Word: ipi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...IPI-TOMBI...
...Zulu tongue, Ipi-Tombi means "Where are the girls?" On the New York opening night, the show not only brought on the girls but also offered an offstage line of black pickets. The cause for complaint is that the musical was conceived and produced by South African whites. The reiterated theme of the pickets is that anyone who supports the show lends his approval to genocide and infanticide. That is an exaggerated description of South African racial policy, however much one may deplore...
...musical is as innocent as the birth of song and dance. One legitimate objection to Ipi-Tombi might be that it seems rather closer to Shubert Alley than to the tribal life and customs of the Zulus. The story line is simplicity itself. A young man (Daniel Pule) who lives in the village of Tsomo is drawn to the big city (presumably Johannesburg) in the hope of earning more money for his wife (Linda Tshabalala) and family. He finds urban life unappetizing and dehumanizing and returns to his hometown. That a simple, unspoiled child of nature can be corrupted...
...Asia, Indonesia, South Korea and the Philippines all get poor marks. In Europe, IPI applauds the arrival of press liberty in Turkey, Greece and Portugal, sees some liberalization in Yugoslavia, but no change in Spain. As for the Soviet bloc countries, IPI simply says freedom of the press does not exist there...
...world's standout performance, according to IPI, was the role played by the U.S. press in the Watergate scandal. "The U.S. press," the survey concludes, "showed the world that the United States is a democracy conscious of its values and ready to defend them...