Paxton is a piece of shit, much like anyone MAGA.

He’s feeding red meat to the base and they’re too goddamn stupid to realize they’re being taken for a ride.

Conservatism is a cancer on humanity. Reactionary assholes should GTFO of the country they hate so much.

My favorite part of when I subscribed is that I couldn’t watch my local games through the official goddamn app due to blackout restrictions.

It’s like the MLB doesn’t actually want people to watch baseball.

I bet that was amazing!

Ooh, I found a production that a college uploaded to YouTube! I very much prefer to see an opera live, but I’d already accepted that I would never see this production since it’s probably pretty rare.

I’ll definitely give it a watch, thanks for the rec!

I’ve been wanting to catch an Othello for years now. I’ll see it one of these days!

Incredible use of transparency. The clouds remind me of Maxfield Parish.

I mean, if you’re going to go to one show…

I don’t really mind cheeseyness; it shows vulnerability in the author and performers.

Star Trek is undeniably cheesey, but there’s an earnestness that comes with it that makes it compelling.

Hell yeah, sounds awesome!

I don’t know anything about Lizard Boy, but I’m intrigued since you both saw it multiple times in one week.

Oh that’s excellent! We did Bye Bye Birdie in middle school, and it was a ton of fun. I love the enthusiasm of amateur theater. Awesome that they played the orchestra part, too!

I kind of want to hate watch that Jobs one!

I appreciate that they’re doing new stuff though! I love historical performance, but I absolutely understand that is a niche interest. If opera is going to survive as an art form (and I think it should), it needs to be a living medium.

The university is putting an a brand new, world premiere opera called That Hellbound Train here in a couple weeks, and I hope to attend.

An amateur theater performance can be amazing. Even if a performer is not technically skilled, effort and commitment can often be just as enjoyable.

We saw it on Broadway too when we visited NY a few years ago. I wanted to bring the kids to something I knew they’d enjoy, and they absolutely loved it.

Phantom was the first live musical that I saw, and I’ll always love it. You’re going to have so much fun!

I’ve never heard of this one before; it must be so hard to get a new opera out there! I’m glad people are doing it though. Every production seems like a minor miracle of logistics and ambition.

I see it’s based on a book, I might have to give that a read.

Oh, this looks really interesting! I bet that was well worth seeing.

Not trying to break the thread, but this is my favorite PKD that I’ve read.

We can remember dick

That’s probably fair. I think 20,000 Leagues is pretty well known in the US, probably because of the Disney movie, but otherwise he’s largely ignored.

I’d bet Wells is a bit more known because of his early time travel fiction since its a fairly common plot device now.

I really should read more Verne.

Oh, for sure. It’d have been useful information to communicate!

But telling kids to wear two condoms is insane even by American South standards.