April 23, 2016
Four hundred years! Records are unclear, but William Shakespeare was born right around this date and then may have died this date as well and was then buried on April 25, 1616, four hundred years ago. The love of the English language is enhanced by hearing the poetry of the Bard. I had that pleasure last night to hear it again out of the mouths of babes. Director Louie Piday's LACC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is wonderful. She's placed the play in the imaginations of a modern day mother and daughter who conjure up Puck and the gang in the familiar guise of well known characters retold from a Disney point of view. I loved the show.
It's playing twice today and again next Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 4/28, 29 and 30.
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Lynne Marie Stewart posted something on FB today with a photo of a lovely young girl who had taken a self portrait while in a ladies' restroom. Until you read the caption, it was unclear why this simple photo was relevant. The caption tells the story of a transgender girl who is simply making an effort to simply live her life. She looks to be about twenty. Her statement mentions the current bruhaha about who can pee where being in the news and laws being passed that are all limbic reactions and fear mongering. I made a comment when I 'shared' the post from Lynne that Education is the way to get beyond what is, to me, basically a non-issue. Then, I noticed, when referring a friend to the schedule for Louie's play, that there is a forum on the LACC campus next Wednesday, April 27th. It's for students and faculty but the campus is open and I would doubt that anyone who shows up to be educated would not be turned away.
Meanwhile, spring is upon us. Two hundred thousand dollar Humvees are plummeting from the sky and crashing; a new commercials contract is up for ratification from SAGAFTRA and Actors Equity is having elections. The only way the will of the people may be heard is via our voice. Actors!! VOTE!! And, in November... all of us will trudge or hasten to the polls, Lawd, Lawd! Check the current New Yorker magazine for an overkill of cartoons dedicated to the silliest candidate to come down the pike. I do my best to never utter nor write that name.
April 23, 2016
michaelsheehan
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