#jonathan abrams

[jacobwren]

“I think every lyricist is faced with that question: How do I get my point across and make people want to listen? Because at the end of the day, being a lyricist is a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because you are gifted with words, and it’s a curse because being so lyrical can be boring. How can you draw people in?” – Cormega [As cited in The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams]

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Alright.

[moviesframes]

Juror #2 (2024)

Directed by Clint Eastwood

Cinematography by Yves Bélanger

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[universitybookstore]

From Crown Archetype and New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Abrams, All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire.

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REG E. CATHEY (NORMAN WILSON): Norman is still one of my favorite characters. Before, I had done Querns in Oz, which I loved doing, Querns. But first of all, what was great about The Wire is that you had all these different black characters on the same show. When I was living out in LA, I would audition for the black guy on the show, and that would be the only black guy. He wouldn’t have any black friends. Maybe he’d have a black wife or black girlfriend. He was the black guy, and usually he was upstanding and honorable, because everyone wants to have a good role model. But in The Wire, there were all different types of characters and different types of human variables, and it was fabulous to play. In terms of Norman, to play a smart man, a man with brains, a man who drank and smoked and made mistakes and told truth to power because he just didn’t give a fuck anymore—it was so much fun. And then David would joke with me that he would give me these one-liners and then he’d come up to me before, these perfect little one-liners, and say, “Okay, we’re not going to spend a lot of time on this. I want you to get it right in one time. Don’t be fucking around. But no pressure.”

---- All The Pieces Matter: Inside Stories of The Wire, by Jonathan Abrams

[501baseballbooks]

The Bookshelf Conversation #208: Jonathan Abrams

Blame it on my dog, Nellie. I was walking her in the morning and did something I never do. Normally I would listen to a podcast or some music on our outing. But this time I was reading an article in The New York Times. And I mean the print edition, not on the app. I was struck by a cover story in the arts section about Derek Klena, a Broadway actor who also pitches for the Savannah Bananas.…

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The Bookshelf Conversation #208: Jonathan Abrams

Blame it on my dog, Nellie. I was walking her in the morning and did something I never do. Normally I would listen to a podcast or some music on our outing. But this time I was reading an article in The New York Times. And I mean the print edition, not on the app. I was struck by a cover story in the arts section about Derek Klena, a Broadway actor who also pitches for the Savannah Bananas.…

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