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Fifteen regular leaders, most of whom are Harvard students, work with the program. Many also participate as leaders in the Freshman Outdoor 'Program--FOP--and are thus trained in CPR and First Aid, according to co-director Michael D. Samols '86. On every trip, says Samols, there is one leader who is trained in both--and he says that next year each will probably be required to undergo training. Because of this, and because parents must sign a permission form, the group can undertake a wide variety of activities...
Both actors develop their characters particularly nicely in a scene in which the couple participates in an amateur production of Strinberg's The Father. The rehearsals are directed by an eccentric, egotistical fop (Jon Finlayson) who makes Patricia into his new protege and who takes the play so seriously that its absurdity is hysterical rather than pathetic...
...thought--King Specials! Scram, scum," he cries after a quick examination of the jockeys. With a swift kick in the shins he rolls the fop across the cobblestone lane, secure in the feeling of a job well done...
...difficult role to play. Alceste is often the proud, arrogant misanthrope, as when he pompously shreds a fop's attempt at sonnetry. But when near his love, Celimene, he is an absurd blunderbuss...
...these events unfold, the film is riveting. Chamberlain may not do much acting, but his juxtaposition with the Aborigines is brilliant. Chamberlain--the embodiment of the pretty male, a youthful, lightweight, civilized fop, contrasts perfectly with the well-weathered figures of the Aborigines, who bring a note of intensity to the screen, a doomed majesty from another time. When the Aborigines arrive at Chamberlain's house for dinner, they are beautifully out of place. Dressed in ill-fitting suits, they seem to be a part of Sydney's white world, but as they quietly eye the Steuban Glass, the Merimekko...