Word: westelman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ABOVE and beyond the rest of the cast loomed Richard Westelman's Tommy. Throughout the first half of the show, when he is physically and sexually assaulted, Westelman retains catatonic self-control. In the second half he is the driving force of the show. "I'm Free" is a triumphant cry of joy. With that song too, Westelman begins the most difficult task before any actor in the show. Within ten minutes he jumps from total isolation to cult leadership. Without injecting more than the songs will bear, Westelman manages to convey Tommy's simple message: follow me and achieve...
...discipline required on the road to truth and beauty by way of pinball and multiple handicaps. The denoument is the most powerful moment of the show. The chorus finally breaks from its orderly line and rises to destroy Tommy, singing, "We're Not Going to Take It." And Westelman, alone, singing the most famous line of them all, "See me, feel me, touch me, heal me," gives the show its final, genuine power...
After the police left, the Lampoon editors pretended to fire a cannon, Richard J. Westelman '79 said yesterday...
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