#sam schultz

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SCHULTZ!!! OFFICE!!! “Big House Bunny” (1950)

[scishowtangentspoems]

Water

Step right up and rest your peepers,

on a liquid that'll make you say jeepers.

It may look plain and unassumin',

but what if I told you it could get your plants a-bloomin'?

And that's not all, you ever have a thirst?

I tell you friends, ain't that the worst.

Your mouth's all dry, your spit is sticky,

but this potion will fix you, in a jiffy.

It goes great in soups, from chowder to bisque,

you can drink it hot or have it brisk.

Is that all it does? Why, don't be a fool,

heck, you can use it to fill your pool!

Too runny you say? Well, here's a trick,

put it somewhere cold, it gets hard as a brick!

Or maybe gas is more your scene,

simply give it a boil and now you've got steam.

Most impressive of all, and I'm not telling you fibs,

all living life needs this stuff to live.

It's everywhere, from the sky to your cells,

from the tip of your tongue to the bottom of wells.

What's this miracle substance you all want to know?

This stuff that's made with two H and an O?

Well pay attention and go with the flow,

it's hydratin', condensatin', precipitatin', evaporatin',

Water!

- Sam Schultz

[astralbondpro]

Django Unchained (2012) // Dir. Quentin Tarantino

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Sam J. Jones and Nana Visitor - The Spirit (1987)

[geekcavepodcast]

Todd McFarlane Productions Announces "The New U" Titles

Todd McFarlanes Spawn Universe is laying the foundation of a lineup of new comics called "The New U." This new era will follow the events of Spawn #350. The first three "The New U" comics are Sam & Twitch: Case Files, Rat City, and Monolith. "The New U" comics will span a variety of genres, including crime, horror, science-fiction, drama, and comedy.

Sam & Twitch: Case Files puts the detectives front and center in their own series. The comic hails from McFarlane and Jon Goff and artist Szymon Kudrański.

Sam & Twitch: Case Files #1 goes on sale on March 27, 2024.

Rat City, from Erica Schultz and Zé Carlos, follows Peter Cairn, ex-soldier, amputee, and Hellspawn in a post-war future. "But Peter isn't dead like Al. Peter got his Spawn powers from the nanites in his prosthetic legs—nanites that were affected when Al Simmons initiated his necroplasmic detonation in the present. Al had no clue that the effects would ripple across—not just space—and but time as well." (Image Comics)

Rat City #1 goes on sale on April 10, 2024.

Monolith, from Sean Lewis and Valerio Giangiordano, is a three part miniseries that explores the Hellspawn Monolith's origin and what his connection is with Omega Spawn.

Monolith #1 (of 3) goes on sale on May 15, 2024.

(Image via Image Comics - Cover of Sam & Twitch: Case Files #1)

[newx-menfan]

I think the reason Laura works so well on Kyle and Yost X-Force because it is a case of she shouldn't be there and it was a mistake for Scott to put her on there and Logan to keep her on there for so long. New Avengers seems to just have her there because they want a Wolverine to kill people. There isn't an inherent problem with Laura killing people but the story needs to be more than "isn't it cool that this Wolverine is killing people"

I would say Anon- “let’s give the book a chance.”

Maybe it’s a case of “Laura’s just there to be the ‘Wolverine’ character”…. Or it could be that Humphries wanted to explore characters that have often been used as weapons.

Liu had Laura work with Black Widow back in 2011- and it worked! It was definitely one of the better pair-ups Liu did! 

Schultz has been exploring Laura interacting with characters like Bucky and Elektra in LKW…

“Laura is usually angry, and, despite my being able to relate to that, I wanted to show that she has an optimism, too,” Schultz shared. “It’s buried deep, but it’ll be unearthed a few times in this series. She’ll be exposed to other players that will show her that there is still good in the world despite the constant stream of horrors daily. Sounds a little too real, all things considered.”

I will give Schultz this- I definitely think her end goal is to have Laura realize that while life is HARD… sometimes you just have to make the best of it… that Laura DOESN’T have to be alone and that by choosing loneliness… she is effectively “missing out”. That life isn’t some “ALL or nothing” zero sum game that she often thinks it is- while it may not be “Laura’s perfect fantasy”… she can still have a “good life”.

Hellion…Gabby…Jubilee…ect all objectively know they might die being close to Laura… but they all still want her in their life anyway. They chose to be there, knowing the risk. And that’s often something Laura refuses to acknowledge.

I think it’s fair to say that Schultz run hasn’t been the strongest…but like Mariko Tamaki, I definitely see the points she’s trying to make and I think it’s an interesting choice.

If Humphries continues this storyline… I am willing to give it a chance!

[psychicreadsgirl]

Pick a Novel: Keywords/prominent themes in your life

Pick the novel that draws your attention the most. If you can't decide between two, then look at the 2 readings. This is a general reading, so not everything will apply. Please take what resonates and leave what doesn't behind!

#1

Keywords: love, lust, passion, fun, temperament, cafe, sweet, bicycle, pen, books, music, loyalty, winter, sofa, furniture, thoughts, light, intuition, soulmate, art, obsidian, cake, carbonated water, skincare, socks, cooking

Celebrities/Public Figures: Audrey Hepburn, Min Yoongi, IU, Claude Monet, Angela Merkel, Andrew Carnegie, John Johnson, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Howard Schultz, Sam Walton, Amancio Ortega, Queen Elizabeth I, Jane Austen, Jennie Kim

Countries: Italy, Canada, South Africa, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Greece, Madagascar, Qatar, Sweden, Zambia, Taiwan, Solomon Islands

Numbers: 11, 1, 5, 9, 80, 888, 6

Brands: Hermes, Tiffany, Apple, Instagram, Taobao, Lamborghini, Deloitte, Microsoft, Chopard, Givenchy, Patek Phillipe, Chloe, Alaia, Kraft,

Kpop songs: Young Forever by BTS, Shine by PENTAGON, Me Gustas Tu by GFRIEND, Run to You by DJ DOC, Love Lee by AKMU, Deja vu by TXT, Back Down by P1Harmony, Love shot by EXO

#2

Keywords: economy, job loss, new opportunities, play, drama, anger, frustration, lost, compass, computers, battery, feet, head, brain, summer, pearl, avocado, junk food, fried chicken, challenge, frugal

Celebrities/Public Figures: Grace Kelly, Billie Eilish, Keanu Reeves, Rosé, Jung Hoseok, Salma Hayek, Pablo Picasso, Princess Diana, Thomas Edison, Sergey Brin, Mary I, William Shakespeare, Lee Nayeon

Countries: New Zealand, USA, Maldives, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Lithuania, Nepal, Portugal, Poland, Lebanon, Mali, Netherlands

Numbers: 4, 99, 101, 33, 13, 14, 0

Brands: Masion Margiela, Amazon, facebook, Shein, PWC, Missoni, Moschino Couture, Toyota, citi bank, Chaumet, Polene, Pizza Hut,

Kpop songs: Love Dive by IVE, Shangri-la by VIXX, Sweety by Clazziquai, I NEED U by BTS, The Chaser by Infinite, Magnetic by ILLIT, My House by 2PM, ICY by ITZY

#3

Keywords: tales, gossip, lies, funny, movies, theatre, cell phone, cool, kpop, magenta, ancient, history, claws, cats, tiger, fall, jealousy, games, aquamarine, lemons, makeup, pencil, groceries

Celebrities/Public Figures: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Morgan Freeman, Kim Seokjin, Jang Wonyoung, Matt Damon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Shinzo Abe, Steve Jobs, Voltaire, Kim Jisoo,

Countries: Ethiopia, France, Russia, Ireland, Argentina, Afghanistan, Libya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Pakistan, Morocco, Malta, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Iraq,

Numbers: 2, 7, 69, 25, 55, 79, 1182

Brands: Saint Laurent, miumiu, Starbucks, Mercedez-Benz, Nestle, Oracle, Tod's, Bulgari, Rolex, KFC, SUBWAY, Carrefour, Kellog's

Kpop songs: Supernova by aespa, Maestro by seventeen, Not by the moon by GOT7, Alone by Sistar, Hip by MAMAMOO, Good Day by IU, Bite Me by ENHYPEN, Work by ATEEZ, The Feels by TWICE

#4

Keywords: foreign, spicy, peppery, rice, no, objection, resistance, control, storms, thunderstorms, shower, tension, crush, pop, paper, mango, legs, fragrance, emerald, clothing rack, tomatoes, defeat,

Celebrities/Public Figures: Judy Garland, Margot Robbie, G-Dragon, Jeon Jungkook, Pharrell Williams, Emmanuel Macron, Bill Clinton, King Charles, Warren Buffet, Cleopatra, Kim Mingyu

Countries: South Korea, Philippines, Scotland, Spain, Albania, Guatemala, Malaysia, Iran, Romania, Honduras, Georgia, Croatia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Gambia, Guinea

Numbers: 31, 75, 412, 43, 486, 640

Brands: Chanel, Prada, Bentley, Gucci, Samsung, Disney, BMW, Hyundai, cisco, Van Cleefs & Arpels, Dior, Loro Piana, Shake Shack

Kpop songs: Gee by SNSD, If you by BIGBANG, Antifragile by LE SSERAFIM, Up and Down by EXID, OMG by NewJeans, Lion by (G)I-DLE, Hello by TREASURE,

#5

Keywords: death, mystery, mirror, reflection, shadow, black, grey, white, funeral, video, sprint, pool, gym, streets, metro, subway, chocolate, broken, knees, moon, ruby, surgery, teeth, race

Celebrities/Public Figures: Marilyn Monroe, Barack Obama, Kate Winslet, Kim Taehyung, Aamir Khan, Marie Antoinette, Elon Musk, Robert F Kennedy, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Edward VIII, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln, Park Bogum,

Countries: North Korea, China, Vietnam, Brazil, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Germany, India, Israel, Laos, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Mongolia

Numbers: 3, 97, 17, 19, 52, 98

Brands: Ralph Lauren, Celine, Ferrari, Huawei, Uber, intel, UPS, Calvin Klein, Piaget, Guerlain, Berluti, Pepsi, Cadbury

Kpop songs: Shut down by Blackpink, Seven by Jeon Jungkook, God's Menu by Stray Kids, Love Love Love by Epik High, Very Nice by SEVENTEEN, Birthday by Jeon Somi, Psycho by Red Velvet,

#6

Keywords: travel, toxic, break away, departure, memory, dreams, truth, unveil, diary, journal, coffee, jacket, shoes, hands, social media, news, competition, autumn, diamonds, electricity, TV, cheat, fashion

Celebrities/Public Figures: Jane Birkin, Kim Jiwon, Gigi Hadid, Charlize Theron, Park Jimin, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Maximilien Robespierre, Bill Gates, Queen Elizabeth II, Vladimir Putin, Henry Ford, James Joyce, Lalisa Manobal

Countries: Japan, Australia, Mexico, Iceland, Finland, Eritrea, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Bolivia, Botswana, Bahamas,

Numbers: 8, 646, 152, 37, 49, 22

Brands: Louis Vuitton, Lexus, Tesla, Fendi, Walmart, Nike, Siemens, Google, Cartier, Burberry, Ferragamo, Burger King, Unilever

Kpop songs: ROCKSTAR by LISA, Cherry bomb by NCT 127, Move by Taemin, Dramarama by MONSTA X, Love Scenario by iKON, Get a Guitar by RIIZE, Replay by SHINee, Candy Sugar Pop by ASTRO, Mr. Simple by Super Junior

[themousefromfantasyland]

What's the deal with the Emcee?

Yesterday I watched the 1972 film adaptation of Cabaret for the first time. I loved it so much I couldn't contain myself and I watched the Sam Mendes production with Alan Cumming as the Emcee right after it. And then I had to watch the Super Mario Bros film to cleanse my mind and sleep well afterward 😂.

One character managed to stay with me.

What's the deal with the Emcee?

He's the most evil character that I ever saw in a stage show. He makes my skin crawl in a way very few characters do. He makes the Leading Player from Pippin look moral by comparison. He absolutely terrifies me.

If there's a devil, Joel Grey as the Emcee is him. I can't think of a character with a more demonic aura than him in the film adaptation.

I was really surprised to learn that he is considered a "neutral character".

In the original production and the film version he is a more malicious character, representing the darkness that is slowly spread through Germany and that is distracting people with cheap tricks.

He's the distraction that keeps people from noticing that the Nazis are taking over everything.

I think in the post Sam Mendes productions he is depicted more as a symbol of political apathy. In Alan Cummings' portrayal, he is shown to be wearing a concentration camp uniform by the end, showing that as queer and Jewish artist, not even he and Kit Kat Klub could ignore the Nazis forever.

However I think this depiction of him as a victim comes from out of nowhere, since over the course of the whole show he is depicted doing nothing more than enjoying and celebrating the Nazis rise to power. He is explicitly depicted wearing a Nazi uniform, he's the one that sings the most antisemitic song in the show, and he is the one who smashes Herr Schultz's windows.

I really think by the way the show is staged, the Emcee is nothing more than a malicious presence, an omen of doom, and everything else just doesn't fit that well.

What do you make of this character?

@ariel-seagull-wings @thealmightyemprex @the-blue-fairie @princesssarisa @maimoncat @theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[zepuckinghockey]

NHL Wedding Season 2024

We're back again for another summer of NHL weddings! If you'd like to see last year's, check out this post.

If you see something wrong or someone missing, let me know! I'll continue to update this list until September when the weddings fizzle out. I appreciate the replies, reblogs, and asks with corrections and additions ❤️

6/7/24: Adam Larsson: (private wedding, no idea)

6/19/24: Jake Evans: Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson, Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia

6/22/24: Max Jones: Trevor Zegras, Jacob Bryson

6/26/24: Adam Fox: (looked to be just family)

Josh Anderson: Nick Suzuki, Max Domi, Nick Foligno, Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson, Scott Hartnell

6/29/24: Ryan Pulock: Matt Martin, Noah Dobson, Casey Cizikas, Oliver Wahlstrom, Adam Pelech, JG Pageau, Josh Bailey, Mat Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Cal Clutterbuck, Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall, Mikey Reilly

Jake Oettinger: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Wyatt Johnston

7/3/24: Mason Marchment: Jake Oettinger, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Brandon Montour, Mike Carcone, Owen Tippett, Sam Reinhart

7/6/24: Nic Hague: Cody Glass, Owen Tippett, Zach Whitecloud, Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, Nic Roy

Brendan Gallagher: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Carey Price, Jeff Petry, Chris Wideman, Tanner Pearson, Nate Thompson, Philip Danault, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Sam Montembeault

7/7/24: Adam Fox 2.0: Ryan Reaves, Kevin Rooney, Will Cuylle, Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow, Alexis Lafreniere, Blake Wheeler, Jimmy Vesey, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Lindgren, Braden Schneider, Sammy Blais, Ryan Donato, John Marino

7/10/24: Elias Lindstrom: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/11/24: Jared McCann: Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn, Jamie Oleksiak, Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers, Will Borgen, Kailer Yamamoto, Justin Schultz, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Donato, Darnell Nurse, Brandon Tanev

7/13/24: Jack Campbell: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford, Evander Kane

Alex Carrier: Frederick Gaudreau, Mathieu Joseph, Jimmy Oligny

Pierre Engvall: Simon Holmstrom, Owen Wahlstrom

Andrew Mangiapane: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund, Noah Hanifin, Erik Gudbranson, Mack Weegar, Troy Stecher, Jonathan Huberdeau

Kyle Connor: Zach Werenski, Evgeny Svechnikov, Connor Hellebuyck, Tony Calderone

Eetu Luostarinen: Niko Mikkola, Lundell Anton, Aleksander Barkov

Tyler Madden: Alec Turcotte, Akil Thomas

Zack MacEwen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/18/24: William Carrier: Mathieu Joseph

7/19/24: Kaapo Kahkonen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/20/24: Jamie Benn: Tyler Seguin, Joe Pavelski, Jordie Benn, Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lundell, Ben Bishop, Luke Glendenning, Ty Dellandrea, John Klingberg

Alex Killorn: Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon, Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Zach Bogosian, Anthony Cirelli, Luke Schenn, Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Johnson, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Brate, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Thomas Chabot: Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Mathieu Joseph

Sebastian Aho: Teuvo Teräväinen, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Seth Jarvis, Antti Raanta, Nino Niederreiter, Jesper Fast, Jani Hakanpaa

7/22/24: Michael Bunting: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Jake Muzzin, Morgan Reilly, Fred Anderson, Wayne Simmons, Alex Kerfoot, TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford

7/26/24: Jake Lucchini: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/27/24: Connor McDavid: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard, Vinny Desharnais, Brett KUlak, Connor Brown, Ryan Mcleod, Derek Ryan, Stuart Skinner, Philip Broberg, Warren Foegele, Devin Shore, Kyle Turris, Luke Gazdic, Zack Kassian, Patrick Maroon, Sam Gagner

Carter Verhaeghe: Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues, Stolarz, Ryan Lomberg, Nick Cousins

8/3/24: Travis Sanheim: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, Shayne Gostisbehere, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster, James Van Riemsdyk

Connor Ingram: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Cody Glass: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

8/4/24: David Pastrnak: Taylor Hall, Tukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara, Charlie Coyle, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark, Torey Krug, David Krecji

8/9/24: Alex Tuch: Shea Theodore, Zemgus Girgensons, Tage Thompson

8/10/24: Tyler Johnson: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph, Ryan McDonagh, Alex Killorn, Pat Maroon, Reese Johnson, Adam Gaudette

8/17/24: Cale Makar: Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson, Bo Byram, Darren Helm, Andrew Cogliano, Josh Manson, Kurtis Macdermid

Zachary Sanford: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Mike Amadio: Zach Whitecloud, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Nic Hague, Nic Roy

Andrew Copp: JT Compher, Tyson Jost

Ryan Johansen: Colton Sissons, Luke Kunin, Roman Josi, Matt Duchene, Dante Fabbro, Cam Atkinson, Ross Colton, Miles Wood

8/23/24:

Roope Hintz: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lundell, Patrik Laine,

[aliesafenlock]

Looks like there are some Cabaret fans here, so I found my programme of Roundabout Theatre Company's production I saw many years ago.

This Broadway revival was was based on the 1993 London production, directed by Sam Mendes, and performed at Club 54!

The main cast were:

Alan Cumming as the Emcee

Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles

John Benjamin Hickey as Cliff Bradshaw

Mary Louise Wilson as Fräulein Schneider

Ron Rifkin as Herr Schultz

[scholarlycoffee]

WIP INTRO: NEON VIOLET

The light-leaks and scratches on the old film flicker over her face, masking her reflective white eyes. The video kicks back and loops. “My name is Nettie Schultz and I have died three times,” she repeats. 

Blurb: On the island of Tombedel, no one dies. At least, no one stays dead.

After separating from his wife of over twenty years, London-based private investigator Abe Tannen visits the exclusive medieval island of Tombedel during their Saint Martin’s Day celebrations, but his much-needed vacation takes an unexpected turn when a man is murdered in his hotel: the first person to actually die on the island in over 1,000 years.

With the local law enforcement unprepared to handle a real murder, the investigation falls to Abe, who enlists the help of an eclectic group of ghosts.

When the investigation leads them to begin uncovering the island’s long-buried secrets, Abe and his team find themselves in far more danger than they could have anticipated. After all, there are far worse fates than death.

Setting: Tombedel, a mysterious medieval island off the coast of England. November of 2025, but also 1983 and 1934 and 802 AD and 509 AD.

Genre: Adult, sci-fi mystery

Series: 1 of 2

POV: 3rd person present tense, multi-pov

Vibes: glitter-smudged faces, foggy coasts, chainmail under t-shirts, crystal balls, ancient church towers, neon lights, dimly lit labs, tape recorders, ren faires, crumbling castles, rundown pubs, cable-knit sweaters, old magicks.

Soundtrack: Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender / I'm Set Free - The Velvet Underground / Night Shift - Lucy Dacus / The Body Electric - Hurray for the Riff Raff / Yuri-G - PJ Harvey / My Darling Faye - Songs for Moms / Vampire Empire - Big Thief / The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen

Word Count: Planning

[scishowtangentspoems]

Surgery

Scrubby up my hands nice and clean,

we gotta take out this guy's spleen.

Put on my gloves so I don't touch,

his belly full of squingy guts.

It's time to do medicinal battle,

nurse hand me that shiny scalpel.

I assess the patient with a steadied gaze,

should I make this incision at length, or sideways?

Eh, either way I'm going in,

a slice, a spurt, I need suction.

I'm in wrist deep and feeling round,

till that pesky organ is found.

Give me a dab, my brow's all sweaty,

these guts, they feel just like spaghetti.

He's flatlining, hurry! Those shock-y things stat!

Damn it man, we've just got to bring you back.

Give me 50 ccs of some medicine stuff,

whoo, his heart's restarted, alright pal, hang tough.

Ah, that's it! The forceps now!

To heal this man's my solemn vow.

Pull out the spleen, stitch up his slice,

procedure's done, nice and precise.

At least, that's what it looks like on TV,

If I left something out, please educate me.

- Sam Schultz

[droughtofapathy]

Hi there! I read your review of Cabaret and saw that one of your main complaints was that a lot of Jewish culture was staged/written out. I’m not Jewish and don’t have that baseline understanding of the religion/culture and was wondering if you could elaborate further?

Hi Anon, I'd be glad to elaborate a little more, with the caveat that I'm not Jewish either, but I do know a thing or two about the history of this show. I'm also long-winded, so... buckle in.

I don't believe the production team intentionally went into it and took an eraser to Judaism as they went, but I do believe that being an English team with far less Jewish influence in their culture and society has made them blind to the inherent Judaism of the story beyond the glaringly obvious. As I've said before, this is a revival made by gentiles for gentiles right from the very conceit. In centering the show on this nightmare puppet spectacle of a cabaret, it does a disservice to the real heart and moral of the story's true epicenter: the boardinghouse and Schneider and Schultz and the grounded people around them. The very fact that it's officially been retitled "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club" (frankly redundant) shows that this production is no longer about the actual book, but about the frivolous hedonism. Schultz's Jewish storyline is an afterthought hastily plopped down into the cabaret setting. Because of this staging, the focus is never away from the now-very goyish cabaret. Cliff, Schneider, Schultz, and even Ernst were very much given the "I don't care much" treatment by this director who wants everyone to ooh and ahh over the exorbitant pre-show gimmicks and whatever the fuck the Emcee and Sally are doing, and to hell with the actual plot.

Everything from the direction to the marketing to the creative tone seems to scream out that no one on this creative team actually understands the message. The nightclub might be the titular setting, but it's a looming figure in the shadows. A seedy little joint in a back alley where everyone's just trying to survive. Vaudeville could be bawdy, certainly, but the staging and choreography here is vulgar and tiresome, and says to me that the creatives also have little to no knowledge of that artform either.

Cabaret is an inherently Jewish musical. The three original creatives (Joe Masteroff, John Kander, and Fred Ebb) were Jewish men who were all alive during WWII and old enough to understand the horrors happening around them and overseas. Director and producer Hal Prince was Jewish. Revival director Sam Mendes is Jewish. Both Joel Grey and Alan Cumming are Jewish and/or gay. Eddie Redmayne is the first major Emcee on Broadway (baring a few late-run replacements, in the other runs, I'm sure) who is neither. Rebecca Fracknell is not Jewish and beyond the fact that I just don't think she's a good director of musical theatre (which is an incredibly hard artform that differs from directing straight plays), she has no inherent understanding or trust of the rich material already in place. She chose instead to create spectacle without actual spectacle, and focus all the time and energy into the Emcee--a character who was never meant to be the protagonist. The charisma and iconic performances of past Emcees have elevated this role in all subsequent productions, yes, but always as a centrally Jewish (and subtextually queer) figure. By having that representation and interpretation, Cabaret remains a centrally Jewish musicals. By stripping this particular Emcee of that, we get a goyish nightmare puppet, not a man. Not a Jewish man hiding or highlighting his Jewishness. We get a re-centered gentile production dead behind the eyes.

Antisemitism in Weimar Germany takes on a featured role in what should be a starring turn. Fracknell clearly sees herself as Sally, and she's made it all about the Sally in a painfully white goyish feminist way (don't get me started on a rant about the "girlbossification" they're trying to make happen), but the VERY CLEAR intent of the material is that we should not want to be Sally. We should not be proud of being this willfully ignorant girl who doesn't care about the rise of fascism all around her, and actively states that it has nothing to do with her. We should be horrified at her complacency and shamed that we might have gone in feeling the same way. And Schneider says it, she says it right there in what's meant to be the scene, that Cliff and Sally can just run away when the going gets tough without a care in the world, but she can't. When a show takes a Jewish story, written by Jewish men, and turns it into a gentile funhouse carnival and refuses to acknowledge its Jewish-centered book characters and actors (notice how Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell were almost entirely excluded from promo materials until late into the Award Season publicity) to instead prop up a white gentile man and a white gentile woman...well, that's just blatant Jewish erasure.

[bulletdyke]

watched the new production of cabaret at a community theatre and it was. AWESOME.! i didnt like how they changed kit kat klub to club obviously but they msutve taken creative liberties at this theatre cuz they kept the klub. alhamdulila. i didnt actually KNOW that the new production changed the ending so the entire time i was really confused why the cabaret were nazis? dancing with swastikas, saying antisemitic shit. how were they gonna reveal that the emcee was jewish all along if he has a gun on herr schultz? and when that reveal never happened, i felt real life dread watching the stage cuz the ending is just soo awful to watch but i also felt a little bit of disappointment. cuz i liked that the sam mendes production had that reveal cuz you fell for the same "at least its not me" sentiment that everyone else had. u never believed the EMCEE could be sent away. and you realize youre just as complicit as the rest of them.

BUT. then, after the emcee shoots herr schultz and the stage went dark, they played trump speeches on the speakers (mirroring earlier, when intermission started and they played hitler speeches) and suddenly it all clicked. if the first production was about guilt, this one is about fear. cuz its not hypothetical anymore. its not "what WOULD you have done" its "what are you GOING to do." cuz we're living it right now. it all made sense and it made me SICK!!!!!!

[dalekofchaos]

Grand Theft Auto Fancast

Felt inspired after playing GTA V and the GTA Trilogy

Since tumblr has a 30 photo limit, I just decided "fuck it" and just did the protagonists, also I'm mentally burned out.

My other Video Games fancasts

FNAF

The Last Of Us

The Last Of Us Part II

Life Is Strange(New)

Life Is Strange Before The Storm(New)

Life Is Strange(Old)

Life Is Strange Before The Storm(Old)

Life Is Strange 2

Life Is Strange True Colors

Assassin’s Creed

Mass Effect

KOTOR

KOTOR II

The Force Unleashed

Resident Evil

Silent Hill

God Of War

God Of War Norse Saga

Mortal Kombat(old)

Mortal Kombat(new)

Bioshock

Bioshock 2

Bioshock Infinite

Skyrim

Oblivion

Dead Rising

Dead RIsing 1

The Wolf Among Us

Telltale’s Game Of Thrones

Telltale’s The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead  The Final Season

Red Dead Redemption

LA Noire

Detroit:Become Human

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Sims

Vampyr

Cillian Murphy as Claude

Michael Madsen as Toni Cipriani

Ben Barnes as Tommy Vercetti

Anthony Mackie as Victor Vance

Michael B. Jordan as Carl Johnson

Ed Skrein as Niko Bellic

Jon Bernthal as Johnny Klebitz

Jorge Lendeborg Jr as Luis Lopez

Hugh Jackman as Michael De Santa

Steven Ogg as Trevor Phillips

John Boyega as Franklin Clinton

Robert DeNiro as Salvatore Leone

Diane Guerrero as Catalina

Marko Zaror as Miguel

Jessica Henwick as Asuka Kasen

Brian Tee as Kenji Kasen

Bill Hader as Donald Love

Rosa Salazar as Maria Latore

Paul Dano as Ken Rosenberg

Jon Hamm as Sonny Forelli

Mark Margolis as Ricardo Díaz

Donald Glover as Lance Vance

Aldis Hodge as Sweet Johnson

Brian Tyree Henry as Big Smoke

Jason Mitchell as Ryder

Samuel L Jackson as Frank Tenpenny

Jonah Hill as Eddie Pulaski

Josh Gad as Roman Bellic

Marlon Waynes as Little Jacob

Aaron Paul as Packie McReary

Jane Levy as Kate McReary

Yuri Kolokolnikov as Dimitri Rascalov

Joe Pesci as Jimmy Peggorino

Morgan Spector as Darko Brevic

Ralph Fiennes as Mikhail Faustin

Liev Schreiber as Vladimir Glebov

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ray Bulgarin

Krsyten Ritter as Ashley Butler

Benjamin Bratt as Jim Fitzgerald

Michael Rooker as Billy Grey

Matt Dillon as Ray Boccino

Jai Courtney as Brian Jeremy

Katheryn Winnick as Gracie Ancelotti

Sam Rockwell as Tony Prince

Scott Caan as Rocco Pelosi

Nathan Jones as Timur

Harvey Keitel as Uncle Vince

Rainn Wilson as Lester Crest

Wyatt Russell as Brad Snider

LaKeith Stanfield as Lamar Davis

Keke Palmer as Tanisha

Winona Ryder as Amanda De Santa

Kathryn Newton as Tracey De Santa

Jeremy Ray Taylor as Jimmy De Santa

Nicolas Cage as Dave Norton

Woody Harrleson as Ron Jakowski

Steve Howey as Chef

Tom Felton as Wade Herbert

Jamie Bell as Floyd Hebert

Rooney Mara as Debra

Susan Sarandon as Mrs. Philips

Antonio Banderas as Martin Madrazo

Olivia Negron as Patricia Madrazo

Michael Keaton as Devin Weston

Alexandria Daddario as Molly Schultz

Glen Powell as Steve Haines

Omar Epps as Stretch

Hoon Lee as Wei Cheng

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The Punisher  -  Netflix   -   November 7, 2017  -  January 18, 2019

Action / Drama (26 episodes)

Running Time:  49 - 58 Minutes

Stars:

Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher

Ebon Moss-Bachrach as David Lieberman / Micro:

Ben Barnes as Billy Russo / Jigsaw

Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani

Daniel Webber as Lewis Wilson

Paul Schulze as William Rawlins III

Jason R. Moore as Curtis Hoyle

Michael Nathanson as Sam Stein

Jaime Ray Newman as Sarah Lieberman

Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page

Josh Stewart as John Pilgrim

Floriana Lima as Krista Dumont

Giorgia Whigham as Amy Bendix

Recurring

Introduced in season 1

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Farah Madani

Jordan Mahome as Isaac Lange

Kelli Barrett as Maria Castle

Aidan Pierce Brennan as Frank Castle Jr.

Nicolette Pierini as Lisa Castle

Ripley Sobo as Leo Lieberman

Kobi Frumer as Zach Lieberman

Tony Plana as Rafael "Rafi" Hernandez

Royce Johnson as Brett Mahoney

Introduced in season 2

Corbin Bernsen as Anderson Schultz

Annette O'Toole as Eliza Schultz

Jordan Dean as Jake Nelson

Samuel Gomez as José

Jimi Stanton as Tod

Brett Bartholomew as Phillip