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It’s less “being born on third base and thinking you hit a triple” than “being born on third base and thinking you hit a home run but someone is keeping it from you”
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s less “being born on third base and thinking you hit a triple” than “being born on third base and thinking you hit a home run but someone is keeping it from you”
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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in the 23rd century historians are going to need have their Routledge Handbook of 21st-Century Internet Memes, their Cambridge Companion to 4Chan, and their Oxford Guidebook to Computer Gaming Culture handy to make sense of the rise of American fascism and the fall of the United States
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
in the 23rd century historians are going to need have their Routledge Handbook of 21st-Century Internet Memes, their Cambridge Companion to 4Chan, and their Oxford Guidebook to Computer Gaming Culture handy to make sense of the rise of American fascism and the fall of the United States
My all-time favorite movie that I saw in theaters on its opening weekend: Monty Python & the Holy Grail. We arrived at the theater 2 hours early to avoid crowds. Not a problem.
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: All About Eve
QT with your answers to these two questions.
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: All About Eve
QT with your answers to these two questions.
My all-time favorite movie that I saw in theaters on its opening weekend: [tie] Return to Oz and Brazil
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: [if we're excluding films made before I was actually going to the movies]: Exorcist III
QT with your answers to these two questions.
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: [if we're excluding films made before I was actually going to the movies]: Exorcist III
QT with your answers to these two questions.
My all-time favorite movie that I saw in theaters on its opening weekend: Inglourious Basterds
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: The Last of the Mohicans
QT with your answers to these two questions
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: The Last of the Mohicans
QT with your answers to these two questions
September 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My all-time favorite movie that I saw in theaters on its opening weekend: Monty Python & the Holy Grail. We arrived at the theater 2 hours early to avoid crowds. Not a problem.
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: All About Eve
QT with your answers to these two questions.
My all-time favorite movie that I’ve never seen in theaters: All About Eve
QT with your answers to these two questions.
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Criticism is discernment.
Criticism is a form/medium.
It is not a coincidence that a culture that devalues criticism has many other ... problems.
Criticism is a form/medium.
It is not a coincidence that a culture that devalues criticism has many other ... problems.
August 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Criticism is discernment.
Criticism is a form/medium.
It is not a coincidence that a culture that devalues criticism has many other ... problems.
Criticism is a form/medium.
It is not a coincidence that a culture that devalues criticism has many other ... problems.
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We’re not just losing great critics and great writers - we’re all of us losing the full lived experience of filmgoing. Its context. Its value. Its meaning.
August 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We’re not just losing great critics and great writers - we’re all of us losing the full lived experience of filmgoing. Its context. Its value. Its meaning.
Review the film, the filmmaker made, not the film you wanted them to make.
August 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Review the film, the filmmaker made, not the film you wanted them to make.
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I'm thinking of getting rid of August altogether. It's served its purpose. We get it.
August 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I'm thinking of getting rid of August altogether. It's served its purpose. We get it.
“The alchemical transformation of personal tragedy into sensationalist gold was a prominent theme for musicals in the post-O.J. 1990s; see also Parade, Ragtime, Side Show and the revival of Chicago.”
@feldmanadam.bsky.social on Floyd Collins. Good review!
@feldmanadam.bsky.social on Floyd Collins. Good review!
April 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“The alchemical transformation of personal tragedy into sensationalist gold was a prominent theme for musicals in the post-O.J. 1990s; see also Parade, Ragtime, Side Show and the revival of Chicago.”
@feldmanadam.bsky.social on Floyd Collins. Good review!
@feldmanadam.bsky.social on Floyd Collins. Good review!
Ticket sales for our upcoming production of Urinetown are quite weak. It is such a good show! Please buy a ticket.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ticket sales for our upcoming production of Urinetown are quite weak. It is such a good show! Please buy a ticket.
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Happy Holidays from Arlene, Elaine, and the gang!
December 23, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Happy Holidays from Arlene, Elaine, and the gang!
In preparation for seeing Wicked I am watching The Wizard of Oz for the first time in decades. What a brilliant film!
November 22, 2024 at 6:36 AM
In preparation for seeing Wicked I am watching The Wizard of Oz for the first time in decades. What a brilliant film!
What a cast!!
October 16, 2024 at 6:43 PM
What a cast!!
Please make a note of this.
October 9, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Please make a note of this.
I’ve been appointed Artistic Director for @SouthbayMT and have hit the ground running. Directing the next show (A Little Night Music) without a Production Manager is going to be an experience, but I have an outstanding staff, so I’m feeling excited and positive.
November 3, 2023 at 4:48 PM
I’ve been appointed Artistic Director for @SouthbayMT and have hit the ground running. Directing the next show (A Little Night Music) without a Production Manager is going to be an experience, but I have an outstanding staff, so I’m feeling excited and positive.
I think I’m obsessed
October 17, 2023 at 3:32 PM
I think I’m obsessed
A bowl of outstanding gumbo at Jackie’s Place, the best soul food restaurant for miles and miles. This is so good it makes my great grandmother nod approvingly from the great beyond.
October 13, 2023 at 12:24 AM
A bowl of outstanding gumbo at Jackie’s Place, the best soul food restaurant for miles and miles. This is so good it makes my great grandmother nod approvingly from the great beyond.
I now have goals for the last third of my life.
October 7, 2023 at 4:05 PM
I now have goals for the last third of my life.
