Word: nincompoops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parody of the American electoral process. Tracy wants to win for no other reason than to have another stepping stone to another contest (just like senators want to become vice-presidents, vice-presidents presidents, and presidents popular presidents). Paul is the people's choice--an unfit leader, a complete nincompoop--but the embodiment of American wholesomeness (insert various examples from the past decade here). And Tamil, Paul's sister, is the legitimate candidate. As she screams in her election speech, "No one cares about this stupid election." She wants people who won't vote anyway to vote...
Fred Hood '02 does an excellent job of playing off of Berenger's hysteria as Dudard, his forgivingly intellectual coworker. Other strong points are Botard, the hilarious proletarian nincompoop played by Danny Yavuzkurt '02 and Cary McClelland's '02 Logician who though sometimes a little overbearing holds up his end of the show...
...Anybody who thinks God loves everyone is a nincompoop," he says...
...Anybody who thinks that God loves everyone is a nincompoop," he said. "AIDS is a direct judgment from God almighty on these animals...
Throughout all of his poetry, Wallace-Crabbe maintains what he called "the nincompoop's eye view," the childlike perspective that acknowledges the potential for interest and value in everything. Wallace-Crabbe is able to convey this potential with his writing and share his vision with others--the mark of the true poet and seer...