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...sure if this will be clear to readers.Damrosch takes a sunnier view: “I think Rousseau’s published works come out looking amazingly original and alive,” he says, “because seeing them in their original historical context makes one realize how remarkably he escaped the assumptions that make many of his contemporaries’ work seem dated and conventional.” Be that as it may, Rosseau’s brilliant thoughts are not only amazingly influential—having affected everything from questions of what makes states and institutions...
...your sense of humor, realizing you’re doing something socially inappropriate can be hilarious. In fact, comedians get paid to make these realizations, and, for their wit, we raise them up as cultural icons. But what happens when no one laughs—when either the context of the situation or the level of appropriateness falls outside of the realm of the humorous and into that of the offensive? What happens when a bunch of preppy, white college students dress up like thugs to go see a movie about a modern gangster-rapper? That question probably should have...
Regardless of the cultural context, such a lesson about creating great art from very little is a unique gift for which Harvard should thank the Flynn, the festival, and, indeed, Magners. That Irish cider ain’t bad either...
...entire top half of the picture black. The tiny full moon sits on that border with darkness, watching over the little village of Hernandez bathed in an unearthly light.But these easily-recognizable prints can be found in art galleries around Boston. What is unique at the MFA is context and variety: photographs of Manhattan that Adams took when he visited the photographer Alfred Stieglitz in New York; poignant and funny pictures of run-down Western towns; a crazy photograph of sodium calcite crystals in Adams’s developing tray; a striking portrait of Georgia O’Keefe...
...minimalist production by set designer Melissa E. Goldman ’06 is deeply effective. In the close quarters of the Loeb Ex, every lighting cue, prop, and backdrop cannot help but be scrutinized in the context of the play. For the most part, these elements all work. In the last act, densely colored photographs of the cast hang on clotheslines. These pictures confront the audience directly, forcing them to look straight into the eyes and dreams of each character...