Profile for joevitus

TotallyEffed said: "Are you saying I’m being dismissive? How? I ordered a copy and hope it’s authentic. We don’t even know if there’s reason to suspect it will be autopen yet. I don’t get what you’re trying to say.

To me, you sounded dismissive of somone worrying the autograph won't be real, yes. As if it's a minor issue that the publisher will resolve with a payback if it turns out to be fake.

I mean, I get your hoping t

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Y'never know, the signaturescouldbe from her own hand. She was signing an autograph in that completely natural looking photo from the audio session."

They could be and great if they are. But there's a big difference between signing an autograph vs. hundreds of copies of a book. John Green has talked about how painful it was signing the entire first edition of The Fault in Our Stars, and he was a young person at the ti

TotallyEffed said: "How terrible! I see they were issued refunds. If thisiscase (we will have to wait and see) I will definitely request a refund. But there's no use freaking out until the book is released."

It's terrible in the sense that if people want a genuine autograph, they are getting shafted. It isn't about whether a refund is issued--and I suspect the size of the audience who want a Liza autograph is a tad smaller than thos

TotallyEffed said: "Can we wait for confirmation of AI or autopen before freakingout?



The signed copy I preordered comes with a certificate of authenticity."

Is such a certificate worth anything? I have trouble believing that Liza, at her age, could sign all these books. It's a lot even for someone in better condition. And she always signs her autographs the same way (I got one back in the 80's): her name with a smiley face. So it would

Jeffrey Karasarides said: Company, that show at least had its main protagonist somewhat optimistic about becoming a husband (likely due to him having never been married)."

Weirdest parenthetical ever, considering Bobby is no unaware innocent, and has been observing all his friends' marriages all along. It could even be argued that the marriages are better and more solid than depicted because we are only witnessing them through is very biased anit-committment

Highland Guy said: "Elvis Presley a loser? Absolutely not. He served honorably in the United States Army for two years. He later performed a benefit concert in Honolulu to raise money (some $64,000) to help finance the building of the USS Arizona Memorial. He and his manager were not paid for the performance. He is a hero to many, especially to those with military backgrounds."

I'm sure you understand how someone who did these things could stil be a loser in

darquegk said: "The thing that makes ACL so interesting, a historical discussion, is also the thing that makes it increasingly a relic: its "living documentary" presentational style. Still frozen in time from the original production 99% of the time, and constantly restaged to be as accurate as possible, it runs the risk of becoming not just a museum piece, but a human Audio-Animatronic display. If you've seen one really good Chorus Line, there is at least an argument to

I'm not a New Yorker, so I'm trying to get ahold of the question. Is the argument about losing relevance based on quality: people just aren't enjoying as many of the shows? Or of a loss of more daring material? Or is it referencing the late Joe Papp's original aim to bring theater to the masses (i.e. a Public Theater), and how soaring ticket prices have made a mockery of that? I get one might answer "yes" to all of this--depending on one's opin

darquegk said: "I wonder if there's some legal thing going on where they don't have the rights to any of the classic iconography or fonts? It's also notable that they aren't billing the show as "Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show," which I believe has been the official legal billing for the last twenty years or so."

To be honest--and I say this as a fan of the show for over 40 years--I've never been crazy about the "