Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit
An ongoing digital archive of 1,374 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.
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Curtain call at Delirium -
“Fortunately, I did still say yes to some terrific opportunities, such as the chance to play the title role in a summer stock tour of Auntie Mame. To be on the safe side, at my cardiology checkup, I asked Dr. Erica Jones if she thought I had the endurance to undertake the physically demanding role of Mame. Not in the least showbiz savvy, she leaned in with a concerned look. ‘Will you be lifting anything heavy?’ To which I replied, ‘Well, I’ll be carrying the plot.’”
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“In the 20th century, Hans-Georg Gadamer was one of the theorists who helped to popularize the idea of ‘historical consciousness.’ He argued that we can only ever interpret the past through our own prejudices and traditions, and that meaning emerges through a fusion of past and present ‘horizons.’ Appreciation for the subjectivity of our historical consciousness was, he suggested, a relatively new phenomenon. He believed it was ‘the privilege of modern man to have a full awareness of the historicity of everything present and the relativity of all opinions.’”
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“Now Woody, he’s been my pal for as long as I can remember. He’s brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he’ll never give up on you… ever. He’ll be there for you, no matter what.”
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Curtain call at Les Misérables -
Curtain call at The Hunchback of Notre Dame -
“Why do you want to talk about fucking in front of your family? Or her family?”
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“Wait, here’s one: ‘One morning Gregor Samsa awoke to discover he had been transformed into a giant cockroach!’ Nah, too good.”
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“If you’ll allow me to say so, madam, several drinks never did any harm; it’s only the first drink which is dangerous; after that the damage is done.”
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“How will we do it when it’s never been done? How will we find a way, where there isn’t one?”
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Curtain call at On Your Feet -
“I should have never weaponized you with an education.”
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“That’s something I really enjoy, to kind of stick your brain into somebody else’s brain and figure out how he or she did something. There is a real learning process that is happening there, and it’s how I learned about so much. There is a sort of embodied element to it, you have to actually go through the process, and I think when you do that there is a lot to be gained.”
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“The lioness has rejoined her cub, and all is right in the jungle.”
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“Why am I in the rough draft of a car?”
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Curtain call at Black Swan -
“‘We are constantly contending with algorithms of all kinds,’ writes Kyle Chayka in his book Filterworld, ‘each one attempting to guess what we are thinking of, seeking and desiring.’”
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Curtain call at Swept Away
