Monday, Novemeber 6, 1989

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DRINKING IN AMERICA by Eric
Bogosian stars Jay Brazeau, is
directed by Kathryn Shaw and is
playing at the Seymour Street Arts
Club Theatre till Nov.11.

by John Santics

"Sometimes I get lonely out
there" multifaceted actor Jay
Brazeau tells me backstage after
the play.

"Drinking In America", writ-
ten by an American, is ironically
convincing.The ten characters in
the play, taken on solely by Jay
Brazeau,typify the drug and booze
problem in the States. The irony of
"Drinking In America’s" theme
and its American playwright is this
play could pass off as blatant anti-
Americanism. The set is comprised
of wilted American flags and liquor
bottles trampled and discarded
along with the rest of the "capitalist
junk".

The anti-American perspec-
tive I felt emanating from the play
was probably due to the hard to
admit reality of the drug and booze
~ problem within the States; actors,
agents, salesmen and loud -
mouthed obnoxious street tramps
are all at the same level when abus-
ing drugs and booze.

"We are all turds of shit in this
toilet of a world" the neurotic
junky, character #6, agonizes
vividly.

Jay Brazeau pulls off all ten

Dogs...

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and Pomerania to the mountains
and hills of Bavaria, from the deep
forests of Thuringia to the rolling
valleys of Westphalia. But what of
character? You just have to ob-
‘serve a German Shepherd working
to see this..."Achtung! Achtung!
Zhu sheep get into zat line,
SCHNELL!"

Isolated case you say? What of
the English sheep dog? Physically
its structure couldn’t be better
suited to the British Isles, with a big
shaggy coat to protect it from the
salty breezes and persistent rain.
But why the covered eyes, you ask?
Simple: it’s always so foggy and
misty that it wouldn’t really make
much of a difference if their eyes
were not covered. Also, like its
teutonic counterpart, the Anglo
Saxon sheep dog’s behavior
typifies that of the classic English
minor noble: "Excuse me
gentlemen, but the guvner wishes
you to assume your positions on the
pasture over there, of course, it will
be much appreciated."

Now ,all skepticism on this
matter must surely be extinguished,
but in case it isn’t, just look a little
more closely next time to certain
breeds. French Alsatians, Irish
Seters, (red fur and all), Scottish
Terriors, and even Dalmations, al-
though who knows where the spots
or fire trucks come from; I can’t
remember the east coast of the
Adriatic Sea being historically
notorious for fires.

The only thing that still really
puzzles me about dogs is: where
did the Poodle come from? If it did
was associated with some
nationality somewhere in history, I
| understand why a prominent em-
pire’ never developed ‘under’ their
tule. The Poodle Empire, no, I’m
sorry, it just doesn’t sound right.

Jeffery Beglain

emotionally active characters with
relentless energy and convincing
reality, no small feat considering
"Drinking In America" runs
through without an intermission.

"Drinking In America" is a
must see. The play portrays the
stark realties of alcoholism and its
efect onthe individual in a convinc-
ing and hard-hitting manner. the
audience effectively "drinks in"
this side of America as they watch
the play.

 

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Theatre Students

and Nov. 19th&26th 2pm

Douglas College

will be perform-
ing the play
“Anne of
Green
Gables"

in musical form,

‘photo by Dave Baxter

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