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...politically energizing so many who had been apathetic, but he cannot rest on his laurels. Good ideas and sound policies should be the next step for the senator’s campaign because, with them alongside his rhetoric, his performance in the Oval Office will live up to the hype...
...poster called “Madcat” asks on the recently controversial admissions blog xoxohth.com. The bloggers certainly seem to be trying. This burn-book-style blog has received plenty of attention, with articles in The Washington Post and a segment on NPR. With all the hype, you’d think the blog was a cornucopia of juicy gossip about the future Sam McSenators who populate Harvard Law School. Reality disappoints. Scrolling through posts, the most viewed posts includes a YouTube video of an unidentified Harvard Law student with a 40 oz. duct-taped to her wrists that...
...turns out, “Bright Lights, Big City,” with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman, is a show that doesn’t buy its own hype. In fact, it’s a surprisingly big-hearted work, a story of redemption in the face of vapid, pretentious hedonism. And while this production, directed by Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 and produced by Barry A. Shafrin ‘09, may not always understand the scene it tries to portray, it more than gets by on its sincere belief in the value...
...horrible dialogue, and utter absurdity ruin what could have, and should have, been one of the year’s best. The action alone isn’t enough to carry the film. My expectations were high: millions of advertising dollars raised interest, the teasers generated a ton of hype, and the film boasted an expertly crafter trailer. My suggestion? Skip the movie and watch the trailer...
...eight-week span. Walker, with her co-producers Derek M. Flanzraich ’10 and Kristina A. Dominguez ’10, hopes to produce a weekly seven-minute program that is shot on Wednesday evenings and premieres the following Friday.LOOKING FOR RECOGNITIONEven with the all the hype surrounding the development of new shows, HRTV hopes its mainstay won’t falter.“It’s really exciting that we’ve been able to create an institutional framework to ensure that ‘Ivory Tower’ continues...