Another alum with a documentary!

Check out and vote for (by November 4) Paul Shore (C'96)'s short film Being Iraqi. This film just made it to the quarterfinals in an online contest being hosted by Radio Canada International featuring short films about cultural diversity.

Being Iraqi follows Iraqi- Canadian hip hop MC Yassin Alsalman (aka The Narcycist) over the US/Canada border to a show to see what life is like for him post 9-11.

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(Once at the site, click "Click Here to Launch the Competition". Then, under Quarterfinals, there is Watch This Weeks Finalists. Paul's is in the row of people and if you scroll over it you will see his name and the title of the film. Click the person and his film will come up and you can click the stars to rate it (vote for it). )

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What happens when mtvU brings author Malcolm Gladwell (Blink, The Tipping Point) and musician Kenna to a Penn Sociology of Media and Popular Culture class?

Watch the video above to find out!

These 2 come to the class as a surprise after the class had studied Gladwell's novel Blink.

Per Malcolm, the musician Kenna (whom I never heard of) is an example of someone who causes much "enthusiasm in the music industry yet hasn't made it in the mainstream music world."

I don't know who's more surprised.. the kids in this video or me because there's a Penn Sociology of Media and Popular Culture class. I only hope that they've moved onto Britney by now.

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More homecoming videos are making their way to DuelingTampons.com.

This set of videos come from this year's Mask and Wig fall show "Phallus in Wonderland." (video credits: Kayd Mustonen). The videos cover clips from the show including the second act's opening number, the closer and a funny "Filler" dance break bit.

Typically Mask and Wig's second act opener uses popular songs to poke fun of current campus issues. This year, Mask and Wig used all Creedence Clearwater songs to poke fun of the RIAA cracking down on Penn students for illegal downloads ....leading President Gutmann to turn the internet off at Penn! Luckily, one student, "Roflcopter69" leads a rebellion and saves the day.

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Second act opener 1
Second act opener 2
"Filler" bit
Closing number

Recent Mask and Wig grad, Josh Burgess (C'07) had great things to report about this show with highlights centering around bits about "a computer that came out to its user (with a great impression of the computer-generated voice), two cowboys in a duel that kept going wrong, and one really ambitious bit that went in reverse, kind of like Memento."

I watch these Mask and Wig videos and am quick to reflect about my years in Mask and Wig, when we used soundtracks for our second act openers from Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band and Rocky Horror Picture Show to poke fun of topics ranging from the '92 presidential elections, to Judy Rodin's new appointment as President of Penn, to the "BYOB" (bring your own beer) issues (no alcohol could be served at fraternity parties..yeah those times were not fun).

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Outside of the Elizabeth Banks (C'96) announcement I posted earlier today, here are two more Penn (/Mask and Wig) alumni tidbits from today's Hollywood Reporter:

--Norm Golightly (W'94, Mask and Wig) to produce documentary on Police guitarist Andy Summers in a similar narration/photography style as the Robert Evans documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture"

--Todd Lieberman (C'95, AEPi, Mask and Wig) to produce sci-fi comedy "Grounded" for Disney. (plot details not revealed as of yet)

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Sorry, but the words "freaking cool" come to mind when I watched Brian Canavan's (C'10) documentary on Daniel Schwartz's (C'10) passion for Light Graffitti.

...You've got to check this out!

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