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“Expressions: EXposed”: Dancing Up A Party
Throughout the night, the dancers deliberately interacted with the audience and successfully used the music to portray emotion and keep pace.
The Lazy Comedy of Exaggeration in ‘Vice Principals’
Unfortunately, the show relies too much on exaggeration to contribute to the humor and often fails to deliver comedy.
Music Video Breakdown: ‘Praying’ by Kesha
This video successfully works alongside the song to recognize hardship, yet simultaneously inspires advocacy for oneself. Kesha was not going to let herself die—unlike Taylor Swift.
VES Visiting Faculty Exhibition Brings Together a Range of Artistic Styles
This year, the VES Visiting Faculty exhibition displays the work of Judith Belzer, Ken Okiishi, Elle Pérez, and Richard Renaldi.
Presidential Photographer Pete Souza Previews New Book
In one picture, Souza snapped Obama waving on the top of an airplane staircase, a rainbow behind the president’s figure, as if it was curving out from his hand.
Music Video Breakdown: ‘Up in the Air’ by Thirty Seconds to Mars
The video starts off with a seizure trigger warning for people with photosensitive epilepsy, which indicates its incredible level of artistry.
Identities Gives a Cutting-Edge Look at Fashion
IDENTITIES 2017 offered a well-engineered look at futuristic fashion.
'Bones' Series Finale Bittersweet and Paced Poorly
The series finale of the show offers emotional tension through music and nostalgia, but fails to deliver fully because of its fast pace.
‘The Idiot’ Embraces Culture, Romance, and Humor
In her second novel, “The Idiot,” Elif Batuman ‘99 explores freshman Selin Karadag’s experience during her first year at Harvard. The novel successfully offers a meaningful reflection on culture, love, and personality through humorous quips, character building, and chronological structure.
What The Hell Happened: Shooting Stars Meme
As the characters in the meme twitch into the abyss that is the sky, this meme will disappear into whatever internet abyss swallowed MySpace.
'Universal Harvester' Suspenseful Without the Scare
“Universal Harvester” brilliantly weaves a path through time and characters. Author John Darnielle successfully creates suspense through his use of syntax and multiple narrators, revealing little until the very end.
The Secret Lives of Bowls
Benjamin Strobel is a woodturner who takes the wood from the trees that are cut down at Harvard and turns them into bowls and pens.
‘Virgin and Other Stories’ Pointed and Cohesive
This collection contains more than your conventional sex stories.
‘FLOTUS’: Mesmerizing Music, Unintelligible Lyrics
Their most recent album album mesmerizes with sound, but the lyrics are too obscured to adequately portray even the uncomplicated themes of their music.
Air New Zealand Flies in the Face of Safety Video Convention
Most safety videos do not include talking dogs, bad French accents, and hearing aids, but Air New Zealand has made sure to change that.
