By Alisha Giampola (Writer/Performer)
I went to Boston over this long weekend, and ate a lot of food and hung out with some friend's babies and made some observations about the stupidity of celebrating Columbus Day. A lot of terrible things happened this weekend too, like Hurricane Matthew, and the airstrikes on Aleppo, and the second presidential debate. And now it's Wednesday, and we all need something to get us through the rest of the week.
So may I suggest.....
~ The new season of Drunk History is FINALLY HEEEERREEEEEE!!!
~ Go see Mary-Louise Parker in Heisenberg (no not that Heisenberg, or that Heisenberg) at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
~ Read Jonathan Safran Foer's new book, Here I Am. I just started it too! Let's start a book club and talk about it!
~ Season 3 of Black Mirror drops next Friday on Netflix. JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN.
~ Speaking of Netflix, have you been watching Easy on Netflix? What about Luke Cage? Do you think some episodes of Easy condone rape culture without being challenging enough material to earn the privilege of portraying it? Did Luke Cage effectively nod to the blaxploitation films of the 70's while still managing to feel current in this current climate of tenuous race relations? Aren't you glad we live in an era of truly fantastic television options? Me too.
And now, until next week, here's a picture of me in Boston posing like Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton next to a statue of actual Alexander Hamilton. And also, here's the very first Drunk History webisode about Hamilton starring Michael Cera, which will never not be amazing. And also predates the musical version by like 6 years. So who's more of a genius, really: Derek Waters or Lin-Manuel Miranda? Hmmm.
ALISHA GIAMPOLA is an NYC based actor/teacher/writer who sat behind Matthew Broderick at the theatre last night. He's exactly as short as you think he is.
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