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...Directed by Tony Parise, with music by Mark P. Musico ’07 and a script by Warland “Trey” L. Kollmer ’07 and Josh C. Phillips ’07, “The Tent Commandments” is a fast-paced spectacle par excellence. Puns! Sex jokes! Glitter! Rhyming! Sex jokes again! Yes, it may get a little tiresome, but no opportunity goes unexploited...
...Tent Commandments” is a show lucky to have the actors it does. If it had a different, less entertaining cast, some less attractive features of the production might not be able to fly under the radar. Like the fact that many of its jokes bomb. Or the fact that when jokes based on stereotypes aren’t funny, they’re quite offensive...
...want to be perfectly clear: I am not calling anyone a racist. It’s an accusation that gets thrown around too often on college campuses, and there is no evidence of malicious intent at any point during “The Tent Commandments.” Many college students might even argue that, given these conditions, the Pudding show is harmless, pointing to characters like Borat...
...these surprising jokes are something of a relief, because elsewhere in “The Tent Commandments” the gags are so predictable and relentless that they’re a little passive-aggressive, or perhaps even aggressive-aggressive, kind of like getting mugged for your applause. Whether or not that’s a good thing is a matter of taste, I suppose...
...whatever you do, make sure you see “The Tent Commandments.” There won’t be a more outlandish theatrical spectacle at Harvard this year, and what are spectacles for if not to be seen...