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In a drama, I would say what we might get out of characters who are unpleasant and perhaps in stasis would be the ability to see parts of ourselves in them.

I haven't seen it since the restoration of the illuminated latticework proscenium. I love that 1910's American hodgepodge style... it is vulgar but it is also super charming. It is as significant a period in American design as Art Deco, just not as championed. And when it is restored correctly, you realize that it wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously. It was meant to be a bit silly and over the top. 

https://schulershook.com/projects/james-earl-jones-theatre

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "Hot take, but if this play is any indication of the qualityof productionsRudin plans on mounting, I say bring it on."
 

The play is a Steppenwolf production, developed solely with resources connected to Stepppenwolf, I believe. Rudin, Diller are producing its New York run. 

I agree, it is excellent, not a weak link in the whole production.

Local 802 AFM, the potentially striking musicians, serenaded the marchers in the Labor Feeder March. They were fantastic!

macbeth said: "https://www.onstageblog.com/broadway/2025/10/9/dont-call-it-broadway-if-youre-paying-tour-wages

agreed, even if I don't love agreeing with him."

Yes, I appreciate the coverage especially since more legit orgs aren't covering it. 

The touring contract also appears to have different collective bargaining rights attached to it and, if I am reading the Playbill article below correctly, would not go on strike should one be called. So this does sound plausibly strategic...

https://playbill.com/article/broadway-musicians-have-voted-to-authorize-a-strike

I agree that the promos of this production have been perfect, the essence of a teaser, not giving away too much but just enough to get audiences excited. 

Re: will it sell on Broadway? Who knows but it will be excellent and memorable. It's already a legendary production. 

Falsettolands said: "I don't want to be one of those usersthat comeon here just to trash a show, but I wanted to throw into the unanimous praise I've seen here to sayI simply could not stand this play. I've never thought Wohl was a great playwright, but I find Grand Horizons and Make Believe to be far stronger. What seemed to crash and burn about Liberationthe most was:

EDSOSLO858 said: "DTLI Consensus:Pity on, dudes — Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter provide the existential dread in Jamie Lloyd’s latest hit-and-miss revival.

12 mixed (including the NYT), 7 positive.

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/waiting-for-godot/

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Holdren’s Vulture review is a pan of Lloyd’s direction, an evisceration. The only thing “mixed” about it is the way it nearly completely ignores reviewing the two stars. 

MemorableUserName said: "Keep it up, folks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1nlpcm4/sinclairs_abc_stations_back_out_of_airing_charlie/





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Good, perhaps they don't want to pay out any more settlements to former employees who successfully call them on their racism.

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/sinclair-broadcast-group-pay-100000-race-discrimination-case

Call_me_jorge said: "Birdie Boy said: "all across New York, the people have made it clear. NO casinos. Notin Times Square, not in Hudson yards, not in Coney Island.



https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/08/27/coney-island-community-sounds-off-on-proposed-casino"

These people should have voted againstthe 2013 referendum then. Building a casino(s) in NYC is a matter of NY state law, why are these people only coming out of the woodwork now? They’ve had 10 plus years to speak out against it."

The referendum was put on hold for ten years and when it returned the political culture of the city and Albany had changed. The Community Advisory Boards (CACs) that are rejecting these casinos are aware that the elected officials who appointed them won't get re-elected if they let goons like these casino developers run all over them.

SL Green CEO Marc Holliday throws a tantrum at elected officials for rejecting his casino bid.

https://x.com/nick_garber/status/1968317854169890954

EDSOSLO858 said: "DTLI Consensus:Though far from a masterpiece, all three leads (especially Corden) elevate Reza’s play and make for a worthwhile evening at the theatre.

10 positive (including the NYT), 4 mixed, 4 negative.

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/art/"

I find that aggregator not much better than an AI assisted search. That NYT's review was mixed if anything.

 

MemorableUserName said: "binau said: "Jordan, that could all be true but will you still condemn the shooting and agree that he should not have faced threats of violence or actual violence for saying those things?"

Did Charlie Kirk ever condemn a shooting and agree the victim should not have faced threats of violence or actual violence for any reason? (Spoiler: not a single Republican condemned the assassinations of Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband less than three months ago.) Why didn't you ever ask him or his supporters that?"

There actually was bipartisan condemnation of Hortman's murder, at least in Georgia. But the Republicans only condemned "political violence" and not "gun violence" as if guns were beside the point. 

https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/assassination-of-minnesota-lawmaker-is-met-with-bipartisan-condemnation-in-georgia/

KrupYou said: "LGBTQ+ people

• He vocally opposed Pride month
• He called transgender identity a "mental disease".
• He refused to use correct pronouns and demanded a nationwide ban on gender-affirming care.
• He has cited scripture and called homosexuality an "abomination".

Immigrants

• Kirk frequently promoted the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, which alleges that non-white immigration is being used to replace white people.

Women

• He made demeaning comments about Black women.

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He hated the Jews who he thought were "cultural marxists" and were funding "the great replacement" and had no problem with using anti-Semitic rhetoric to attack them but he supported Israel and Netanyahu's brand of white (Jewish) nationalism. So lots of MAGA Jews liked him. 

Charlie Kirk's anti-Semitism

I loved it. Eric Ting, the director and his collaborators are throwing a real party over on Little Island. Eric Roth Constanzo is lovely to look at and to listen to. It is a bit long but worth going for sure. I think the tickets are mostly sold out but there are standing room spaces available. My review below:

GALAS review - singleticket's substack

I am excited , I will be there Sunday night if it doesn’t rain.

I like both de Shields and Sarah Benson but something about Moliere makes Americans want to hit audiences over the head with what they see as parallel contemporary hypocrisies… but there’s a lot more to his plays than that.