Music and ritual (the Whiffenpoofs' carols) operate as a social balm that temporarily suspends hostilities and unifies staff and family — a thematic arc in which communal song resolves (or truces) competing private wounds and institutional anxieties fo...
Music and ritual (the Whiffenpoofs' carols) operate as a social balm that temporarily suspends hostilities and unifies staff and family — a thematic arc in which communal song resolves (or truces) competing private wounds and institutional anxieties for a moment.
Events in This Arc
A tender, humanizing moment punctures the administration's Christmas Eve rush: the Whiffenpoofs sing in the Mural Room while C.J. shares a wry, intimate exchange with Carol. The respite is immediately …
In the Northwest Lobby, after a frantic, snowbound Christmas Eve of policy fights and personal crises, the Whiffenpoofs sing "O Holy Night." Toby stands with his estranged, criminally involved father …