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Bewildered, I explained the intent of the cartoon: that it was, in part, a condemnation of the death penalty; that the "provocative" placement of the captions was a device to compare two sort of extremists, not to compare Black men and rats (did this really need explaining?); that it was an anti-racist cartoon, and that I had never imagined it would be interpreted otherwise. My friend in Arkansas was satisfied. He now had an explanation for the angry students organizing in protest...
Eggar and choreographer Christine Van Kipnis write in the program notes: "Our intent is not to realistically portray any particular time period or location; rather we are using dance, drama and music to reflect on and explore different aspects of social tension." The problem is that nothing short of a new script can release the story from its period setting. No matter how dark and violent Van Kipnis and Eggar choose to make the story, stylized fight choreography will always evoke memories of Robin kapowing the Riddler in the old Batman series. And the war council in Doc's drug...
What was most disturbing about the ejections was that they were carried out selectively. Only press photographers--the photographers with the intent of disseminating information about the sit-in to the public--were thrown out. A law student and police officers were allowed to photograph the protest and those without cameras were not even told to leave the building...
...ALSO TAKE ISSUE with the administration's use of official police photographers to identify and intimidate students. During the protest, Harvard police officers armed with still and video cameras repeatedly swept through the crowd. One snapped so many pictures of the same students that it was clear his intent was to frighten rather than simply identify them. Those students who gathered to watch or report on the protest--hardly a violation of University rules--were photographed just like everyone else...
...official photographs to intimidate protesters can stifle free expression. Clark's use of the pictures clearly betrays that intent. Dozens received letters from Clark threatening suspension, including many people who had not actually blocked the entrance to Clark's office. We trust that the faculty of the Law School needs no lecture on how such guilt be association can result in a "chilling" of permitted, expressive activity...