“Never fear. We will come up with something very smart at the very last minute that solves all our problems!”
Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit
An ongoing digital archive of 1,376 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.
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“All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.”
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“So it’s actually only two of us now. Myself and my grandmother, Nana Connie. We like to watch 60 Minutes because Lesley Stahl is fearless.”
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Curtain call at The Orchard -
“It’s this new hookup app my company is launching. We’ve got Grindr. We’ve got Tinder. This is Zellweger. It’s for gay guys who just want to talk about actresses, then go to bed.”
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Curtain call at Kinky Boots -
Curtain call at Hairspray -
Claudia Comte, Five Marble Leaves, 2022 -
“Kiki’s never sure if she’ll perform, until she does. Sometimes she’s not in the mood, says she’s too drunk. It’s different now that people come here to watch her, now that she stands in front instead of among them. They clang their cutlery and chant her name until she takes her place in the light and starts her slow-motion dance, no distance to lend her mystery, no stage to make her majestic, everyone sharing the same heat and smelling the same sweat.”
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Curtain call at Into the Woods -
Curtain call at A Strange Loop -
Curtain call at La Bohème -
“Fake bags can be understood as providing a commentary on the intricate history of cultural appropriation and commerce.”
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“Paper straws are still carbon- and energy-intensive to produce, and several types are not even recyclable, unlike their plastic counterparts. This is ecological gesture politics, in which a tiny concession (straws make up 0.025% of ocean plastics) precludes more meaningful sacrifices, such as giving up driving, flying or eating meat.”
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“It’s one thing to be old, to be forty or fifty with a broken heart, but it’s practically terminal when you’re thirteen. When you’re thirteen with a broken heart, I bet your valves aren’t even strong enough to mend themselves.”
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Curtain call at Little Shop of Horrors -
The megamix at Tina
