Re. the incident that "deeply offended and hurt members of the school," Massey is not a "school," it is a residence for bright scholars of exceptional merit. Most are working on their Master's (oops) and doctoral degrees. They are witty yet easily hurt and offended. Even Hugh Segal, the former Master (oops) and current  Head of the College "deeply regrets the distress [the incident] caused to members of our community." The U of T itself is commiserating: "We want to help Massey address this truly unfortunate incident," it said. How very touchy-feely of it to reach out and help the distressed and badly-traumatized victims of Michael Marrus's quip.  

The scholars in this masque are acting theatrically because certain pressures make them they feel they "really ought" to put on their public personas this week. Their humorless puppetry is worse than laughable because it springs from the outside. They have not yet mastered the art of thinking for themselves: not bright, not witty, I'd say.