Comments on The General Blog of Crime: Friday CJ Funnies: Razzle Dazzle 'Em

ShockSpouse & ShockProf -- you'll need to give us ...

2008-07-24T21:55:00.000-04:00

ShockSpouse & ShockProf -- you'll need to give us a review of [title of show] after you see it in December. I'm so jealous! : )

Well, as long as we’re on the topic, I would be re...

2008-07-18T18:12:00.000-04:00

Well, as long as we’re on the topic, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that [title of show] opened at the Lyceum on the Broadway last night. The ShockProf and I have already bought our tickets for December. Now then, how to relate that to crime. Umm, yes, of course, well…I guess I can’t relate it to crime, but I can give you this piece of wisdom from the show for when you’re all out there writing your sparkly articles and analyses…“Writing should feel easy, like a monkey driving a speedboat.”

On a more CJ related note, what criminological theories and issues are demonstrated by Sweeney Todd? Discuss amongst yourselves…

I'm telling you, gradmommy -- you, me, and ShockPr...

2008-07-18T11:33:00.000-04:00

I'm telling you, gradmommy -- you, me, and ShockProf need to make the PhDivas happen! We could de-throne Larry Sherman and the Hot Spots as the reigning music act at ASC! : )

Glad you enjoyed the clips.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

that made my day. in a prior life, i was a musical...

2008-07-17T21:15:00.000-04:00

that made my day. in a prior life, i was a musical theatrist and performed in a community version of ragtime. i didn't have the belting ability to play sarah (as this was pretty low-budget - no microphones!) so i played one of the black ladies who sang in the chorus. problem was, in this "community" there were no black people, so we were pretty much bussed in from the city. although the musical called for many black actors, there were only 9 of us, including coalhouse, sarah, and booker t. and only two of us were real singers - the others were dancers brought in to do justice to the gettin' ready rag. and our costumes were awful and we complained that the costume designer was depending more on stereotypes than on looking at the actual performance. but all in all it was a great time performing in such a wonderful musical. so glad to see a fellow sociologist/criminologist with a love for musical theater! i must now go and listen to may original broadway cast recording of ragtime!