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...hoping to ameliorate theirs and every other situation needing improvement. We must recognize and respect the limits of politics, which means accounting for our own limits—of time, resources, and moral fallibility. To do otherwise, to insist that we can save the world and right every evil whether by the pen or the sword, we set ourselves up for failure, radicalize politics, and, by leaving unrealistic expectations unrealized, engender bitterness and cynicism in politics. Politics is not a simple science. We would do well then to resist those ideologues who promise paradise through policies of greatest simplicity, ease...
...continue to think that people who work for city government are evil and no-good and corrupt, but the fact is it isn’t true,” Decker said at a council meeting last month. “At some point, you start taking responsibility and start serving the community, and you can only do that together...
...peak of Flynn’s performance was her breathy interaction with Mr. Cladwell (Dan E. Catomeris ’11), UGC tyrant and a love interest of years past. Catomeris was somewhat inconsistent in his portrayal of money-grubbing evil, although his hopping performance of “Don’t Be the Bunny” was the play’s high point. Knowing laughs ran through the crowd when he asked, “Did I send you to the world’s most expensive university to feel conflicted or to learn how to manipulate...
...drama. This year, it will present episodes from a classic Hindu epic, the “Ramayana.” The central figures in the dance drama are Rama—an avatar of Vishnu—and his wife Sita. The story explores the themes of good and evil, as well as the definitions of the ideal man and ideal woman in Indian society. “Hindu epics give moral lessons about what your duty is,” says Martin. Although Indian classical dance is a complex art form and requires a trained eye to pick...
...opera, the show’s main action is spoken, with interpolated musical tableaux called masques. The masques, which rarely advance the plot, are the instances where the show is at its most stylized, impressionistic, and ceremonial. There are pagan sacrifices, pastoral masses, and one spectacular encounter between the evil sorcerer Oswald, Cupid, and the tutelary spirit of the frost.The set design, which consists of sliding panels that close and open up, approximating an authentic baroque set, allows the production to move between the world of spoken dialogue and the rarified realm of the masques.The cast and crew speculate that...