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That's the itinerary of the ultra-violent gangsters in Reservoir Dogs. When they are not exploring the priapic subtext of lyrics to Madonna songs or debating the efficacy of tipping, they are shooting (or, vividly, torturing) anyone who gets in their way, including themselves. It's Glengarry Glen Ross at gunpoint. The talented Tarantino has devised one bravura sequence in which an undercover detective acts out, for the benefit of the duped hoodlums, a fake story about a close call with the cops; easing from the past tense to the present and then into seductive fantasy, the sequence reveals...
...order? I mean, there I was, a lame excuse for an American flag (you know you're in a liberal bastion when wearing red, white and blue provokes the refrain, "Republican, right?") wandering through a packed Adams dining hall. Walking by the platform (a moon is dancing with Madonna's book (the dress is Mylar and she wears a $49.95 price tag. The music is pounding. There's a cage...and more costumes: a woman dressed as spider-woman, a guy dressed as Quatto from "Total Recall," and another as, in his words, "a Spee guy." This was as close...
Icame up with the realization that Harvard digs Madonna. To really capture the essence of this institution, the Spirit Committee might consider something like the following, especially for football season...
...Dear Madonna...
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. Go to events in Adams House in drag, and delight in extravagant striptease. Sing along to Madonna songs: Boys, wear those brassieres with pride; girls, damage those male oppressors with your cod-pieces. Don't let the solemnity of the outside world steel your heart when you can avoid it with such impunity...