JG: I opened these up, they taste good...
JA: Are you a vegetarian?
SH: Well, yes, when I'm not eating pork dumplings.]
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THC: There seems to be a general trend in the U.S. of the dumbing-down of the arts. Do you see this trend at Harvard?
JG: I think so, a bit. I'm thinking specifically of the theater scene here-please don't be offended Jim-big, showy musicals that attract lots of peppy performers and the audiences came in droves. But there's not really an insurgent, underground experimental theater scene-people don't seem impelled to push the envelope.
JA: I think that's absolutely true, and I think that big splashy musicals do attract larger audiences. Look at Jesus Christ Superstar last year-
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