#Paul Moynihan

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Paget Brewster onstage as the Guest Monologist for 'Untitled Improv Project'

(via liezlwashere)

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The Last Improv Show - 2022 Round Up

With Dan Black, Nicole Byer, D'Arcy Carden, Drew Tarver, Paul Welsh, Seth Rogen, Neil Casey, Paul B. Welsh, Paul W. Downs, Jon Gabrus, Carl Tart, Will B. Hines, Anthony King, Mary Holland, Skylar Astin, Ego Nwodim, Jason Mantzouka, Bobby Moynihan, Brandon Scott Jones, Betsy Sodaro, and more!

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Let's meet our newest Princess in "Disney Princess - The Concert", Izzy McCalla. (aka Isabelle).

In 2019 Izzy sat down for an interview with @broadwaycom's Paul Wontorek and Caitlin Moynihan on #LiveatFive. Izzy spoke about starring on Broadway as Princess Jasmine (Aladdin), and alongside Caitlin Kinnunen in The Prom when Izzy played Alyssa Greene. She also spoke about dream roles (psss...please bring Miss Congeniality to Broadway). I loved this clip of when she spoke a bit about her dream role of Sally Bowles in "Cabaret".

Must watch the full interview! Really fab!

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Bobby Moynihan: I watched Paterno on a plane recently.

Scott Aukerman: How fun was that?

Paul F. Tompkins: Fun watch?

Bobby: It is a fun watch!

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At present, it is standard among practically all communities to fête the family as a bastion of relative safety from state persecution and market coercion, and as a space for nurturing subordinated cultural practices, languages, and traditions. But this is not enough of a reason to spare the family. Frustratedly, Hazel Carby stressed the fact (for the benefit of her white sisters) that many racially, economically, and patriarchally oppressed people cleave proudly and fervently to the family. She was right; nevertheless, as Kathi Weeks puts it: “the model of the nuclear family that has served subordinated groups as a fence against the state, society and capital is the very same white, settler, bourgeois, heterosexual, and patriarchal institution that was imposed by the state, society, and capital on the formerly enslaved, indigenous peoples, and waves of immigrants, all of whom continue to be at once in need of its meagre protections and marginalized by its legacies and prescriptions” (emphasis mine). The family is a shield that human beings have taken up, quite rightly, to survive a war. If we cannot countenance ever putting down that shield, perhaps we have forgotten that the war does not have to go on forever.

This is why Paul Gilroy remarked in his 1993 essay “It’s A Family Affair,” “even the best of this discourse of the familialization of politics is still a problem.” Gilroy is grappling with the reality that, in the United Kingdom as in the United States, the state’s constant disrespect of the Black home and transgression of Black households’ boundaries, as well as its disproportionate removal of Black children into the foster-care industry, understandably inspires an urgent anti-racist politics of “familialization” in defense of Black families. Both the British and American netherworlds of supposedly “broken” homes (milieus that are then exoticized, and seen as efflorescing creatively against all odds), have posed an obstinate threat to the legitimacy of the family regime simply by existing, Gilroy suggests. The paradox is that the “broken” remnant sustains the bourgeois regime insofar as it supplies the culture, inspiration, and oftentimes the surrogate care labor that allows the white household to imagine itself as whole. As a dialectician, “I want to have it both ways,” writes Gilroy, closing out his essay. “I want to be able to valorize what we can recover, but also to cite the disastrous consequences that follow when the family supplies the only symbols of political agency we can find in the culture and the only object upon which that agency can be seen to operate. Let us remind ourselves that there are other possibilities.

There are other possibilities! Traces of the desire for them can be found in Toni Cade (later Toni Cade Bambara)’s anthology The Black Woman, published in America in 1970, not long after the publication of the US labor secretariat’s “Moynihan report,” The Negro Family: The Case for National Action. The open season on the Black Matriarch was in full swing. And certainly not all of the anthology’s feminists, in their valiant effort to beat back societal anti-maternal sentiment (matrophobia) and the hatred of Black women specifically (more recently known as “misogynoir”), make the additional step of criticizing familism within their Black communities. But one or two contributors do flatly reject the notion that the family could ever be a part of Black (collective human) liberation. Kay Lindsey, in her piece “The Black Woman as a Woman,” lays out her analysis that: “If all white institutions with the exception of the family were destroyed, the state could also rise again, but Black rather than white.” In other words: the only way to ensure the destruction of the patriarchal state is for the institution of the family to be destroyed. “And I mean destroyed,” echoes the feminist women’s health center representative Pat Parker in 1980, in a speech she delivered at ¡Basta! Women’s Conference on Imperialism and Third World War in Oakland, California. Parker speaks in the name of The Black Women’s Revolutionary Council, among other organizations, and her wide- ranging statement (which addresses imperialism, the Klan, and movement- building) purposively ends with the family: “As long as women are bound by the nuclear family structure we cannot effectively move toward revolution. And if women don’t move, it will not happen.” The left, along with women especially of the upper and middle classes, “must give up ... undying loyalty to the nuclear family,” Parker charges. It is “the basic unit of capitalism and in order for us to move to revolution it has to be destroyed.”

Forty years later, the British writer Lola Olufemi is among those reminding us that there are other possibilities: “abolishing the family...” she tweets, “that’s light work. You’re crying over whether or not Engels said it when it’s been focal to black studies/black feminism for decades.” For Olufemi as for Parker and Lindsey, abolishing marriage, private property, white supremacy, and capitalism are projects that cannot be disentangled from one another. She is no lone voice, either. Annie Olaloku-Teriba, a British scholar of “Blackness” in theory and history, is another contemporary exponent of the rich Black family-abolitionist tradition Olufemi names. In 2021, Olaloku-Teriba surprised and unsettled some of her followers by publishing a thread animated by a commitment to the overthrow of “familial relations” as a key goal of her antipatriarchal socialism. These posts point to the striking absence of the child from contemporary theorizations of patriarchal domesticity, and criticize radicals’ reluctance to call mothers who “violently discipline [Black] boys into masculinity” patriarchal. “The adult/child relation is as central to patriarchy as ‘man’/‘woman,’” Olaloku-Teriba affirms: “The domination of the boy by the woman is a very routine and potent expression of patriarchal power.” These observations reopen horizons. What would it mean for Black caregivers (of all genders) not to fear the absence of family in the lives of Black children? What would it mean not to need the Black family?

Sophie Lewis in “Abolish Which Family?” from Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation, 2022.

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OPLA fan cast polls - Wapol prelims

There will be only 1 winner, so choose wisely.

Propaganda under the cut.

Bobby Moynihan: He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live and he’s fucking hilarious. He’d make Wapol more memorable and a hell of a lot funnier of a villain. Also he has worn a lot of crazy outfits on SNL so him in the Wapol outfit/hair is perfect.

Jack Black: [Submitted without propaganda]

Paul Walter: [Submitted without propaganda]

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BATMAN THE AUDIO ADVENTURES SPECIAL no.1 (one shot) • cover art • Tom Haskard [Oct 2021]

Story By Dennis McNicholas, Bobby Moynihan, Heidi Gardner, Paul Scheer, And More Art By Leonardo Romero, Juni Ba, And More Ah, you hear that beautiful racket? That’s the music of Gotham City—the largest city in the world, the big gargoyle, the treasure of the night—anyone who calls it a crime-infested hellhole is dead wrong. No way hell has such great pierogis. So join us here (hear?) as we bring you the stories behind the stories behind the hit HBO Max scripted original podcast with this sensational prequel one-shot, written by the very creators and talent who lent their voices to the show. And unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know that after years of rumors we find out not only is the Batman real, not only is he one of the good guys, turns out, he’s gonna be a cop! With special appearances by King Scimitar, Stoveplate Sullivan, Billy Wristwatch, and others directly from the podcast, this oversize special brings you deeper into the mysteries behind Batman: The Audio Adventures!

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Tom Haskard

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Don Moynihan at Can We Still Govern?

Authoritarian regimes seek to delegitimate and control aspects of society that hold some measure of independence: that includes universities, the government bureaucracy, a free press, and, civil society. I’ve written a lot about threats to government, especially via Schedule F, and to free speech on campus. We are currently witnessing the manufacturing of campuses as sites of disorder (see this piece by Paul Musgrave). This is a handy political hammer in an election year, and invites greater supervision of campuses by political actors, who can install their people and rules.

Here, I want to talk about civil society. Civil society is a broad category, which basically incorporates everything from churches, neighborhood associations, nonprofits and large philanthropies. From de Tocqueville on, there is a broad sense that civil society serves an essential role in American democracy. The stronger the civil society, the less like an authoritarian leader can re-orient society around his goals.

So, we should be concerned about partisan government actors targeting specific nonprofits and civil society more broadly. A consistent pattern in the lurch toward authoritarianism is the squeezing of civil society groups, in countries like Russia, China, Turkey, Venezuela, and Hungary. It is a well-worn playbook. Accuse the organizations of working against the interests of the state, or supporting radicals or terrorists, shut them down, and then start to squeeze other civil society actors not loyal to the state.

Kleinfeld identifies the formal tools governments are or will use, which are accompanied by political vilification, informal harassment, and in some cases threats of violence.

Congressional committee hearings and oversight activities used to impugn organizations as foreign, reduce their legitimacy, and take up their time and resources

Laws restricting speech or forcing ideological conformity at state-controlled universities and schools

Broad and vaguely written foreign agent registration regulations being applied to activities previously not considered problematic

Government lawsuits and investigations executed in bad faith, which take time and money to address while undermining legitimacy and often blocking discussion of the case while they are underway

New anti-protest laws that carry massive fines or felony convictions or that allow vigilante action against protesters

Retaliatory actions that punish businesses for taking a stand on public issues or offering products for which there is business demand—such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) screening on investment funds—including by revoking government contracts, suspending supportive business conditions, or enacting new laws designed to punish

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigations, tax code changes, audits, or asset seizure.

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Putting “woke” foundations in the crosshairs

What is striking about this year’s election is the degree to which Republicans are targeting institutions as irredeemably corrupt, and the degree they have fairly radical plans to deal with them. Schedule F will remove bureaucratic autonomy. Threatening the tax status or federal grants for universities will bring higher education to heel.

Add the nonprofit sector to that list of institutions to be controlled. This could come via new laws, or just via executive power. A key demand of Republicans is that the Department of Justice do more to investigate George Soros and the organizations he funds. A Trump Attorney General would be more likely to comply, unbothered by the fact that they would be following in the footsteps of Putin and Orban in pursuing Soros. The IRS could also pursue organizations selectively by questioning their tax status. Trump could order the IRS to investigate individual organizations that displease him. He already tried this as President. The difference is now he would be surrounded by loyalists who would enable these actions. If you are running a visible philanthropic organization, you have reason to be worried. Though they have gotten less attention than government or universities, foundations are also accused as having gone “woke”, which in concrete terms often means committing resources to DEI, social justice or environmental issues. The fact that such criticisms are often coming from right-wing tax-exempt nonprofit organizations like the Heritage Foundation, AEI or the Manhattan Institute, who in turn draw funding from right-wing foundations, does not seem to give the critics pause, evoke a sense of irony, or at least an acknowledgment that the current state of civil society reflects a wide diversity of perspectives.

Don Moynihan's Substack on the authoritarian attack on civil society is a must-read.

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Archiving my artistic influences thread from twitter, continued. I liked this exercise, for all the usual narcissistic reasons, but also bc by juxtaposing all these artists that have affected me, I see where they connect to each other as well as myself. - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -

CF William Blake Jesse Moynihan Daria Tessler Gustaf Tenggren Chester Brown Kevin O'Neill Eiji Tsuburaya David Lynch Dan Spiegle Ramona Fradon Bill Sienkiewicz Walter Anderson JRJR Williamson Ashley Wood Xaime Joann Sfar Jillian Tamaki Sammy Harkham Shary Boyle geneviève castrée Paul Karasik (layouts)

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On September 9th, 1988, BBC News reported that England cricket captain Graham Gooch and seven other team members had been refused visas to travel to India, resulting in the upcoming tour being cancelled. The players were on a UN blacklist over having participated in rebel tours to Apartheid South Africa.

Colin Moynihan, Sports Minister in the Thatcher Government, appeared to be primarily concerned about the ‘serious implications for international cricket’, while the Secretary General of the Commonwealth said that India should be applauded.

According to BBC reporting:

"…Graham Gooch's appointment as captain of the England team by the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) was considered controversial because of his rebel tour to South Africa in 1982. Kim Barnett, Alan Lamb and Philip Newport were placed on a UN blacklist for playing in the Republic last winter. The other four players - John Emburey, Robert Bailey, Graham Dilley and Robert Robinson - were already on the list for playing in previous seasons…"

The TCCB were apparently ‘bitterly disappointed’ and by October had announced an alternative tour to New Zealand. This plan didn’t last long, and was soon called off by New Zealand cricket administrators over fears of anti-apartheid protests.

Within months, the ICC issued a ruling that international players who ‘moonlighted’ in the South African domestic competition would also face bans.

Graham Gooch subsequently toured internationally as England captain, including to India, and retired from Test Cricket in 1995, 20 years after his debut.

In 1990, a rebel tour to South Africa led by Mike Gatting had to be abandoned due to intensifying protest activity.

In 2010, Paul Weaver in The Guardian referred to the 1990 England tour as the 'most reprehensible of all’, quoting long term anti-Apartheid activist and British MP, (Lord) Peter Hain;

"…This was on the cusp of a historic change in South Africa. So for Gatting and his ­tourists to go, clodhoppers and all, into this transformative moment was ­grotesque beyond belief. It was not surprising it caused such offence. The rebel tours were a doomed attempt to shore up the ­tottering apartheid system, when it needed to be isolated…"

Sources: BBC News, The Guardian, ESPN-Cricinfo. Top Image: Crictracker

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Rachel Pegram, Caroline Martin, Nicole Redford, Paul F. Tompkins, Bobby Moynihan, Paget Brewster, John Gemberling, Corin Wells, Patrick Cotnoir & Gil Ozeri on stage after "Untitled Improv Project"

@patrickcotnoir: Really fun sold out @UntitledImprov show at @JoinTheDynasty with monologist @pagetpaget last night. Truly a cast full of lunatics. Come out to the next one on April 16th! 📸: @liezl

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Musk posts baseless conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack on Twitter | Elon Musk | The Guardian

I guess if you got enough money you can get a much bigger audience for your bullshit. people please stop supporting this egomaniac because he is not ever going to face reality

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Elon Musk was criticized on Sunday after posting a baseless conspiracy theory about the assault of Paul Pelosi to Twitter – the social media giant he took over several days ago with a promise to impose fewer restrictions on its content.

Paul Pelosi, husband of US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer at their California home on Friday. The attacker, identified by authorities as David DePape, allegedly said “Where is Nancy?” during the attack; Joe Biden said that she appeared to be the intended target.

Musk’s sharing of the conspiracy theory stemmed from a tweet by Hillary Clinton on Saturday. The Democratic former senator shared a Los Angeles Times story about DePape’s apparent far-right leanings.

“The Republican party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread hate and deranged conspiracy theories,” Clinton said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result. As citizens, we must hold them accountable for their words and the actions that follow.”

Musk responded by tweeting that “there is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” and shared a link to a post that presented an unfounded conspiracy theory on the hammer attack, the Times reported. This conspiracy post was in the Santa Monica Observer, which the Times described as being “notorious for publishing false news”.

Dan Moynihan, a public policy professor at Georgetown University, said in the wake of Musk’s tweet: “A big problem in contemporary American politics is that one party has become obsessed with conspiracy theories, encouraging radical responses including anti-democratic actions and violence. Musk will just make the problem worse.”

Musk deleted the response by early Sunday afternoon, according to NBC News. Prior to its deletion, however, it had received in excess of 24,000 retweets and 86,000 likes.

“The latest conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi’s attack is frankly too disgusting to print,” said NBC News reporter Ben Collins, in response to Musk’s retweet.

The world’s richest man’s apparent sharing of this post comes amid concern that hate-speech and harassment will run rampant under his leadership. Musk has tried to ease concerns about an increase in harmful posts under his ownership, such as his announcement that there would be a new content moderation counsel.

Musk suggested that a better approach would be to divide Twitter into various strands. This approach would see users applying content ratings on their posts, and engaging in online disputes, within a special space on the platform.

The Guardian has reached out to Twitter for comment.

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February 2024 recap:

- "Fitting In" screening/Q&A with Maddie Ziegler & Molly Mcglynn

- The George Lucas Talk Show with Tatiana Maslany, Brendan Hines Rich Sommer and Earl

- Jenny Lewis on Jimmy Kimmel Live

- The Last Improv Show with guest monologist David Cross and Nicole Byer, Bobby Moynihan, Dan Black, Carl Tart, Paul Scheer

- Comedy Pole Show with Morgan Jay, Riki Lindhome, Zainab Johnson Christina Calph, Dane Cook, Tia Jax, Teresa William, Adriana Santos, Aqvadiva

- #searchhistoryucb & Spanish Aqui Presents with Marcy Jarreau, Madeline Walter, Dan Lippert, Jon Mackey, Pam Murphy, Raiza Licea, Oscar Montoya, Carlos Santos, Lou Gonzalez Jr.

- The Last Improv Show with guest monologist Andy Richter and Sasheer Zamata, Dan Black, Jon Gabrus, Sarah Claspell, Paul Welsh, John Gemberling

- The People's Choice Awards - Red Carpet with Adam Sandler, Billie Eilish, Sydney Sweeny, Rachel Ziegler, Tom Hiddleston, America Ferrera, Kylie Minogue, The Cast of Grey's Anatomy, Simu Liu, Natasha Bedingfield, Laverne Cox, Ariana Greenblatt, Heidi Klum, Xochitl Gomez, Whitney Cummings, and more!

-@nightlight_k bday celebration

-Stamptown

-Lots of Tallula and Wednesday (including Tallula’s 16th birthday and Valentines day [Wednesday’s first])

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