#David Gant

[whatamigonnawatchtoday]

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

2023. Fantasy, Short Film

By Wes Anderson

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, David Gant, Jarvis Cocker

Country: United States

Language: English

[manicpixiedepressedwitch]

daniel kaluuya on the cover of british gq feb 2024

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Some of my favorite images from the 2023-2024 Phantom London cast souvenir brochure (with some cast autographs). Love that you can also easily spot some of the first covers in their ensemble tracks. I’ve uploaded the full book here.

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Photos (all that you could ever want!) of what should be Paige and Joe's first show together.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time in London that there have been two principal black actors in the trio at the same time. (Lucy St. Louis and Jemal Felix did have some shows together, but Jemal was one of the understudy Raoul's.)

[hop3isaprison]

POTO London Audio Gift 12/12/2023

sharing my James Gant audio as I was fortunate enough to finally experience the London production and got to meet these wonderful people.

AUDIO GIFT - please don't repost outside tumblr

London | December 12, 2023

cast: James Gant (The Phantom), Paige Blankson (Christine Daaé), Joe Griffiths-Brown (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Lily de-la-Haye (Carlotta Giudicelli), Matt Harrop (Monsieur Firmin), Adam Linstead (Monsieur André), Francesca Ellis (Madame Giry), David Kristopher-Brown (Ubaldo Piangi), Maiya Hikasa (Meg Giry)

*act 1 is in two parts - they had to pause the show due to technical difficulties. also: recorded with my phone, so the sound quality could be better, but it's a fantastic cast nevertheless.*

enjoy!

https://mega.nz/folder/XwgjHKaK#v26GV9Dgzt0oCtJ83K17uA

[vintagefashionplates]

‘Le Moniteur des Dames et des Demoiselles’

Caption: ‘Modes d'Alexandrine rue d'Antin, 14_ Fleurs de M.me de Laëre. Rue de Richelieu, 18_ Parfums, Gants, Eventails de Faguer, Ane.ne M.me Laboullée. Envoi de la M.on de Commission Lassalle et C.ie rue Louis le Grand, 37.’

print maker: Sierre 

after drawing by: Jules David (1808-1892) 

printer: Lamoureux 

Paris, 1858

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Vogue Italia January 1988

Christy Turlington wears a pink spencer in embossed jersey, a white silk blouse, and a white linen skirt and black high elastic belt. Hats, gloves, earrings again by Valentino.

Christy Turlington porte un spencer rose en jersey gaufré, un chemisier en soie blanche, et une jupe en lin blanc et ceinture haute élastique noire. Chapeaux, gants, boucles d'oreilles encore par Valentino.

Photo David Bailey archivio.vogue.it

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This is the main strip I was excited to draw, where I got to cram all of the cameos I wanted to into 2 BIG, packed panels. If you're a cartoonist bummed that I didn't reach out to you, I WAS OUT OF ROOM! lol Enjoy the cameos from my own Marjorie from "Marjorie of the Weirdlings", Bill, Frank, and Gnome 12 from David Reddick's "Legend of Bill". Lexii the Pixie from Sabrina Pandora's "Giant Girl Adventures", Miles and Kevin from Tauhid Bondia's "Crabgrass", "Pen & Ink" from the comic, "Pen & Ink" by Deon Parson, and also from SuprDee, Maria & Maricela from "Rosebuds". Last but never least, a certain precocious Toddler from George Gant's "Beware of Toddler"! Thanks to them ALL for letting me play with their toys!

[phantomtrader19]

My audios from this weekend are up for trades, feel free to message and I’ll try my best to respond asap! 😊

March 29, 2024

James Gant (u/s), Chumisa Dornford-May (alt), Michael Colbourne (u/s), Kelly Glyptis, Matt Harrop, Adam Linstead, Francesca Ellis, David Kristopher Brown, Maiya Hikasa

- recorded front front row of Stalls

*Phantomtrader19’s master*

March 30, 2024

Jon Robyns, Lily Kerhoas, Michael Colbourne (u/s), Lily De-La Haye (u/s), Matt Harrop, Samuel Haughton (u/s), Victoria Ward (u/s), David Kristopher Brown, Maiya Hikasa

*Phantomtrader19’s master*

[slayerchick303]

People requested more of my Queer as Folk hot takes, so here is Part 2:

The gang and Debbie were all terrible people and enormous hypocrites when they tried to dissuade Michael from dating Ben. They know Michael knows how to practice safe-sex. They know Michael is familiar with what care being HIV+ can/will eventually entail. He's grown up with Vic as his uncle. He's seen the worst. The gang (and most especially Debbie) were horrible and should have known Michael was smart and strong enough to have a partner who was positive. Debbie saying she doesn't want Michael and Ben to be together is diametrically opposed to her as a character, and I fucking hated it.

All of them were also bad friends/family when they encouraged Michael to move to Oregon with David. Well into Michael and David's relationship, Michael's friends should have pointed out to Michael that David didn't value him as a person, was condescending, never compromised, was trying to make Michael conform into someone he wasn't, etc. True, you can't help who you fall in love with, but real family/friends would have taken you aside and pointed out the way your relationship wasn't healthy before you got super invested, so you could at least try to fix issues before getting involved with someone deeper.

I love Michael with my whole heart and fully identify with this hot take, as I struggle with it as well. Michael is a doormat. He's always bending over backward to defend people who would never do the same for him- the biggest culprit being Brian. Michael is constantly going against his own values to defend Brian's shitty behavior towards everyone, even Michael himself. His and Brian's friendship is incredibly unhealthy. Hal Sparks and all of us were talking a while back, and he said that Michael wouldn't be as bad with that today, since being with Ben for almost 20 years (Hal and Robert Gant both agree they'd still be together) would have helped Michael gain more confidence to know he, and others, deserve better and to hold people accountable for shitty behavior. Well, Michael would stick to that most of the time.

The show's depiction of Brian's opinion on romance and relationships was muddled. The show begins by showing Brian as aromantic, which is totally valid. As time goes on, they make Brian's desire not to be in a romantic relationship, and his promiscuity seem unhealthy and just the result of psychological damage. That's harmful to the aro and ace community. I'd much rather the show have stuck with him being on the aromantic spectrum, with Justin just being his exception to the rule (which is also valid for us aro folx), instead of making Brian's life choices seem like some kind of damage or childish positions to have. Maybe that's just me, as I don't want kids, have zero desire to get married, and have very little desire to be in a relationship.

What are some of your QAF unpopular opinions? Tag me if you do this, or put yours in a reblog. I'd love to see them.

Here's PART ONE of the hot takes if anyone is interested:

[meilas]

Socks' Ultimate Phantoms list, part two

PART ONE

Phantoms, continued:

David Thaxton - Had this moment in Final Lair where it looked like he’d had a heart attack, and then Christine put her hands over his on his heart and just—🥺 David Arnsperger - Had a wild self-caress right before MOTN where he rocked backward. That's it, that's all I remember. John Cudia - I remember actively not liking his Phantom the first time I saw him, but I changed my mind at his Final Lair because it was so good. Jonathan Roxmouth - Has a slightly nasally tone and a slightly deeper voice than a lot of Phantoms. He did not have good pants. Actually the worst pants I’ve ever seen. Looks like a cinnamon roll, is not afraid to burn you if you’ve wronged him. I also don’t like how his wig looks like thinning hair at the very front. Tim Martin Gleason - Don't ask me why, I just like him okay. James Romick - Really like his voice. Does an excellent sad. Derrick Davis - Fantastic voice. Brought a touch of humanity to that awful restaged show and made it worth watching. Wish we could have seen him in Real POTO. Great ass. Brent Barrett - I remember liking him. Thomas James O’Leary - Good acting, good voice.

Jon Robyns - Makes excellent noises during the Final Lair. Good voice. James Gant - Works best with Eva Shanu-Wilson. Okay acting, but nothing else really going on. Occasional good moments.

Christines: Lisa Vroman - An "older" Christine. Great chemistry with Franc D'Ambrosio. Initiated a gentle hand-holding during the ring return with him which was an excellent choice that I don’t often see. Made some other excellent choices throughout the show in reacting to what was happening around her. Looks like she could kill you, is a cinnamon roll except when she’s going to kill you. Elizabeth Southard - Another "older" Christine. Love her. The best chemistry with Gary Mauer, her irl husband. Also had great chemistry with Jim Weitzer, who was her Raoul. Very, very good actor. Looks like a cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll but only for her husband, otherwise she can and will kill. Luzia Nistler - Love her voice. Austrian. (Like German, but elegant.) Emilie Kouatchou - I wanted to like her. But she has a ton of vibrato and she sounds like a child. I also don't care for her acting. She looked like she was only doing what she was told, rather than reacting to things happening around her. Meghan Picerno - I don't remember anything about her. I saw her live right after the reopening. Celinde Schoenmaker - I've only heard audio of her but I remember liking her. Kanisha Feliciano - Good Wishing. Looks fabulous in the blue dress. I love her wigs more than any other Christine. Hers doesn’t look like a frizzy mess. Lucy St Louis - She played a very sympathetic Christine, and has such a beautiful voice. Lily Kerhoas - fierce. Loved the anger she had in Final Lair. Holly Anne-Hull - too much vibrato Paige Blankson - too much vibrato

Raouls: Christopher Carl - Didn't get to see much of him owing to the fact that the boots he's in are Phantom-centered highlights. The little I have seen of him has been excellent though. Ciaran Sheehan - I like him better as Raoul than as the Phantom. He was ready to throw hands. Has a very stilted way of singing that reminds me of the few clips of Colm Wilkinson, but sounds better than Colm. Willing to troll his associates irl. Bronson Norris Murphy - A. Dorable. The best. Looks like a cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll. Could probably do a murder if pushed far enough. Have heard audio and now seen a boot and he’s a protective Raoul. Hands down my favourite Raoul. John Riddle - Saw him live right after the reopening. I don't remember anything specific about him. Paul Schaefer - Nice chest. Matt Blaker - meh

[freetheshit-outofyou]

USS Albacore (SS-218), a 311-foot, Gato-class submarine lost 7 November 1944 of the coast of Hokkaido Japan, she was presumed lost on 21 December 1944 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 March 1945, found 16 February 2023.

The USS Albacore earned 9 battle stars, received 4 Presidential Unit Citations and was responsible for sinking at least 10 ships.

Below is a listing of the ships compliment, their names are written in memorial at the National Memorial Cemetary of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii:

IN THESE GARDENS ARE RECORDED

THE NAMES OF AMERICANS

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

AND WHOSE EARTHLY RESTING PLACE

IS KNOWN ONLY TO GOD

Walter Henry Barber, Jr., Kenneth Ripley Baumer, Henry Forbes Bigelow, Jr., Edward Brown Blackmon, William Walter Bower, Allan Rose Brannam, Herbert Hodge Burch, Nicholas John Cado, John Joseph Carano, Charles Lee Carpenter, James Louis Carpenter, Pasquale Charles Carracino, Stanley Chapman, Douglas Childress, Jr., Frederick Herbert Childs, Jr., Perry Aubrey Collom, Audrey Cecil Crayton, Eugene Cugnin, John Wilber Culbertson, Philip Hugh Davis, Ray Ellis Davis, Fred Wallace Day, Julius Delfonso, James Leroy DeWitt, James Thomas Dunlap, Carl Hillis Eskew, John Francis Fortier, Jr., Gordon Harvey Fullilove, Jr., John Wilfred Gant, John Paul Gennett, William Henry Gibson, John Frederick Gilkeson, Charles Chester Hall, James Kenneth Harrell, Robert Daniel Hill, Allen Don Hudgins, Donald Patrick Hughes, Eugene Edsel Hutchinson, Burton Paul Johnson, Sheridan Patrick Jones, George Kaplafka, Nelson Kelley, Jr., Morris Keith Kincaid, Victor Edward Kinon, Joseph Mike Krizanek, Arthur Star Kruger,Walter Emery Lang, Jr., Jack Allen Little, Kenneth Walter Manful, Patrick Kennyless McKenna, Willie Alexander McNeill, Joseph Norfleet Mercer, Leonard David Moss, Richard Joseph Naudack, Encarnacion Nevarez, Joseph Hayes Northam, Frank Robert Nystrom, Robert James O'Brien, Elmer Harold Peterson, Charles Francis Pieringer, Jr., James Teel Porter, Jerrold Winfred Reed, Jr., Francis Albert Riley, Hugh Raynor Rimmer, A. B. Roberts, James Ernest Rowe, Philip Shoenthal, George Maurice Sisk, Joe Lewis Spratt, Harold William St. Clair, Arthur Lemmie Stanton, Robert Joseph Starace, John Henry Stephenson, Maurice Crooks Strattan, Earl Richard Tanner, William George Tesser, Paul Raymond Tomich, Charles Edward Traynor, Theodore Taylor Walker, Elmer Weisenfluh, James Donald Welch, Richard Albert West, Wesley Joseph Willans, Leslie Allan Wilmott, David Robert Wood

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ROUND 1 MATCHUPS (COMPLETED)

Polls will be published two groups at a time and each poll will run for 24 hours. All brackets were completely randomized - my condolences if your fave is up against tough competition. Poll propaganda is welcomed and encouraged, however remember to keep it civil and have fun.

Group A

Trafalgar D. Water Law VS Julius Pringles

Ricky LaFleur VS Toadsworth

Sealeo VS Norville "Shaggy" Rogers

Tim Lockwood VS Alex Louis Armstrong

Group B

Dracule Mihawk VS Gimli

Entei VS Mirrorverse Spock

Broque Monsieur VS Captain Archibald Haddock

King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule VS Ned Flanders

Group C

The Judge VS Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik

Danjuro "Gentle Criminal" Tobita VS Ganondorf

Iroh VS Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe

King Harkinian VS Maestro

Group D

Obi-Wan Kenobi VS Lawrence Betelgeuse Shoggoth

R.J. MacReady VS Chourou

Gordito Delgado VS Gandalf

Will Riker VS SpongeBob SquarePants

Group E

Waluigi VS Gan Fall

Kintoleski VS Professor Crumbs

Gol D. Roger VS Rob Lucci

Gyro Zeppeli VS Jinbe

Group F

Tim Wright VS Damon Gant

The Lorax VS Sebastian

Drayden VS William Murderface

Jet Black VS Lan Qiren

Group G

Jimmy T VS Isaac Netero

Mario VS Geralt of Rivia

James Ironwood VS Minimus Ambus

Rich Uncle Pennybags VS Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate

Group H

Marshall "Blackbeard" D. Teach VS Stoutland

The Master VS Paul Blart

Seneca Crane VS Warden Ingo

Ice King VS Odin Borson

Group I

Usopp VS Daruk

Kamaji VS Kricketune

Killer VS Old Man McGucket

Samurott VS Mustache Girl

Group J

Sea Hawk VS Papa Smurf

Inigo Montoya VS Hercule Poirot

Yosemite Sam VS Wario

Master Wu VS King Bob-omb

Group K

Agent Wyoming VS Luigi

Gordon Freeman VS Franky

Mumbo Jumbo VS Treebeard

Solomon David VS Master Eon

Group L

Cervantes VS Ramuh

Harry Du Bois VS Watari

Bob Belcher VS Heimerdinger

Dell Clawthorne VS Senshi

Group M

Marvin Grossberg VS Commander Kamado

Brewster VS Count Dracula

Maes Hughes VS Morshu

Nigel Thornberry VS Stan Pines

Group N

Magnus Burnsides VS Sanji

Cranky Kong VS The King of Town

Davy Jones VS Shouta "Eraserhead" Aizawa

Henry Henderson VS Asgore Dreemurr

Group O

Darius Deamonne VS Raikou

Hades VS Mr. Sinister

Captain Villads VS Remus Sanders

Santa Claus VS Zeff

Group P

The Bowler Hat Guy VS Kratos

Daisuke Jigen VS Probopass

Kaido VS Count Olaf

Yamada "Present Mic" Hizashi VS The King of All Cosmos

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But then also, why doesn’t London promote an understudy to principal? They’ve had people emergency covering certain roles for years, so why not have those people as the leads? Is it because Cammack doesn’t want to pay more than he has to?

There might be some confusion over terms and such here. "Covering" is when an understudy or standby takes on a principal role because the usual actor is out. This is expected and quite usual; it's why standbys and understudies are hired. "Emergency covering" is a bit of a different ballgame: this is when so many of the usual actors are out, that an actor who has left the show entirely (or an actor who does not usually play or cover the role at all) must be brought in to play the role.

It's definitely been said that London has had a bit of an emergency cover problem pre-COVID, to the point where actors who leave the show will still be contracted to come back if needed. But that problem doesn't really have anything to do with not bumping people to principal; it has more to do with how the London production only had one understudy for a role (e.g. Christine) and their tendency to just switch out an entire cast and then not rehearse the understudy, meaning if even one of the principal actors was out, they'd have only one backup who was totally unprepared to do 8 shows a week.

But for the most part, that's been fixed post-COVID, as most roles now have multiple understudies (the role of Christine now has two understudies, for example), and they haven't done any massive cast switcheroos too much (sticking with Christines, at the July cast change only Beatrice Penny-Toure left, so they still had 3 experienced Christines left, and Lucy St Louis left in January, which still meant they had 2 actresses who had played the role and Eve Shanu-Wilson had done her cover run).

Still, I get what you're saying - Killian Donnelly has left and it wasn't cast change day, so why not just promote James Gant or James Hume to principal Phantom instead of bringing in, say, Earl Carpenter for six weeks and now Jon Robyns?

Well, first, it's worth mentioning that understudies and alternates have been bumped up, before and after the COVID shut-down. Holly-Anne Hull has gone from alternate to principal. Matt Blaker is a former Raoul understudy. Before them, we saw Danny Whitehead and Bridget Costello get promoted directly from understudy to principal, and multiple actors in the production were understudies or standbys who left and then returned as alternates or principals (Earl Carpenter, Ramin Karimloo, Sofia Escobar, Katie Hall, Tabitha Webb, Katy Treharne, Nadim Naaman) as well as the inevitable Raoul-to-Phantom pipeline (Killian Donnelly, David Shannon, Ramin Karimloo, and so on).

I'll admit, it does seem like the Phantom is being given to more established actors from the West End theatre scene rather than bumping up an understudy, but I don't think that's necessarily a new thing either - it is the iconic role, the one everyone remembers. And it doesn't necessarily eliminate hardworking understudies from getting the role later. Rather, I think the pattern is that the actor might understudy the role or play a smaller role, then leave and go to bigger and bigger things in the West End scene until they're famous enough to return and get cast as the Phantom. That's kind of the case with Killian Donnelly: Raoul in Phantom, then bigger and bigger roles in shows until he's suddenly Valjean in Les Miserables, and then he's starring as the Phantom in the UK tour and London.

And of course, that also leaves out the fact that sometimes, actors want to stay in the smaller roles. Scott Davies was famous for this - he was the standby Phantom for years on the West End and was offered the principal role multiple times, but turned it down because he enjoyed how the standby role let him spend more time with his family. On a somewhat different note (and production), right now Ben Crawford is out and Paul A. Schaefer was asked if he wanted to go on as the Phantom in the Broadway production, but he apparently didn't want to because he wants to spend more time with his friends in the ensemble! (Rather sweet of him, actually.) That doesn't preclude money and marketing being a factor when choosing actors, but it doesn't meant there aren't multiple personal reasons for why actors might choose not to be the principal.

[linus-wickworth]

June 2023 Reading Recap

5 Stars:

Just Between Us by J. H. Trumble

There Is A Light by Ban Gilmartin

Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson

Carousel by Brendan Ritchie

The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews

The Kings of Nowhere by C. G. Drews

What About Will by Ellen Hopkins

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch

Out of Time, Into You by Jay Bell

4.5 Stars:

Bait by Alex Sanchez

Junk Boy by Tony Abbott

Gypsy Boy on the Run by Mikey Walsh

Milo and Marcos At the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes

4 Stars:

The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron

A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs

The Edge of Being by James Brandon

He Forgot to Say Goodbye by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

This Winter by Alice Oseman

The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs

Beyond Carousel by Brendan Ritchie

Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan

Every Day by David Levithan

The Gravity of Nothing by Chase Connor

If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

3.5 Stars:

Here's to You, Zeb Pike by Johanna Parkhurst

Five Have Plenty Of Fun by Enid Blyton

Caterpillars Can't Swim by Liane Shaw

Boys of the Beast by Monica Zepeda

Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard

Anything Could Happen by Will Walton

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan

Every Moment After by Joseph Moldover

Hold by Rachel Davidson Leigh

Trailer Trash by Marie Sexton

Always Leaving by Gene Gant

Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas

3 Stars:

Five Go To Mystery Moor by Enid Blyton

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles

Golden Boys by Phil Stamper

The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

This Is Not a Love Story by Suki Fleet

Another Day by David Levithan

Toughing It by Nancy Springer

2.5 Stars:

Arctic Zoo by Robert Muchamore

Keesha's House by Helen Frost

Trying Hard to Hear You by Sandra Scoppettone

Pain & Wastings by Carrie Mac

2 Stars:

Qualities of Light by Mary Carroll Moore

Small Town Monsters by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

1.5 Stars:

Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt

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US Vogue December 1953

Pale blue high bust ball gown. By David Levine of Oneida Silk Skin. White mink bolero, by Maximilian. White gloves, by Superb.

Robe de bal bleu pâle à poitrine haute. Par David Levine de peau de soie Oneida. Boléro en vison blanc, par Maximilian. Gants blancs, par Superb.

Photo Erwin Blumenfeld vogue archive