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Cadence is a small, subtle film of value and a solid plot line
A Sheen family project comes to
the screen with great talents
Cadence
(Republic Pictures)
Cadence is a Sheen family
project. This time out father Martin
directs and stars in the movie which
co-stars his sons Charlie and Ra¬
mon Estevez. All three of these
men in the family acquit them¬
selves acceptably as actors and cre¬
ate characters who make the movie
an interesting one. For Charlie this
is quite an accomplishment and it is
a credit to the directional skills of
Martin that he can make Charlie
more than a wooden performer.
In the movie Martin Sheen
plays Sgt. McKinney, the man in
charge of the stockade at an Army
camp in Germany. The time is the
mid-60's and PFC Franklin Bean
(Charlie Sheen) has been sent there
because he slugged a Sergeant dur¬
ing a drunken binge following his
father's death. Bean is not a happy
soldier. He wants out and he wants
the Army to let him alone.
In the stockade Bean is the
only while troop. The rest of the
prisoners are black, and they are a
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tight group. But their closeness
doesn't bother Bean. He just wants
to be left alone. McKinney however
wants to play Bean off against the
blacks, a role Bean is reluctant to
play.
As the days go by McKinney
is horrified to see Bean becoming
close with the other prisoners. He
seems to have found favor with the
leader of the group Stokes (Larry
Fishburne) and rest ot the men.
^ e y ^ ave ^ )een en juyed in together
on a wor k project to repair a wind¬
mill.
The closeness of Bean and the
blacks works McKinney's mind and
combined with his other problems
eventually leads him to a break
down. When it comes Bean and all
the other men are put in peril and a
death occurs,
The enjoyment and integrity of
the movie comes through the per
formances of the actors and they are
uniformly good. It is Charlie
Sheen's best role sine Platoon and
in a sense his character Bean could
be the same guy he played in that
movie. In this film Bean is schcd
uled to go to Vietnam at the end of
his time in this stockade.
Fishburne, Harry Stewart,
Michael Beach, John Toles-Bey,
and Blu Mankuma are strong as the
members of the stockade. James
Marshall and Estevez provide solid
support as the members of McKin¬
ney's team.
One of the highlights of the
film is the cadence/shuffle per¬
formed by Fishburne and his gang.
To the words and arrangement of
Sam Cook's "Chain Song" the
black guy make a special march
that Bean has trouble adapting. His
awkwardness and their skill is a def
inition of the difference between
two cultures.
The movie is rated PG-13 for
violence and profanity.
Cadence is a small film in that
it is not flashy and explosive. It
needs to find its special audience
who will appreciate its skilled per¬
formances and subtle storyline.
Maybe you are one who would ap
predate it so give it a try.
I scored Cadence a high steppin
6 out of 10.
Reviewed by Jackie K. Cooper
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Variations in Black: A Celebration of
African-American Heritage’ at PCHS
The Peach County High
School Theatre will present its
tribute to Black History Month this
Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. in
the PCHS Auditorium. "Variations
in Black: A Celebration of African
American Heritage" is a retrospec¬
tive of civil rights activities with
respect to segregated buses. The
material for the presentation was
complied and organized by Dean
Slusser, the Director of Theatre at
the High School.
The presentation is an
overview of three major events con¬
cerning "people and buses." During
the evening the performers will
share experiences of activists in¬
volved in the Journey of Reconcili¬
ation, The Montgomery Bus Boy¬
cott, and the Freedom Ride. In addi¬
tion to providing PCHS students
with production experience, the
show has also given them cause to
consider our nation's history and
our individual responsibilities as
citizens of a free nation.
"Rehearsals almost seemed to
lake the appearance of a history les¬
son," Slusser says. "There are so
many interesting side stories that I
was unable to incorporate into the
script-so when we would look at a
scene, I'd stop to tell the students
about all the details I had to delete.”
Slusser has had a number of
people, adults and students alike,
ask him if he felt strange as a white
teacher writing and directing a black
history presentation. His answer
was a definite "no".
"My reasons for doing this
piece are three-fold," he explains.
"First of all, there is a wealth of
Pinnochio shows to performances Sat.
Noses that grow when a child
tells a lie. Wooden people who
come to life. Sounds life a fairy
tale, doesn't it!
Well, it is!
On Saturday, March 2, the Pet¬
tigrew Center of the Fort Valley
State College and the Peach Public
Libraries will present the Atlanta
Center for the Puppetry Arts' pro¬
duction of the classic Pinocchio.
Two performances are scheduled for
2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The family classic, written by
rich information and literature
available about the Civil Rights
movement. It is a major part of
African American Heritage. It's the
first time in our history when black
Americans came together to prove
their own economic and political
impact. It is also an important part
of our recent American history. As
an American I am not always proud
of what we've gone through, but I
take a decided interest in it as a
means of understanding how we've
gotten to where we are.
"Second, I fee that there is so
much about our own history that
we are not teaching to our children.
In the Montgomery crisis, for ex¬
ample, we all know about Martin
Luther King, Jr. Many of us re¬
member the name Rosa Parks -
though sometimes we're not sure
why. And some of the other major
players in the game- Bayard Rustin,
Rufus Lewis, E.D. Nixon, Joanne
Robinson and others- have virtu¬
ally been forgotten. We need to re¬
member- and future generations
need to leam-that the Montgomery
Bus Boycott developed out of the
lives of average people with an
above average sense of duty and
commitment. In effect, one person
can change the world. I don't think
we emphasize that point strongly
enough."
"The lesson of "Variations in
Black" is a lesson in citizenship.
These events didn't just happen.
Someone worked for them. And
that point is a good transition into
my final reason for directing the
piece. When I look around, I see
Carlo Collido, has long been a fa¬
vorite of children of all ages. The
puppetry presentation is suitable for
just about everyone.
Both performances will be held
in the performing arts theatre of the
Pettigrew Center. Tickets are $3
general admission and $2 for stu¬
dents and senior citizens. Fort Val¬
ley State students will be admitted
free for this performance. Advance
tickets will carry a $1 discount.
Block seating for 10 or more is
available in advance.
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too many apathetic people. There is
a lot wrong with the world, but if
individuals don't take action, it will
never get fixed. At the same time,
when something does gel fixed, it if
doesn't receive care and attention it
may very well break again. When I
listen to doomsayers call the
progress of the civil rights or race
relations into question, I tend to
heed their warnings. There is ample
evidence to support the idea that
we're moving backwards in these
areas, and I don't see very many
people noticing the problem. Even
fewer seem willing to try to do
something about it. We each must
accept responsibility for race rela¬
tions on an individual basis. It is
not someone else's problem. It's
mine. This attitude was prevalent in
the civil rights activities whom we
have studied during the preparation
of this production.
Current plans are to present
"Variations in Black: A Celebration
of African American Heritage,"
with a different theme, every other
year as a regular offering of the
PCHS Theatre. A full-length play
with minority themes will be pre¬
sented in the alternate years. Slusser
considers this commitment to
mount an annual production with
racial theme to be one of the most
important tenets of the educational
mission of the Peach County High
School Theatre.
Tickets for "Variations in
Black" can be purchased at the door
beginning at 6:30 the evening of
performance. Prices are $4 for
adults, $3 for Senior Citizens and
$2 for students.
A limited number of free tick¬
ets are available from the Peach
Public Libraries in the form of
bookmarks for children's books. In
addition, a parent's admission with
the library pass is ten Piggly Wig¬
gly labels. The labels will be used
as part of the Center's Save the
College Pipe Organ campaign.
For more information, contact
the Center at 8256478.
The program is sponsored in
part by a grant from the Georgia
Council of the Arts.