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Posted: April 22nd, 2024 | Tags: Uncategorized | No Comments »

this quote from the glowing ny times review of suzan-lori parks’s new play, sally and tom:

“and the working out of the arguments [in the play] is, in places, lumpy and baggy, but who isn’t [sic]? In any case, lumpiness and bagginess are often part of Parks’s aesthetic. In her plays, life and especially history are never smooth.”

i have been not exactly haunted by these lines, but whatever the less harrowing version of haunted is, i have been. the idea that your play could be lumpy (!) and baggy (!!)…but still extremely worthwhile — is refreshing. it’s a great lesson for us all? i honestly did think the play was a bit lumpy and baggy and overstuffed and diffuse and yet…i’m still thinking about it.

so — worthwhile.

i also saw greg’s play staff meal and it was bonkers and strange and not totally on planet earth and i didn’t love all the actors and the previews i read try to sell it as a play about restaurants (lol? what?) BUT still i loved it, partly because of greg, partly because i laughed so much at parts, partly just because it was so different and strange.

in other news, i’m back on my bullshit watching the NBA playoffs and it’s just such a comfort. i both dread its end and look forward to it (so i can do real human things). also check out this insanely dope james harden shirt that ben got me (worn with a turtleneck, because…why not?) (also sorry for sad old tired puffy face), i thought it was from t’chaka because he keeps mailing me treats, so it was DOUBLE COOL to discover it was from ben, my basketball brother-in-arms.

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