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thestarlightforge · 3 months

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Working in theatre at the professional level, I can now personally testify that shows like SMASH and Studio 60 were propaganda.

A whole ass creative team and there’s maybe ONE queer person?

Harriet Hayes (god bless her brilliance & Sarah Paulson for playing her, no joke) is a Straight Woman?

“Our musical theatre playwright character is definitely not (absolutely is) a Jonathan Larson clone, his cowriter bestie (who is 100% straight btw) supports him, and we’re SO BRAVE for saying it”—?

Girl PLEASE 😂

We are the Vast Majority, lmao. It’s some comp-het Nonsense

#/j #/hj #I love #smash #nbc smash #but #girl bye #lgbtqia #studio 60 on the sunset strip #Harriet Hayes #Sarah Paulson #theatre culture #theatre #director

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thoughtfulfoxllama · 7 months

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In the entire history of Theatre Kids, there have only been 2 Straight ones: my Father & my Mother-in-Law

Source- I'm a Demi-Bi Theatre kid, and I have yet to meet a theatre kid in the wild who wasn't some sort of Queer (including Trans, Nonbinary, ASpec, and other identities I'm less familiar with)

#theatre kid #queer #theatre culture #it's a joke #there's probably a bunch of straight theatre kids #but what's the point of being a theatre kid if i can't joke about it #and there's a difference between theatre kid & kid who took theatre

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langernameohnebedeutung · 1 year

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ngl, I'm beginning to take issue with how in conversations about anti-intellectualism almost automatically, the face of girls and women will be slapped on the problem.

#'all those tiktok girls who only like marvel films and' - why do you always say girls and women? are the guys filling opera halls instead?#'women in their mid 20s who still only read YA novels' okay sure that's an example and relevant discussions can be had #but it reminds me of the mocking tone in which people speak of 'chick-lit' to use women's interest as an indicator of lower value #while in fact women are reading more than men in EVERY single genre of fiction. Women are doing a lot of (often unpaid) labour #supporting libaries supporting theatres supporting cultural events #meanwhile there is a pretty big overlap between toxic masculinity and anti-intellectualism #(especially misogyny and homophobia)#especially when it comes to things like ballet or opera or musical or generally dance #in fact it is often the female investment in specific things that makes them less 'valuable' in general consciousness #for thousands of years the theatre was well-respected and a high form of art - and now it's a 'wife-thing'#the father who will teach his son that theatre and dance are for girls - how is that never an example for anti-intellectualism

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psqqa · 8 months

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yes, yes i know edgeworth’s big wet eyes and loser boy personality have captivated us all, but listen. listen.

phoenix wright

phoenix “genuinely unable to reconcile the girl on the stand with the girl he dated for eight months, a cognitive dissonance so profound it’s ultimately explained by them being literally two different people, but which he first sits with for five years and does not talk about at any point to anyone” wright

phoenix “don’t mention that name to me. i don’t want to talk about it. i don’t want to think about it. i am just going to keep myself in this state of perpetual crisis mode focus on other people’s problems until eventually i die and get to hang out with mia on the astral plane and never have to deal with any of these emotions ever again” wright

phoenix “overnight loses his career and reputation and sense of identity while gaining an adopted, probably pretty traumatized eight-year-old daughter, and rather than leaning on his friends for help, or getting therapy, or taking any time to process any of this, he *checks notes* spends seven years dedicating all his free time and energy to investigating the weird fucking circumstances around it and maintains a friendship with the guy he suspects was behind it all” wright

phoenix "runs across a burning bridge and falls through it, half a day after the game establishes that he is terrified of heights, because his friend is on the other side of that bridge" wright

phoenix “i sure felt surprised. maybe i had my poker face on” wright

phoenix “looking back on it that was actually a pretty dark period in my life” wright

phoenix “don’t ask me how i got started. i don’t remember” wright

phoenix “only you stood still, your eyes calmly watching” wright

phoenix “sometimes, life just sucks” wright

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phoenix wright

crunchiest man in the world

and all i wanna do is chew and chew and chew on him

#ace attorney #where are all the people gnawing on phoenix's bones so white??#i need to find the phoenix bone-gnawing corner of this fandom PLEASE #this is me asking for the Phoenix Fic btw #where is the fic meditating on phoenix's whole mental state in general?#where is the fic about how it's phoenix's cageyness and poker face and flat affect under stress that is the hurdle?#the relationship ramifications of being actually really fucking hard to read when it comes down to it?#where is the fic about the week of his disbarment?#the one detailing the panicked blow by blow of it rippling through his social circle while he stands in the eye of the storm?#the one that ends messy and anxious and unresolved because it's week 1 of 7 years?#where is the birth of phoenix wright: poker legend fic?#where is the art school/theatre major phoenix fic?#no not the able to art/act phoenix fic but the kind of person who chooses to go to art school/study theatre phoenix fic #where is the supremely disinterested in pop culture phoenix fic?#where is the actually incredibly meticulous and competent phoenix fic?#capcom can tell me all they want that he's essentially an adhd disaster flying by the seat of his pants making it all up as he goes #but that's not what they're actually showing me #they're the ones who created an in-fiction legal system that functionally necessitates that #and the nature of the game is that phoenix is almost always proven right so rather than him coming off as hare-brained #his opponents rather just come off as short-sighted. either negligently or maliciously so #and the choices the writing makes in service of retaining mystery and audience suspense in fact function to make phoenix a person #who is astute and puts the pieces together but is cautious in his conclusions #i will grant them that phoenix does tend to lose sight of his overarching goal in getting drawn into proving or disproving minor points #the fact that edgeworth on the other hand never loses sight of this or where the various arguments stand in relation to it #is his sexiest trait as a character by far #but those minor points are actually functionally critical to the ultimate argument phoenix makes #so even though i do read that trait through the game mechanics i do also judge the other characters for being dicks about it #my point is phoenix wright does in fact have the character of a lawyer and is conventionally good at his job fucking fight me #my point is that you all have had 20 goddamn years to Rotate this man #my POINT is that there should be Intricate Fucked Up Meditations On Phoenix that rewire my fucking brain and i NEED to know where they are!

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joeylivesinspace · 7 months

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the worlds become much too cynical, bring back the era of musical theatre animatics

#musical theatre #animatics #kill cringe culture #hamilton #be more chill #heathers #newsies

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justzawe · 6 months

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Zawe and Tom via ES Culture instagram stories

The ass pat! 😂

#zawe ashton #tom hiddleston #video #Instagram #the 67th evening standard theatre awards #red carpet #evening standard culture

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myersesque · 7 months

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there's no way i'm the only one who thought of this right

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justdavina · 6 days

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La Grande Dame: Such a HOT Drag Queen!

Hello Darling's!!! Once again here at Justdavina it's DRAG QUEEN THURSDAY!! YES YES YES!!!! Only one more day until the weekend here in San Francisco and the weather is perfect for going the Castro District.

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tygerland · 10 months

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Paul Robeson is Brutus Jones in the 1933 film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones. Photograph by Edward Steichen for Vanity Fair, August 1933.

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blueiskewl · 10 months

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Ruins of Roman Emperor Nero's 'Theatre' Unearthed in Rome

Archaeologists in Rome think they may have found Nero's theater during a hotel excavation.

Archaeologists in Rome think they may have found the ruins of Nero's theater, a first-century imperial performance space that was widely described in ancient Roman texts but whose whereabouts had remained largely elusive.

The theater is named after Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who served as Roman emperor from A.D. 54 to his death in 68. Officials are calling the discovery of the theater, located just east of Vatican City, "exceptional." It was likely where Nero rehearsed poetry and put on musical performances, according to ABC News.

More than a millennium after his death, Nero remains one of ancient Rome's most infamous rulers, accused of playing his fiddle while the city burned to the ground during an epic fire. While much has been written about the atrocities and poor governance that occurred under his leadership — he allegedly killed his own mother and two wives and lavishly and indulgently spent Rome's money — he's also remembered as a lover of music and the arts, leading him to offer public performances at his theater, an act that the elite usually didn't partake in. He was particularly fond of playing the cithara, a portable harp-like instrument with seven strings.

But when the powerful Praetorian Guard, the force in charge of protecting the emperor, withdrew their support of him, he reportedly took his own life, uttering "what an artist dies in me!"

Researchers unearthed a variety of artifacts scattered among the building's ruins. These included seven ornate medieval glass chalices, segments of bone used to carve out rosary beads, clay pots and urns, cooking vessels for baking bread, coins, combs constructed out of bone and numerous pieces of musical instruments. As for the remaining architectural elements of the theater itself, archaeologists unearthed marble columns and plaster decorated in gold leaf, according to ABC News.

"It is a superb dig, one that every archaeologist dreams of," Marzia Di Mento, the site's chief archaeologist, told reporters during a news conference, according to ABC News. "Being able to dig in this built-up, historically rich area is so rare."

The discovery came about as construction crews were working on reconfiguring Palazzo Della Rovere, a medieval palace, into a new luxury hotel, and was found buried beneath the structure's walled garden, according to The Associated Press.

Artifacts from the excavation will be put on display and added to a "city-run public databank to add to the wealth of information gathered over the years on life in Rome throughout the centuries," according to ABC News.

Archaeologists plan to rebury the theater once excavations wrap up.

By Jennifer Nalewicki.

#Emperor Nero #Theatre of Nero #Ruins of Roman Emperor Nero's 'Theatre' Unearthed in Rome #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient rome #roman history #roman empire #roman emperor #long reads

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thesilicontribesman · 4 months

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Roman Actor's Mask, Warrington Museum and Gallery

#roman #roman pottery #roman empire #roman design #roman culture #roman living #roman society #roman acting #roman theatre #Warrington #archaeology #ancient craft #ancient cultures #ancient living #theatre #mask #performance #pottery #ceramics

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highsocietygifs · 6 months

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68 impala SS - Chicago midnight cruise (summer 2023)

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eliounora · 7 months

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was supposed to only skim through a book I need to study for an exam but it actually ended up being interesting. I don't think I'll ever graduate

#it's called fear: a cultural history by joanna bourke #last night i read the chapter about disasters and mass panic #and how if mass panic sets in it'll take 5 minutes for people to start dying. so you have to be able to evacuate in 3-4 minutes #also mass panic sets easily in places where emotions are manipulated ie. theatre and sports stadiums #after the victoria hall disaster in 1883 where children were trampled to death as they scrambled for a toy prize after a theatre show #they invented those doors with the horisontal handles that you can push and they open. the crash bar #which prevents a mass of people getting stuck #anyway. i'm here all week for history trivia #nor's rambles

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world-of-celebs · 1 month

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Jordana Brewster attends the 2018 Outfest Los Angeles opening night gala screening of "Studio 54" at the Orpheum Theatre on July 12, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

#jordana brewster #studio 54 #gala event #red carpet #los angeles #celebs #actress #celebrity #opening night #arts and culture #entertainment #california #orpheum theatre #premiere event #gala

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myheartismadeofstars · 3 months

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Triple Date: Hualian, Fengqing and Quanyin.

They attend a Chinese Opera.

XL and MQ are watching enraptured, completely obsessed with the story being told, the music, the performance, all of it!

HC hasn't noticed the performance at all, he's watching XL's face.

FX doesn't really care that much. Also:

FX: *sees some impressive acrobatics* "I could do that"

XL, MQ and HC, in unison: "no you couldn't"

QYZ keeps trying to run off because he's bored. YY likes Opera but he is too focused on keeping QYZ in his seat. He misses most of the performance (XL later buys him a solo ticket, with HC's money obviously, so he can see one on his own). QYZ eventually settles down when YY holds his hand. QYZ, despite his boredom, is happy to be out in public with Shixiong!

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haveyoureadthisfanfic · 2 months

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Summary: FOUR DIRKS stand in an ANTECHAMBER.

Author: Duckface

Note from submitter: More fanfic should be written as surrealist theatre imo

#official fic poll #haveyoureadthisfic #pollblr #fanfiction #fanfic #fandom culture #internet culture #tumblr polls #fandom poll #THEATRE OF COOLTY #homestuck #Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider/Dirk Strider

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