Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Comedy accomplishes its goal of cutlers rhapsody is it witly Irja of that awful thew thing while often the cd Frei bit this filth has an if not totally epitomized by the likes of Roy Rogers and Gene the sing ing Cowboy entertained youngsters at endless writer fld Hugh Wil has dug Back into his fond met Nories of this popular serial form fld created a but definitely Salute to the singing Dandy of Days gone our clearcut hero 18 the dashing Rex Oher Lihan torn Rex wears designer Cowboy outfits that would make slim Whitman and he has a different one of every Day of the when Rex walks into a Tough Saloon Arent they demands a Glass of warm Only when he sees that he wont be served does he change his order to a Glass of warm Gin with a human hair in Rex is a Whiz with a but men of his ilk never shoot to they stick to shooting guns out of Peoples Hes so dedicated to this principle that even when he he shoots at wooden replicas of hands hold ing Rex rides into a town engaged in a Range War Between the cattlemen and the sheep Why else would Rex be in town encounters drunk he immediately encounters the town Peter upon entering the town of Oakwood Peter is so impressed with res he begs Rex to allow him to be his doff ing his drunk suit for the Check ered duds of a Peter jumps on his mule to Aid Rex in his Battle against the the cattlemen Are led by the rather foppish colonel Ticonderoga Andy he and his men try All methods to dispose of but they always As Rex explains to he knows the fun movies Paul Mckie so Fang torn my Alfy directed by Hugh Hes seen it All before and knows that Good will Triumph Over evil it always the devises a master plan to rid himself of the singing while Rex expects the cattlemen will bring in a hired he has not foreseen the Type of Man the colonel has brought to there comes Riding into Wood estates another clearcut Bob Barber played by the Dukes Patrick ties Rex by claiming he is a better person than of in any gun Battle the person who is most Good greatest Challenge but Bob really shakes res stamina when he announces that a Good Guy must be a confident it is res greatest Challenge to come Back from this devastating the plot line is pre never rising above the material it and sometimes the Cornball humor does become a Little hard to yet there Are some Nice touches the colonels daughter Sela Ward dragged through the Brush for hours is rescued by her face is perfectly makeup save for one carefully placed dirt smudge which Rex is Quick to wipe away with his Ever ready res campfires alight with the reliability of a Gas the who narrates the complains he is envious of those Spaghetti westerns of the 60s be cause they had such great Back ground Henner left Berenger and Ward Star in film and keep a straight face while performing res ridiculously the Are not quite the types who populated those old Roy Rogers Marilu Hen Ner plays the town whose sole Concession to her profession is talking ditty to her Cli the cast seems to enjoy the playfulness of the but Bailey is especially enjoyable As the bumbling Berenger is Only required to look handsome Good this int a comedy classic full of Pithy witticisms and incredible but it does what it set out to and it accomplishes its goal in an amusing who can argue with a movie that ends with the hero Riding off into the Sunset second City Road troupe gives second rate show Rob charts More contemporary course by Doug Whiteway after four years of mounting full length Classi Cal the Royal Winnipeg Ballet re turns to contemporary repertoire for its 198586 the season will feature new works by three Canadian two of them currently members of the Rob the Brian a former Rob resident choreographer with a Long association with the the season opens 9 with the War collect choreographed by Sandra a teacher of Modem dance in the professional division of the Rob school and a former member of new Yorks Merce Cunningham dance set in the near the Ballet is a series of portraits focusing on human and is expected to feature a number of special in the Ballet will premiere the big top by Rob jazz director Jacques Lemay with music by former Winnipeg Ger Victor the big top is a Story Ballet about a Young girl who sneaks away to the circus and undergoes a series of by Brian will premiere next described As a pure movement gadfly of Csc buys Standard broadcasting Toronto up Toronto broadcast executive Allan Slaight says he resigned As head of a committee lobbying the government to sell the Csc after agreeing to buy control of Standard broadcasting for at least 962 the conflict of interest would be Slaight said in a Telephone he said he sent a letter to the other people on the com Mittee notifying them that their founder had to the 53yearold former president and co owner of global announced wednesday he was offering a share for hoi linger Argus 49percent interest in Stan the Deal is subject to approval by the Canadian radio television and telecommunications Standard has a number of far Flung broadcast ing including its huge flagship radio station curb in the Standard broadcast news Valley Cable to in califor Nia and British broadcast but it is standards ownership of co hts in the privately owned ctr that caused the problem for the head of the commit tee for the responsible privatization of Csc Slaight said it was obvious he had to step slights formed last is loaded with prominent Bay Street including Latham chairman of bums Fry Ted chairman of Wood Gundy and Charles Loewen and Fred part ners in Loewen Mccutcheon All three firms Are High ranking investment slights idea is to persuade the Federal govern ment to hand Over both the English and French television networks of the publicly owned Broad casting service to private so prime minister Mulroney has said the Csc is not for although Slaight used to be co owner of global he now controls Only a country music station a Rock both in and a billboard his firm is Slaight communications As part of the Deal for Slaight has agreed to sell the two stations to Western International of Pend ing of Etc freeing Biro any conflict of interest in the Toronto poems is inspired by the tercentenary of handels Nutcracker returns at Christmas for its traditional biennial Rob associate artistic director David Moroni says the 198586 season is an attempt to provide a wider spectrum to Winnipeg audiences who have been focused largely on the classic works i Romeo and Swan Lake the past four More he its an attempt to encourage Canadian and local which has taken a Back seat in recent years to the classical works and to works by dutch and other foreign the company has been criticized at times for not concentrating More on local people or the Canadian he we Hope the Ballet will help people discover choreographic at least from my Point of View its vitally important that the Rob set out that rare animal called the contacted in Canada Council dance officer Monique Sechaud applauded the selection of Canadian choreographers for the new in glad to see there looking again at works done especially for the she that what stimulates the after four successful audience building years presenting the popular and accessible classical mounting new contemporary works might be viewed As we have to take our Moroni saying that the ribs future Lay in its ability to commission and present new work and Edu Cating audiences to appreciate full length three act Ballet is expensive to mount and sources generally say a season of one act works by indigenous choreographers will prove less costly for the though Moroni said he is unsure of the full length classical Ballet would not be aban he it appear less frequently on the program in the near by of tin Cory second cites reputation As a com Edy troupe has grown to Large than life if last nights first of tout performances at the Winnipeg Art gallery is any when most people think of second they think now big time graduates Dan Alan aloft and Gilda Radner the sctt Tele vision series that featured John Eugene Levy and mar tin while no one should automatically assume these players tenures with the Toronto and Chica go second City troupes were of a More promising variety than those of current Toronto Road show troupe performers Karen Gary Frank Leanna pianist Greg Dave Rehder and Ron More than a few folks in last nights crowd of 200 must have got that depending on How much of what went on last night happened to be of an improvisational the Quality of writing seemed cer Tain themes possessed tremendous possibilities for the Eclectic Brand of humor most often associated with second the Audi ence was treated to the urbane sort of dialogue weve come to expect from als Orans of the hint Ever watch bizarre in nearly every skit the actors proved themselves capable of handling More innovative while there was the momentary the performers played their parts considering what they had to work in doing they left themselves open to considerable criticism for their obvious and shared Lack of improvisational if second City still prides itself on its troupe members collective ability to work without a this years Model has a lot of catching up to if anyone in the audience got a sense of something Spur Efthemo ment from the tongan dance num Bers included in the he or she was most definitely the musical ode to the video generation was a perfect example of the generally mundane Quality of writing which characterized such almost the sos hit Sandman be came Packman not sur the bit included the catch phrase from the beatles a Day in the life love to turn you the closing skit satirizing the lifestyle of those Young Urban professionals we All like to refer to As yuppies turned out to be a More effective attempt at lyrical the Yuppie Battle song served As the grand finale and Fea tured a convincingly campy visual touch couple of neatly unfurled banners graced with the insignias of Alligator shirts and Bow Automo regardless of the fact she was unable to Rise above the unexceptional level of improvisation evinced review second City comedy Muriel Richardson Winnipeg Art May her fellow Karen Bernstein without a the troupes most valuable As the High school sweetheart of a since married she was audaciously funny in her efforts to tempt him into cheating on his tier stenographer character in one of the shows More memorable skits Takeoff on Mutual of Omaha wild kingdom in which Marlon and Jim stalked the rare office chauvinist pig was along the Inge Nious and eccentric lines of shorts de in a More believable she was equally convince As a self righteous Mother waking up to find shed been forgotten by her husband and teen age son of mothers she excelled while sure no one in the audience makes the same mis take Oscar Winner is Only a Star on his Days off los Angeles times los Angeles six weeks Haing Ngor won an Oscar for Best supporting actor in the killing the next the 36yearold cambodian refugee was Back at work As usual a Job counsellor in and he is still but his life now is filled with he spends his Days at the Chinatown service trying to find jobs for indochinese at nights and on most week he is the celebrated guest the Academy award in the killing who had never acted played the part of Dith the cambo Dian assistant to new York times reporter Sydney nagors own experiences under the Khmer Rouge were similar to and he carries signs of Tor he has a Long scar above one and the top of the Little Finger on his right hand is an Inch was Cut off his Finger and his leg was he after his arrest for calling his Girlfriend sweetheart and for trying to find extra under the rules of the Khmer Rouge 1975to1979 peasant revolt he was supposed to use the word and be Content with the Small amount of Rice doled out in the Countryside communities where he was forced to fighting family Schick a key to smothers Brothers Long run walk in medical centres Dallas times Herald Dallas one reason Tommy smothers believes the smothers Brothers have been popular for so Long is that people enjoy a Good Dick and tommys perfect chemistry of dissimilarity and the result ing arguments and misunderstand Ings have been entertaining audiences for almost 25 people enjoy seeing a legitimate says which my brother and i do were two completely different peo were and people like families that gives us a Little extra people enjoy the family since their cd St series in the the who will be per forming Here at the Star May have kept a lower but they have certainly not been Dick garnered attention when he took up Auto racing the Brothers were a Success on Broadway with i love my wife a winery owned by the pair received a prestigious and they did to programs for the other two it seems that every five years they come by and discover us and so were about due for another if the pattern Tommy fort Garry walk in clinic 2845408 Broadway walk in clinic 640 Broadway 7757607 pan am walk in clinic 75 Pom Din 4521528 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