Thursday, December 18, 2008
Is it hot in here, or is it just me?
by Anonymous at 11:55 AM
Via here:
NEW YORK, New York -- Jeremy Piven is ending his run in Broadway's "Speed-the-Plow," due to a condition caused by a high mercury count, according to Variety.
The "Entourage" star missed a Tuesday evening performance and a Wednesday matinee due to his high mercury count health concerns, but David Mamet, the playwright of "Speed-the-Plow," appears skeptical of the actor's exit.
"I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury," Mamet told the entertainment trade mag. "So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer."
David Mamet gets a gold star.
There's a reason Mamet is by far my favorite playwright. Anyone who can fit 200+ instances of the f-bomb into a Pulitzer-Prize winning play gets my vote every time.
Sometimes I wish I had a fovorite playwright. But I'm also glad I'm into women. So there's my conflict.
I'm going to border on snarky here.
You don't have to be gay to appreciate live theater. You do, however, require a certain level of interest and intellect to appreciate it.
The fact that I appreciate theater means that, as a straight man, when my date invites me up to her place after a play or musical, it means we'll likely be doing more than chatting about the latest fashion trends and whether those shoes really went with that bag.
/high horse
Good response Michael. Personally, I would have gone with a simple "not that there's anything wrong with that". But your way works too.
Rob, you've been pwned.