Hasty Pudding To Admit Women? Horrors!
No, no, no! This must be stopped! One of the last bastions of rampant sexism at an elite American institution is in danger of being overturned. I’m talking about the fact that The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, a campus drag troupe at Harvard famous for burlesque productions and “roasting†celebrities, is discussing whether to add women to its traditionally all-male cast after more than a century. Women are involved in the Theatricals through its business staff, tech crew, band, and creative teams, but the cast of its burlesque shows has been composed of all men since 1844. According to Theatricals president Robert T. Fitzpatrick ’16, adding women to the troupe’s cast has been a “topic of serious conversation†since this spring. If women get in, I’m moving to Canada!
