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...Freak On” here, but a sequence of abrupt beats that can shift suddenly and inexplicably multiple times in one song. Seekers of innovative dance music would best stick with far more effective recent material by Daft Punk or Sarina Paris, or even ‘N Sync...
...actors turn in fine performances. Matthew E. Johnson ’02 and Jody E. Flader ’02 are widely acknowledged as two of the finest performers of the Harvard stage, and for good reason. Though the note on which the professor is played seems out of sync with the script, Johnson is always believable and suggests more character development in the way he manipulates a telephone than most actors do in an extended monologue. Flader’s student is appropriately frustrated, and she squeezes every drop from a chilling moment in which she attempts to convince...
...songs. The performers are full of energy, though where the energy is coming from is a bit unclear; not from the music itself, certainly, which early on blurs into a mush of pulsing sounds, none of which particularly complement each other. The entire show, consequently, feels literally out of sync. I knew we were done for when Mitchell started a little exercise routine right there on stage—“Everybody do jumping jacks! Calisthenics!”—during a song that wasn’t particularly upbeat. Still, responding eagerly to instructions, the twelve...
...group dance sequences that accompany the songs do little to redeem them. Far from impeccably executed, the dances often seem completely out of sync. Spins and leg-kicks are poorly timed and, coupled with the erratic quality of the singing, they give the impression of an under-rehearsed performance...
...alienation from their peers at Harvard. “Sometimes it’s tempting to just relax, work hard at school and have a comfortable lifestyle,” Elfenbein admits, “and because we choose not to make that decision, we definitley feel out of sync with a lot of other Harvard students...