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This is precisely the reason why the Loeb Mainstage production ultimately proves so ineffectual: director Daniel Berwick '01 has a style which approaches the material solely on its own terms, allowing the script (or rather the songs) to drive the show rather than maintaining control over the theatrical experience. This approach results in two things: a pervasive sense of confusion and a profound lack of connection between the audience and much of the action on stage. The palpable anticipation of what is arguably this season's major theatrical event was met with, and disappointed by, the repeated failure...
...situation was not abated by the excessive cast: the chorus is referred to in the script as "The 50,000," and Berwick seems to have taken this a bit too literally, casting a truly overwhelming number of actors. Although a large cast, directed so as to focus rather than diffuse the audience on the central action, can work to a show's, this production's overabundance of actors only bolsters the audience's already confused state. Is the crowd happy with Jesus? Angry at him? Leprous? Is their back-slapping friendly, or is it violent? Although the level of dissonance...
...evolved into today, that is, an event more than a football game. It was played in New Haven, and about 150 Harvard men accompanied the Harvard team to Connecticut in carriages. Everyone was put up at a lodging called the New Haven House, and on Saturday morning, rather than tailgate, the Yale men drove their Cambridge counterparts around New Haven, showing off objects of interest in town. The game started at 2:30 p.m. (this year's game starts at 12:30) and was played at a place known as Hamilton Park. The price of admission was 50 cents...
...Stuff the turkey rather loosely - the stuffing will expand while it cooks. As a general rule, use roughly 3/4 cup of stuffing for every pound of turkey. While you insert your well-manicured hand into the turkey's nether-region, ask yourself the following: Isn't it ironic that I'm filling this cavity with what looks like partially digested food? Does anyone actually like the look or taste of stuffing or do we eat it because of tradition? Do Native Americans even celebrate this holiday...
...clock, Murphy elected to run a quarterback sneak rather than kick the chip shot field goal...