Word: hpt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...subject is too sacred for the men of the HPT, who yearly tackle thorny issues of the day. Erik Amblad '99 assumes the controversial and theologically challenging role of the Reverend Hal Elujah, who must sell the word of God in disco-rhyme from a pulpit of rhinestones--undergoing a casually hidden, usually Russian and sexually appealin' internal drama in the process. If the body is a temple, there is a doctor in the room, and Elvis left the building, then Jesus brought the house down...
...Hasty Pudding Theatricals Show is not for everyone. Indeed, before attending the latest installment of the 151-year-old tradition last Friday, I was quite certain HPT (as it's known...
...Kick From Campaign", the show now playing at the Hasty Pudding Theater, is no exception to the HPT formula: It's raunchy, at times unnecessarily and excessively so, the puns are merciless (and sometimes God-awful), and the men do not look as pretty in tights and brassieres as women would in their place...
...ribaldry of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals is what makes it the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. To enjoy the show, you do better to know this beforehand. But if in the last few years you've been wondering whether or not HPT is for you, this is a good year to find out because where other shows have fallen short, in my opinion, "I Get No Kick from Campaign" delivers...
...mind that the Pudding Show is limited by its form: men in drag who make jokes about their private parts, even when they are frolicking in song, go only so far. A related aspect of the Pudding Show which bothers people each year is its exclusion of women. Does HPT violate the spirit of Harvard's non-discrimination policy? Probably. So should women be allowed to perform in the show? Probably not--if students and audiences believe the HPT form is worthwhile...