Juxtaposing two restagings of a melodramatic scene from Tommy The Whos rock opera Channeling analyzes the ways in which media cannibalizes revises and resurrects itself In Donegans almost psychedelic renditions a silvergarbed redwigged performer capers in a theatrical nonspace of foil plastic police tape and rescanned video images of Tommy star AnnMargret In Channeling in 4 Versions actress Garland Hunter enacts the scene and then in a silent version Channeling in 5 Versions Donegan herself takes the role