BASICALLY THIS IS ABOUT DUNE DESPITE THE FACT I HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT SEE THE FILM: REID #179
and there are some fun links to shows/tickets
SHORT:
I’ve been struggling in my marriage (partner of of 3 years wants me to go see Dune).
The only time I wanna see that much sand? Is if I’m on a beach relaxin’! Amirite?
MEDIUM:
I’m fortunate enough to not even have the slightest idea re: what Dune is about.
In my head, the nose devices that the characters wear shoot cocaine up into their brains and the reason why it’s so sandy is because someone (who was rly coked-out from their nose-device) kicked over the world’s largest sandcastle.
And now everyone’s walking around just like “ughhh wish that big sandcastle was still in tact, fml, things haven’t been the same since it fell down”.
LONG:
I know — through the curséd grapevine — that Timmy rides some sort of worm in the movie — to which I say: if I wanted to see that? I would sneak into his bedroom and watch Kylie Jenner peg him.
^Shoutout to my grandmother who reads this every week!1
Anyway, my partner isn’t force-dragging my by the pussy to go see the film because: “my body my choice2”… and I know some ppl can’t say the same… so, in the words of the Bachelor: "it’s never lost on me on how lucky i truthfully am"
^(had to rewind the episode last week to listen to him say that stunning phrase a few times in a row — lord of words and phrases!)
What else is happening? I ate 4-5 different blueberry muffins3 between last Wednesday and today.
If there’s one thing I’m gunna do, it’s pick at an upside down beached-whale of a muff on a napkin throughout the workday!
Every call I’m on… I reach down, pluck a piece of sponge off, chew chew chew, and enjoy my one precious life! Capiche?
I would, however, give up muffins for a pill and/or vaccine that could make me do anything productive post 3pm EST.
Every time 3pm EST rolls around, I’m done for.
It’s like god hxself reaches down and presses my off button (which doesn’t shut me fully off but makes it so I can’t do email or spreadsheets and can only think about how if ur doing standup? Ur doing theatre. Sorry Joey Rogey! Ur a f*g).
Wish I had more to talk about…
If you haven’t watched this month’s Late Stage, check it out. And let me know if you’d like to attend next month’s live taping. Also follow the IG!
If you want to come to Comedians Earnestly Singing Musical Theatre you can get tickets here. It’s gonna be a great show. [And also, as always, it dredges up feelings about my voice and how I used to be soprano slay with 10,000 hours of voice lessons and now I can barely hit tenor notes/ control anything]
I saw this photo of ICE T the other day, and really need to get on his level…
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Reid Pope
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Comment below if you have a grandmother-appropriate thing I should write about.
“but you’re missing out on epic storytelling, dumbass” “tell your newsletter that everyone should go to the theater and see it — it’s an important cinematic experience — you don’t want to miss out on this cultural phenomenon — and Timmy is really good — he finally sounds like a man — deep voice — plus, worms”
^move over Robert Ebert
obviously snack(s) of the week, closely followed by the gigli pasta I had at Soda Club on the Lower East Side
As someone who saw Dune, I very much enjoyed this.