A sidekick in search of a hero. I love musicals, queer pirates, and Beatrice Arthur. Hadestown stan. #stuckyforever
Saltpeter, John
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🧵The great James Burrows died today. I owe my TV career to him and to the Charles brothers. They read my first book and invited me to write a pilot. The result, Gloria Vane, was about a 1930s movie star. Jimmy directed. What does a great comedy director add that’s not on the page? One example:
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This photo is of Betty Simmons, who was more than 100 yrs old when she was interviewed in 1937 in Beaumont, TX. She was married during slave times, and widowed, but was very happy that freedom came when it did because her enslavers were preparing to put her 3-yr old child to work in the fields.
Seconding everything @thewedgeserpent.bsky.social says here. It's a mess that I absolutely
[sidebar: I went bc the person who "warned" me about Asteroid City also warned me abt .GLHFDD]
I want to go back to Cats: The Jellicle Ball so badly. I know there's more to see - I cried from intermission thru Skimbleshanks. But I know it won't be the same. The Come Out signs won't hit as hard. The costumes won't be as astonishing. I'm not sure I want to replace that memory of the first time
*absolutely loved
“We’ll arrest you if you try to remove the scum that’s floated to the top” is remarkably on point
Joe Keenan
Rima I Anabtawi
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
For #Juneteenth: 70+ years after the Civil War, the WPA's Federal Writers' Project began interviewing elderly Americans who remembered being enslaved. These moving narratives & photos are now held here at the Library.
Narratives: www.loc.gov/collections/...
Photos: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
The biggest revelation of the Breadwinner discourse is that Nate Bargartze is America's #1 stand-up. I feel like someone's just tried to explain Operation Mincemeat to the audience of Lost Boys
Saltpeter, John
Saltpeter, John
Saltpeter, John
BitterOldPunk
Happy Birthday to Errol Flynn, born 117 years ago today
