Knock on wood. Or, if you’re outside and there is no wood, knock on weed.
Barbara Cook is better than ever and since she was always wonderful that is saying a lot. She may not have all the really high notes she had in her youth, but she looks and sings better than most people half her age. Her program consists mostly of songs she has done and recorded over the years, but it is beautifully put together, and her between-song patter is so good that she could spend the whole ninety minutes doing a standup act and still be as wonderful. From the fact that the Playbill® lists several more songs than she actually sings, I am assuming she changes her slightly program from night to night. She'll be back in June and I'll be there again.
IMHO, both Miss Cook and the late Miss Rosemary Clooney, as wonderful as they were in their younger years, improved with age, like very fine wines.
Holy moley on rye -
Re: Mike Danton--just read the article. Is it just me, or is it implied he's a closeted gay who was trying to off his male lover?Not just you. Sounds like no more goals, no more points, and a whole lotta minutes in the penalty box coming up.
Re: Mike Danton--just read the article. Is it just me, or is it implied he's a closeted gay who was trying to off his male lover?
DRs Charles Pogue and Panni, would you be willing to mentor a beginning screenwriter, in a small way?
It depends on many things...
One would be what exactly is neant by "mentor in a small way."
Two would be if the person has any talent. I hate to sound so black and white about this, but quite a few times (before I said I won't do this ever again) I found myself in a situation where it was obvious that no matter what I imparted to the would-be-writer, it didn't matter because they were never ever going to write a decent screenplay.
DRMBARNUM what movies did you watch last night - that you didn't get to pick?
3) Never write down to where you think the audience is, always write up to where you aspire them (and you) to be. (I always try to write to the "highest" common denominator, not the lowest). to them. Those that respond are its audience.
I agree with it all. Unfortunately, we are not living in a world where screenwriters care about such things. They care only for the easiest route to a green light.
I'm not talking about you and Pogue, Panni.I knew that and I wasn't suggesting for a moment that you were. Why in the world would I think that you'd say that about us? You know us - and our work - too well to say we don't care. I was just using FS Pogue as an example, as we've all read what he's had to say about what happened to his work on several occasions. The point I was making is that he's not alone. I don't think that the majority of writers are just in it to make a buck. Very often the crap we see on the screen is not the writer's fault. That's not what s/he wrote!
the main character in my screenplay - who was described in every draft as a very mature kid - one whose "voice" was not that of the typical teen (think our Jenny, for example) sounded too intelligent. The fact that not every kid of a certain age sounds like every other kid of a certain age was pointed out - but this fell on deaf ears - pointy ones. So the script has been shot, tweened up (or down) and Life goes on.
Jennifer, sure glad the Motrin worked. :D
Just got back from the tour of "Hairspray." Very fun.
Scary about the migraine, Jennifer. I couldn't do a math problem in my head even without a headache.
A scary story, Jennifer. The only good part is that exactly the same thing would have happened in the U.S. - except you would have had a bill for $5000. (probably more) on top of the useless and humiliating experience.
I think you had a sadistic doctor, Jennifer. Like the dentist in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. IMHO anyone who makes you do three-part math problems while you're lying in the hallway of a hospital is KRAZY.
The hallway wasn't so bad actually. It wasn't like it was at emergency, or there were many other people. It was right in front of one of the nursing stations. There were a few other patients, but they weren't distracting. And I just lay there for the night hooked up to an IV.
Re: medical bills.
We're dealing with this whole insurance issue now as Betsy has, for the first time in her long and varied career, gotten laid off (her job always provided the benefits in our household as I am self-employed). So now we are paying through the nose for COBRA since private insurers will not handle us until Gabe's arm is pronounced cured. I got my new ASCAP member services booklet today and they offer health insurance, so we may go that route. It's truly incredible how much COBRA is costing us--almost $1000 a month!
I find most people dont really want to hear realistic feedback, they want compliments, pats on the back. I'm not that kind of mentor. I believe if you can be discouraged you should be discouraged. If you can't be discouraged in the face of harsh realities, maybe you'll survive.
On rare occasions that I do agree to do this, I am blunt, brutal, no-mincing-of-words. Some have suggested even cruel. I don't care. No matter how cruel I am, the realities of the business are crueller.
Sad and shocking news in the NHL:
http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=2326960 (http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=2326960)