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A carnival atmosphere pervaded Harvard Square yesterday afternoon, the streets teeming with people anxious to catch a glimpse of Weaver as she led her parade to the Pudding Theater.
As these films continue their run in theaters, I only hope that the lachrymosity of the crowds is but a fleeting spasm of emotion, emotion best forgotten along with the name of the gaffer, which scrolls down the screen while people remain seated in somber reflection. I won't worry...
But I find my Grinch-like stance softening year by year. You can accuse the Christmas costumers of turning Christ's Mass into kitsch. Or you can see them, from a loftier perspective, as the only true celebrants of the original Christmas spirit, which we have tended to lose sight...
It seems to me that this year's Undergraduate Council elections signal a return to high school politics. Candidates' platforms are focused on immature desires of disconcerted students. If this is the case, then I guess my vote will ultimately have to be determined by who can best promise me...
Taymor's imaginative ideas seem limitless. Actors wear masks atop their heads and manipulate life-size puppets, in bold defiance of conventional stage literalism. Dance numbers brim with vibrant, African-carnival colors; the big action sequences, like a wildebeest stampede conveyed by wheels and masks, dazzle with their allusive originality...