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...Raison d'etre...
...after, all the Pudding's raison d'etre.The Pudding is nothing if not a spectacle; if you're going to do drag, you might as well go all out. That means big costumes, big hair, big sets, big backdrops. Which wouldn't be possible without a Big Budget. Fortunately, the Pudding has a lot of rich friends...
This obsession with the political could not be more unfortunate. One can, I suppose, argue about the degree to which Harvard fulfills its political responsibilities. But Harvard's primary raison d'etre is not to further social justice, insure domestic tranquility or provide for the common defense. Rather, the College's job, or at least a significant part of it, lies in the education of undergraduates, and this, not some nebulous web of social responsibility, is the obligation which Harvard fails to fulfil most consistently and spectacularly...
...even if Vegas is not squeaky clean, even if its raison d'etre remains something other than provoking a childlike sense of wonder, the place is no longer considered racy or naughty by most people. It seems incredible today that a book in the '60s about the city was called Las Vegas, City of Sin? The change in perception is mainly because Americans' collective tolerance for vulgarity has gone way, way up. Just a decade ago, "hell" and "damn" were the most offensive words permitted on broadcast TV; today the colloquialisms "butt" and "sucks" are in daily currency...
...wish him a purpose, a new raison d'etre...