travisstern.bsky.social
PhD in theatre history - American theatre history, improv, comedy, and baseball performance. Cloverfield monster in disguise. Self loathing with a hint of lime. 1st book: Ballplayers on Stage (at UTenn P)
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But AI will be doing those jobs anyway so those people won't be needed. /s
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She's Rose. Her twin sister is Rey. Rose is usually the more surly of the pair.
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Things seem to have escalated.
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The only thing that changes is the cosplay
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Love caramel.
Fine with salt.
Hate salted caramel.
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Win Sem, Lose Sem.
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I'd like to be added please, if possible.
Thank you.
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I just got back into the hobby a couple of years ago, and started collecting the Topps main series for each year, and then Stadium Club as a second set. This year's stadium club packs are 5 cards and two of the five are usually a red/black and a chrome. Just three base cards per pack is too little.
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Agreed! As a set builder, too, I feel the same way. It's too little given for too much paid. I'm always happy to trade to finish off sets, but there's a lot of chaff amongst that wheat.
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I thought that was Kenny Mayne
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Even the reunion tour gimmick is being downgraded for '25.
Once it was Pujols, then it was Carpenter, now Kaminsky.
/s
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It's clearly the disappointment sound from the Price is Right.
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How was Pathogenesis? I got it as a gift and haven't started it yet.
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contributions of the early critics of the form and how they shaped the development of the artform.
Farewell, Mr. Helbig, and thank you for shaping improv in your own way.
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the idea that improv was *worth* thinking about and considering it as something more than just a parlor trick for folks expecting to come get a few laughs on a too-cold or too-hot Chicago night. As improv scholarship is still somewhat in its early stages, it's important to recognize the 5/
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I write this because one of those critics, Jack Helbig, passed away today. Without his reviews and interactions with the improv community, the comedy scene and improv in particular, develop differently in the 90s. He provoked criticism from some improvisers because of what he wrote, but furthered 4/
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Those reviews treated improv performances with a sense of importance that helped audiences understand that there was craft to these make-'em-ups that wasn't just about how witty someone could be on one particular night or if there was a particularly ripe target in the audience that night. 3/
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Those reviews went beyond just saying if a show was funny or not - mainly because in improvised performance, it didn't matter because it changed from night to night. Instead there were some critiques of what the performers were doing (or not) that were interesting to watch. 2/
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If this is a viral marketing attempt for Godot, they should have gone with less of a smile.
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Oh they are not buying a Walker emergence at all, are they?
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It's @dynamoe.bsky.social
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Man, we're only an elimination of the FDA away from bars using that stuff to replace the pretzels and peanuts to make you thirsty anyway.