Word: topicalism
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Michael Grynbaum’s February 10 article in The Crimson, which has just now come to my attention, focused on Harvard’s relationship with the Hitler regime, a topic which was the centerpiece of a conference at Boston University last November, sponsored by the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies...
...Though obviously out of character, it is typical of the show’s unique wit. True to this form, the entire closing number is made up of pointed criticisms of the plot. It is this refusal to take anything too seriously—whether the topic at hand is the play itself, the prospect of love, or the fear of death—that makes Mr. Plumb so satisfying and original. To see and appreciate “Mr. Plumb” is to see even the darkest things suffused with a constant and quirky sense of humor?...
...do—largely because he is played as a consummately lovable drunk, dazedly wandering around the set and spouting pearls of pseudo-wisdom. Near the beginning, he gives a long monologue about how he went from an upright young man to a drunken partier. Besides being on a topic that may resonate for many Harvard students, the speech is delivered with the type of drunken-yet-dignified aplomb that most partiers could only wish...
...being more tolerant. I suppose, too, that I’m tired of radical fundamentalist Christians believing they have a monopoly on what’s Christian in the same way that the kid in section who never shuts up seems to think he has a monopoly on every topic, if only because he’s the only one talking…so loudly...
...video’s the topic I’m supposed to address. Well, the video’s a bit disappointing. It’s overly literal, for one thing (watch as children open their eyes right when lead singer Win Butler commands the listener to “lift those heavy eyelids”). And it sort of plays up the “cheer up, because life is beautiful and children are our future!” aspect of the song to an overly sentimental degree. But the decisions to put the whole thing in the soft...