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Next came the Phantasie for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 47 of Schoenberg, with Lynn Chang on the violin and Marta Dabezies at the piano. This piece would be of some historical interest, in any event, since it is Schoenberg's last will and testament, the last work he composed; but Mr. Chang's faultless account of the virtuosic violin part made the Phantasie interesting as music. Both performers obviously relished the music, and they richly deserved the hearty applause they received. (I can't remember any Schoenberg opus getting this kind of hand...
Other Asian producers are already invading the U.S. market, and last week the Shaws' own top director, Chang Cheh, left the fold to give Run Run and Runme a run for their money. "It's like Chinese food," says Run Run. "When Americans taste it, they like it." Indeed they do. In one recent week, the three top-grossing films in the U.S. were a trio of brothers-in-Kung Fu: Five Fingers, Fists of Fury and Deep Thrust: The Hand of Death...
...witnessed by TIME Correspondent S. Chang recently, a typical party begins when the kisaeng, each bearing a numbered tag, flutter into a banquet room filled with an equal number of Japanese males. Matching their numbers to those borne by the guests, the giggling girls kneel and begin serving food and drinks. A band plays, but the guests never quite enter into the party spirit. Instead, after an hour or so of eating and nervous fidgeting by the guests, the kisaeng leave, change swiftly into bell-bottoms or miniskirts, then lead their partners to a line of cabs...
Most Koreans, however, take the invasion in stride. When Correspondent Chang asked three lovely kisaeng, who earn $500 per month, how they felt about the Japanese, one replied: "It's hard for us to accept some-but we must work hard not only for ourselves and our families but for our country's future. Our country needs more money for its economic development...
GALLERY TALK: Lin-sheng Chang, graduate student in Oriental Art, will give a gallery talk on the Wang collection, April 1, 3 p.m., meet in Gallery XIII