HKS's got talent: the bullet points

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Jieun (90 seconds into Ellie's set): "I just 

realized that's a real baby."

Dear Classmates,

While I so enjoyed your talents, I'd like to build on them with some key observations that frame the dialogue in a situational context of paradigm-shifting engagement:

• Both Danny Hatem and Dean Ellwood went for the partial clothes removal...Dave Ullman should "ask what you can take off" in 2014
• Vastly better crowd participation than in MPP1 core courses
• Far more enthusiasm for HKS statistics professors than during MPP1 core courses...
• Too few American cheerleaders wear kimonos...or too few kimono-wearers carry pompoms. It's the accessory that was so wrong it came all the way back around to perfectly right...

• Incongruous raffle prizes: unless you pick up at the talent show, who needs a free night at the Charles?
• Rhythm is not one of Prof. Gergen's core competencies. Perhaps Iconic Movement's performance immediately prior set the bar a tad high
• Brown Sugar: this rom-com of adorableness needs to get made. Devesh to play himself.
• HKS is super-welcoming...unless you're a student at the College
• Kids of HKSers are extremely well-behaved...we should have people my height at school every day

Current state: unacceptable height inequality

Future state: You must be this non-tall to enroll...HKS to be a primary school + me.

In short (#blatantpun), a wonderful time was had by all. To wit:

Adam advocates direct democracy pre-show (he later recanted): Is this a show where you get to vote people off?

Dan Bowles (is a delightful Jack Donaghy): I'd rather stand. Sitting is weakness.*

*May not be a legit quote. I may have inferred this from Dan Bowles politely offering me his chair.