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...music of this prolific Appalachian clan has always swung towards confessional lo-fi, notable mostly for guilt obsession and Will’s achy singing than the instrumentation. Ned’s singing is stronger than his brother’s, but his soaring voice never stands in the center of the picture: three songs on their latest, Joji, extend seven minutes in length, and a lot of that time is spent with the band doing their best Grateful Dead...
...presidential campaign has confirmed that the Vietnam War is still a touchy subject for many Americans. Davey (Abe Riesman ’08) is a bit more touched than most. Guilt-stricken over his country’s role in Vietnam, the blinded veteran decides to bring the truth of the war home to his complacent middle-class parents by teaching them what it’s like to be a Vietnamese peasant: he orders them to pick up grains of minute rice from the floor while his wife fires gunshots randomly into the air (shooting him in process...
...cheerful escapee from Vietnam whose eyes grow vacant as the play progresses and she retreats into a fantasy world. A former child prostitute now ogled and molested by her in-laws, Maureen finds America uncomfortably like the land she has just left. In a cutting satire of liberal guilt, the revelation of Maureen’s heritage sends Davey into a suicidal depression, leaving his wife to fend for herself. The play’s other victim is Harry (David B. Rochelson ’05), a mild-mannered businessman who cuts through the play’s apathy with...
Rogers is one of the architects of the current movement alive on Capitol Hill to publicly out all gay politicos whose work is perceived to hinder the progress of gay rights legislation. This phenomenon is a complicated but, I think, ultimately sinister plot that hinges on shame and guilt. The former is in relation to mainstream society, and the latter is in regards to other members of the minority group. Both raise questions that lie at the heart of all of what we know as our “identities.” The constantly shifting balance of powers renders...
...though, a more important question than one of sincerity is why are my brothers, family and the majority of Palestinians paying for crimes they have not committed? Their only guilt seems to be their calls to end the occupation of their land. Unlike groups that adopt violence against Israel, Mr. Peres, the heaven most Palestinians seek is right here in this world, between the orchards and the olive trees...