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...Boo the Villain. Tolkien himself denies that there is any "inner meaning or message" in the Ring cycle, and many students take on a muzzy, Middle-earth look when they try to explain its appeal. To some, it is a poetic portrayal of the times, with Sauron and his destructive threat seen as an analogy to atomic war. For others, the Frodo saga represents a way to escape the mundane realities of life. "I'd like to live in the hobbit world because this world is so foul," says Marilyn Nulman, who works at the Harvard bookstore. Another enthusiast...
...begins again to speak," Joyce has not given the slightest hint of intending to resume. This speech--one of the most famous in all literature--is simply a disaster. When it was concluded at the opening performance, one outraged man in the audience let out with a resounding boo; and only critical decorum prevented its being joined by at least one more. Joyce--and anyone else essaying the role--should study and restudy Marlon Brando's glorious Antony in the 1953 movie version...
...Harvard its good name, together with 327 other good names, by registering them in Monaco and acquiring exclusive European rights to their use. The owner of the Brattle and Harvard Square Theatres says that "Harvard Square audiences are the most sophisticated in the United States. . . . they stamp their feet, boo, whistle, and write letters." The CRIMSON elects a girl managing editor and the entire country behaves like a Harvard Square audience...
...dolly from the scene, I say cheers for your gear article on the swinging, switched-on city of London [April 15] and boo to all the American geese who call it humbug...
...Local Neo-American Church Boo Hoos" are listed in another Bulletin. The Church, which Miss Bieberman describes as "a fellowship for the use of psychedelics," was founded by Arthur Kleps, a psychologist. "He appointed himself Chief Boo Hoo of the Church," she explaines, "He means to sound absurd because he doesn't believe in taking organizations too seriously. Chief Boo Hoo is not like Chairman of the Board...