before i go
great minds think alike or so we are told but something was left out of that statement and that is small minds think alike as well. here's the kicker: there are many more small minds than great minds.
the only thing i can comment on with any degree of expertise is myself and the art of comedy. i know me and i have a grasp of comedy. but i know me. and i am beginning to feel that restlessness of mind that has always preceded any growth either of myself or my art.
when i look back, THE STORYTELLER was the best work i have ever done and yet i fucked it up royally. i failed to listen to better minds than mine and i paid the price. well, that and we had it in the wrong location even though, on the surface, it looked ideal. we, my management and i, failed to think it through because if we had we would have put it in a different location, a theater not as nice but better situated. los angeles is not a theater town and the only way you can fill a nice theater like ours in century city was to put in a star from tv or movies in a play and then they would come. if you, however, are a relative unknown, doing a theatrical piece that is not in a genre that they would recognize, it is better to go into the "theater district" on santa monica blvd where there are about 12 little theaters and people walk up and down this little area, a couple of blocks at most, and decide which one to go to based on the posters and local word of mouth. but even if i had been in there and did get better and larger crowds, the show still fell short (even though in many minds it was a great show, rick messina said it was the best show in l.a. and the reviews, such as they were, liked it). i should have put it together better. the idea was great, the music was great, the stories were great but the show lacked a theme and a discernible beginning, middle and end. looking back, it sucked. in comparison to what we could have done.
one of the things i like about poker is that it is a thinking game. the best thinker is the best player.
(everyone gets the same amount of "luck", every one gets their share of bad beats and miracle cards...it is the player who is always thinking and thinking correctly who will, in the long run, get the most money and money is how you keep score)
i need to think more about my art and do another kick ass stage show before i go.
and i need to start writing these blogs more on my inner thoughts and not what i think about the world in general. fuck, i am beginning to bore me, no telling what i am doing to you.
if i could type as fast as i think then some of this shit could be real good. but i can't and so what happens is that i have some great starts but
the only thing i can comment on with any degree of expertise is myself and the art of comedy. i know me and i have a grasp of comedy. but i know me. and i am beginning to feel that restlessness of mind that has always preceded any growth either of myself or my art.
when i look back, THE STORYTELLER was the best work i have ever done and yet i fucked it up royally. i failed to listen to better minds than mine and i paid the price. well, that and we had it in the wrong location even though, on the surface, it looked ideal. we, my management and i, failed to think it through because if we had we would have put it in a different location, a theater not as nice but better situated. los angeles is not a theater town and the only way you can fill a nice theater like ours in century city was to put in a star from tv or movies in a play and then they would come. if you, however, are a relative unknown, doing a theatrical piece that is not in a genre that they would recognize, it is better to go into the "theater district" on santa monica blvd where there are about 12 little theaters and people walk up and down this little area, a couple of blocks at most, and decide which one to go to based on the posters and local word of mouth. but even if i had been in there and did get better and larger crowds, the show still fell short (even though in many minds it was a great show, rick messina said it was the best show in l.a. and the reviews, such as they were, liked it). i should have put it together better. the idea was great, the music was great, the stories were great but the show lacked a theme and a discernible beginning, middle and end. looking back, it sucked. in comparison to what we could have done.
one of the things i like about poker is that it is a thinking game. the best thinker is the best player.
(everyone gets the same amount of "luck", every one gets their share of bad beats and miracle cards...it is the player who is always thinking and thinking correctly who will, in the long run, get the most money and money is how you keep score)
i need to think more about my art and do another kick ass stage show before i go.
and i need to start writing these blogs more on my inner thoughts and not what i think about the world in general. fuck, i am beginning to bore me, no telling what i am doing to you.
if i could type as fast as i think then some of this shit could be real good. but i can't and so what happens is that i have some great starts but
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