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Keith Gow

@keithgow.bsky.social

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Playwright and theatre critic (writing in The Saturday Paper, Time Out, Australian Arts Review, Theatre First). Bi. He/him. Melbourne, Australia. Loves: theatre, TV, film, travel. http://www.keithgow.com/

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · Nov 9

Reintroduction now that we're all determined to move here: I'm a playwright & theatre critic. I'd love to find more theatre nerds here!

Big fan of Twin Peaks, Star Trek and film/TV in general.

Recently holidayed in Canada with a side quest to Bangor, reigniting my love of Stephen King.

Pennywise coming out of a drain on a street in Bangor Maine with a yellow school bus driving by in the background

A view of the Rockies from the gondola in Banff

Me in the Scottish Highlands in the spot where they filmed one scene in Skyfall

Me with Sherilyn Fenn at the Twin Peaks Festival in 2019

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 5h

FROG 🐸 SEMIOTICS 🐸 REDEMPTION 🐸 ARC

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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Jaime N. Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.social · 4h

Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me in a walk. it was shrugged off in '92 and it took at least 20 years (and Mulholland Dr didn't hurt none) for being a Lynch proponent to go from being a niche phenomenon to becoming a mainstream cinephile position

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 5h

throwing this prompt from Twitter in here. what examples you got?

tweet by @Caol_MacCormaic that reads, uncs of film twitter: what are some movies that are canonical now but were basically unknown when we were coming up? like Come and See or Possession. inversely: what are some movies or filmmakers that seem to have fallen off? (Takashi Miike comes to mind)

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 2h

On the one hand, this is cute.
On the other, writers should be able to talk about the political climate they are writing in without having to be cute.

Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 3h

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3h

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 2h

Exactly! If you're nostalgic for The Lost Boys, watch The Lost Boys.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 9h

Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.

And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 3h

Same!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 4h

What a great double feature!

Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 6h

On Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Boogie Nights' and Wong Kar-wai's 'Happy Together,' released on this day in 1997:

How 1997's Best Films Upended Perceptions of Sex and Masculinity

'Boogie Nights and 'Happy Together' broke boundaries as they blew minds.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 4h

This Bari Weiss all staff email is so badly written. That second paragraph is embarrassing.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Here's the full memo.

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 4h

Not everything needs to be a musical.

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 2d

Based on the hit 1987 vampire movie starring Kiefer Sutherland, the musical just announced its opening date and main cast.

'The Lost Boys' Broadway Musical Is Actually Happening

Based on the hit 1987 vampire movie starring Kiefer Sutherland, the musical just announced its opening date and main cast.

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 17h

Genocidal war criminal nominates his weapons dealer for the Nobel Peace Prize and our Foreign Minister fawns over it.

Embarrassing.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, that's another problem with the streaming era. Small seasons and long breaks between.

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 15h

So rough. I plowed through it but all those extra FX shots were pointless.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 19h

This continues to be proven correct.

screenshot of a tweet by crispmattman @cushbomb from Jan 21, 2017.
This is the stupidest day in American history, a record that will be broken by every subsequent day in American history.

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, he's so articulate all the time. So smart about his process.

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

Sondheim admitting he used a rhyming dictionary really brings him down to earth.

The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 1d

Pinch… Paunch! Pension!

Sondheim’s 60 Minutes interview with Diane Sawyer is endlessly inspiring. And this exchange, about rhymes and reference books, is so delightful.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

It's giving Gal Gadot. Same soulless look in the eye.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 1d

I know Time magazine totally fucking sucks, but it is amusing thinking about the sweat their editors are feeling right now. They could do the funniest (and totally justifiable) thing in the world and give it to Greta.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

What are you seeing?

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

It was suffering from Netflix bloat in season two - all close to an hour with about 30 minutes of story. There's something to be said for a tight 42-45 minutes. (As for the budget - ridiculous!)

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, Kimmel is considering having him on the show... bsky.app/profile/page...

Page Six @pagesix.com · 1d

Jimmy Kimmel wants to get Donald Trump on late-night show after years-long feud: ‘I’ll ask him’

The late-night host made the surprising revelation while at Bloomberg Screentime, a panel that brought together pop culture moguls, celebrities, and entrepreneurs.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

If Swift was ever considered a great lyricist, she should now be taken out of contention forever for the lyrics to Wood.

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

Not to be a basic bitch, but Paul McCartney is still alive!

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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