SHOOOOOOOW. And SHOOOOOOOOWS.
I know, okay? I know, but I have basically negative control over where my attention focuses right now, and so you get a list of things being planned and a lot of flailing about NYC-22. And maybe replies to comments, if the caffeine holds for another hour.
1. Saturday afternoon, 4:00pm or 7:00pm, Batman at the Air and Space Museum IMAX. TIckets are available through Fandango, so just let me know by Wednesday which showtime you'd prefer and we'll go by votes, both here and via email list.
I'm gunning for 4:00 because that would let us get dinner after and talk about feeeeelings and also explosions, but if that doesn't work for anyone else, I'm willing to be flexible. Also, if there's something good showing at E-Street that afternoon/morning, share with the group, folks.
2. So, in three weeks I'm leaving behind the über-trendy 18-34 y.o. demographic and joining the ranks of adults that pop culture doesn't really care about. Which is basically a flimsy excuse to go do something I was gong to do anyhow, like, for instance, seeing Frankenstein again at the Shakespeare. I'm definitely leaning toward the Tuesday night show, because I really do prefer Cumberbatch as the Creature and S has already seen the Sunday night version.
However, I'm also willing to go twice, and maybe do brunch/early dinner on Sunday beforehand. Thoughts?
3. This is...longer-term planning, but as some of you may already know, Kinky Boots is opening for an October run in Chicago. The list of things that appeal to me about this production is long and complicated, but can basically be summarized as the following: CHICAGO. STARK. DRAG QUEENS. BILLY PORTER. MUSICALS. CHICAGO. CYNDI LAUPER. STARK. SHOOOOOOES. CHICAGO.
Did I mention Chicago?
Look at that list again. Now tell me you don't want to go on an EPIC ROADTRIP WITH CHICAGO AND STARK SANDS AND DRAG QUEENS at the end. I will even volunteer to play tour guide and demonstrate why the Sears Tower is the LAST PLACE ON EARTH from which to understand why Chicago is my favorite place. Also, they have really good pizza and the Lake they call Michigan. Bookstores. Museums. Bodegas. ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS. Theaters. Clubs with local bands that never make it to the coast.
Guys, I am so homesick. I just want to spend a week soaking in the city, and maybe revisiting favorite places and then have STARK AND DRAG QUEENS AND SHOOOOOES at the end. Who wants to come with?
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SO. BOOKCLUB. Discuss amongst yourselves: I'm thinking fiction and non-fiction, maybe thematically linked, two books a month with an open post for online discussion and a regular chatroom or even in-person coffeeshop meetup for realtime conversations. Interested? Suggestions for books? I have a few in mind, but this is still in the super-early planning stages, so it's basically wide open for ideas.
***
See, the thing about this show is that I already KNOW that I only get four episodes more, and it is KILLING me because these characters are just...real, and present, and broken, and hopeful. I want to know SO MUCH MORE about them, and having already seen what were intended to be the final two episodes of the season (Hey, CBS? YOU SUCK) I can confidently claim that they only get more intriguing when pushed up against the wall.
It's a show that treats queerness like it's ordinary, it's a show that allows the characters to be both smart as hell and tragically, awkwardly stupid at people, it's a show that doesn't pull its punches and doesn't offer redemptive arcs and doesn't let the audience look away. It's a show that lets one character try to be helpful by talking about witnessing a murder, without making the obvious point that the character being comforted has spent multiple tours in a war zone. The audience can connect the dots, can see how awful that is for both of them, and I love that the writers and the actors let it happen.
Honestly, it's not a surprise that it was canceled. That doesn't make me any less upset, though.
Also, Stark Sands is disturbingly pretty when he cries. (Sometimes I am shallow, okay? SHALLOW LIKE A MUD PUDDLE.)
Also also, I maybe spent an hour today thinking about all the careers that Kenny considers when he's bored and waiting on paperwork to process. There may be fic. It's like Walter Mitty, only prettier and with a lot more internalized anger threatening to burst out and turn into an unfortunate psychotic break. Stark Sands is SERIOUSLY CREEPY when he does that whole, "if you call me crazy to my face I will make you regret it" smiling.
1. Saturday afternoon, 4:00pm or 7:00pm, Batman at the Air and Space Museum IMAX. TIckets are available through Fandango, so just let me know by Wednesday which showtime you'd prefer and we'll go by votes, both here and via email list.
I'm gunning for 4:00 because that would let us get dinner after and talk about feeeeelings and also explosions, but if that doesn't work for anyone else, I'm willing to be flexible. Also, if there's something good showing at E-Street that afternoon/morning, share with the group, folks.
2. So, in three weeks I'm leaving behind the über-trendy 18-34 y.o. demographic and joining the ranks of adults that pop culture doesn't really care about. Which is basically a flimsy excuse to go do something I was gong to do anyhow, like, for instance, seeing Frankenstein again at the Shakespeare. I'm definitely leaning toward the Tuesday night show, because I really do prefer Cumberbatch as the Creature and S has already seen the Sunday night version.
However, I'm also willing to go twice, and maybe do brunch/early dinner on Sunday beforehand. Thoughts?
3. This is...longer-term planning, but as some of you may already know, Kinky Boots is opening for an October run in Chicago. The list of things that appeal to me about this production is long and complicated, but can basically be summarized as the following: CHICAGO. STARK. DRAG QUEENS. BILLY PORTER. MUSICALS. CHICAGO. CYNDI LAUPER. STARK. SHOOOOOOES. CHICAGO.
Did I mention Chicago?
Look at that list again. Now tell me you don't want to go on an EPIC ROADTRIP WITH CHICAGO AND STARK SANDS AND DRAG QUEENS at the end. I will even volunteer to play tour guide and demonstrate why the Sears Tower is the LAST PLACE ON EARTH from which to understand why Chicago is my favorite place. Also, they have really good pizza and the Lake they call Michigan. Bookstores. Museums. Bodegas. ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS. Theaters. Clubs with local bands that never make it to the coast.
Guys, I am so homesick. I just want to spend a week soaking in the city, and maybe revisiting favorite places and then have STARK AND DRAG QUEENS AND SHOOOOOES at the end. Who wants to come with?
***
SO. BOOKCLUB. Discuss amongst yourselves: I'm thinking fiction and non-fiction, maybe thematically linked, two books a month with an open post for online discussion and a regular chatroom or even in-person coffeeshop meetup for realtime conversations. Interested? Suggestions for books? I have a few in mind, but this is still in the super-early planning stages, so it's basically wide open for ideas.
***
See, the thing about this show is that I already KNOW that I only get four episodes more, and it is KILLING me because these characters are just...real, and present, and broken, and hopeful. I want to know SO MUCH MORE about them, and having already seen what were intended to be the final two episodes of the season (Hey, CBS? YOU SUCK) I can confidently claim that they only get more intriguing when pushed up against the wall.
It's a show that treats queerness like it's ordinary, it's a show that allows the characters to be both smart as hell and tragically, awkwardly stupid at people, it's a show that doesn't pull its punches and doesn't offer redemptive arcs and doesn't let the audience look away. It's a show that lets one character try to be helpful by talking about witnessing a murder, without making the obvious point that the character being comforted has spent multiple tours in a war zone. The audience can connect the dots, can see how awful that is for both of them, and I love that the writers and the actors let it happen.
Honestly, it's not a surprise that it was canceled. That doesn't make me any less upset, though.
Also, Stark Sands is disturbingly pretty when he cries. (Sometimes I am shallow, okay? SHALLOW LIKE A MUD PUDDLE.)
Also also, I maybe spent an hour today thinking about all the careers that Kenny considers when he's bored and waiting on paperwork to process. There may be fic. It's like Walter Mitty, only prettier and with a lot more internalized anger threatening to burst out and turn into an unfortunate psychotic break. Stark Sands is SERIOUSLY CREEPY when he does that whole, "if you call me crazy to my face I will make you regret it" smiling.