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Justice💙:toad: LICSW<p>Watching <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RachelMaddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RachelMaddow</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a> at the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AuthorsGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AuthorsGuild</span></a> <br />Did you know Tony is writing a screenplay w <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StevenSpielberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StevenSpielberg</span></a> on Rachel’s podcast <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Ultra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ultra</span></a> ??!</p><p>Anyway, I think they’ll offer it, free, AND ITS WORTH IT! They’re talking about the process and fight, one patriot at a time, you and me, for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DEMOCRACY" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DEMOCRACY</span></a> <br />💙<br />www.authorsguild.org/2024-wit-literary-festival-kushner-maddow-watch-live/</p>
Wm.son<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Confidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Confidence</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a></p><p>A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:<br>Every student needs someone who says, simply, "You mean something. You count." -Tony Kushner, playwright (b. 16 Jul 1956)</p>
Culture | The Guardian US<p>‘Unimpeachable, irrefutable’: US playwright Tony Kushner praises Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/21/unimpeachable-irrefutable-us-playwright-tony-kushner-praises-jonathan-glazers-oscars-speech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/</span><span class="invisible">21/unimpeachable-irrefutable-us-playwright-tony-kushner-praises-jonathan-glazers-oscars-speech</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/JonathanGlazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JonathanGlazer</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>-Gazawar <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Oscars2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oscars2024</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Oscars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oscars</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a></p>
183231bcb<p><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/HashtagGames" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HashtagGames</a><span><br></span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/UnpopularMovieOpinions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnpopularMovieOpinions</a><span><br><br>If you're adapting a stage musical or play into a film, the correct way to do it is to stage a live production and point a camera at the stage. <br><br>Filming one scene at a time and editing them together later is wrong, always, without exception. <br><br>Among the category of movie musical adaptions that were filmed wrong, the 2021 West Side Story movie is the best wrong movie. </span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/WestSideStory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestSideStory</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/StephenSondheim" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenSondheim</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/StevenSpielberg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StevenSpielberg</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/TonyKushner" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TonyKushner</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/MovieMusicals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MovieMusicals</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.lgbt/tags/MovieMusicalAdaption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MovieMusicalAdaption</a></p>
SaltiredPopcorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😈<p><a href="http://foritismansnumber.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-fabelmans-2022.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">foritismansnumber.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/2023/01/the-fabelmans-2022.html?m=1</span></a></p><p>The Fabelmans is out. Of course. </p><p><a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/MovieReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovieReview</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/blogger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogger</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/filmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/mastomovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastomovies</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/TheFabelmans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFabelmans</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/MichelleWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleWilliams</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/PaulDano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulDano</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/GabrielLaBelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GabrielLaBelle</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/StevenSpielberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenSpielberg</span></a> <a href="https://bbq.snoot.com/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a></p>
Cole Haddon<p>NEW ESSAY: THE FABELMANS Is Much More Than Spielberg’s “Most Personal Film”</p><p>Focusing on how THE FABELMANS is Steven Spielberg's "most personal film" distracts from the deeper conversation he's having with cinema, artistic expression, and even his own oeuvre.</p><p>Read here: <a href="https://medium.com/@cole.haddon/the-fabelmans-is-much-more-than-spielbergs-most-personal-film-c13bff951b85?sk=9320964c63e05fa239b496367ef07a0a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@cole.haddon/the-fa</span><span class="invisible">belmans-is-much-more-than-spielbergs-most-personal-film-c13bff951b85?sk=9320964c63e05fa239b496367ef07a0a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screenwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/directing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>directing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmmaker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screenwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenwriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/director" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>director</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingtips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheFabelmans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFabelmans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StevenSpielberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenSpielberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a></p>
Let's go to the 3DBB.<p>All my negative expectations for <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheFablemans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFablemans</span></a> were realized. The three <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jewish</span></a> cast members played brief and stereotypical parts but the leads were played by miscast <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/gentiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentiles</span></a> AND YET I love <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/MichelleWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleWilliams</span></a> more than ever; Glad to see you <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a>; A mere moment of <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/JeannieBerlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeannieBerlin</span></a> and I’m on air; It’s <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/Spielberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spielberg</span></a> - longer than it needs to be, overstuffed, more beautiful than life itself, very affecting, emotionally resonant and constructed like a masterwork.</p>
Erika Sumner<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@cindycrum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cindycrum</span></a></span> I KNOW, right? If you were alive in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> you remember how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> was used to vilify <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GayMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GayMen</span></a>. It was horrible &amp; ravaged their community all while they were treated as lepers &amp; freaks. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tragedy</span></a> personified. I don't know if you've ever read the books or watched <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AngelsInAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelsInAmerica</span></a> by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TonyKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyKushner</span></a> but it was <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/profound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profound</span></a>. If you're ever interested in seeing it, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HBO</span></a> made a phenomenal series out of it. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://bit.ly/3OXbqTk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3OXbqTk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>