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...this mysterious mentor?" you may ask plaintively. "Where does the aspiring scriptwriter turn?" There is, in fact, a man on the faculty who bridges the gap between high and low culture. We call this master "David Gewanter." If the Lampoon is the bootcamp of showbiz, an independent study with Dr. David Gewanter is the final testing ground...
Traditionally, people who are interested in writing professionally have gravitated to this Expos teacher. Former Lampoon president and Crimson editor John Abound III '95 gushes, "He's a little secret treasure each generation of Lampoon people hears about. People discovered him as a funny and intelligent person to write a script with. He's a man of many faces and more mysteries...
Across the table, the Harvard network started humming as a critic interjected, "I also wrote movie reviews for the Crimson. That's why I have to congratulate you on making it into comedy writing without going through the Lampoon...
Perhaps this fear for the future of their enterprise was best expressed by Lampoon member Rebecca R. Kirshner '96, who did not participate in the "Exile on Bow Street...
When asked to comment, Kirshner said, "The Lampoon is a state of mind; I am always in exile...