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Keith Gow

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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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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 10h

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 · 5h

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

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 7h

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

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 15h

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

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 16h

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

The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 16h

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

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 17h

What are you seeing?

Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 18h

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 · 18h

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 · 23h

All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23h

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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Harmony Colangelo @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social · 21h

Not featured is the part where I, correctly, asserted that Ryan Murphy has made a career out of simplifying and selling out his community because he really only cares about selling a product.

BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 22h

Shout out to my wife @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social who is as intelligent as she is hot and refuses to take her foot off the necks of people who profit off of transphobic Gein propaganda.

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Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monster’ Tried To Avoid the Transgender Killer Trope. It Didn’t

Ed Gein wasn't transgender, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood from indulging in the transphobic narrative that inspired Psycho and Silence of The Lambs.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 18h

I'm a foodie and I love immersive theatre. But no cross contamination, please!

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 22h

This 'The Bear'-esque dining experience puts you in the center of the kitchen chaos

At Speakeasy Society's 'Family Meal,' curse words are thrown, recipes are slandered and it all makes for fun, irresistible drama.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 18h

AI can't even spit out something that reads like real human conversation. Transitions are harder!

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Alex @marshallexi.bsky.social · 1d

We watched Goldeneye at the cinema this week and the bad guy was all ‘set off an EMP, erase the economy, erase debts, erase credit ratings’ and we both came out afterwards thinking ‘they should have heard him out, this had legs today’.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

Democracy Repair Service flits and flies towards the light, a whisper of moths trying to solve climate change and figure out the right way to protest. www.keithgow.com/2025/10/revi...

REVIEW: Democracy Repair Service by Noemie Huttner-Koros

Agrotis infusa means “infused by the land” – part of terra firma. Agrotis comes from the Greek meaning “farmer”. Ironically, the nomenclatu...

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

I love a play in a car park and this piece was so entertaining - the love and drama of an inner-suburban house party! www.keithgow.com/2025/10/revi...

REVIEW: I Promise This Isn’t About You (Even If It Feels Like It Is) by Sarah Matthews – Melbourne Fringe

Friendship at any age can be tricky. Trying to find the time to be present, to listen to their joys and woes, to not trauma dump or be traum...

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

Haha yes!

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 1d

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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Keith Gow @keithgow.bsky.social · 1d

SANCTION ISRAEL YOU JELLYFISH OF A HUMAN BEING

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING 🚨 Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong have released a joint statement after Israel and Hamas signed off the first phase of a peace plan

The federal government said it welcomes the announcement and thanks US president Donald Trump "for his diplomatic efforts"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

More and more Democrats are calling out the Mad King, you love to see it

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

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