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Dare you to start a magazine these days--and get out your first issue before the Lampoon prints...
This unique turn of the plot works on a number of levels throughout the performance. In the sisters' mockery of dance both in their home and later in-front of the ball, and in their interplay with the Shakespearean court jester (dressed in the Lampoon's purple, red and yellow), the sisters offer an unexpected element of hilarity to romance and of mockery to ballet's conservatism. While offering comic relief, the cross-gender casting also fits into the old English tradition of en travestie, linking theater to dance. Finally, stylistically, the stage presence of two giant stepsisters dwarf...
...intended to be a spoof of TV's ubiquitous true-crime movies. The joke is that it's more believable than most of the ripped-from-the-headlines docudramas it pokes fun at. Director Michael Ritchie (Smile, The Candidate) and screenwriter Jane Anderson (The Baby Dance) don't lampoon the genre; they merely strip it of the solemn sensationalism that TV usually lavishes on these seedy tales. What's left is acid black comedy...
...dealing with the loss," said Wilson. "It was pretty nightmarish. I was sure that the Lampoon was Playing tricks...
...recent years, SAS officers have established a strong voice on campus to combat stereotyping and insensitivity. Rabie usually writes letters to publications, and has recently written letters to the editors of both the Lampoon and The Crimson...