genius-with-a-j

[genius-with-a-j]

One of my favorite hoaxes was in early 1962. There was a musical that debuted in 1961 called Subways are for Sleeping that was doing very poorly. For bizarre reasons (ads were banned in the New York subway system lest people take it as permission to sleep there) and normal (the reviews were poor).

But in 1962 an ad came out full of effusive praise from every prominent theater critic in New York. Every single one. From the Times to the Post, all of the famous theater critics in New York LOVED Subways Are For Sleeping

Except...

One of the papers paid to run this ad noticed something...off. Namely, that the editor knew Richard Watts the theater critic and he wasn't African-American.

It turns out that the producer of the musical had found seven New Yorkers with the same names as the seven biggest theater critics in New York, since while he couldn't lie and say they liked it, he could pay for *a* John Chapman or *a* Robert Coleman to see the musical and quote them next to their photo truthfully, bc how many people even knew what the leading theater critics in NYC looked like?

Turns out the producer had wanted to do this for ages, but had to wait for the NYT's critic to retire bc he couldn't find anyone with the same name. Anyway it worked: it went from being about to close, to running another hundred shows and winning a Tony

Here's the main source for this, btw

[genius-with-a-j]

I'm sorry but the fact that this show ISN'T about lesbians is crazy!!! look at this poster!! there is no heterosexual explanation for this!!!

Ladies, is it gay to stare at your LLBFF's boobs while on a date with another woman?

[genius-with-a-j]

dam…….. that website “you feel like shit” (it’s like a questionnaire / troubleshooting guide for when you feel like shit) really works………………….. im not even all the way thru it and i even half-assed a lot of the suggestions and i already feel loads better

[genius-with-a-j]

that chimera ain't right

[genius-with-a-j]

My problem with heterosexual romance novels (which I am reading under duress due to my coworker book club but find somewhat entertaining cuz they're not something I normally wld read) is that whenever the love interest is an asshole the author also makes him all dommy dom. when what I really want is for him to be thoroughly put in his place. All of these shithead Christian grey knockoff guys in these books would be excellent brat material but nobody cares what I want. Nobody cares what I want

[genius-with-a-j]

welcome to my farm where I keep my dark horse my black sheep my scapegoat and my underdog. my canary in the coal mine died ages ago

[genius-with-a-j]

Various stars & moon details from my gouache paintings 🌙✨

[genius-with-a-j]

What the flock?! such smart names!

Science should let more cartoonists name things. That how we got the thagomizer and the Rube Goldberg machines. Anyways! SHERLOCK CROWMES!!!!!

Check out my stuff!

✧Read Namesake✧ ✧Read Crow Time✧ ✧Store✧ ✧Patreon✧

[genius-with-a-j]

This is the funniest tweet I’ve ever seen.

[genius-with-a-j]

my mans running animation only got two frames

[genius-with-a-j]

you ask tigger what his gender is and he's like "i'm a tigger" and you're like "ok but what are your pronouns" and he's like "t/i/double-guh/er"

[genius-with-a-j]

There was a young man from Peru

Whose limericks stopped at line two

[genius-with-a-j]

why do they have the same hairline

[genius-with-a-j]

From 3DBearnadette on tweeter...

[genius-with-a-j]

Okay but hear me out. I would argue that oxiclean loves her for who she THINKS she SHOULD be. She wants to force her not to change or evolve, just to continue to fit into this narrow definition of what perfect is. Turmeric is changing her, yes, but sometimes to change is to grow and evolve. I think it's worse to only love someone on the condition that they never grow than to love someone and end up changing them in the process.

To be loved is to be changed, after all.

in loving memory of my favorite shirt

[genius-with-a-j]

The Old Town by Crazy Earl

[genius-with-a-j]

rich people have a natural predator and its their friend's cousin's privately chartered cessna