The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-26
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whseo n IL best houses.
Dut. b It spoken. certainly ~ with
The company which sppsarsa ~.
Al GsAsral thing chorus 0lF>s seen
On Tie provinces hardly hook W to
kAsir reputation - slfeos who lure
taiiIhouaires and others to thstr ruin
On the gay mstsopelisis.
And after seeing the6o who capered
Sbout the stage in "Ths Beauty-Spot."
one 10 willing to believe the other sto-
tles-that they are hard.working girls
supporting large families of little
brothers and sisters. No moro rational
<zplaoation could b. made for their
presence here ON Saturday.
The Beauty Spot" Notwithstanding
The music written by De Koven-who
tnust have composed 1T intervals when
the collector was pounding on the
dior since dire necessity, not inspira.
ton, evidently spurred him on to
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in It's score.
It's book and it4 business" all that Is
worst in the musical play or musical
hn
ranked as the latter since it's comedy
was lamentably present by its absence.
II 10 just this sort OF mongrel theat-
Sical entertainment which has
pushed the genuine vehicle OF dramat-
&c art to one side together with the
latter's exponents-that is knawing at
the vitals of the stage.
At its best 1t Is an artistic anomaly.
But has a certain justification in its
music--if the latter Is worthy Of criti-
cal consideration-and the medium
through which the music is heard by
the public.
But even at It's best 1t Is neither a
reflection Of life. nature nor art. There
fore at its worst 1t has absolutely no
excuse for being.
In addition. the story of the beauty
spot" Is an off.color one. The vulgar
ity, suggestiveness, smuttiness and
general nastiness tolerated in theat-
rical production OF the character of
The Beauty Spot"-which Is no worse
in this particular than many of its
class-is discreditable to the theatre
going public.
The great tragedies, and comedies,
OF life in the latter's infinite complex
tics. are a legitimate and At theme for
tho pen of the dramatist and play
wright. But when these are degraded
to the common surface washings Of So
Getty. are treated with lewd and un-
elseakable banality. are made the sub
Ject of gutter jokes and cheap witt
cisms-then they create artistic and
social nausea.
The musical play Is a bastard.
It's the blot in the scutcheon."
The theatrical bar sinister.
And It should be pulled up by the
roots and landed on the garbage heap
In the alley.
SO far al 1.-The Beauty.Spot" 10 con.
Cerned. 1t had two good things-the
violin solo by one down on the pro-
gram as Carl Krusada." which was
charming in effect with its accompani-
ment of bells placed In the auditor
ium: and the voice OF Jack Fisher.
who played the part Of an American
artist. The latter's solo was excellent,
Fisher having u baritone of rich and
vibrant quality.
Krusada knows how to play the vio-
lin. He pulled the singing quality out
OF his instrument and gave 1t poetic
appeal. The audience would have liked
more Of him. The management should
notify the little dancer that 1t was
Krusada. not she. who was receiving
the encores.
Frank Deshon has displayed his tai
ents as comedian to better effect
taan In 1.-THE Beauty.Spot." and GER
ta:nly should know better than to in.
suit the intelligence Of his auditors
with the time-worn. moth-eaten, dog
cared old jokes carried over from the
stone age. which he threw over the
foOt.lights. E. G. w.