If you follow my Twitter, you’ll know that I was very disappointed with the results of The Glee Project on Sunday night. Why? Because I had this post planned to perfection centered around Hannah’s inevitable victory and BAM!–Ryan Murphy says…
Film, Views
Lucille Ball and Mame as Told by Lucille Ball
by Robert • 8 August 2011 • 0 Comments
I don’t find the big screen Mame as offensive as some theater fans. You can get by with a Mame and Vera who can act the crap out of their roles. Lucille Ball just happened to sound worse by comparison…
Film, Views
Flick or Skip: The Help (Opens 10 August 2011)
by Robert • 8 August 2011 • 0 Comments
On this edition of Flick or Skip, we’re looking at a baity feel good dramedy about a young white reporter interviewing the black help in her suburban neighborhood for a tell all book. Is there more to the film than…
Film, Reviews
Instant Watch: Modern Grindhouse Revenge Films
by Robert • 8 August 2011 • 0 Comments
On this edition of Instant Watch, we’ll take a look at two strange spins on revenge films available to stream instantly on Netflix. They aren’t just modern versions of the genre; they’re modern Grindhouse films. That means cracks, strange synth…
Music, Views
Watch: Liberace Plays “Chopsticks”
by Robert • 5 August 2011 • 0 Comments
I’m on a bit of a piano kick recently. I’ve been driving myself crazy working on arrangements for a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream coming up in a few months where the director wants something very specific. As such,…
Theater, Views
A Chorus Line
by Robert • 4 August 2011 • 0 Comments
A Chorus Line is one of the most influential musicals in the history of the form. Guided by director/choreographer Michael Bennett (who, coincidentally, choreographed that sweet little musical Henry, Sweet Henry), book writers James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante, composer…
News, Theater
Last Call: Baby, It’s You!
by Robert • 4 August 2011 • 0 Comments
I made my feelings about the musical Baby, It’s You! quite clear already. Great cast, terrible book, eye-straining curtain design. I also figured the show would run for the better part of a year before closing. I was wrong. Baby,…
Music, Views
The Library: Sun Ra and His Intergalaxtic Arkestra “Pink Elephants”
by Robert • 3 August 2011 • 0 Comments
Do you like jazz music? How about playful spins on well known pop-culture songs? What about artists who assume crazy public identities and refuse to break from character in public? No, I’m not talking about the early pre-major label deal…
Music, Views
Martin Solveig & Dragonette: “Hello”
by Robert • 3 August 2011 • 0 Comments
This is one of those songs you hear on the radio and they never say who the artist is. Why? He’s not from America. Specifically, he’s a French DJ. Martin Solveig is a very talented producer. When he has a…
Music, Views
“Smile” by Charlie Chaplin
by Robert • 3 August 2011 • 0 Comments
This morning’s post is inspired by the awful Depression Era Hobo Wedding featured at Etsy. If you’re going to mock the poor, you need to know some people will be offended. The family needs to step away from the Twitter…
Reviews, TV
Do It Live: America’s Got Talent, Season 6, Ep 19 (4th Quarterfinals)
by Robert • 2 August 2011 • 3 Comments
Here we are, people. The last week of the Quarterfinals on season 6 of America’s Got Talent. It’s been a great mix of variety acts and novel musicians. Most of the singers who have moved on would not have stood…
Books/Print, Views
Joyce Carol Oates reads “The Knife”
by Robert • 2 August 2011 • 0 Comments
I’m a big Joyce Carol Oates fan. She is an accomplished novelists, poet, literary critic, and even banged out a great non-fiction book on boxing. Oates is arguably one of the strongest short story writers in America today. Here she…
Reviews, TV
Life Lessons with RuPaul’s Drag U: Season 2, Ep. 6
by Robert • 2 August 2011 • 0 Comments
This week on Drag U, three women who were nominated by their loved ones who thought they needed a boost compete on the show. One runs a dog rescue, one was injured and no longer feels confident in her own…
Books/Print, Views
Of Mice, Men, and Destructive Imagery
by Robert • 2 August 2011 • 0 Comments
I was in eighth grade when I first read John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. I don’t remember particularly liking the novel because of the ending, but I found myself constantly thinking about it for a few weeks afterwards. In…