The HiddenBreaking BadReferences inEl Camino’s Musical Score

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Whether you know it or not, Dave Porter is messing with your mind. Its a veryBreaking Badworld, adrenaline-fueled music and all. But asEl Caminogoes on, the music moves away from that and establishes its own identity.That was absolutely intentional. I wanted to have that energy and drive right at the very beginning and have it be transitional....

October 15, 2019 · 2 min · 416 words · James Johnson

The Real Housewives of Orange CountyRecap: Ms. Conductor

The Real Housewives of Orange County Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. You know how all actors really just want to direct? Her story lines have dried up, but she is still on this show giving with both hands. First, she had the brilliant idea to plan Shannons birthday party as atrainride to San Diego. (Notice that all three of these things feature men in tight or no pants....

October 15, 2019 · 2 min · 328 words · Jamie Carter

Theater Review: Flipping the Classic Musical Script inSoft Power

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Xing becomes a kind of Anna Leonowens, a.k.a. It takes center stage, of course, in a big production number. Hwang is right, however, to have a mad faith in the musical as an emotional delivery system. Soft Poweris at the Public Theater through November 17.

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 60 words · George Bush

Theater Review: Trying to LocateThe Rose Tattoo

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. What exactly isThe Rose Tattoo,anyway? The gap between these two interpretations is on view in the stage design, even before anyone speaks. Before the action begins and after it ends, Louis Prima records play on the sound system. That tonal incoherence remains on view throughout the evening. Their flirtations constitute the main case forThe Rose Tattooas a romcom....

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 143 words · Todd Thomas

What Makes for Great Detective Sketch Comedy?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. From the earliest introductions of detective fiction, comedy has been right there behind them. airdate), to examine their caseloads and determine just how effectively they blended mystery with their humor. The classic locked-room mystery. The lights go down, a shot rings out, a murderer is somewhere in the room. :It drives Yale, but it also leads him much deeper than anticipated....

October 15, 2019 · 2 min · 229 words · Micheal Adkins

WhatJokerGets Right About Stand-Up Comedy

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. but everyone can agree that, feelings aside, it tells the story of an aspiring stand-up comedian. It was out of the blue. I was like, If Im at an open mic, do you want me to bomb? Morril recalls asking Phillips. And he said, No, do whatever. I said, Good, because I dont want to bomb with my own jokes....

October 15, 2019 · 3 min · 493 words · Marcus Edwards

Whitney Houston, Biggie, and More Up for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Class

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Many of this years nominees are being nominated for the first time ever, a break with recent tradition. For bands whose members have changed over time, the Hall of Fame announced which members will be inducted. To be eligible, each nominee had to have released a single or album before 1994. Related Tags:

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 68 words · Christopher Morrison

Will Ferrell Is Launching His Own Comedy Podcast Network

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The iHeartPodcast connection has been such a pleasure to work with. But best of luck to Ferrell trying to merge the comedy and podcasting worlds with his new venture! Related Tags:

October 15, 2019 · 1 min · 46 words · Patrick Richardson

‘Heil Me, Man’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Taika Waititi never did get used to looking into mirrors andseeing Adolf Hitlerstaring back at him. Its a conundrum for the boy: If he turns in Elsa, hes also turning in his mother. There, he and Elsa begin to engage in a battle of wits. The film has moments of broad slapstick, surreal visual gags, and silly dialogue....

October 15, 2019 · 4 min · 710 words · Deanna Clark

Kanye’s New Music Might Now Arrive On October 25, But We’ve Been Burned Before

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. What fools we were! Have we learned nothing from last years non-stop album drop marathon? The reason for the delay? Said West, Im making it better for yall. When both those dayscame and went withoutJesusarriving, October 25 became the new goalpost. Kanyes not going to do anything Kanye doesnt want to do, thats for sure....

October 14, 2019 · 1 min · 105 words · Keith Friedman

Literary Critic Harold Bloom Dead at 89

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Bloom was one of the most influential andcontroversialcritics in his field, publishing withering takes on everything fromHarry PottertoMarxismtofeminism. Bloom taught at Yale for 64 years and leaves behind a formidable bibliography and legacy. He is survived by his wife and two children.

October 14, 2019 · 1 min · 57 words · Janet Williams

Liz Phair Just Wants to Live in a Period Drama and Help Cows Build Villages

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. There cant be much she still wants to do, right? One: She wants to live in a period drama. I wanna have a corset on, to have tea and wonder what the men are doing. Like, I really, really do, she toldNew Yorkerwriter Ariel Levy. Im so scared Im gonna die and never have that....

October 14, 2019 · 2 min · 323 words · Barbara Davis

Matthew Macfadyen Ate ‘Quite a Lot of Chicken’ for theSuccessionFinale

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In advance of his own viewing of the finale, Macfadyen broke it all down for us. We managed for about two and a half seconds and then we just cracked up. He rarely giggles, so if he goes, thats it. I had to really concentrate, and I took a smaller bite of the leg. I ended up with a drumstick, but I had quite a lot of chicken....

October 14, 2019 · 4 min · 650 words · Michael Buckley