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Roman Martinez `01 said that upon becomingeditor of the Harvard Salient, he was told,"You're now the campus antiChrist...
...Roman Martinez '01 said that upon becoming editor of the Harvard Salient, he was told, "You're now the campus anti-Christ...
...crux of I Get No is the collapse of time. When an Elvis-impersonator bursts upon the founding fathers, we see the most realistic instance of time-space confuscation. "Elvis" escorts a dorky librarian to the future, where his mission is to prevent a militaristic presidential candidate from winning and fulfilling his alliance with a disco-dancing tele-evangelist by outlawing rock'n roll. They do so by transforming a stuttering barber-woman into the Cinderella candidate destined for victory. What follows is a synchronic allegory of post-revolutionary American history only thinly disguised as an innovative commentary on gender...
...However, upon closer examination, the storydoesn't appear to be necessarily focused on theatrocities that Pinkerton enacts againstButterfly. Interestingly, Butterfly is neverreferred to as "Madame Pinkerton," except byherself, even after her marriage. Rather, as thetitle suggests, the story is perhaps moreevocative of CioCio San's rite of passage from"Butterfly" to "Madame Butterfly...
Thus, the role of Butterfly is crucial. Whenshe is first wed to Pinkerton, Butterfly is only15 years of age. This is not to say that she wascompletely naive of the world. Rather, as thestory goes, Butterfly is forced into geisha-hoodbecause of the poverty inflicted upon her familyafter her father's death. So on many levels, oneimportant challenge to the vocalist is thejuxtaposition of the innocent child and therealistic woman...