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Shaun D Landry's Blog
October 5, 2008
- As the election finally comes to a grinding three year close and the debates switch from stuff that mean nothing to an election to "Mean Stuff" that means nothing to an election, Aren't you still glad that we have gotten to know over these years the real inner workings of both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama? The real issues that are of major national economic, ...
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July 27, 2008
- When I first got on the Redroom as a completely unplublished writer/rabid blogger the overwhelming welcome was warm, genuine and wonderful.A year later as an unpulbished rabid blogger doing a seven week improvisational theater festival in San Francisco I still find the words genuine warm and wonderful to be true.This weekend was pretty incredible: When Improv meets writers. I had the distinct ...
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July 6, 2008
- Today Spotted Walking to Urban Market (the end of the block):A man on the stoop three door down hunched over. He does not live there. He is talking about how "Whores should think twice about the consequences" This conversation is going on without anyone around him.A woman fifty feet up spinning about in a circle. She has no expression on her face. she is just spinning in a ...
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July 2, 2008
- It is almost hard at this point to express The Chicago Improv Festival Experience, as, but I will try. It was incredible. Wonderful moments. Strange moments. Joy, bewilderment. Great shows, emotional shutdowns fits of laughing all mixed with Viva Las Vegas, The Rat Pack, it being on like Donkey Kong all wrapped in Midwestern Sushi.The Irish Mutts did it. We ruled the day. Kevin McShane ...
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July 1, 2008
- I have been touring on the road so much (Chicago, Los Angeles, and now Minneapolis) along with the upcoming San Francisco Improv Festival, I feel I have left the Redroom in the corner crying Why don't you love me.Well, I do. I love you Redroom. So this is a full on excerpt of my blog of The Minneapolis Improv Festival. Pictures included. The names have not not been changed to protect noone ...
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March 11, 2008
- I wonder how long it took for Silda Wall Spitzer to pull herself together before she was hauled in front of the camera. How much crying did she get out? What sort of eye makeup she used to cover the puffiness. What sort of decent mood relaxants to numb her enough to stand there for a full hour. Where did she go after it was all done? Did they both go home together? Did she run away? Did she ...
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March 11, 2008
- There are very few things to be relieved about when you are a few (translation: more than a few) pounds overweight. There is also some joy of not being completely competitive. Some joy in being somewhat of a passive aggressive slacker. One of these particular moments in time and space when realizing that my overweight ass might live longer than those who are ripped cut and being competitive at ...
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March 6, 2008
- I thought it would be fun to blog from the stage. I'm in the BOA Festival's show for the next two weeks in A Toss of The Hat written by Mike Ricca and produced by my company.It is also directed by my husband Hans Summers. Yeah. Shut it. He cast his wife in the show. Nepotism sometimes rocks. But, we are both good people and I'm not in the lead. I personally have no need whatsoever to be the ...
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February 28, 2008
- Mr. Nader announced today his running mate for president: former San Francisco Supervisor and 2003 SF Mayoral Green Party Candidate Matt Gonzalez. It makes me sort of sad that Gonzalez has hitched his wagon to the Lar "American First" Daly of our generation. There are now people who are talking about how "refreshing" it is that Ralph has thrown his hat into the race, making ...
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February 27, 2008
- There are hundreds of fantastic books out there to learn the craft of improvisational theater. From Viola Spolin's classic Improvisation for the Theater to The Annoyance Theater Chicago's Mick Napier's book Improvise: Scene from The Inside Out and many many others. But if you want a fast read and a quick introduction to improv theater, or you just need a fast reminder if you are doing improv in ...
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February 25, 2008
- Saturday Night found me in emergency. What they did on Wednesday apparently was not fully accomplished, and the process decided to finish itself on Saturday...leaving my husband like an evil pit bull in the Emergency Room: HEY! LADY HEMMORAGHING HERE! Hans can indeed be a scary, angry white guy. That is why I love him so. I said it to the NP a few weeks ago: I feel like a political candidate ...
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February 22, 2008
- I'm reminded of William S. Burroughs lately-Language is a virus from outer space, and the wonderful tagline from Laurie Anderson: "That's why I'd rather hear your name than see your face. She also uses a wonderful line from her lyrics: "And I had to sell the car and go to Florida because that's just my way of saying 'That I love you'" I guess I'm always reminded of this quote ...
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February 21, 2008
- Five years ago I was living in a wonderful apartment. Separated from Hans and living with roommates. A young woman who is an English teacher at San Francisco's prestigious Lowell High School and a woman who used to curate at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It was a wonderful huge place. Wonderful backyard that produced plums and lemons. A kitchen to die for. My room was always ...
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February 17, 2008
- "I have not seen a Black man give out this kind of a beating since Ike Turner died" - regarding Barack's wins from Some dark and funny Real Time with Bill Maher writer.Stood there and did what any black woman would do "OH DAYMN!!!" and laughed my ass off!Welcome back to work, writers.
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February 17, 2008
- This week I found the real Ying and Yang all around. When things are bad personally? Professionally it seems to always rise above.Then all of a sudden when you so need for the Ying and Yang to balance itself out? It magically does. Thursday I was honored to work on Milk (The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated ...
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