I cry at a lot of curtain calls, too. I'm such a faggot, dude.
I really enjoyed reading Jose's PM. You may be going to hell for posting it, but you're heavenly to me for that. Did you know Jose can delete posts? It's a special privlege he has as a writer for this site. If one feels one can call him a writer. I've watched him do it to mine after I've called him on his crap. Ergo some of my disenchantment around here.
Jose's always talking about how "the emperor has no clothes" and it's his job to point it out. First it was Kushner and Tesori and Caroline, or Change. "Bad, dull, emperor has no clothes." He felt that way without seeing it. Amended his opinion after he finally did.
More recently it's Assassins. "Emperor has no clothes." Who does he mean is the emperor? Sondheim? Mantello? Ceveris? O'Hare? I'd have sex with 50% of them, so it's okay to me if they have no clothes.
But anyway, as for Jose, what does it matter, really? A bulldog by any other name is still all the first original syllable. (During the lurking phase, do you remember me battling his stupidity about Hairspray? Homosexuality? Good times! Or how about my battles with BestofBroadway over Hairspray and The South Park Movie?)
My point is, and I do have one, I'm a person who enjoys the written word. Whether reading some, writing some, or seeing and hearing people perform some.
And I appreciate the time and effort of people who will write an essay explaining exactly where they're coming from. A Marc Shaiman, a Papalovesmambo.
What's funny tho, is when people don't do it and they still reveal more about themselves than they know and then you call them on it and they write, "You don't know me at all!" or "Lighten up!" or my personal favorite, "LOL!" Like you can't learn a LOT about people by reading them over time!
My point is, use language to name your experience, to tell your truth. Don't use the same five words to describe everything you see and do. Expand!
Peace.
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