@jackviertel.bsky.social
Producer, dramaturg, author, opinionated schmuck
Driving but a little tuneless.
December 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Driving but a little tuneless.
Buys a lotta treats.
December 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Buys a lotta treats.
Just watched The Whisperers for the first time. She's astonishing, and the film is deeply depressing but a model of British filmmaking modesty. And Eric Portman is terrific as well. Not exactly a holiday movie but still...
December 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Just watched The Whisperers for the first time. She's astonishing, and the film is deeply depressing but a model of British filmmaking modesty. And Eric Portman is terrific as well. Not exactly a holiday movie but still...
Of all the flops I never think about, Coco is the one I never think about most.
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Of all the flops I never think about, Coco is the one I never think about most.
I can only think of one. Poor me.
December 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I can only think of one. Poor me.
Let it go natural. Georgia O'Keefe was the most beautiful woman in the world.
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Let it go natural. Georgia O'Keefe was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Or The Kennedy Center. Not for a while anyhow.
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Or The Kennedy Center. Not for a while anyhow.
Yes, well, that may be why they changed the name. But does the musical even rhyme Maraczek? It certainly sings better than Matuschek. Curious minds want to know and, after two cocktails, can't remember.
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Yes, well, that may be why they changed the name. But does the musical even rhyme Maraczek? It certainly sings better than Matuschek. Curious minds want to know and, after two cocktails, can't remember.
I will attend to it at once.
December 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I will attend to it at once.
Thank God! I can breathe again.
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thank God! I can breathe again.
If you're referring to the Laurel and Hardy Babes in Toyland I won't speak of it except to say that I loved it as a child, and now, on your sage advice, won't re-encounter it.
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If you're referring to the Laurel and Hardy Babes in Toyland I won't speak of it except to say that I loved it as a child, and now, on your sage advice, won't re-encounter it.
Putney Swope.
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Putney Swope.
I'll take the carpet if no one else wants it.
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'll take the carpet if no one else wants it.
I never think. I find it too difficult.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I never think. I find it too difficult.
I'm having my hair done that night, but otherwise I'd be there.
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I'm having my hair done that night, but otherwise I'd be there.
God, I hope it doesn't turn out this way.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
God, I hope it doesn't turn out this way.
I only saw it once -- the first preview. I flew back to NY the next day. Great seeing Diana Rigg, but the real treat was Michael Hordern. I've never seen a comparably perfect comic performance, and then he kind of broke my heart.
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I only saw it once -- the first preview. I flew back to NY the next day. Great seeing Diana Rigg, but the real treat was Michael Hordern. I've never seen a comparably perfect comic performance, and then he kind of broke my heart.
Just dumb luck, I guess.
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Just dumb luck, I guess.
By the great Susan Johnson.
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
By the great Susan Johnson.