Freshman Blog: October
On October 2nd, the honors program took a trip into Philadelphia. In Philadelphia we got the opportunity to see a play/musical (there was a fair amount of singing) called This Is the Week That Is. It was about the upcoming debate, which has been a major topic of discussion within our honors seminar. Seeing as this is one of the more “entertaining” campaigns and debates, people are constantly talking about it. The production was a comedy that mocked the whole campaign. There were a lot of jokes made about both candidates, and a recurring theme of terror for the future of the country.
I thought that the production was funny but I personally am not that into politics. I prefer to keep to myself about my beliefs because I understand that everyone has his or her own beliefs and I find people tend to get rather heated about their opinion or belief being correct. That being said I did enjoy the production as a whole. I thought it was very tastefully done in that it was rather unbiased (perhaps a little left leaning) and the jokes were respectful. Considering some of the things that have been said and done throughout the campaign there were many opportunities to use disrespectful jokes and I feel the actors/actresses all did a wonderful job.
Also, every one of the performers had amazing voices and I loved listening to them cover songs. All of the songs they used were funny, catchy, and well known so it was easy to see how they changed up the lyrics. All in all it was a fun day for the honors program and a great way to spend time off campus with friends.