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Get Involved! – March 26th

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Comfort Station, Nao Bustamante
Campus Center Lobby

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM – E.T.: A Performance Shoot, William Pope.L
Ryan Student Center/Gym
Spots are limited; first-come, first-served. To attend the performance, please arrive a half hour in advance at Ryan Gymnasium.

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Open Pizza Dinner
CPGC Café, Stokes Hall

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Concluding Roundtable Discussion
Stokes Auditorium
Presentations from among friends artists and students recapping the week’s events.

10:00 PM – ?? – among friends / ”Remaking Rumours” Afterparty, Jen Delos Reyes
Lunt Basement
Performances by musicians involved in the “Remaking Rumours” project.

When John first told me about William Pope.L’s idea of mashing and contrasting E.T. and Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman, I thought it was interesting. I was not prepared for the anger and hurt unleashed by E.T.², the mash-up of the documentary The Murder of Emmett Till with the movie E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, projected onto one screen in Ryan Gym.

The discussion afterwards and the Conversations du Jour the next day made me realize how far my ignorance goes. E.T.² stirred up extreme emotions: voices were raised, a person cried, and I simply had not foreseen it. There are some things that I just don’t get, and that upsets me.

Some information about our upcoming event, as recently posted on the Haverford GO! boards:

In ET^2, we will trace the stories of two E.T. figures: Spielberg’s fictional E.T., who reached te American consciousness in 1982, and real life Emmett Till, whose violent death by lynching shocked the American consciousness in 1955. Although at first their two stories may seem entirely without connection, upon closer inspection the emotions that define these narratives draw them together.

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hey all,

glimpses of greatness were witnessed at our meeting on wendesday. hearing about everyone’s preliminary stunts and final projects in detail was both enlightening and fun! each project is totally unique, from pope.l’s otherworldly performance shoot, to jen’s remake of a fleetwood mac album, to nao’s comfort station, to harrell’s fieldtrips. especially exciting will be the flurry of preliminary stunts in the coming weeks, including mashup karaoke, giant birthday parties, the et^2 screening, and anonymous valentines. the air at haverford is getting more spontaneous and creative by the day. many thanks to the faculty, students and non-haverpeople who have assisted among friends so far!

thanks to john muse, here are some pics of the joyous event.

among friends Meeting!

Happy Eli and Ali!

Sam speaks!

Jane explains!

Love, Ali

As you may not know, E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial is going to be a big part of Pope.L’s upcoming performance. In preparation for the big day, I’ve been doing some research on Steven Spielberg, watching some of his movies and generally getting familiar with the material. Not being very familiar with his work, I was a little surprised at some of what I found. Read the rest of this entry »

Pope.L plans to blend the iconic images of E.T. and Emmett Till in his performance at Haverford in March. Someone in Philly has beaten Pope.L to the punch but chose Mr. T instead!

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the cast of William Pope.L’s performance-shoot!

Merrie Bentley ‘09 – acting, comedy improvisation, whistling

Adam Mayer ‘10 – spoken word, beatbox, singing, guitar

Jesse Paulsen ‘09  – acting, comedy improvisation

Sarah Allard ‘09 – folk singing, yodeling

Waldean Nelson ‘09 – dance, acting

Thea Rockwell ‘12 – accordian, piano

Simon Linn-Gerstein ‘09 – cello

Caitlin Elizondo ‘11 – poi, acting, clowning

Peter Sturtevant ‘11 – bass guitar, mandolin, singing

Rob Harbison ‘09 – singing, beatbox, smeagol interpreter

John Daise ‘09 – electric bass, guitar, vocals, spoons

congratulations! knock ‘em dead.

For a taste of what’s to come, click here!