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...known as the Belle Époque, “[Feydeau] ruled the comic stage,” Shapiro says. Yet “The Pregnant Pause,” which is showing in Adams House tonight and tomorrow, is one of a group of plays that reflect a darker period in Feydeau’s life and career. “[The play] is very funny, very farcical,” Shapiro says, but it is still a departure from Feydeau’s more common fare, which normally consists of “three acts, slamming doors, going...
...Just Between Ourselves (1976) Ayckbourn turned his domestic comedy several notches darker in this account of a couple's disintegrating marriage - and a husband so oblivious that he doesn't notice (or realize he's causing) his wife's emotional breakdown. One of his most daring and frightening plays...
...already involved in the scene. “It depends on the people you know and who can hook you up,” Shaket says.For Shaket, one of these people is Daniel J. Thorn ’11, a DJ and music director of TDS (The Darker Side), WHRB’s hip-hop department. In the past, Thorn has arranged for Shaket to battle with local and traveling rappers who have contacted the station in search of competition. Though there is no official organization for rappers at Harvard, TDS is an informal arena where those who are interested...
...rappers taking over their local radio stations can find consolation in songs such as “Mafia Music,” the album’s opening track, and “In Cold Blood,” the album’s closing track. Both tracks are darker and more contemplative than most of the others. On “Mafia Music,” Ross interestingly positions himself with icons in black history: “Martin had a dream, Bob got high / I still do both but somehow...
...know nothing about." Many come from impoverished rural communities and enlisted at as young as 9 years old. While some are kidnapped and forced to join rebel groups, the majority are lured with empty promises of salaries, says Martha Mesa, a social worker at the center. Others join for darker reasons: for those who have lost loved ones in the cross fire between guerrillas and paramilitary groups, vengeance can be a powerful motivator. Humberto, a resident at the center, says that when he was 12 years old, paramilitary soldiers murdered his mother and brother. (His name and those of other...