feels exactly the can from the guns themselves. They simply refuse armed people, well, everywhere. If more people fire. That took place, despite the fact the shooter same. V [THEATRE] by TAMARA KAMERMANS the tone for the whole production. It the lover? must capture our imagination and awe This cast is for the most part cos- in order to justify the carnage that fol- tumed well. They make a great visual HAMLET AT THE PEARL lows. impression, and further, they collec- Similar blocking issues throughout tively feel like a cast that has worked obstructed the productions possibility. quite hard and come a long way in their Having the head of the dead Polonius individual abilities. Andrew Rodwell, hanging just outside the curtain during as King Claudius has a unique voice the exchange with Hamlet and his and strikes an impressive figure on mother verged on comical and pulled stage. Valerie Harrison as Queen focus from the scene. Small things like Gertrude is stunning in her royal gowns insuring that actors are always on and Nicholas Ruddick gives a great angles instead of side by side would rendition of the voice of the Ghost and have easily cleared up visibility prob- the classic Gravedigger scene. This was lems. Shakespeare is complicated as a cast with both ability and possibility. both the language and the themes I’m sure this production provided a require an audience to pay attention. high learning curve for everyone The director must facilitate this by pro- involved and that’s the great thing viding maximum visibility. about Shakespeare and about theatre. The words and the body language Both the performers and the audience should be telling a story. If the body will be challenged, will learn, and will language doesn’t support the words, the expand their capacity to understand production will be at a disadvantage one another.