And now for an addendum to my initial musings on Hot Ones, necessary because, after watching its standout new episodes, I think I finally discovered at least one more of its secret sauces that makes this unlikely shebang so dynamically explosive.
Up in the Dumps
They don’t make ‘em like they used to.
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‘Little Rock’ (Sheen Center)
Little Rock, now playing at off-Broadway’s Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, ostensibly chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Little Rock Nine, the first nine black students to integrate, amid relentless resistance, at Arkansas’ Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Separations
I grew up adamantly insisting on separating the art from the artist.
Hamilrise
Of the myriad of high-profile projects Lin-Manuel Miranda’s spearheaded in the wake of Hamilton’s otherworldly success — including, most recently, a truly cringeworthy American Express commercial — one of the most consistent and prolific, yet unheralded, remains his Hamildrop series.
Experiential Cinema
Immersive theatre is all the rage with the kids these days.
Spotty
And now, it’s time for yet another piece of art with strong conceptual ideas hamstrung by inferior execution:
2018’s SHOOT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY FUCKING VEINS List — ()()
Three more songs to add to The List before we ring in September:
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Broadway Rocks? More like Broadway Summerstock
The 2017-2018 Broadway season was the most turgid in recent memory.
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FUTV
Conformist cultural commentators on the interwebs like to boast about how TV’s toppled film in recent years.
Write All Nite 