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FRIDAY, JAN 12 U of A student Sean Mcquillin at the the Powerplant. The event was part of Antifreeze, a week of student competitions kicking off the winter semester.
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Other celebs who've participated in similar projects include
STEPHANE DION IS A LITTLE AWKWARD, IN A GANGLY NERD KIND Tony Blair, Iron Maiden, and husband-and-wife Canadian
of way. He was speaking at a recent “town hall” session here in skiers Thomas Grandi and Sara Renner. THE -S HDADEOAW TH; /
Edmonton that was billed as an exchange of ideas, but no And that’s great. But, and we're just asking mind you, might
doubt designed as practice for the newly minted Liberal leader carbon neutrality be the latest way for middle-class environ-
and his three pillars stump speech—environment, economy, mentalists to assuage their liberal guilt without actually domg
and social justice. Nothing more than a token effort in a Conser- anything? Let's just hope everyone doesn’t figure they can just
vative stronghold pay out a hundred bucks and otherwise continue apace with
At first, he comes off as a bit of a lightweight, but he has a the typically wasteful North American lifestyle.
kind of slow-burning charm, expressed mostly in the way he Hey, how about buying some carbon credits and still making
thinks and explains his ideas. Too bad he won't play well here lifestyle changes to reduce your emissions? Forget carbon-neu-
in Alberta. Everything about him, from the French accent to his tral, how about going carbon-negative? That we'd applaud.
focus on the green economy and education, screams eastern
meddling. A recent Edmonton Sun editorial exemplified the ADOPT AN ALLEYWAY
quintessential good ol’ boy thinking, painting him as a man out
to kill the oil sands. “Dion made it clear that he intends to ride NO WONDER EDMONTON HAS SO MANY BLANK, ABANDONED
his assault on the Alberta industrial heartland in the name of alleys scattered throughout the city—no one wants to take
the deeply flawed Kyoto greenhouse-gas emissions agreement responsibility for ‘them. Last week the Transportation and Pub-
all the way to the next election.” lic Works Committee voted not to repair the 94 per cent of
As if development is a yes or no question. As if any idea ger- alleys that are paved. Homeowners and landlords will foot the
minated east of Calgary is intrinsically evil. As if Alberta has no bill themselves. Residents are furious. While the city should cer-
ther choice than Tory blue. Or Liberal red tainly pay for necessary repairs, something they’ve failed to do
for over six years, neighbourhoods should also take ownership
CARBON STARVIN’ of these neglected eyesores. This is a perfect example of the bro-
ken window syndrome. When no one takes responsibility for
FEDERAL HEALTH MINISTER TONY CLEMENT IS THE LATEST PUBLIC making repairs, people begin to view the area as a place they
figure to “offset” his carbon emissions, having just plonked can abuse. On the other hand, if the city paid for the paving,
down $99 US to carbonfund.org to go carbon neutral, offsetting and neighbours kicked in some time, paint, and imagination,
the greenhouse gases created by his travel and electricity use these neglected areas could become vital community spaces.
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called a myth) and our responsibili- adults acting in private to sexually
ties to one another as members of gratify themselves should not bx
the human race, not to mention our subject to any state sanction. If peo,
duties as guardians and stewards of ple wish to pen tributes to Muss; lin
Libertarians envision a world without “we” our natural environment and all the or Clifford Olson, they’re fucked jy
species inhabiting it. I'm sure any the head, but as long as they don’,
libertarians reading that last sen- inflict their insanity on an unwilling
BUSINESS-MINDED, URBAN ALBERTA study one of their “researchers” The grandiosely named but any tence will roll their eyes and think to public, they should have the free
conservatives often like to distance spent two hours compiling from Canadian Federation of Indepen- themselves, “Sentimental pinko- dom to do so. None of these rights
themselves from social conserva- Amero-Republican propaganda and dent Business and the Canadian commie faggot: of course he thinks detracts from the rights of anyone
tives, preferring labels like “econom- biographies of Ayn Rand, which Taxpayers Federation (I’ve known that way.” Well, I'm rubber and else.
ic conservative” or “libertarian.” absolutely proves that public regula- two of their directors, who are loneli- you're glue... Where I part company with liber.
But do libertarians really offer tion is bad for the environment, er at the office than the proverbial Libertarians spend a lot of time tarians is in how we deal with maj.
middle of the road voters a more Maytag repairman) peddle similar complaining about the “nanny ters outside the human bodies tha
sensible alternative? It’s hard to COMMENT nonsense, and the mainstream state,” but if anyone behaves like are (or should be) unquestionably
avoid the feeling that they're just media lap it up like it was authorita- they need a nanny, and a diaper our own. Resources such as money,
immature brats who want us to SS tive and representative of a substan- change, it is they. Adults accept that land, clean air and water, are not
believe that their uninhibited pursuit tial slice of academic and intellectual we can’t have everything we want, infinite: More for me means less {or
of self-interest is somehow morally opinion, when neither assumption is even if we have the funds to make it you. My polluting factory upstream
and philosophically sophisticated whereas voluntary corporate envi- correct. happen. Adults also accept that means diseases for you and for oth.
I'm nauseated every time I see a ronmental polices are just dandy. I there are things we cannot do on our ers living downstream. The contro}
bumper sticker or button proclaim- remember visiting their Vancouver AN ADULT'S WORST NIGHTMARE own and that cooperation is part of of many Latin American countries
ing that “tax is theft,” or hear some office years ago, where a sign proud- What annoys me most about liber- our nature as social creatures— arable land by a small coterie of
flack from the 20-person-strong Fras- ly proclaimed, “Earth First. We'll log tarians is their denial of the reality of granted, competition is too, but both wealthy landowners relegates
er Institute push a very important the other planets later.” society (a term Margaret Thatcher must be honoured for our world to almost everyone else there to perpe
work. Libertarians generally accept ual poverty. The 4-wheel driver in
government roles only in spheres the wilderness imperils the local
involving the protection of private ecosystem and endangers the exis-
BY ownership and defence against other tence of many of the species within
RUBEN states. Some of the weirder libertari- These “rights” are not of the same
BOLLING ans even want police services priva- class as private freedoms and it is
tized and open to competition. This brazenly misleading to group them
is a kindergarten inmate's ultimate t er.
dream—no mommy telling him or The biblical Book of Genesis pro-
her what to do. It is, conversely, an vides an account of perhaps the ear:
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Gay life in the Mideast isn’t what you think
UNSPEAKABLE LOVE lem. When Whitaker speaks of rep-
By Bnan Whitaker resentations of lesbians in Arab liter-
California Princeton Press, 264 pp., $23.95 ature, he concludes that lesbian
affairs “tend to be treated as logi-
CITIZEN OF THE WORLD cal—even natural—behaviour for
By John English women who haye no male partner
Knopf Canada, 576 pp.. $39.95 or those whose husbands fail to sat-
isfy their needs.”
WITH THE RECENT DEFEAT OF Not what you’d expect to hear,
Stephen Harper's motion to reopen eh?
the same-sex marriage debate, Cana- Of course, gays and lesbians in the
dians are breathing easy, assured region face real discrimination.
that we lead the world in recogniz Where legislation exists to condemn
ing human rights. But let's not get same-sex acts, gays and lesbians face Design blues
smug, The rest of the world isn’t as blackmail and harassment. Whitaker
far behind as we might think. Two compares the social climate to 1950s
new books, UnspeakaLobvel: eGa y Britain, the period immediately
and Lesbian Life in the Middle East, and before “liberation.”
Citizen of the World: The Lifoef Pierre This makes for truly captivating Falk paints a melancholy self
Elliot Trudeau, Volume One: 1919- reading that will appeal to both
1968, are thoughtful stimulation for those interested in Middle Eastern
these who would bask in the appar- culture and the queer reader.
ent victory achieved in parliament adigm that gays and lesbians in the To be fair, the first volume ofJ ohn MELANCHOLIC PROXIMITIES- both solitary and comforting at one!
Unspeakable Love, by Brian Whitak- West are Pride-liberated and those in English’s Trudeau biography, Citizen By Charlotte Falk, Until Jan 31, Sugar Bowl It is complete in and of itself, but is
er, Middle East editor of The Indepen- the Middle East are totally of the World, says little of his tremen- (10922-88 Ave.), Closing reception Sat, Jan 27, also closed off from its surround-
dent, maintains a dispassionate atti- oppressed, That paradigm isn’t inac- dous impact on Lesbian-Gay-Trans- 8pm , Open to the general public ings.”
tude that makes for utterly fascinat- curate so much as irrelevant. gendered-Bisexual rights in Canada. A work such as “Girls” reveals
ing reading. Though the intersection Asone Saudi Arabian gay activist (Trudeau engineeredI t he Charter of A RECENT (GRADUATE FROM THE Falk's background in design
of “Gay and “the Middle East” points out, ina culture where Rights and Freedom in 1982, in case Design program at the U of A witha through its composition, shortening
immediately makes one think of dra- women cannot. go.out without a you've forgotten. This was the basis primary focus on Industrial Design our focus into the immediate fore-
conian repression and horror, chaperone, and a-wife must walk for allowing same-sex marriage.) and Visual Communication Design, ground of two strong and haunting
Whitaker quietly and methodically four paces behind her husband, pub- This is largely because the Charlotte Falki ss uddenly-retuming faces with little or no frill in spatial
disproves that knee-jerk assumption lic displays of affection between men Trudeau that emerges in the pages to her painting roots, delineation.
as he surveys Middle Eastern law, and women are shunned. Yet of John English’s excellent writing is Feeling disillusioned after gradu- Falk's tonal depth is clearly still in
literature, society, and religion straight men have the freedom to juvenile; the book ends with his vic- ating last spring and burnt out with its experimental stages, as she, at
tory in the Liberal leadership con- design, she decided to go back toa times, falls into pure abstraction. |f
Lesbianism is so off the radar vention of 1968. So we wander form that gave her more creative this show is only a hint of things to
through his Anti-Semitic phase, his freedom and less with market come, the 22-year-old Falk may be
that women can easily pose as “revolutionary” phase, his national- potential one to watch in the coming years
ist phase. The narrative does drag at “1 was curious to see what kind of Saskatoon-bred, Falk has also
“flatmates” and cohabit times, but only as a result of Eng- work I would come up with after a lived her prairie experience through
lish’s historical fidelity. Once three-year hiatus from painting. I a short stint in Winnipeg. Reflecting
without a problem. Trudeau enters Parliament, we ended up committing to a small on how these prairies may have
begin to see glimmers of how this show mid-summer, and found affected her creatively, her thoughts
Constitutional lawyer was to wallop myself having to create a series of gather steam.
Canadian society. The execution of paintings in a week. The short dead- “I know that I've been exposed tt
True, many of the countrieso f the kiss and hold hands in public any of his ideas, obviously, occurred line worked well because | was the notions of inferiority that sur-
Arab league have explicitly and As another gay man says after he became PM and will ensure forced to produce without time to round the arts here. Art and design
extremely homophobic legislation Walking around any shopping better reading in the second volume. overanalyze. | began to develop a do not play the same roles culturallj
on the books—Saudi Arabia, for centre, you'd see dozens of teenage Although Cifizoefn th e World has new style and process for my paint- here as they do in other parts of the
instance, can enforce the death boys holding hands and dressing in received laudable reviews in the ing.” world, or even the country. There
penalty for same-sex acts. On the tight flared pants and tight t-shirts mainstream press, it is worthy to The result has turned into Melan- are some good things happening
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ed. Meanwhile, Lebanon, witha law Similarly, Whitaker cites “Laila,” enormous influence he had on Cana- dexterity and its opacities and vis- possible due to the lack of commer
condemning homosexuality, is an Egyptian lesbian, who says that da and our values. Canadian history, cosities, Falk combines light washes cial activity in design here.”
beginning to openly accept gays and lesbianism is so off the radar that that discipline we love to shun, is over more traditional representa- Though actively painting again,
lesbians. women can easily pose as “flat- sometimes worth reading. tions of minimal colour textures in Falk hasn't completely abandoned
In other words, put aside the par- mates” and cohabit without a prob- JAY SMITH her most recent work. Playing with her design roots. Having formed at
the limits{of acrylics, Falk admits she industrial design collective called th
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on stage
“This is a show
NO KAMA SUMATRA that’s all about
looking at what
you have and
deciding where
you are going
from there”
WAYNE PAQu
ing where you're going from they
process that is going to be painfy|
and awkward, but also implies th
you're not giving up and dismiss
your dreams.”
Embodying this thematic
tightrope Trevor Schmidt's equal
multilayered set design: a surreal,
dominated by kitschy-romantic
waves of lacy curtains and a larg,
round bed.
“This is a very subtle set,” Paqy
tte says, “because it’s the hotel ny
described in the play, but it’s als
designed to be a constraining boi
that the two of them don't really §
into. This is an odd, not quite puti
not quite private place where the
are totally out of context.”
k, dirtierd On a personal note, the play, a
Vie? ES EGFRFEREENYt IhAeU start of his brand-new role wi
Dirty tal Shadow Theatre, marks a persor
rawers anniversary for the 30-year-old _
Paquette.
“1 started my theatre career asi
stage manager here a decade ago}
Shadow Theatre psycho-analyzes the laundry hamper I naturally see Shadow as my the
atrical home,” he says, happy to}
able to move into the next stage¢
SEXY LAUNDRY favourite players. ing, but a copy of Sex for Dummies He also notes that this thematic ten- his career with the company
By Michele Rimi, Directed by John Hudson, “Given that this play is all about a and a weekend reservation at a local sion is evident right in the show’s “Being assistant director in this
Staring Coralie Caims, Glenn Nelson, until Feb married couple dealing with their trendy hotel title, a word play that makes refer- production has been just great. T
4, 8 pm, weekend matinees 2 pm, Varscona history together, who better to play Says Paquette, what makes this ence to the actual sexy lingerie you’d able to bounce ideas off of [artist
Theatre (10329 83 Ave) Tickets: $16-$20, $13- them than these two actors who romantic comedy a Shadow play, expect at an anniversary getaway, as director John Hudson], as well a
$17 students/seniors, 420-1757 or tixon: share such a rich theatrical history?” given the company’s history of it also references the metaphorical complimenting the overall vision
thesquare.ca, of 434-5564. he asks. mounting intellectually significant airing of dirty laundry that some- the show by taking aspects of clu
The second play in Shadow’s all- work, is the script. times happens in similar such mile- acter development and the psy
MICHELE RIML’S SEXY LAUNDRY IS THE Canadian current season, RimI's “On the surface this is a light, stone retreats. logical connections in the text uni
perfect sophomore play for Shadow play already boasts more than half- sexy, and fun comedy, but there is “This is a couple that has met all my wing.”
Theatre's milestone 15th anniversary a-dozen productions all across Cana- also a real dark underbelly,” he says their material goals and has found And, he says, the extra time wa
season, says Shadow’s newest artis- da in its short half-decade life. The Riml’s script delves into the more itself falling into a pattern, they are well worth it.
tic associate, Wayne Paquette. play tells the simple but powerful selfinvolved, personal agendas ina rut with each other. The ques- “The depth built into this text
For starters, Paquette says, the tale of Alice and Henry, a tired but Alice and Henry each bring to the tion they have to ask themselves is, means you really have to take tle
production is a brilliant showpiece still loving couple striving to rekin- relationship. can they move forward? time and effort to go to those deg
for Coralie Cairns and Glenn Nel- die the fire after 25 years of monoga- “{It] leads to a big surprise in the “This is a play that's all about places.”
son, two of Shadow’s longtime mous married life, armed with noth- middle of the show,” Paquette says looking at what you have and decid- GILBERTA . BOUC
Sweet home Ontario find the change of pace refreshing.
More troublesome for a city-bred
theatre-goer, though, is the play’s
Venerable franchise’s sixth installment shows some wear reliance on some knowledge of
farm-based life for its humour.
While a good ol’ farm boy like
WINGFIELD’S INFERNO production and the speed with admit that this play, like the five that your ever-faithful reviewer had no
By Dan Needles, Directed by Douglas Beattie, which the assembled mass rose up preceded it, is a theatrical offering trouble with references to imple-
Starring Rod Beattie, Until Jan 28, 8 pm, 2 pm as one to give Beattie a standing appealing to some sensibilities over ment-bending field stones and the
matinee Sundays, Shoctor Theatre (Citadel). ovation. others. challenges of raising fancy poultry,
Tickets: $35 to $60, available at 425-1820 or Then again, the crowd was just For example, the elegance and my dyed-in-the-wool urbanite the-
cttadeitheatre.com, or at 9828-101A Ave. recognizing the obvious: Beattie is measured nature of the play's atre companion was left completely
one of Canada’s best stage actors humour and the epistolary nature of in the dark at several key parts of the
IT’S THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE and presents a true tour-de-force the piece means that it moves at cer- play.
century to say that Edmonton audi- performance that sees Walt coordi- fain comic pace that younger fans of All in all, this is a small, albeit dis-
ences love thespian Rod Beattie and nating a Machiavellian building more frenetic humour honed on tancing, flaw that can easily be over-
his on-going theatrical exploration committee after fire ravishes the postmodern cartoon shows and come by simply accepting the rural
of Bay Street stockbroker-turned- local Orange Hall. over-the-top improv might not flavour of the play as just one more
Ontario dirt farmer Walt Wingfield Seamlessly shifting from charac- appreciate so completely. exotic (if homespun) tile in an
in the Letters from Wingfield Farm ter to character in a theatrical uni- This is a school of humour that increasingly growing and complicat-
plays. verse that boasts 30-some fictional lets you know where it’s going the- ed Canadearaiswie 7
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installment of this two-decade-and- wit offerings, peppered with subtle B) field’s inherent theatrical charms are
change franchise, I was struck with but impressive bits of physical 1 fall somewhere in-between these still more than enough comic bounty
just now completely the audience humour. two attitudes, and while usually I to appease theatre fans.
bought into this profoundly warm That being said, | also have to: like my humour nasty and fast, I GILBERT A. BOUCHARD
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