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...antihero who has no need of external reality except for an occasional sniff? Süskind invents several short-lived missions for Jean-Baptiste. The first, to become the "greatest perfumer of all time," is child's play. Wheedling an apprenticeship with the renowned but fading establishment of Giuseppe Baldini, Grenouille easily makes his master the toast of Paris and the rest of the civilized world. Next, he spends seven years on an isolated mountain, safe from the smells of humanity and lolling in olfactory memories. Finally, he embarks on a quest to conquer the world by creating an irresistible aroma...
...Baldini says the collaborative efforts with actors and the tech crew, which make his skits come to life, are the best part of the show—and why so many participants return year after year...
...Shawn S. Baldini ’04, a four-year veteran of Ghungroo, who composed the evening’s skits along with Vijay S. Ganesh ’04, used his experience as a staff writer for the Harvard Lampoon—that semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine—to facilitate the on-stage antics between actors. His skits poke fun at South Asian stereotypes—Medical students or NGO-bound achievers with nagging mothers and painkiller addictions...
...Fund sued Baldini's, an Italian restaurant chain, contesting the transfer of a special permit allowing the company to open a fast-food restaurant on the Harvard Student Agencies property on Mt. Auburn Street. During the suit, Baldini's dropped its effort, though the Defense Fund maintains the two events were unconnected...
...Umberto Baldini and Ornella Casazza (Abrams; $125). Now, after years of dedicated labor, the frescoes in the Florentine chapel look as they did in the Renaissance. The biblical figures painted by Masaccio, Masolino and Filippino Lippi glow anew in this testament to religious faith, artistic genius and scientific restoration...