Word: hails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NEWLY RELEASED film about the life of the Virgin Mary, Hail Mary, which portrays her as a modern-day gas station attendant and shows her nude, was originally to be shown by the Sack cinema chain. However, under intense pressure and scattered threats of violence from religious protesters after the movie was denounced by the Pope and other Catholic officials, Sack, which owns most of the major theaters in the Boston area, dropped the film. Sack owner A. Alan Friedberg's decision was cowardly. Friedberg expressed compassion for the sentiment of offended Catholics, fear for the safety of audiences...
After it was dropped by Sack, Hail Mary was picked up by the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge. Irrespective of the quality of this particular movie, the Orson Welles deserves congratulations for showing the film in the face of bomb threats and continued picketing. Likewise, Cambridge City Manager Robert Healy and Police Chief Anthony Paolillo deserve censure for suggesting that the cinema bow to the protesters threats and not show the movie...
...feast spread by director Douglas G. Fitch '81-'82 in his new production, Potluck Supper, is so rich in dramatic delicacies that it satisfies even the most discriminating palate. So it is with a burp and a goblet raised in toast that we hail the most inspired piece of dramatic lunacy in recent memory--a performance art extravaganza that should not be missed...
...prize for 'best stage presence' goes to David Angel's Lucio, arguably the best part in the play. Angelo plays with more camp than a world jamboree and his "Hail, Virgin" greeting of Isabella proves the comic highlight of the evening...
...stereo delivery men, who claimed to hail from Montreal, said they didn't know who had sent them to Cambridge. They said the benefactor had paid cash for the six-piece system, which included a direct-drive turntable, a Dolby cassette deck, a graphic equalizer, an AM-FM receiver and two 80-watt speakers...