Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Just came home from the midnight showing. My assessment: pretty much a love letter to the series fans and made with a special appreciation for the 1950s and all the genre fiction that is associated with that era.

Had a blast!

WALRUS ARTICLE

How could you not love this article and give it a hug and blow in its face? HOW COULD YOU NOT?

Sulu will have same-sex marriage

Star Trek: truly a universe of acceptance.

We Feel Fine

You really must check out this piece of internet artwork created by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. They describe it as "an exploration of human emotion on a global scale." It is an ever increasing database of human feelings.

Make sure to read the mission statement, and then click on the application.

It's called We Feel Fine.

GO GET 'EM

Now this is fantastic!

It's a rare thing to see a Democratic Nominee not put on his or her heels by Republican attacks. Obama is showing why he's going to be a great general election candidate, and why he's got the clear-minded thinking to be Commander in Chief.

"I will win."

Hell yes.

Pathetic

Bush goes begging to the Saudis, who flatly refuse him. Because we are the most powerful nation on Earth, except when we talk to our heroin dealer.

Question ...

How much impact do you feel endorsements have on your own decisions politically?

One thing I've noticed is that there's almost no one I know that feels particularly swayed by political endorsements. I assume I'm atypical (don't you?) but I probably am not. The value of endorsements seems entirely symbolic at this point, a way to send signals to Clinton, more than to the voters, for example.

If you were an Edwards supporter, does his endorsement of Obama push you in his direction? What about the Naral endorsement of Obama? Or Maya Angelou endorsing Clinton?

Edwards to Endorse Obama

I guess John Edwards saw that he got 7% in WV and said "Enough is Enough! I'm out of the race!"

KILL THEM!

If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!

Great review of Colorful World

Congrats for this praise, Nosedive Crew!

The media continues to be shocked by the obvious

CNN today writes:

"After enduring a week of political obituaries, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign proved Tuesday that it still has some life."

Apparently, all the polls that had her winning West Virginia by a large margin, the idea that Obama conceded the race well before it took place, and the fact that his delegate lead and popular vote lead are entirely unaffected is, if not entirely lost on CNN, a buried lead to say the least. Because, for the love of God, ratings are high, drama sells, and the illusion of a horse race is more accurate than an accurate analysis of the news.

Now she can go on to win Kentucky (don't bother to be surprised when this happens) and he can win Oregon and, finally, it'll be over.

We'll have to endure a see-sawing narrative by the national news media, despite that fact that Obama has actually had a delegate and popular vote lead for...months. That Pennsylvania, even, did not seriously change that math. That the race wasn't over after North Carolina, it's been over since Obama out dueled Clinton on Super Tuesday with a small state strategy and then won a series of contests afterwards. That the race has been in a holding pattern for a very long time.

Clinton's campaign consists of four things: a complicit media, a math that includes Florida and Michigan (which she's only dedicated to now that they matter to her election), the superdelegates overcoming the popular vote (won't happen, and in fact, he's won the lead in Superdelegates) and Obama imploding (which he has entirely failed to do for her).

Winning West Virginia only changes the national news media's coverage, and only briefly. But inaccurate and misleading statements like the one that leads that article are precisely why so many Americans believe she still has a chance. The media is perpetuating this fantasy.

Tony Awards

I am...not particularly interested in them. As usual. If you want to have a discussion about that sort of thing, try Playgoer. He's always got the good stuff.

When is a Clock Reviews

As I didn't do so as they came out, this post is to link to all the responses and reviews that When is a Clock gathered during its run.

The New York Times

Nytheatre.com

Time Out New York

Showbusiness Weekly

OffOffOnline

Curtain Up

That Sounds Cool

Abra Goes

SlowLearner

Anyhow, that's for the archives. Now... what's next?

The Stock Market as action movie device

I've now seen Speed Racer and Iron Man. Odd detail: both feature stock prices prominently as a plot device.

I remember how call options played prominently in Casino Royale's sequence at an airport.

And how Star Wars: Episode I begins with a trade dispute.

You half expect the new Indiana Jones to be called Indiana Jones and the Sub-Prime Credit Crisis.

Speed Racer

So I saw Speed Racer. I thought it was kind of...awesome. Sue me.

Coyotes

I think Blue Coyote Theater Group (my peeps!) and Coyote Rep should have logo and mission statement meetings. You know, for kicks.

When is a Clock closes

We played our final performance at the Access Theater of When is a Clock on Saturday night. Thanks to all of you that made it out to see the show and helped make it such a success. When I have my wits about me, I'll write some detailed post-show thoughts.

New play

I wrote a new play yesterday while at work. Maybe out of protest. Interesting short-ish tone poem about...cancer. Sort of. Who can say?

It's called...

In the great expanse of space there is nothing to see but More, More, More

I may simply re-title it "Ticket Repellent."

We'll see.