Why do we bewilder you, Amych?

I wouldn't go so far as bewilderment, just a genial sort of puzzlement -- the best pronunciation of my made-up name has been an active subject of debate for, like, 8 years now! Which is an awesome thing about this community, and at the same time I'm always "bzuh? really?"

Adult illiteracy really is such a tragedy.

Right? Someone else asked him if he was drunk, because in an attempt to defend his "satire," he asked why no one was angry about Harry Reid using the word "negro."

...because that relates to his own bigoted fuckneckery HOW?

OTOH, the fact that he'd just lay all his bigotry out there in the open makes it SO much easier for people to know to not associate with him.

Conversations end when one person calls another a douchebag, Teppy. What a douchebag.

And we're done. (It's scary how many Ari-isms I apply to real life...scarier still how often it's that one.) Satire in wingerspeak= "How DARE you not find my rudeness/illegal conduct funny? I'm a white guy aged 18-49. Everyone listens to me...no matter how stupid I am." bleah.

Someone else asked him if he was drunk, because in an attempt to defend his "satire," he asked why no one was angry about Harry Reid using the word "negro."

You know, I had typed out an actual response to this before I realized I was giving it way more thought than it deserved.

Satire in wingerspeak= "How DARE you not find my rudeness/illegal conduct funny? I'm a white guy aged 18-49. Everyone listens to me...no matter how stupid I am."

And erika nails it.

About the dialog thing, what always helped me was reading it walking. Slow it down, take it a syllable at a time, each beat to a step. It sounds stupid while you're doing it, but it sort of imprints the consonants and the vowels in a way so you can recall and recite them. Like singers learning a song in a foreign language phonetically. Once you have the dialog down and can say it clearly, you can add emotion to it later.

Thanks! I'll give that a try. About half my lines in this show are really short, but the other half are long and difficult and really essential for me not to screw up since they're the funny ones.

Thanks, Jessica...that dude is upset cause somebody pissed in his Privilege Kool-Aid. Even my brother, significantly more liberal and less stupid than that dude, gets like that sometimes.

that dude is upset cause somebody pissed in his Privilege Kool-Aid.

Ha!

Back from store. I unloaded groceries, did dishes, and emptied the dishwasher. I tried to do laundry, but forgot that my washer pipes tend to freeze in cold weather. Wish I'd checked before stripping the bed.

And though it doesn't sound like much, I am now exhausted and think I might take a nap. Sleeping is my superpower.

that dude is upset cause somebody pissed in his Privilege Kool-Aid.

Heh. Some other (white, straight) guy posted a reply saying that the only people who objected were women and gay men, and all the people who thought it was ROTFL were straight white men.

I think he thought it was some sort of vindication, from the way he said it.

Bev: holy shit, that actually worked!! I did that all the way to the bank and back, and then when I delivered it in-character by memory, I was like three million times slower and clearer! My natural tendency to speak fast was balanced out by the incredibly slow recitation. I guess I just have to keep doing that exercise until I can deliver it properly without step-walking backstage for ten minutes.

Thanks!

I think he thought it was some sort of vindication, from the way he said it.

Hee!