Word: lightheartedness
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Not all of the laughter was inappropriate, though. Cadmus (David Gullette '62) and Tiresius (Bashir Salhuddin '98) are both Theban wise men and comic duo. Their stichomythic exchanges even suggests lighthearted pastoral, but both are still capable of a rich gravity. I only thought that Cadmus' portentous admonition to Pentheus...
In the end, the overarching theme of the play seems to be the not-exactly-earthshaking idea that inspiration lies behind great discoveries, and that inspiration is the same for scientists and artists. While it might be argued that Martin suggests Einstein's work influenced Picasso's and vice versa...
Written in a lighthearted, fun style, the article examines the steps an enterprising student would have to take in order to open a McDonald's franchise, from attending Hamburger University (sorry, no transfer credits accepted) to facing the Cambridge City Council. Citing the statistics from last year's Loker Commons...
Meader wasn't totally washed out of show business: today he sings and plays honky-tonk piano in small nightclubs in Maine. But it is with Meader and more recent news events in mind that we offer similar sympathy to the producers of Diana & Me, a romantic film comedy about...
A forthcoming book by Pulitzer-prizewinning journalist David K. Shipler, A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America (Knopf; $30), reaches similar conclusions. Shipler embarks on a sprawling, impressive tour along the "crucial fault line of America," crafting an absorbing theater piece of characters, from undergraduates at Princeton to...