HARD LABOR

I’m a union man, have been since 1971.  I pay dues to three separate unions that govern the conditions under which I work as an actor; SAG, AFTRA and AEA.  I believe in the value of collective bargaining and organized labor.  But I feel that the pendulum has swung too far to the left and… Continue reading HARD LABOR

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SCARY MOVIES

Boy, did I see a classic Holloween movie this evening!  I am fond of fright classics, like the original Nosferatu, by Murnau and Bela Lugosi’s Dracula series, the colorful Hammer Studio films with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, for example.  And you’ve gotta toss in Aliens, and Night of the Living Dead, and maybe even… Continue reading SCARY MOVIES

THE WHO AT THE GREEK

John Entwhistle is dead.  That should come as no surprise – that he lived so long might raise eyebrows.  Yet tonight, I saw, live for the first time, one of my all time top three rock groups.  Missed The Beatles  (but none of their music) – saw The Stones at Madison Square Garden in the… Continue reading THE WHO AT THE GREEK

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GOD AND SARAH

Those that can, do.  Those that can’t, teach…or perhaps, those that can’t, feel compelled to critique those that can.  I’ve never before discussed critical responses to my work, which have generally been  positive.  My job is to do The Work and the job of critics is to critique it; however, in our brave new cyber-world,… Continue reading GOD AND SARAH

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FRIDAY THE 13TH

    TRISKADECAPHOBIA MY ASS. Last nite, I had over a friend of many years who’s going thru a difficult patch. I grilled steaks and veggies and we sat up talking well into the nite, laying waste to the bottle of Jamesons Cask Strength he’d thoughtfully brought along. I’m always grateful for the chance to… Continue reading FRIDAY THE 13TH

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OSCARS

Tonite’s Oscars I liked Kimmel.  I’d watched them in the past with a friend…who also recently passed.  So I watched alone tonite.  I loved all the nominated films, I was happy for the winners…but I was struck by how personal the broadcast seemed to me. I’ve never been to the Oscars, I’m a successful dinosaur. … Continue reading OSCARS

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PRINCE

So here we go.  😉  Erik Prince of Blackwater fame and sibling of Betsy DeVos is floating the idea of the ultimate outsource – turning over the prosecution of our longstanding war in Afghanistan to he and his merry contractor cabal.  Says we’re spending $40 billion a year and he can do it for $10… Continue reading PRINCE

TRUNG UY DAI

I’m smiling as I think about and remember my counterpart, T.U. Dai.  Nguyen Van Dai… Americans will intuitively pronounce it correctly.  Those literate in Vietnamese will miss a diacritical mark that makes this a hard D…rather than a soft Yieee. I’m about to purchase a t-shirt from a company that creates and sells to sentimental… Continue reading TRUNG UY DAI

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BILL GUNN

It has been some 42 years since our encounter at Lincoln Center.  I was hired to understudy Albert Hall and Bill Cobbs was the understudy for Dick Antony Williams in Bill’s play, BLACK PICTURE SHOW.  A week before leaving for Vietnam in May 1969, a girlfriend had taken me to see a play in New… Continue reading BILL GUNN

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STRIPPERS

I noticed on a porn site, a video by a model from the 70’s…someone I actually went to a club to see her “perform”.  Her name was Traci Topps. And she was pretty and blonde and had uncommonly large breasts.  In truth that constituted her entire career at that time, pretty much. Understand that then… Continue reading STRIPPERS