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Dear Velveeta

Velveeta is about to join Actors Equity. Not the processed cheese food.. evidently they have to call Velveeta cheese food because there are not enough elements in it to actually call it cheese. Like, just cheese. Velveeta is a stripper. It’s not lost on me her name indicates she doesn’t have the ingredients to call…
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You’ve Been Shit Schmeared

I shall be writing today of being shit schmeared. Yes, that’s right. Shit smeared. A schmear of shit rubbed in your face. Last week, a critic in Germany was attacked with a dog schmear by a choreographer who I suppose felt angry that she didn’t like his busta moves. The pair had a tense discussion,…
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Stuck in Tár

So, I watched Tar… I’m not gonna use the slash thingy.. for our purposes it’s Tar without the à because… Tar is easier. I watched the film in installments.. it took me a week of a half hour at a time.. I have a feeling if I watched it in a theater I would have…
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The Greatest Showdown

For the last few years, I was wondering if, or when, someone would file a lawsuit against Actors Equity for defamation, or interfering with employment, or maybe intentional infliction of emotional distress. Frankly, I thought it would be an actor. Of course, the irony is not lost on me, and hasn’t been for quite a…
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Miss Otis Regrets…..

When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail,Madam,They strung her from the old willow cross the way.And the moment before she died,She lifted up her lovely head and cried,Madam.Miss Otis regrets she’s unable to lunch today. Cole Porter wrote “Miss Otis Regrets” in 1934… it’s been widely recorded and performed…
