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ji- ‘Tell Me Where It Hurts’-A “Tell Me Where It Hurts,” a 190-minute originalteleplay by I screenwriter Fay. Kanin (starring Maureen Stapleton and Paul Sorvino, will be seen on («E Theatre Tuesday 9:30 to U:O0p.m.,ond«nnles5,13 and IS.Although the film Was shot entirely on location in Los Angeles and'Santa Monica, California, the settings and background are such that the locale of “Tell Me Where It Hurts” could be set in any city in the United States. The story tackles the subject of mature women needing a change in their daily pattern of living.— “It is not a story,” according to Fay Kanin, “about a women’s consciousness or movements or activism, or any of the words we have come to recognize in the language of'the last four years. It is about women, aitd the men who are inextricably part of them—lovers, providers, adversaries, friends. - The characters are neither symbols nor stereotypes'. They are, I hope,, only human, hungering for ways to change their lives for .the better and inevitably :• discovering that * change is never accomplished without pain, •Maureen Stapleton playsConnie, a middle-aged housewife married to Joe, a taxi driver played by Sorvino. Both are facing the first major decision.since their wedding. Others jn the cast are Doris Dowling, Rose Gregorio, Louis Latham, Scottie MacGregor, Ayn Ruyman, Pearl Shear, and Patricia Smith. All of the performers have at one time appeared on the New York stage, one of the principal reasons they, were cast in their parts by producer Herbert Hirschman.“I find New'York actors less theatrical than Hollywood film players. They don’t stress perfect speech when playing ordinary characters. This, is a story about ordinary lower middle-elass people who ■ aren’t too sophisticated. I needed the type of actors who could interpret the characters in the Fay Kanin teleplay as she wrote them. I feel we. accomplished this,” said Hir- ‘ schman.Miss Kanin, who two years ago won. critical acclaim for her TV film., “Heat of Anger” starring Siusan Hayward, believes that “Tell Me Where It Hurts” will be looked upon as one of the most relevant shows about mature married people ever presented on television.
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Florence Morning News
Florence, South Carolina, US
Sat, Mar 09, 1974
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