The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, April 12, 1974 - Page 9
Revue will display multi-taletits of Rick Kardonne
By ROCHELLE CARR
TORONTO -
What impact can a fictional unemployed Ph.D., who is groomed by a crooked rock-impressario to become the biggesCpop star of the decade, Jiave on the theatre? _QulteVpossibly, this theme mil form the basis of a hit show called Orang Utang opening at the Theatre in the ■ Dell on April 17.
Oi'ang Utang has elicited enthusiastic responses al-, ready. After one-group of people watched 1 a ■ run-. through of the;show7theyde-. - cided. to back- it financially. After seeing, the show, the owner of the Theatre in the DellJaaoked it_for an indefinite run,.commenting, "you have a hit on your hands=-"
The enthusiasm surrounding Orang Utang results from the multi-talents of Rick
Kardonne who .wrote the entire book, lyrics and music in four^weeks.
New~York-born Kardonne, who is an entertainment critic for The Canadian Jewish News, has a classicalpiano background which he feels helped him to' develop an authentic grass-r-oots. pop style of-his own, devoid of direct imitation of others. After playing in bands in many parts of North Am-:
Massada notion exploded by Israeli archeologist
By SHELDON KIRSHNER
TORONTO -
Amnon BenrTor, a He-, brew University archeology professor currently lecturing at the Harvard Divinity School, exploded a cherished notion here last week in an address sponsored by The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University. '
Lecturing on VMassada" to a capacity audience at Temple Smai, Prof. Ben-Tor, told his listeners that, contrary to: what many of them believed, the Roman siege of Massada had not lasted three years.
The truth is that the Roman army, which he termed :"brilliant", conquered the heavily defended desert fortress in little more than six months, a military feat in itself, he said. . He explained that the Romans, too preoccupied with ravishing Jerusalem and its environs, only got around to trying to storm the mountain sanctuary in the latter part of their campaign.
Amnon Ben-Tor
Illustrating his lecture with color slides, Prof. Ben-Tor, a participant of the Massada dig, told of the courageous Jewish resis-tence to the .relentless Roman onslaught, but added that the Zealots were powerless to stop the invaders.
"The Romans, began to construct a rampart leading to Massada and everyone" knew it; there was no such-thing as a surprise attack in
Zionist groups meet to set up committee
TORONTO -
Representatives of the Zionist Organization of Canada and the Zionist Revis^ ionist Organization of Canada met recently at the request of the Revisionist leadership.;
The meeting was called to discuss the possibility of forming a co-ordinating committee of the two organizations for the purpose of more effectively carry-
ing out their endeavors on behalf of Zionism in 'this country:
Committees of the two or ^ ganizations plan to meet shortly to prepare a proposal to achieve this purpose. It is hoped that the recom-^ mendations of these committees will be submitted for further action to the res- ■ pective executive boards in the very near future.
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Prof; Ben-Tor, a native of Jerusalem who resembles a Doxer rather than a well known academician, praised two much maligned figures in Mideast historiography Herod, the innovative builder of Massada, and Josephus, the Jewish "Roman" gener^ al who wrote the definitive account of the tragedy of Massada.
'.'Only someone like Herod could have built Massadaand only a great historian like Josephus could have written about It."
A disciple of Yidal-Yadin, the renowned Israeli archeologist. Prof. Ben-Tor said the archeological significance of Massada was that it afforded a basis of comparative study on the history of Palestine.
Prof. Ben-Tor, who has participated in archeological excavations at Tell .Yar-muth, Arad, Azor and in Cyprus, asserted that Massada was. "no great glory" as an architectural showpiece.
The climax of the evening probably came, when Prof. Ben-Tor disclosed that archeologists working on the Massada site had found the remains of food -- dried figs and dates, nuts and oats -- estimated to be at least 1,OOO-years-old, food which would have rotted had it not been for the extremely dry climate of the Judeandesert. .. Also' found under the debris was a perfectly preser- : ved braid of blonde hair—a discovery, Prof. Ben-Tor admitted, whichtransformed an archeological mission into something of a personal revelation. :
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erica, this gifted musician came to Toronto in the late , 60s "when all American cities were blowing up." •
Since here, his musical talents have seen . light through such means as the~ ,lead song he wrote^r Sa>-^ lome Bey's first'album and"^ the background music he wrote for the National Film Board's feiature film Rip Off.
Kardonne's four basic musical influences explain how he was able to write Orang Utang's 21 songs in styles ranging from ballads to satire. (One song. Lament of the Unemployed Ph.D. has a refrain in which the star bemoans, ''I nearly died when I found out 1 was overquali-fied.")
Kardonne is influenced by Broadway music of 10 years ago and back, American. Black .jazz, certain serious composers such as W.C.Ravel and Israeli Jewish and folk music of all styles.
As far as the theatre is concerned, "the funky sur-. real yet intellectual satire of the Tel Aviv stage and the subtle understatement of the best of London theatre" is what influences him most. He tries to avoid '"the self derisive, sick humor of American television ... I try,
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to talk with my audience through the technique of rer duction to absurdity. 1 don't, try to talk down to them.'' As well, Kardonne's a-
wareness of the many fa^ ceted world, in general, and the musical world, in par-.ticular, manifests itself in
--his show. His unemployed Ph.D. (his doctorate was-in microentojnology, the study' of .tiny insects) turned to pop music and eventually
_ gains his. fame through an impression of~an^orang u-tang: (An orang utang is what might be euphemistically called one of the least adorable members of the ape family:)
The end of the show sees the orang utang replaced by a barber shop quartet; By this means Kardonne has drawn an analogy^to the real
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° as Alice Cooper and the Osmonds. "These extremes not
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only exist side by side, but also compliment ea c h other;'' he contends.
The director.oftheshowIS Ron Singer, who is also a director^^at CFTO. The cast includeslGonnie Martin, who
starred in several revues across the country; Susan Keller who appears on CBC's This is the Law, John Evans, Steven Witkin,.Michael Rapport and Beth Ann Cole.
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■1. Most people consider me outgoing and friendly., . SA.A 1 D SD
2 1 normally take holidays alone. SA A 1 D SD
3. 1 rather work and play alone. SA A 1 D SD
■4. 1 find it easy to rpalce new friends.■ SA A 1 D SD
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9. Religious belief produces harmony and agreement
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10. lattend worship pn a regular basis.. SA A 1 •.0 SD
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37 There IS too much emphasis on sex in the media. SA A 1 D SD
38. Sex is an essential feature of a happy marriage; SA A 1 D SO
39. There should be more frankness in discussions about sex- •
between men and women. SA A \ D SD
40. Current public attitudes towards sex are shocking.. SA A 1 D SO.
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