Jul 26, 2007
from Hal's blog
"When annie kaufmann won her obie this year, she thanked len jenkins, paula vogel and mac wellman for spawning a great new generation of playwrights. I concur. And now theaters are seeking out these new voices. Expect to see more works by sarah ruhl, will eno, ann washburn, sheila callaghan at the regional theater
It makes me curious - how will these writers adapt to the larger than downtown spaces? And the older more experienced and larger budgeted theaters: how will they adapt. "
It makes me curious - how will these writers adapt to the larger than downtown spaces? And the older more experienced and larger budgeted theaters: how will they adapt. "
politics and quotes
from Kevin Drum-- http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_07/011739.php
"You have to give Republicans points for consistency. They bring the Senate to a halt and then blame Democrats for not getting anything done. They destroy FEMA's ability to respond to natural disasters and then hold it up as an example of why you can't trust government to do anything right. They lose a war via unparalleled military incompetence and then claim that liberals are defeatists for pointing it out. They spend 20 years claiming that Social Security is going bankrupt and then use the resulting public insecurity about Social Security as an explanation for why the whole system needs to be privatized."
Jul 25, 2007
visual dramaturgy
http://www.benjaminjames.com/uploads/neighborhoods/1411987.jpg
http://www.trevorlittle.com/media/washsquarepark.jpg
http://www.pictureninja.com/pages/united-states/new-york/new-york-city-fire-escapes.jpg
http://www.indospectrum.com/10dimages/nyc2/cd031_02may04_nyc_subway.jpg
I was really down yesterday. I was like this is pointless. What am i doing with my life, how can I keep doing this, why am I so poor, why do I deal with this uncomfortably crowded long commute each day? Why am I still writing if I'm not getting anywhere? Do i even know how to write a screenplay? Is it a waste of my time? How will i afford a wedding? Will i ever be taken seriously as a playwright by the larger theatres?
But today I am much more optimistic and i don't feel that way at all. I like what i wrote this morning. I think my fringe play will go well. I got some other stuff coming up. I can do this. Good thing I didn't blog about this yesterday, huh? then you would know I have doubts about the sustainability of my life and writing career.
But we dodged that bullet.
Jul 24, 2007
healthcare
"President Bush has threatened to veto what he sees as a huge expansion of the children's health care program, which he describes as a step "down the path to government-run health care for every American." The House measure calls for changes that the administration will probably find even more distasteful, including cuts in Medicare payments to private health plans. "
Government-run health care for every American sounds pretty great actually. Isn't that what most Americans want?
times article
"Some lawyers say Colonel Abraham's account — of a hearing procedure that he described as deeply flawed and largely a tool for commanders to rubber-stamp decisions they had already made — may have played an important role in the justices' highly unusual reversal. That decision once again brought the administration face to face with the vexing legal, political and diplomatic questions about the fate of Guantánamo and the roughly 360 men still held there. "
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