Kristin, if my student's account of the subways in Tokyo is any indication, that's no hoax.
He HATED taking the trains.
Ooh, for grotesque you could teach Anne Sexton's Transformations. I read that volume over and over again when I was a girl.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Apr 24, 2008 8:17:57 pm PDT #3486 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
DavidS - Apr 24, 2008 8:23:14 pm PDT #3487 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Geek Love would be great for grotesque.
Angela Carter: I'd say Magic Toyshop or Nights at the Circus. (Though personally I love The Passion of New Eve, but I don't think that'll fly in your class.)
I'd like a contemporary US playwright who wrote a comedy, juliana.
Beth Henley! C'mon, "Miss Firecracker"
Magic Realism: "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella is really one of the few American runs at Magic Realism that's any good. Michael Chabon kind of trends that way though.
Cashmere - Apr 24, 2008 8:26:50 pm PDT #3488 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Colin Firth and Jon Stewart's conversation on The Daily Show: Comedy Gold.
juliana - Apr 24, 2008 8:29:55 pm PDT #3489 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Simon, Henley, and Durang are all good contemporary choices. George F. Walker is an awesome current Canadian playwright, chock-full of dark humor.
juliana - Apr 24, 2008 8:33:12 pm PDT #3490 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
However, I'd rec Terrence McNally, Paula Vogel, or Wendy Wasserstein. Those and the previous three listed are fairly canonical and have humorous plays.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 25, 2008 2:03:04 am PDT #3491 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The thing about Durang which could be a good or a bad thing, is that I find the funniest of his plays requires you to have a fairly wide knowledge of other theatre pieces. If they have already read Glass Menagerie, it would be fun to read For whom the southern belle tolls, but it doesn' really make much sense if you haven't. The same with Actor's Nightmare, and A Stye in the Eye (which sends up Sam Shepard).
hippocampus - Apr 25, 2008 2:52:29 am PDT #3492 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
hopping the awesome reading list discussion (man how I want to be one of kat's students) to say
Hey scola - just crossing into staten island if you get off work early today. Profile addy is good.
Sue - Apr 25, 2008 3:04:26 am PDT #3493 of 10001
hip deep in pie
It's like farmers cheese
You're description of farmer's cheese is totally different than what I know as farmer's cheese. To me it's a hard, dry, very much like cheddar, but usually white.
Colin Firth and Jon Stewart's conversation on The Daily Show: Comedy Gold.
By the end, when they were both giggling about Colin Firth's penis, I was in hysterics.
There was snow on the ground when I woke up this morning. It just sets the tone for the day.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2008 3:38:10 am PDT #3494 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Kat, for contemporary comedy writers, I think some of Tom Stoppard's work would count.
Also, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead would tie in to Shakespeare.
Sue - Apr 25, 2008 3:41:18 am PDT #3495 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Oh, I agree with Frank, Stoppard is good. Or Joe Orton. Or, and it's really a monologue more than a play, something by Spaulding Gray.