Meditations & Confessions

A confession from The Management: Among my peers, I am regarded as a Bad Homosexual™ because -- despite my proficiency in the...er, technical aspects of the gig -- I have never seen Moulin Rouge. (I did, some time ago, however express my fervent wish that if Disney ever opened a drag bar on Pleasure Island, they call it The Mulan Rouge.)

Anyway, I feel like I've seen enough of the movie to agree with Erin's assessment as visual circus. Video excerpts of Ewan (yum!) crowing that love song medley to Nicole inside the elephant (!) are played over and over and over at the various gay watering holes I frequent and, well, that'll hold me where that movie is concerned. I do like Mr. McGregor's hair in that movie, though. It's all floppsy and moppsy, and oh, the things he could do with my cottontail.

Sorry. Where was I? Oh, yes, well, I also have to put in my vote for the major misstep in Chicago casting. I understand they felt they needed Richard "Does this gerbil make my butt look fat?" Gere for a box office guarantee but Naughton, who I saw in the role on Broadway, would have been a much better choice talent-wise.

Finally, I'll put in a plug for Erin's show, Avenue Q, which is probably the best new musical on Broadway right now. The cast album, just released, is a stitch, and the irreverent "puppets take Manhattan" show is a must-see.

Just a reminder: the Virtual Book Tour visit for Dennis Hensley's delicious and nutritious Screening Party continues all day here in The BradLands. Tell your friends!

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