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...Brahms' requiem is such a beautiful piece of music and it's neat to see how well the music and the text fit together," Leung said...
Revising an established text is not always a good idea. For instance, no one in their right mind would change "To be or not to be" to "Dude! What the fuck?" in order to modernize Hamlet. But there are plenty of crazies out there (especially in theater). Ambitious writers who love to take on such dangerous tasks as rewriting Shakespeare, Jonson or Middleton are not rare...
...biggest laughs come from the bizarre anachronistic changes and crass one-liners. "Dorine, shut the fuck up!" is not really funny by itself. Injected into a 322-year-old text, it is hysterical. But it is also cheap. Auletta's changes are so self-conscious that Dorine, while discussing her mistress's illness and the use of leeches to cure it, comments to the audience how odd it is that they are making all these modern references and have no idea what modern medicine is. Why didn't Auletta just change Moliere's references to leeches, too? Because he wanted...
Seeing the ART's Tartuffe is definitely an enjoyable experience. The production is gorgeous and the acting is excellent. You will laugh a great deal, too. However, Rochaix should have used the original text. The words "shit" and "fuck" do not need to be in a play to make it funny. All one needs is good writing; Moliere provides that...
This semester the Interfaith Forum is holding regular dinner discussions about religion, organizing interfaith text studies and visiting each other's prayer services and meetings. We are planning the first ever Interfaith Day of Service, a day during reading period when students from all different religious backgrounds will volunteer together at different public service organizations in the area. In addition, we will regularly volunteer for ongoing service projects with which our religious groups are involved...