I am numb (because it's just the industry this year), and I feel selfish to do the whole "If any other outlets are looking to hire" in a sea of other unfortunate writers/editors.
I've also done phonebanking and coaching on college admissions essays gigs so I'm on the lookout.
I regret to give this update: I’m no longer part of the freelance /Film team. This morning I found out when I was ejected from the Trello and Slack and then saw the email.
New heartbreak just dropped:
It's new to me to learn that Stephen Sondheim lived long enough to give Daniel Radcliffe his blessing to play Charlie Kringas.
Masked people tend to remove their masks when taking a casual photo.
But I keep mine on. 1) Obvious Covid risk reduction. 2) There's no shame in it. It's like wearing glasses. But 3) I realized ultimately that keeping your mask on for the photo remind us what era we are in.
Well, this happened.
Pre-show, the theatre artistic director reminded us of the Covid-infections that recently canceled performances. So "out of abundance of caution," an actor performed with a KN95 mask, & he notified us that the mask was not part of the directorial design.
If you sat in-person at Star Wars Celebration and heard Dave Filoni's news that Ray Park was mo-capping for Maul against Ahsoka in
#TheCloneWars
,
Maybe you were asking yourself, then what awesome person was mo-capping for Ahsoka Tano?
Lauren Mary Kim
@JacobSHall
And you know what, if it weren't for Canto Bight, we wouldn't have the little boy wearing Rose Tico's Resistance signet and watching the stars.
Did the
#Nimona
embargo just lift? Raucous and rebellious, I had a great time with
#Nimona
, it's QUEER AS F*CK. It's at its funniest when it's rebelling against tonality. Some might bristle at the source material adjustments but then there are some smart changes! I wanted more!
If you were a
#GameofThrones
fan, I have a fantasy rec for you.
Watch the
#TheDragonPrince
on Netflix. It’s family-friendly and one of the most mature shows out there. Made by veterans of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.
I try not to obsess over awards. But whatever things I have to say about
#TheBadBatch
, it is indisputable that Michelle Ang lives up to the quality of an Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Emmy nomination. She's formidable competition.
For those aware I give out free Broadway and off-Broadway tickets, I still very much have a Seatmate Masking Policy, as long as we're still in a pandemic and we got no nasal Covid vaccines.
What makes this so comical is that, um, the mask felt in-universe.
Yeah, the character was "does weed in the dark" with a secure KN95, but it made sense. This is a play where every character is immunocompromised, and I suppose this one guy took a precaution.
I posted the
#BeMoreChill
George Salazar’s “Michael in the Bathroom” video on FB. Now my mom in TX told me she listened to it on FB and she said, “it’s good, like when you feel out of place, when you don’t like crowds, it’s surreal.” Interesting view from a woman in her 50s.
When I look back on these photos, or someone else does, it helps to indicate "This was that era and accurately represents this time." So what mask-wearing is not a normative picture of attractiveness. History and preventable disease are never normatively photogenic.
Kinda processing that even had to happen and for the artistic director to give such a pre-show notification about a mask-wearing actor that's not part of the directorial intention (to like pretend the mask isn't even part of the show).
Not like it's the Big Radical Change, but like swapping to the Ecosia tree-planting search engine makes a bit of a difference. It's real easy to upload to your Chrome/app/etc for free.
*Checks* oh look, I planted (technically raised revenue for) like 161 Trees on my Mac Air.
Tackling wildfires isn’t just about investing in firefighting and extinguishing fires when they happen. It’s also about prevention: across our projects, we make sure to plant diverse, native, and fire resistant tree species, which stop fires from spreading too quickly.
Elderly woman at the GOLDEN SHIELD at Manhattan Theatre Club talkback: "I hope you won't take this negatively. I don't like the overuse of the word "Fuck." It loses its shock value... if you could just go through the script and underline the word..."
Happy Birthday to Pedro Pascal, who I remember as the guy at the KING LEAR Broadway stage door who caught a fan's falling cell phone between his thighs.
From the 🧠s behind CORALINE & GET OUT, meet WENDELL & WILD (Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele), the hellishly funny demons of a teen named Kat.
Directed by Henry Selick, co-written by Selick & Peele, coming to Netflix in 2022. Keep an 👁 on the boombox:
So, the transphobia against DEAD END: PARANORMAL PARK.
I’ve seen the screeners and it will drive them off the cliff that this cartoon has a lot to say about being a supportive family and how conditional tolerance is not acceptance.
Watch it June 16.
Hey, theatre people, you got out to support
#Waitress
at
#Tribeca2023
.
Now get out and support Hailey Kilgore in CINNAMON, who sings and acts for her life in this romantic thriller. It's also an electric directorial debut for Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr.
I attended the New York Theatre Workshop free self-defense class (in concordance with the HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF play). It is a good self-defense class willing to talk about aftercare.
This quote was important: "We're not here to dictate the right way to save yourself."
@karenkho
I remember giving consent for a women's health doctor (a really good doctor) to examine my breasts. There was definitely (likely period-related) pain. When I winced, she was like "I'm not going to put you through that torture." Yeah, like, bring on better tech.
@amy_geek
One that comes to mind is the fact that the room cheered at the
#StarWarsResistance
screening whenever the puff head janitor Opeepit showed up. That sums up the magic. We’re starting to care about the little guys.
#starwarscelebration
I always pictured this.
Luke's lightsaber falling into the pit down Cloud City.
Maz Kanata happened to be standing below somewhere.
And the lightsaber bonked her on the head with a coconut sound effect and she fell unconscious. And she really doesn't like to talk about it.
Am I the only one who feels that the costumes and warrior culture of Enfys Nest's gang was very much inspired by the Parnassos clans of
@DelilahSDawson
's PHASMA novel?
NOTE for critics writing about INU-OH. I've been noting tweets & at least one published review apply "they/them" pronouns for Avu-chan. NOT CORRECT. I verified with PR,
"Avu-chan prefers to be addressed as Avu-chan when possible, but if necessary prefers she/her pronouns."
This weekend's performances of “Infinite Life” at the Atlantic have been canceled due to a case of COVID in the company. This thing is not done with us yet people. Please take sensible precautions. The live performing arts continue to struggle for many reasons.
Oh my god the last Franklin Shepard Inc. 😭 Daniel starting to sob in the middle of it bc of the standing ovation he was getting, Jonathan having to remind him of his cue and then doing the break up scene at the end full on crying shit now I’m crying
The one thing I forgot to say.
At my performance, SOMEONE ANSWERED THEIR PHONE during this Annie Baker play! It sounded like they were on speaker phone!
"I recall there was a time
We were happy, you and I
In the garden where we met
Nothing was between us yet
Back before your factories
Before your electricity
Back before you built the wall
It ain't right and it ain't natural" - Persephone in HADESTOWN
My heart!
Bitch Magazine has educated me on many areas and its a wonderful platform for marginalized writers.
I'll buy someone a print magazine subscription to the first person who asks me. DM me.
@Jayne_Martin
@ambernoelle
Quite telling you don't think it's difficult for victims to just process and tell their stories right away... and in this case, she raised several flags already. And the mom choose to "defend" herself the way she did in life.
"An older couple said to me, “I really, really hope you get paid well for this.” And I was honest and I said, “I’m this close to walking out. This is not what I signed up for.” But I didn’t want to let the people around me down."
Well, yes! For
@vulture
, I found the sad Oompa Loompa from Glasgow & interviewed her.
Meet Kirsty Paterson, who told me all about how she got roped into this fiasco & what’s it been like going viral for a photo she can’t stand.
Alex Joseph Grayson was snubbed for his
#TonyAwards
. What he did for his PARADE role is incredibly enigmatic, something humanly and uncomfortably self-preservative yet unknowable.
Wow, the team from the Netflix
#TheDragonPrince
sent me swag. So am I like supposed to feed the chocolate to a dragon so I can get a riddle or something?
WTF. I was sitting at the Signature Theatre lounge about to tweet how I sadly don’t have a plus one for MY BROKEN LANGUAGE.
Then a staff person comes with a mic to cancel the matinee “due to circumstances beyond their control.” Covid cases. This was 18 min before showtime.
I've seen the screeners of all 10 episodes and I'm attesting that this is a really good and funny cartoon that deserves your support.
#DeadEndParanormalPark
For those wanting to watch gay cartoons during Pride Month, I recommend Dead End: Paranormal Park when it comes out in two weeks. It has a gay trans MC in an MLM relationship, a sapphic autistic character who has a crush on another girl, and plenty other LGBTQ+ characters!
I have an extra press ticket to:
THE LIGHTNING THIEF: PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL
Tues, October 22 - 7PM
Longacre Theatre
If you are a POC, haven't seen it, never went to a show with me, free that night, and a FAN OF THE PERCY JACKSON BOOKS, DM/message me if you want to join me.
Wow, quite a playbill profile in INTO THE WOODS. The Steward, David Turner (who I did not see that day) is a commercial pilot who flies patients in need.
I waited for the in-person off-Broadway HERCULES lottery by reading PERCY JACKSON: THE LIGHTNING THIEF in preparation for THE LIGHTNING THIEF: PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL on Broadway.
Geez, it's almost like my 2019 is saturated with musicalized Greek myths, starting with HADESTOWN.
Watching THE LIGHTNING THIEF: PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL, Luke lamented that his godly dad Hermes was too busy for him.
I was thinking, I'm sorry that Hermes is over at HADESTOWN at the theater across the street giving dad advice to an awkward demigod who isn't even his blood.
@scalzi
Also, imagine just redirecting all your "nope" energy into fighting for something like Ranked Choice Voting, which is beneficial and is designed to do away with two-party system.
Sometimes my father struck me in the face for asking for a repeat since I was in grade school. In adulthood (way past his death), I realized that I had a very real auditory issue that my parents refused to get diagnosed (likely for messed-up assimilation reasons).
the autistic experience of having been punished as a child for "talking back" just because you were confused and asking for clarification, the social equivalent of kicking a puppy for trying to play
Many important things to read. This struck me a bit personally.
"Background actors reporting before 6AM should not be forced to wait in unsafe areas for public transportation."
As a non-union backgrounder, I get calls for this. I risk walking out at night to save me Uber fare.
I feel like designing Christmas cards for “casual cultural Buddhists who celebrate Christmas with a secular mindset to go along with a fad that gets them presents.”
@VinMan17
I never understood the (alleged) rivalry between SPONGEBOB & PHINEAS AND FERB when you consider that Dan Povenmire worked on SPONGEBOB. Here he is getting chased by the scary robot.
Proud to write this
#StarWarsVisions
analysis on the "T0-B1" Astro Boy homage, which melds the theme of the othered and assimilation explored in Ozamu Tezuka's Astro Boy. It took two weeks to perfect and that included reading "The Astro Boy Essays" and Vol 8 of Astro Boy.
I'm running into some bad-faith criticism against the Star Wars shipping panel at Celebration, with negative ideas like:
- Shipping is bad
- Stupid fans just focusing on romance
- The phenomenon of why we express ourselves through shipping and its dynamics isn't worth examining.
"With the announcement of the Outer Critics Circle Nominations yesterday, as there is no need to see the show for voting deliberations for the awards, [this musical production] will be cancelling your upcoming ticket order."
I'm not watching the SAG Awards, but a little reminder (last time I checked) one of Mark Wahlberg's Black victims has not forgiven him for the scar (mental and physical) he inflicted on her.