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Before she can finish the thought, Hoge interjects excitedly to plug Jeremy Enigk and his album Return of the Frog Queen, a strong influence on the film. “You have to get this album, it’s just great. It created this beautiful melancholy sound, and I just felt that this was the tone I wanted for the film; the sense that there was a sadness, but underneath it there was an undercurrent of hope...
Former Congressman from Kentucky Romano Mazzoli, said the issue is always “vexing, meddlesome, and difficult—no one feels comfortable with it.” He said he struggled as a pro-life Congressman in the Democratic party. Quoting Kermit the Frog, he told the audience that “It ain’t easy being green,” isolated in a party dominated by pro-choicers, but said that he chose his position out of honesty...
PREGNANT MALES Jokes about who wears the pants in the family are a corny stand-up staple. Tell that to the sea horse. It is the male who becomes pregnant, blows up like a balloon and delivers the young. The male Darwin frog swallows fertilized eggs and broods the young in his mouth. Ditto for the Japanese cardinal fish. In fact, males of many species--fish and fowl--are in charge of child care...
Robert A. Hodgson ’05, as Mr. Bungee, stole the show—but the fact that he was playing a guy in a frog suit may have guaranteed that. Hodgson was completely convincing as the tap-dancing and smarmily upbeat amphibian. His frog costume, well-designed by Bethany L. Hoag ’06, was another show highlight, featuring a large fake head, green gloves and tights, and a large colorful tie. Moffo’s Gordon was nervous, weepy and dubiously happy; he also had a touching chemistry with his boyfriend Roger, played by Ryan...
...although this wasn’t a show to see for virtuoso vocal performances. The musical could be accurately termed an opera; there isn’t a line of dialogue in it, and barely any recitative. The music leaps from song to song like Gordon’s frog leaps between lily pads. Moreover, the music is more often depressing and hostile than it is feel-good or even likeable; in the song “In the Middle of the Room,” for example, Gordon sings how he wishes someone would kill him, while his mother...