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...color of peace) beckons; the king in the boat makes a calm gesture of benediction with his right hand while his left releases a school of small fish from a net trailing in the sea; and a Madonna figure with a child looks on. The painting pulls together a string of images: Christ on the Sea of Galilee, the Fisher King, Beckmann himself. Its relative serenity would not reappear in the triptychs to come...
Some of the play's other thematic concerns--like Huml's grappling with human values--get pushed aside by this interpretative choice. The meaninglessness of the book on social theory which Huml dictates to Blanka is a vicious joke. Huml, in numerous monologues, carries on with a long string of empty statements: "Various people have at various times and in various circumstances various needs...and thus attach to various things various values." But because this production uses Huml's professional musings as nothing more than a gag, they quickly become tiresome...
Harvard sure didn't wait long to score its first goal. In yet another sign that the recent power-play surge is for real--the Crimson broke an 0-for-54 string last weekend with three power-play goals--freshman Matt Scorsune took a pass from sophomore Clayton Rodgers at the blue line, and calmly slapped it low and to the left of Union goalie Trevor Koenig...
...Dragon Flyz $12; Galoob; ages 5 and up Everyone knows this toy. A string is pulled, and something spins into the air. Dragon Flyz, the boy's version of last year's popular Sky Dancers, is an appealingly hideous iteration. The launcher is a ferocious-looking dragon that, when its tail is yanked, shoots off macho warriors or ghoulish villains with bad overbites. Scary, twirly stuff...
With only two wins on the season and averaging barely more than two goals per game, the young Crimson squad was definitely feeling a mounting sense of pressure. And no doubt, the developing 0-for-54 string on the power play didn't help matters either...