Gregory Maupin
@gjmaupin.bsky.social
Shakespeare actor/dramaturg; audiobook narrator; 1/2 of Rannygazoo (mongers of tinpandemonium) and Wingback Productions (makers of parlor theater ™️); Premature Anti-Fascist; he/him
I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7h agoBreaking News: Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the modern classic “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” has died at 81.
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? 😭
Meg Elison@megelison.bsky.social · 2h agoWhat scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? 😭
I'm sure the new Fantasticks will be grand but hear me out: what if someone wrote a new show instead?
Historically the only Reconstruction this administration has been in favor of.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayand there it is -- Trump says that if the Supreme Court doesn't allow him to put his name on the Kennedy Center then it will close down for good
What eldritch A24 madness have Mitch McConnell and Elizabeth Holmes seen that they both got stuck making that same face?
I will evermore regret not bothering Bob Mackie, dealing with luggage while leaving the @tcmtv.bsky.social cruise, that his work was formative to my sense of humor. But I did get a picture of @broccoliserbaby.bsky.social with him.
I have come home from performing for an evening audience of adults that may as well have been a student matinee, boulevardiers have been mixed and poured, MST3K 519 (Outlaw) is on YT (Cabot!), and all is right with the world. Or at least the next hour until I doze off. #HiDiddleDeeDee
There are two modern documentaries for which I require—not request, mind you, but require—the full Get Back treatment: @questlove.bsky.social's Summer of Soul and Roger Michell's Tea with the Dames. I need at least 9 hours of each.
Hey ya'll, wanted to give you an update on my site: we're hard launching sometime between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (I appreciate your patience!) AND I want to share this piece on BLACK ZOMBIE, an incredible work of media criticism, history, and ethnography about the zombie's Haitian origins
‘An embodiment of white fears’: how zombies went from Haitian spiritual tradition to Hollywood monsters
Maya Annik Bedward’s fascinating new documentary goes beyond reductive imagery to place the zombie and vodou in their true historical context
theguardian.com
From the musical Come From Away. Thank you to the people of Gander and the 16 other Canadian cities who welcomed those headed for the U.S. on 9/11 #inners youtu.be/hcw0uI0rT6o?...
38 Planes
YouTube video by 'Come From Away' Company - Topic
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I'm going to try to have the sense to stay off socials most of today, so: slightly early Shana Tova, friends, with a namaste to Gander.
Need confirmation that the Bayeux Tapestry is in the correct 7000:50 aspect ratio
For those Louisvillians who need to be aurally terrified as The Season approaches, may we humbly recommend an autumnal Sunday evening of good wine and spooken word.
Upside: If they can't figure this out we are far better off without whatever they'd give us.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 6d agoThere are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)
"you didn't see me you didn't see me you didn't see me"
Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 6d ago
you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote
JMay🍁⚖️🏝️🏖️🪖🇨🇦@bubbles9333.bsky.social · 7d agoThe lies continue. He is offering money if people vote for him.
I have done more and better* performance work than this fancy FAQ and yet somehow never been featured on CNN. *damning myself with faint praise here, considering she has not worked and cannot work
CNN@cnn.com · 7d agoTilly Norwood has been billed the first AI "actor" in Hollywood which raises questions about what awards synthetic performers should be nominated for. In an exclusive chat with CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister, Tilly Norwood responded to questions about winning an Oscar.
Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago… Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜
“The grieving do not owe us a dissertation accounting for every contradiction in a relationship before we allow them to say, this person meant something to me, and now they are gone, and it hurts.”
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last wk.Something has really bothered me about the Gloria Steinem discourse—something that's not really about Gloria Steinem. So, I wrote about it.
Started writing Def Leppard's "Listeria" but frankly got too depressed to bother.
First time to my knowledge this whole LP has turned up online, from a Japanese pop star - Kenichi Hagiwara- who went to Memphis & recorded with the best musicians there, including the legendary Jim Dickinson & the Memphis Horns. It's proper funky. Check it out! youtu.be/XjdQ65tcdfo?...
ザ・テンプターズ (The Tempters) - In Memphis (1969) (Full Album)
YouTube video by sam-jam
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A cause we can all believe in: Save the Mold at the Kentucky State Fair.
Petition for KSF to award a Green Ribbon for Best Mold
The world is slowly becoming more boring. We've retracted into our own little algorithms and echo chambers. We spend less time around people, and more time glued to our phones. The Kentucky State Fair...
sign.moveon.org
Got that breath of Back-to-School atmosphere this morning that always gives me a primally anxious stomach. The senses are weird.
