Curtain Call’s Ode To Broadway
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 20, 2008
“The Producers” became the toast of Broadway upon its 2001 opening thanks largely to Mel Brooks’ approach of offend-everyone humor. In this case, the yucks were drawn from over-the-top accents, exaggerated caricatures of show-biz types, neo-Nazis and homosexuals, and a sendup (albeit loving one) of the theater world itself.
It’s quite a difference from the AIDS-fueled [...]
On The Stump For Barack Obama Until The Final Curtain
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on November 2, 2008
In Democratic Hollywood these days it’s not enough to be the hardest-working act in show business, you’ve also got to be engaged 24/7 in political fundraising, personal campaigning, robocalling, image advising, party planning (and attending) and surrogate appearances in towns without even a single screen, let alone a multiplex.
Whatever the industry’s travails, Hollywood has stepped [...]
On The Stump For Barack Obama Until The Final Curtain
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on October 31, 2008
In Democratic Hollywood these days it’s not enough to be the hardest-working act in show business, you’ve also got to be engaged 24/7 in political fundraising, personal campaigning, robocalling, image advising, party planning and surrogate appearances in towns without even a single screen, let alone a multiplex.
Whatever the industry’s travails, Hollywood has stepped up big [...]