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Comment on The Community Review by Considering the Community Loss of Dan Harmon | Dramatic Medicine

Considering the Community Loss of Dan Harmon | Dramatic Medicine — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:11:07 +0000

[...] same thing, I fear, is now happening to the television show Community which recently lost its creator and guiding spirit, Dan Harmon when Sony decided they did not want [...]

Comment on Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? by Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:23:44 +0000

Makes me glad I never go to bars, Jonolan! Scary!

Comment on Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? by jonolan

jonolan — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:11 +0000

This sort of thing happens in bars and clubs all the time – and yes, sometimes it is “too Black” or “too gay” or even “too Blond” or too “straightlaced looking.” It all comes down to image and, especially in the cases where the club wants diversity, people not fitting the right mold or demographic are turned away.

Studio 54 made their name by doing this. They had a plan for diversity and regulated the patrons mercilessly to fit that plan.

Comment on Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? by Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:07:46 +0000

The bar is just a mean spirited one, it seems!

Comment on Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? by David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:13:32 +0000

Yeah, the article also said the girl in question “wasn’t pretty enough,” too — so there’s definitely something unkind going on there.

I agree on the airplane seat issue. They’re a certain size. If you don’t fit, you need to not put that pain on other passengers!

Comment on Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? by Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:34:17 +0000

Thanks, David. I once sat next to a person on an airplane who made me ever so uncomfortable because he had to put part of his arm a little over my armrest and nearly on my lap — so in some cases a second seat might be justified!

Those bar platforms are designed to hold a few tons just in case there’s powerful gyrations — they can’t use weight as an excuse! Alas.

Comment on Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? by David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:27:21 +0000

This is a fascinating topic, Gordon. You’d think the bar would have been smarter than this and made it a “safety issue” that people over a certain weight would make the bar unstable for dancing or something and it becomes an insurance liability issue… sort of like how Southwest Airlines makes people who don’t fit into a single seat pay for two seats for “safety reasons.”

Comment on Method Acting and the 50 Cent Weight Loss by Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? | United Stage

Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? | United Stage — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:57 +0000

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Comment on Show Us Do Not Tell Us by Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? | United Stage

Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat? | United Stage — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:50 +0000

[...] over the handful of years that I lived in Seattle and went on a regular basis to a handful of karaoke bars and belted out some of my favorite tunes. There were many other people who also sang, some of whom [...]

Comment on Celebrating Cy Coleman by Rediscovering the Demo Tapes | Boles Blues

Rediscovering the Demo Tapes | Boles Blues — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:42:14 +0000

[...] Cy Coleman was a friend of mine and I miss him a lot. Listening to the demo album for his “Barnum” musical is a great gift he left us. Cy sings all the songs and plays the piano. Did you know “Barnum” started as this Jazz album? I like this version — this originating schema — of what the Broadway Barnum songs were supposed to be instead of what they ended up becoming on stage. Perhaps the musical would have even more depth and resonance today if the original Jazz reflections had been more faithfully reproduced on the live stage? [...]