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...appeal. Valentin Groebner, one of Germany’s up-and-coming historians, takes a look at this phenomenon, grounding it centuries ago in the visual culture of the Middle Ages. Groebner’s claim provides the basis for “Defaced,” where he attempts to link today’s media-led fascination with horror and graphic depictions of mutilated bodies to the torture and religious martyrdom that was commonplace in the 15th century. He claims that his interest in the subject originally “did not lie in material from the past...
...says Mia P. Walker ’10, director of the show’s latest incarnation opening tonight at the Loeb Ex. Walker, who is also a Crimson Arts writer, is seeking to draw out the play’s more outrageous and taboo themes—an attempt to substantiate this “schoolboy comedy” and create an engaging and moving performance.In a play that focuses so much on the shifting and ambiguous teacher-student relationship, using a cast of just college students poses a challenge, with no visual differentiation between master and student...
...words that demystify and de-stigmatize the realities of intercourse—was betrayed by this metaphorical notion of protection. His instructions to “wrap it up” because my canine lover could be barking up another tree may have been nothing more than a misguided attempt to speak in 20-something vernacular, but it reveals a more disturbing mode of approaching heterosexuality...
...movie’s end. The acting of Cregger and Moore, by contrast, is noticeably contrived. Their stilted words and staging make them appear painfully conscious that they are acting, and the plasticity of their conversations is impossible to overlook. To be sure, there is a patent attempt to flesh out the main characters’ three-dimensionality. Tucker’s secret sexual naïveté, for instance, complicates his otherwise insufferably flat character. But nothing can save either protagonist from the actors’ forced deliveries. Ultimately, Hugh Hefner is the only realistic character in the film...
...before previews began on March 6. Sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA), the event gave the attendees an insider’s view of the making of a Broadway musical. It is emblematic of the new direction the College has taken in an attempt to provide off-campus artistic experiences for students. “Hair” is directed by Diane M. Paulus ’87, artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre. Generally considered the definitive rock musical, “Hair” debuted at The Public Theatre in 1967, where...