tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post6984488575593955011..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: Doubt Is My Bottom Linebill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-73260765431802879892012-07-05T04:59:16.355-04:002012-07-05T04:59:16.355-04:00Both of which may well be true, the narcissistic p...<i>Both of which may well be true, the narcissistic part almost certainly, though in the world of the creative arts why I should have singled out monologists, as opposed to everybody, I don’t know. I could try to work it out here, and the eventual answer would doubtlessly involve Eric Bogosian in some way, but I won’t bother since it doesn’t matter.</i><br /><br />This is why I keep reading you, bill. That and your killer ripped abs.<br /><br /><i>And Everything is Going Fine</i> was quite a documentary, somewhat confusing in a few parts because of the adherence to allowing only Gray tell the story -- artistically a sound conceit, but a bit clumsy in narrating events since Gray didn't talk about everything in interviews, meaning there are necessary gaps in information. There is a chilling and touching moment toward the end when he's giving his last appearance, or at least I think it's his last appearance -- I may have romanticized it in my mind -- and when he finishes the audience claps briefly and hurries to stand and get their coats so they can leave. He trundles off the stage on his crutches and stops and briefly looks back at the audience but they must have all had their backs to him by then, so he just turns and leaves. And you can't really see his face very clearly, but you don't need to because you know how everything turns out in the end.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-73727980925387931732012-06-28T18:09:43.721-04:002012-06-28T18:09:43.721-04:00Gray was an amazing performer. I saw him perform &...Gray was an amazing performer. I saw him perform "Swimming to Cambodia, Part 2" in Berkeley one evening. Midway through the monologue, the power went out and we just had emergency lighting. Gray got up and chatted amusingly with the crowd. Fifteen minutes later, the lights came back on, he sat down and picked the monologue up without a hitch. It was impressive.Taidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445905825356339877noreply@blogger.com