Playwright/journalist/stutterer. he/him. Arts and culture coverage at Dramatic Pause.
Joined August 2009
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Very excited to announce that my newsletter, Dramatic Pause, will be starting up on Monday (Feb 10). There will be three posts a week – one reported piece of arts coverage, one piece of criticism, and another piece of my choosing. dramatic-pause.ghost.io/
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re: Ebert occasionally "missing" on a great movie, I think people forget that the point of criticizing art is not to be "correct," it's to engage with the work sincerely; a critic should be evaluated less on "correctness" and more the consistency/depth of their work
Sam Brooks retweeted
so far having a phd is less fun that i thought it would be. it's true that my friends call me Dr. Anna. but i can tell they do not mean it with the respect that the title deserves
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Spoke to a college writing class where I introduced the students to some very important concepts:
— reading is more important than writing
— that said, writing is also very important
— that said, a lot of writers are pretty bad
— Armond White
Sam Brooks retweeted
Horrified to learn documentary films do not provide unfiltered access to objective truth. Have any documentary makers wrestled with this question
Sam Brooks retweeted
no. it doesnt imrpove anything. actually if you read your brain starts turning into mush and writing becomes impossible. what you need to do is to watch at least 100 tiktoks a day and like 50 tweets a day as bare minimum. it will allow you to reach the greatest heights
Sam Brooks retweeted
Robert Carlock pointed towards the Homonym game show as his favorite cut-away gag in 30 Rock and yeah it's one of the best.
Sam Brooks retweeted
I read and buy a lot of contemporary poetry but don’t write any and — not to brag — but I believe this qualifies me for a form of secular sainthood
kelly clarkson bird drama did it
Joni Mitchell announced on Tuesday that she has officially become a United States citizen after 62 years. thecut.com/article/joni-mitc…
Sam Brooks retweeted
Actually really like parts of the new Troye album but nothing can convince me that it isn’t Ninajirachi who is currently Australia’s most interesting pop star, representing the culture in all of its extremes, and the true spiritual successor to national figurehead Kylie Minogue
Sam Brooks retweeted
the point of being a hater is having taste. For everything you hate on you must have something you just as enthusiastically recommend. Otherwise you’re a cancer upon society
