Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard/Radcliffe Racial Issues Study Group charged Harvard plays a key role in maintaining social attitudes which "oppress people on the basis of their national origin or color" in a report issued Monday...
...this is applicable to Harvard students, (have the admirable ideals of the '60s followed that student generation to Wall Street?) these claims do seriously question student priorities. What the South Africa issue has most importantly done is to awaken some students from preprofessional, egocentric apathy to the realities of social injustice. It is this new consciousness of the need for social change that must be somehow directed. Somewhere between the poles of South Africa and toilet paper (topics treated with equal weight in a recent Assembly Poll) lie issues directly relevant to the needs of this community. Not until activist...
Richard John's performance as Boss Mangan does not evince the "rugged strength" expected of a man whose single-minded business interests threaten to overthrow the existing social order. John instead portrays the kind of character who was kicked around during kindergarten and is only now getting his revenge on humanity. His frenzied, whining manner accords--often hysterically--the Mangan who cannot keep pace with Heartbreak House's ever-changing pretensions. But because his malice barely emerges, John's performance can perhaps best be defined as comic basrelief. Similarly, Peter Ginna is almost endearing as the burglar who not only...
...such clear distinctions in other aspects of Heartbreak House suggests why the play has been subjected to numerous interpretations since its first performance in 1920. Shaw's final act is especially ambiguous and leaves the audience pondering whether the playwright entertained hopes for the establishment of a new social order or whether, like Chekhov, he foresaw only a grim continuation of existing institutions...
...near-farce, however, the Dunster House production diverts the audience's attention from Shaw's serious political considerations. Nuances are lost, and with them goes much of what distinguishes Heartbreak House as fine drama. Nevertheless, this production remains worthwhile and enjoyable for its humor, characterization and evocation of a social climate not too far removed from...