Dave Attell, patron saint of after hours, has some thoughts on women who mix hard alcohol with diet sodas: “You’re drinking whiskey, the wildest drink known to man. Are you really counting calories when you’re drinking whiskey? . . . ‘I don’t want to look puffy as I’m screaming the N-word at an eclipse. ‘” […]
Author Archives: Dan Jakes
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Best (and Most Vocal) Mime
He’s meddling, misshapen, and intent on pushing audiences outside their comfort zones.
Posted inArts & Culture
The 2013 Rhinofest roundup
Reader critics review nine shows from Rhinofest 2013.
Posted inArts & Culture
Playwright Naomi Wallace, onstage and in person
Politics is easy when you’re angry. Demonize your opponent and you free yourself from accountability. Playwright Naomi Wallace doesn’t allow herself that luxury. Her work is confrontational precisely because her depictions of the “enemy” aren’t. Though no stranger to fervor, Wallace understands that class systems, ideologies, economic philosophies, and social roles are too fluid and […]