Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Taylor Mac

After wading through the Prop 8 Trial transcripts, feeling the need to cut to the chase of the issues, which means, feeling the need for some Taylor Mac.
The Revolution Will Not Be Masculinized

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The Hurrican Katrina Comedy Festival


A show I wish I could see at the New York International Fringe Festival:
Briskly directed by Dann Fink on a frugal set of chairs that transform into rooftops, the play’s title is not a complete misnomer. It takes inspiration from an aborted 2006 plan by the New Orleans mayor to mark the first anniversary of Katrina with a comedy hour.

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Facebook, The Novel


In the NY Times, an article on the first novel inspired by and using the lexicon of Facebook:
Which is to say “My Darklyng” offers a brilliant commentary on how fictional teenagers are on Facebook. Their stylized, mannered projections of self are as invented as any in a novel.

It is, in short, a brilliant stroke to use Facebook for novel writing, because in general Facebook feeds on fiction; it consumes it, and spits it out in every direction.