SHORT:
I am toying with the idea of becoming a full-time lifestyle vlogger. Lmk if the video below speaks to u in any way. I love feedback. Good or bad. “Criticism, like rain, should make u feel insane and in a bad mood but also alive and good” — me.
MEDIUM:
This past Friday, I co-hosted Comedians Earnestly Singing Musical Theatre 54 Below. Judy Garland’s daughter performed before us, so she had the honor of sharing a dressing room with 15 brooklyn alt comics.
I’d stayed up late the evening b4 working on my thesis, so I was sort of catatoníc during the whole thing. My sleep-deprived remains sang “It All Fades Away” from The Bridges Of Madison County, and the lighting guy called it… “brave” — a word that is unfortunately, absolutely, and actually a slur. ← My friend Esther has been vocal about this, and I agree. The homonymous Sara Bareilles song should not be allowed on the radio! ← And that’s coming from ME, someone who read Sara Bareilles’s book twice and loved it both times!
It’s gutsy that I keep admitting the SB book thing in this newsletter. Every time I talk about SB, I feel straight. Perhaps I am “gay in my art and straight in my life”, like James Franco. Never forget when he said that… in an interview with… himself. Now, HE is brave.
LONG:
After Friday’s theatre extravaganza, I spent the weekend at school hearing my cohort’s thesis plays out loud. As always, I convinced myself that I’m the dumbest person alive and that there’s no hope for me. But I’ll get over it.
That being said, if anyone has any advice on how to make mine brilliant and funny and moving and heartbreaking and revolutionary, let me know.
I need to write more jokes. The only one I have written in the last two weeks is about how John Mayer’s song “Slow Dancing In A Burning Room” is about 2 Jewish lovers in the g*s chamber, and I can’t ever do that onstage. Honestly, if you want to cancel me instantly for typing that, go ahead. I won’t have to finish my thesis or do a scary showcase I have later this week. But also, I know the Park Slope rabbi’s boyfriend reads this, and they both love the Shoah jokes I do, so… Boys! That one was for u!
This weekend, I am going to North Carolina with my lover because they wish to see a giant house that’s there. I will let you know how it goes and if the giant house stirs anything in me. I don’t think it will. I much prefer giant… amounts of time sitting on my ass. But, I will have a great attitude and go c it because, as the bible says, “when ur partner has the fortitude of a million rams (goes to ur comedy shows and watches comedy youtube videos you send them), you must repay them by traveling to the Tar Heel State.”
Okay. Time to go to bed. Hope you all have a great week, and if ur in love, have fun at the dinner reservation u made! I thought I had a lot more juicy gossip to talk about, but turns out, most of the stuff I was thinking about actually should stay inside my brain forever, as to not ruin people’s lives.
Shows Coming Up:
Wednesday 15th: 7pm NYCC Showcase
Monday 20th: 7pm Beef Curtains, 10pm Steve Martin Presents
Friday 24th: 7:30pm CHOMEDY SHOW, Easy Lover bar BK
C U Next Tuesday!
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Sincerely,
Reid Pope
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Bonus Jonas Zone:
I got a speed ticket in North Carolina while driving up to NYC and I stg I was going the speed limit. So now when people mention NC I always say "They hate me in North Carolina!"
(shoutout to that cop with super racist vibes!!!)