by sumac | Dec 22, 2018 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies
Here’s a problem: how to talk about an apology embodied in a long, arch, ornate, annoying poem without making people read the long, arch, ornate, annoying text. Because that would be annoying. Excerpts? Summaries and excerpts? We’ll try. The poem is “Lines...
by sumac | Mar 21, 2018 | Artistic apologies
SorryWatch just read The Last Black Unicorn (Gallery), by Tiffany Haddish. Loved it. Haddish mentions some apologies made to her. These were for some ugly insults early in her comedy career. You probably shouldn’t make an enemy of Haddish, but she seems like a...
by sumac | Feb 26, 2018 | Artistic apologies
On “Fresh Air,” Terry Gross was talking to the co-writers and co-directors of Coco, Adrian Molina and Lee Unkrich. Setting up a question about how to make a “child-friendly” movie about death, she began, “Now, this is a family film. Adults are supposed to bring...
by snarly | Oct 30, 2017 | Artistic apologies, Celebrity Apologies
Kevin Spacey would like you to know some things! 1. GARSH THIS IS NEWS TO ME THAT I AM HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVAIR2. I FORGET IF IT HAPPENED3. IF IT HAPPENED IT WAS THREE DECADES AGO (when I was a grown man and he was a child but SHHHH)4. IS “IF I DID...
by snarly | Sep 13, 2017 | Artistic apologies, Personal Apologies, Youth apologizes
It’s very sweet. Snarly saw it on Pinterest. We can’t read the signature and Googling did not turn up the maker. ...
by snarly | Jul 28, 2017 | Artistic apologies, Celebrity Apologies
Josh Groban left the Broadway show Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 a few weeks ago. (I saw him in it. He was fine. Big voice.) The role of Pierre was taken over by Okieriete “Oak” Onaodowan, a well-regarded actor, but not a marquee name. (He...
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