Riedel: Motherf**ker will be nominated for Best Play and Actor...

Dan Lauria.

Riedel is a motherf**king snake, that's all I can say. His backpedaling here is pathetic.

My favourite part of that article is how Riedel says that, despite penning an article which basically put the nail in Motherf**ker's coffin, "if you read between the lines, you knew that my faith in Guirgis and his play was unshakable.

Never mind the fact that the article boasted about the situation being "dire", made mocking allusions to the playwright's struggle with depression, pondered about Chris Rock's supposed "failure" to draw audiences and even quoted an anonymous source as saying, "For whatever reason, nobody wants to see this show," - this was just Riedel's way of telling the show and Stephen Adly Guirgis, "I believe in you!"

Updated On: 4/13/11 at 11:50 AM

"'pondered about Chris Rock's supposed 'failure' to draw audiences and even quoted an anoynmous source as saying, "For whatever reason, nobody wants to see this show,'"

Not to defens Reidel, but part of that is true. Up until last week, the house was mostly in 600s (only having reached above 700 twice), and that was with only 7 performances per week. So cl;early Chris Rock's name wasn't doing much. But I think advertiosing may well have been an issue as well. My understanding is that post-review ticket sales have reached a comfortable level.

I love it when Reidel farts in the room and everyone knows its him but he pretends its not happening.


Oh, and his face looks like a booger.

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