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Henry M. Cowles ’08 is frustrated. Though there are many things for a Harvard freshman to be frustrated about, his source of frustration isn’t the typical complaint about a TF’s incomprehensible accent or the curving of a final to a B-. Four months ago, Cowles called the Carpenter Center, the hub of the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) program, seeking space and opportunities to paint. He never heard back and in the following months has still been unable to locate space and materials. Cowles finds this not only frustrating, but puzzling...
Short interstitial bits complete the action, and show the sense of humor that accompanies the performance: in the first, a waiter asks customers whether they want the meat or vegetarian options, and a man with a thick Indian accent informs him: “I would like a wedgie, and my wife also would like a wedgie.” In another, a Simon Cowell-modeled judge evaluates three comedians performing to become “Indian Idol.” In the end, the one who would be winner is dismissed: “Sorry, you?...
...description of the Old Lady, Gerlach certainly did not move like an old lady, and her sultry songs and fantastic tales of losing a buttock were very amusing. Gerlach played the part well, and her strong voice more than compensated for a less-than-authentic Spanish accent...
...who’s doing the clicking? “My girlfriend graduated in 2003, I doubt it is her or her friends,” Brown says in a sexy British accent...
During my senior year of high school, a teacher I had known for four years asked me off-hand where I had learned my English. He was so impressed that I managed to rid myself of all traces of an Arab accent. After an awkward pause, as it slowly dawned on me that no, he was not joking, and yes, he really thought I was an immigrant, I had to explain to him that I had been born 10 minutes away from the school building. The reason my English was so accent-less was because I really was an American...