The Same Mistakes: 2022 Year-in-Review
2022 was… a year, I guess? Not a good one, but a year.
Black America’s waiting, Justin Timberlake… (UPDATED w/ Feb. 2021 Britney “apology”)
If any white celeb owes us an apology, it’s the so-called “prince of pop”.
UPDATE: you call THAT an apology?!
In For a Penny: Only if You Mean It
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Charles Lewis III checks in one last time. My first time at the ‘Pub, Feb. 2010 “Livin’ here in this brand new world might be a fantasy But its taught me to love So it’s real to me And I’ve learned…
In For a Penny: What’s in a Name?
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“Well, that was bloody Shakespearean! D’ya know who Shakespeare is? He wrote the King James Bible!” – Gangs of New York, screenplay by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan It’s a bit empty ‘round the ‘Pub offices these days. Yes, there…
In For a Penny: Bum-rush the Show!
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“A wise man told me ‘Don’t argue with fools ‘Cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who’ ” —Jay Z, “The Takeover”, The Blueprint This past week I went to the Berkeley Rep to catch a preview performance of…
In For a Penny: I Die a little Inside
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Charles Lewis III, waiting to be picked. “The problem is that those of us who are lucky enough to do work that we love are sometimes cursed with too damn much of it.” ― Terry Gross, All I Did Was Ask:…
In For a Penny: The Numbers Game
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Charles Lewis III, ranking it up. We’ve all done it. It should come as no surprise that as much as I detest reductive labelling in this business we call “play-acting”, I’m not above sharing in some backstage gossip during my off…
In For A Penny: Accepting New Membership
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Charles Lewis III, on long term goals and short term contributions. “What is true of creed is no less true of nationality. There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.” – Theodore Roosevelt, Address to the Knights of Columbus…
In For a Penny: Raise a Broken Glass
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Charles Lewis III, celebrating the mistakes and the mistaken. “Let’s have a toast for the douchebags Let’s have a toast for the assholes Let’s have a toast for the scumbags Every one of them that I know Let’s have a toast…
In For A Penny: Oh yeah, THAT thing
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Charles Lewis III, getting his audition on. “Don’t worry about the future… or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.” – Baz Luhrmann & Lee Perry, “Everybody’s Free (To Wear…
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 