Word: utopia
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...Utopia of Gilbert and Sullivan is a far cry from Sir Thomas More’s 16th century creation, and yet they are strangely similar. More wrote of an island nation so perfect that it became an absurdity in and of itself. And at the beginning of Utopia, Ltd., Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia is not quite at that stage, but aspires to achieve the glory and perfection of that most glorious and perfect nation: England. It is the story of that quest that is the two-hours’ traffic of the Agassiz stage, in this semester?...
With the help of these four gentlemen, Utopia will actually be able to surpass the British in their Britishness by reforming the government of the island, which was originally “Despotism tempered by Dynamite.” The king used to be held in check by the Public Exploder, who acted on the wishes of two Wise Men. (These three, played by Jim L. Maltese ’04, Kevin J. Angle ’03 and Dennis Clark ’03, respectively, have some of the more hilarious and entertaining moments on the stage...
Well, maybe you don't see the danger to our democracy. Briefly, the more inequality there is in society, the lower the likelihood of democracy. Hence Jefferson's ideal of an agrarian utopia...
...record labels will be able to maintain profits through merchandising, hyping the next teen divas, selling the posters of their glistening, glittering bodies and packing stadiums with screaming tweens. Artists will then be denied even the income that smaller record deals now afford them. Far from creating a musical utopia, the elimination of the Internet as a market for music would exacerbate the already near-monoculture of pop music that clogs our airwaves...
...Bing is the sharpie, the con man, the cad to men and women alike. He sells Bob into slavery in "Morocco," picks Hope's pocket of his boatfare in "Utopia," forces him into a dangerous highwire bicycle act in "Rio." And in a romantic canoe ride for two in "Zanzibar," he lets Dorothy do the paddling. Crosby never apologizes for his dastardly doings, and the plot rarely smites him with a climactic comeuppance. He is the singing scorpion; it's just his nature, though he'll deny it if you accuse him. "You know, way down underneath I'm honest...