Saturday, April 11, 2015
The United States Civil War was likely the first live-tweeted event. Sure, the tweets were distributed by telegraph and President Abraham Lincoln had to go to a special room to pick them u…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:25PMThursday, March 26, 2015
1) Just so everyone is clear: This vote? It’s important. Very important. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) Executive Director Mary McColl and her Council must sense they a…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:11PMThursday, March 19, 2015
Dear AFL-CIO, You sent out a press release on the current situation where Mary McColl and her Council from the Actors’ Equity Union have foisted a new plan on its LA membership that is bei…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:41PMMonday, March 16, 2015
In computer science, there are two ways to refer to the objects that we manipulate with the code. The first is “call-by-name”: a pointer to a particular memory location, such as …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:12AMFriday, February 13, 2015
1) If the AEA leadership were confident in the basic soundness of their position, it seems they would allow the new plan be put to a binding, not advisory, vote. 2) I’ve yet to see a c…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:26PMTuesday, February 10, 2015
The Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) has proudly announced its new plan where, with few exceptions, union members must be paid no less than minimum wage. This has understandably sent s…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:36PMTuesday, December 30, 2014
By now I’m sure everyone has heard about the latest brouhaha created by the digital pilfering over at Sony Studios. It concerns a casting idea for the next James Bond feature after Daniel …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:18PMThursday, October 23, 2014
Occasionally we hear the claim that the first rule of art is to “entertain.” But that’s really not quite correct. The first – and, in fact, only – rule is to “engage.” Once the…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:15PMThursday, July 17, 2014
In 2004, Janet Jackson exposed her right nipple on national television. You can stare at the Sun longer than her nipple was on-screen. No matter. The FCC got 1.4 million complaints ove…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:23AMThursday, June 19, 2014
In 1988, the movie Heathers – a tale about how a couple of misfit high school students take their revenge on the in-crowd by killing them – was billed as a black comedy. The events at C…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:18PMMonday, June 16, 2014
Hamlet Max may be co-presented at the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival by Schkapf and Sacred Fools Theater, but this is Jacob Sidney’s project all the way. He not only has adapted the materi…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:52PMTuesday, April 8, 2014
Congratulations to both nominees and winners at the LA Weekly Awards last night. But, more importantly, congratulations to the entire LA theater community. Why? Because it happened. Look…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:55AMWednesday, April 2, 2014
It’s pretty obvious from even a cursory glance of my Facebook feed that arty, creative people make pretty good activists. They are passionate about the cause, think about community, …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:13PMWednesday, March 26, 2014
In the true spirit of Twitter, I’m about to summarize this entire column in 137 characters. Ready? People should tweet live from #LAThtrAwards#LAThtrAwards shows to help promote #LAT…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:40PMThursday, March 20, 2014
True story: I once worked in a small tech start-up where the VP of Operations declared at a company meeting: “We won’t be spending any more money on advertising until our sal…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:08PM 
