Word: junkyards
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...John Manulis's production of Godspell. And not unfittingly. After all, the premise of Godspell is the special contemporary relevance of the Christian message. The show's book is the Good Book, and its lyrics mostly simple exhortations to faith; but here the Word is transplanted to a junkyard where the innocents who make themselves up as Jesus' disciples cavort in patchwork splendor...
...menacing undertones which dominate the second act. Here too Manulis, with the help of sometimes overly dramatic lighting, is generally successful. It takes a while for the troupe to establish the ominous mood foreshadowing the crucifixion, but by the time Jesus hangs on the cross--in this case, the junkyard fence--the tone is appropriately somber...
...some extent, a junkyard is a junkyard no matter where it is located. Yet, like almost everything in town, the Cantabrigian junkyard has some special features that distinguish it from the plain-old-ordinary-run-of-the-mill variety. Unlike the neatly piled, sprawling yard of rusted cars and buses depicted in the movie Nashville, or the mountainous heaps of uncategorized wrecks in the swamps east of Baltimore, or the medium-sized backyard and field lots of suburban Boston, the Cambridge yard is severely limited in size. Since the average junkyard here is no larger than a half-acre...
...busy day, "Junkyard Alley"--as the Columbia-Webster streets district is nicknamed--looks like the Haymarket, with shoppers working their way from yard to yard, looking for the best quality and lowest-priced merchandise. Comparative pricing is as important in this line as anywhere else; experienced junkyard buyers know that prices on identical used parts may vary by 200 per cent in adjacent yards...
...JUNKYARD ALLEY has a crew of regulars who match any pool hall or bar gang for devotion. Curb space along the side streets is often at a premium because these diehards use the curbs to elevate one side of the car so they can get underneath to do their work on the spot. And it's not easy to break into the select group who know the owners and always manage to get wind of the best deals and the latest tips on the wrecked 'Vette coming in tomorrow...