[distinguishedbaloney]

[thisisbizarre]

The awesome Keith Herring inspired set of Falsettos at Montclair State University

[trollitics]

never thought i’d see the day where tiki torches had to dissociate from neo-nazis

what a time to be alive 

[mkay-thats-cool-too]

I never thought I’d see the day where tiki torches did a better job at dissociating from neo-nazis then the man leading my country.

[mitski2020]

[greatcomettexting-archive]

fUCKING GUY FIERI AS pieRrE

[they-are-there-upon-his-head]

WE ARE CHILDREN OF FLAMES AND GRILLIN’

[nthsonata]

Dwayne "Rachmaninoff Opus 7" Johnson

[coldasaslab]

13 people go Into the Woods to do fairly simple things, and you won't believe how many of them die

[walter-mckey]

Being receptive to each other’s interests

[virgobogwitch]

ʸᵉᵃʰ ᶜᵃⁿ ᴵ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵘʰʰʰ

great comet staying on broadway forever and dave malloy never being sad ever

[a-good-friday-blog]

practising difficult passages

plays passage slowly and on its own: so that's how you do it

plays passage up to tempo on its own: i think i got this, easy!

plays passage up to tempo with everything else: ...wha,t the frick frakc diddily dack am i doing, someone get the priest quick

[madeline-kahn]

“It’s so nice when you can sit with someone and not have to talk.”

When Harry Met Sally… (1989) dir. Rob Reiner

[niknak79]

[moving-assbanditkirk-blog]

whoa canada

someone needs to turn down that sass level

[truthandglory-deactivated201409]

Two things to know about Canada!

We are smart enough to know hot things should be hot.

We are sorry if you don’t

[anotherpapercut]

fun story about the reason they do that (at least in America)

once this lady spilled her McDonald’s coffee on herself and ended up getting like 3rd degree burns and since there was no warning on the cup she was able to claim she didn’t know it would be hot (or at least that hot) and won a lawsuit against McDonald’s for $1 million

[prokopetz]

That’s what the media smear campaign against her would have you believe, anyway. The truth of the matter is that the McDonald’s in question had previously been cited - on at least two separate occasions - for keeping their coffee so hot that it violated local occupational health and safety regulations. The lady didn’t win her lawsuit because American courts are stupid; she won it because the McDonald’s she bought that coffee from was actively and knowingly breaking the law with respect to the temperature of its coffee at the time of the incident.

(I mean, do you have any idea what a third-degree burn actually is? Third-degree burns involve “full thickness” tissue damage; we’re talking bone-deep, with possible destruction of tissue. Can you even imagine how hot that cup of coffee would have to have been to inflict that kind of damage in the few seconds it was in contact with her skin?)

[bogleech]

Yeah I’m tired of people joking about either the “stupid” woman who didn’t know coffee was hot or the “greedy” woman making up bullshit to get money.

She was hideously injured by hideous irresponsibility, it was an absolutely legitimate lawsuit and the warning on the cups basically allows McDonalds to claim no responsibility even if it happens again. Every other company followed suit to cover their asses.

So they can still legally serve you something that could sear off the end of your tongue or permanently demolish the front of your gums and just give you a big fat middle finger in court. “The label SAID it would be HOT, STUPID.”

[elfyourmother]

obligatory reblog for the great debunking of the usual ignorance spouted about this case

obligatory mention that the media smear campaign to twist teh facts on this case and get public opinion against the victim was deliberate and fueled by the right wing tort reform movement

it was seized upon to limit the rights of consumers to hold giant corporations accountable for wrongdoing

watch the documentary Hot Coffee, it lays out all of the facts and examines the response to this case and explains why everything you think you know about this case is bullshit, and explains why tort reform is bullshit in an entertaining and informative manner

[thepoisonroom]

The woman injured in Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants was 79 years old at the time of her injuries, and suffered third-degree burns to the pelvic region (including her thighs, buttocks, and groin), which in combination with lesser burns in the surrounding regions caused damage to an area totaling a whopping 22% of her body’s surface. These injuries that required two years of intensive medical care, including multiple skin grafts; during her hospitalization, Stella Liebeck lost around 20% of her starting body weight.

She was uninsured and sued McDonald’s Restaurants for the cost of her past and projected future medical care, an estimated $20,000. The corporation offered a settlement of $800, a number so obviously ridiculous that I’m not even going to dignify it with any further explanation.

The settlement number most often quoted is not the amount that the corporation actually paid; the jury in the first trial suggested a payment equal to a day or two of coffee revenues for McDonald’s, which at the time totaled more than $1 million per diem. The judge reduced the required payout to around $640,000 in both compensatory and punitive damages, and the case was later settled out of court for less than $600,000.

Keep in mind that at the time, McDonald’s already had over 700 cases of complaints about coffee-related burns on file, but continued to sell coffee heated to nearly 200 degrees Fahrenheit (around 90 degrees Celsius) as a means of boosting sales (their selling point was that one could buy the coffee, drive to a second location such as work or home, and still have a piping hot beverage). This in spite of the fact that most restaurants serve coffee between 140 and 160 degrees Fahrenheit (60 to 71 degrees Celsius), and many coffee experts agree that such high temperatures are desirable only during the brewing process itself.

The Liebeck case was absolutely not an example of litigation-happy Americans expecting corporations to cover their asses for their own stupidity, but we seem determined to remember it that way. It’s an issue of liability, and the allowable lengths of capitalism, and even of the way in which our society is incredibly dangerous for and punitive towards the uninsured, but it was not and is not a frivolous suit. Please check your assumptions and do your research before you turn a burn victim’s suffering into a throwaway punchline.

[gaylormoons]

#don’t fricking get me started on Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants the level of misinformation floating around is staggering#I know that it’s an older case but it still makes me really mad that people treat it as this big dumb thing?#the fact that the media took a serious case and turned it into what it is to us today should piss people off#the level of distortion of facts is astonishing and upsetting and nobody seems to hear about it?#sorry I’m done I just#it upsets me when a legal travesty like this is just dragged out for some#’haha americans are sOOOOOOOo dumb!!1!’ humor#I MEAN GODDAMN IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE FUN OF AMERICANS AT LEAST MAKE FUN OF US WITH FACTS OKAY

[bregma]

jesus, i actually didn’t know about any of this, thanks for clearing that up

[okayto]

Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants at the American Museum of Tort Law

The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case: Know the Facts at Consumer Attorneys of California

[captainjellyboy]

you would not believe your nose

if head shoulders knees and toes

[de-ac-ti-va-te-d-blog]

tfw you just wanna cast some level 1 magic but ya mentor’s umbrella gotta be…………#Extra

[i-remember-picnics-deactivated2]

Okieriete Onaodowan Takes First Bows in The Great Comet! // BroadwayWorld.com : Photo Coverage

[jayrockin]

What football will look like in the future

Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong.

Everyone do yourselves a favor and click on this link to have a transformative media-based experience

[misdrunk]

I don’t need to. The Detroit Lions will still suck and I’ll continue betting on them because I’m stupid.

[jayrockin]

No you…. really need to click the link

[yourlordandxavie]

I… don’t understand

[beyonceisstraight]

Tag yourself, I’m the sense of foreboding and proxy fear of total solitary existence invoked by this…. thing

[eclipsebykimlipmp3-deactivated2]

wh,

[betsywolfe]

musical recs: hadestown

by anaïs mitchell

“With Hadestown, celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and inventive two-time Obie award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Three Pianos; Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812) transform Mitchell’s phenomenal concept album into a bold new work for the stage. This new musical follows Orpheus’ mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the favor of his one true love, Eurydice. Together we travel from wide open plains where love and music are not enough nourishment to survive the winter, down to Hadestown, an industrialized world of mindless labor. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and poetic imagination pit nature against industry, faith against doubt, and love against death.”

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hadestown was born in 2006-2007 as a community theatre project in vermont, formed by singer-songwriter anaïs mitchell and many vermont artists. several years later, the piece was made into a concept album featuring anaïs mitchell as eurydice, justin vernon as orpheus, ani difranco as persephone, greg brown as hades, ben knox miller as hermes, and the haden triplets as the fates. anaïs mitchell toured with the show’s music for several years after the album was released. hadestown was then developed into a full-length musical with director rachel chavkin, going through numerous workshops before premiering at new york theatre workshop in may 2016. the production received critical acclaim and numerous nominations for awards during this time. a production is set for edmonton’s citadel theatre in november 2017, and rumor has it that the show is aiming for a broadway bow next.

rebecca’s thoughts: this is one of my favorite musicals, combining some of my favorite kinds of music with greek mythology. this show feels incredibly fresh despite developing for over ten years, as its messages and themes are immortal. i personally think this musical is perfect for when summer is changing to autumn, much like when persephone leaves for hadestown and the first winds of winter roll in. the show features two actors that i already adored, patrick page (hades) and amber gray (persephone), and it’s wonderful to see them in this different light. the lyrics in this show can be incredibly clever if you’re listening closely! i’m thrilled that this show seems like it’s just getting started, really - there seem to be many productions to come! now, if only they would release the off-broadway cast recording…

note: themes of death, mentions of drugs and alcohol

a thank you to @shiningnorthernlights for an incredibly helpful masterpost of footage from the show!

audio

concept album {spotify} {apple music} {youtube}

live original cast recording ep {spotify} {apple music} {youtube}

new york theatre workshop full show {google drive}

video

“why we build the wall” music video

excerpt of “wedding song”

bringing hadestown to the stage

nytw hadestown promo

nytw transforms for hadestown: timelapse video

working in the theatre: casebook - features various rehearsal footage and interviews

vermonters in hadestown - hadestown’s path to off-bway, various clips

citadel 2017/2018 season: hadestown - interview with anaïs mitchell 1 2

misc.

official website

hadestown page on anaïs mitchell’s site

official twitter