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Harlequin postpone
Staff report
news@masoncounty. com
Harlequin Productions in Olympia is postponing
further production until March because of the surge
in COVID-19.
“Murder for Two” is now scheduled for. March 11 to
April The production initially planned for that peri-
od, “Samuel Beckett’s Endgame,” has been canceled.
“We realize that producing work in the middle of r
a surge like this new wave would be dangerous and
next to impossible,” Harlequin Productions Artistic
Director Aaron Lamb said. “We have hopeJhat this
will pass quickly and we will be able to produce work
on a regular basis moving forward. Our community
has been too long .without real live theater. We hope
that we can get back to it shortly.”
Harlequin will contact subscribers and single-
ticket holders. Their tickets will be moved to the cor-
responding new dates in March. The box office will
reissue and mail new tickets by Feb. 1. If ticket hold-
ers in the first four weeks need to reschedule, contact
the box office at boxoffice@harlequinproductions.org
or by phone at 360-786-0151. Easiness hours are
s productions until March
Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 5:30 p.m.
The March run of “Murder for Two” will shorten
from five to four weeks. Patrons with tickets for the
fifth week of “Murder for Two” or for tickets to “End-i,
game” will be contacted and asked to either complete
an online form, whose options will include a full re-
fund, or contact the box office directly. Patrons are
asked to respond by March 1, after which their tick-
ets will be automatically refunded.
“Murder for Two” is a murder mystery musicaI
see HAFll.EQUIN, page A—19 .
Review: Boba Fett remainsarogue at heart in series
continued from page A-17
henchwoman, Fennec Shand, are at—
tempting to take control of what was
once J abba’s criminal empire.
In “The Mandalorian,” we saw how
Boba took Fennec in after she’d been
seeks to learn their ways, and even or-
- ganizes them to fight back against hos-
tile interlopers in their territory. ,
We see that a man who almost died
alone, unmourned and unloved, has '
opened himself up to a culture that’s
completely alien to him, in the hopes
so merciful in the position.
my carer. She cares, so I don’t have to.”
One of the biggest mysteries is not
only-why Boba Fett even wants the
hassle of becoming the new crime lord
that everyone else is bound to take
shots at, but also why he’s trying to be
a better order within a world of in-
nate lawlessness, and if so, for what
reasons?
Whatever ends Boba Fett is working
toward, watching him claw and grasp
his way toward them is as fascinating
as watching a coyote learn how to walk
left for dead in the desert, mirroring his
own rescue by the Tuskens, and what’s '
great about how Ming-Na Wen plays
Fennec Shand is that she’s essentially
a more savvy, but also more impulsive,
version of who Boba used to be. She is
absolutely ready to throw down against
anyone at any time, no matter how
badly they might appear to have her
outmatched.
Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett _
is a different story. Not only has his
time spent stewing in the stomach of
the Sarlacc clearly left him with some
lingering physical ailments, but it also
seems to have affected a significant
shift in his outlook.
Boba remains a rogue at heart, but
from the moment he first gains a mea-
sure of acceptance by the Tuskens, he-
of gaining What? A family? A tribal
identity? A_ home? Neither the show nor
Morrison’s performance have revealed
that yet. ..
Likewise, as an aspiring crime boss,
, what’s remarkably well-rendered is
how much Boba Fett, former lone-wolf
bounty hunter, is catastrophically terri-
ble at the “organized” part of “organized
crime” thus far.»Boba has sound in-
stincts for riding herd over a relatively
small crew, but as someone whose pre-
vious relationships were 100% transac-
tional, a neat detail is how much Boba
relies on Fennec to be his social trans—
lator, helping him keep straight the
complex web of all the competing play—
ers and their possible motives.
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Twelfth Doctor in “Doctor Who,” “She’s
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Even after his post-Sarlacc shift in
perspective, Boba has no compunction ,
about being brutal when he believes it’s
warranted, and one reason I don’t mind
. him removing his helmet so often is
because Temuera Morrison’s facial ex-
pressions of almost feral rage are terri-
fying .when he administers a beat-down.
And yet, this is the same Boba Fett
who insists to Fennec Shand that he’d
rather rule by respect than fear, even
when she correctly points out that fear
is a far easier and more effective moti—
vator in a beyond—Wild West environ-
ment like Tatooine.
If all Boba Fett wanted was for-
tune, or even power, then there are
much quicker, simpler ways to obtain
those goals, so what is our former lone
wolf really after? Is he trying to build
. as performers.
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Voters’ Pamphlet
like a man. ,
Points to “The Book of Boba Fett”
for assembling such a talented, attrac-
tive and ethnically diverse cast out of
older actors, since Temuera Morrison
(61), Ming—Na Wen (Mulan is now 58)
and Jennifer Beals (yes! The gal from
“Flashdance” is also 58) as Twi’lek can-
tina owner Garsa Fwip could all pass
for at least a dozen years younger, and
none of them have sloWed down a step
Also, speaking as someone who pro—
fessionally couldn’t have cared less '
about the Tuskens before this show,
, it’s impressive how richly “The Book of
Boba Fet ” has depicted the Tuskens as
real people, with their win rituals and
traditions and struggles worthy of our
empathy. '