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...Harrison Ford in Patriot Games, Elizabeth Berkeley in Showgirls. Kick from showcases its espionage plot as a xenophobic triangle, with private eyes Katya Redhanded (Young Lee '99) and Newt Erd on the tail of Eiffel Over (Christian Roulleau '01), a breadbasket wearing, scent-spilling, card-carrying member of the HPT (Hairy Patriarchal Thespians). For the resident woman in red (she's got the real ruby slippers.), Lee does not ooze the carnality of--say--Carmen Sandiego, on whom his character is obviously based...
...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...