Half-baked ramblings from a playwright and armchair thinker.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
"Looks like we've got a long night of cocaine ahead of us."
Okay, maybe you're much more mature and sophisticated than I am (well, that's probably a given, no matter who you are), but this trailer made me laugh many, many times. I think I'm gonna check it the hell out if and when it gets released.
It's NQSFW (though really due to language, not nudie-time):
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Patrick!
I've actually been getting a little too obsessed with the whole actors and directors flipping out on the set thing, with listening to the Christian Bale rant roughly 10 times a day (well, 30, really; the uncut version 10 times and the dance remix another 20 times). I know, I know, I should be waaaay above all this, and follow Mr. Freeman's example and attitude, but I just can't help it.
I could try to intellectualize it all by saying this is a way to counter the insufferably toothless press junket interviews we're inundated with that have nothing more to say than, "This director was such a delight and this project was such a thrill to work on and blather blather blather," but that's admittedly disingenuous.
The truth is I find them amusing, because I'm petty and small-minded.
So, in addition to the Bale rant, I've also had a lot of fun watching this on-set meltdown with director David O. Russell while filming I Heart Huckabees:
And Matt Johnston just sent me this video with Michael Cera via Perez Hilton's site (although, I'm not 100% convinced this isn't staged, not like it matters):
And Scott Walters thinks we theatre people are nasty.
Sorry, folks. I find this shit fun and funny to watch.
Next week, I hope to begin my five-part lecture series on why videos of people getting hit in the nuts by baseball bats are nuggets of comic gold.
Speaking of Soul Samurai, check out this article by director Robert Ross Parker in The Brooklyn Rail about what he's learned doing New York theatre. Also courtesy of Qui.
A silly but (hopefully) fun comic strip I wrote and Lex Friedman drew one night. Yes, this is how I often spend my Saturday nights. I never said I was normal.
The first video is a Sweded version of Star Wars. The second is The Empire Strikes Back in 60 seconds. They both made me smile. I couldn't find a comparable video for Jedi, unfortunately.
Clearly, I don't do a whole lot of work at my day job.
(That is, it's being performed in a different place. The venue itself is far from new. But I digress.)
Beginning this Sunday, February 10, The Rapid Response Team returns in full force with new short plays, sketches and songs based on the week's news at The Bowery Poetry Club on 308 Bowery between 2nd Ave. and Bleecker Every 2nd and 4th Sunday, February-April (Feb. 10 & 24, March 9 & 23, April 13 & 27).
All performances at 8 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door.
Special Guests Include Obie-award Winner Kyle Jarrow, The Debate Society, champion slam poet Darian Dauchon, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz and (as the kids say) MORE!
This show is always a lot of fun and features a number of excellent performers (like my peeps Daryl Lathon, Brian Silliman and Mr. Butler himself) and writers (like my homies Mac Rogers, Dan Trujillo, Clay McLeod Chapman and Adam Szymkowicz).
And here's our third and final video sketch! Written by and featuring Yours Truly, with the voices of Pete Boisvert, Becky Comtois and Christopher Yustin. Shot & edited by Marc Landers.
Written & directed by Becky Comtois, shot & edited by Marc Landers.
Featuring the bulk of the Nosedive monkeys, Steven Squibb as the Model Scout, Courtney Weber as the Singer and Matt Johnston as the Business Professional.
