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Social Co-Chairs Sheng Si ’11 and Felix M. Zhang ’11 performed a wildly popular and rather suggestive demonstration of how to make Chinese noodles, adding humor to the evening...
...version is better!”“Our version is only twenty minutes!”Fans of Michel Gondry will attest to the French director’s unique artistic vision and the accompanying sense of smarmy humor that vivifies this exchange from his fourth feature film, “Be Kind Rewind.” Its main characters Jerry (Jack Black) and Mike (Mos Def) are arguing over the marketability of their shorter, home-made interpretation of “Rush Hour 2.” The implication is clear: Gondry doesn’t think...
...given a Hillel shirt, hat, and necktie. “[The event] was sort of structured, like one of those Catskills comedy acts,” said Simpsons fan Hilary S. Jacqmin of the Harvard University Press, referring to Reiss’ ‘Borscht Belt’ humor. The feelings of appreciation were mutual. “I want to thank you all for being so smart,” Reiss said. While at Harvard, Reiss was co-president of the Harvard Lampoon—a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that occasionally publishes a so-called...
...Rent” meets “Wicked” in “Fable Attraction,” a spin-off of traditional fairy tales ranging from Humpty Dumpty to Cinderella. With a savvy balance of pop-culture references, word play, and Harvard humor, the constant jokes in nearly every line and lyric might seem a little excessive at first, but they keep the audience engaged until the curtain falls and leave it wanting more. Before the show even begins, the title “Fable Attraction” begins the onslaught of comedy. The curtains open, a colorful...
...degrees of the Cyclorama unoccupied by the set. Childlike flowers were juxtaposed unsettlingly with grotesque renderings of prisoners, and audience members wandered about in a stupor as they attempted to read the illegible scrawlings along the wall’s length.Every 10 minutes or so, a moment of humor lent “The Divine Reality Comedy” a flicker of fun. There was the burlesque ringmaster of Paradise, a nasty and ragged Santa Claus, and the 10-second appearance of Marx Brothers-esque “resurrection specialists.” But each highlight was quickly compromised...