#Jen Silverman

[zuzuspells]

"Our books, plays, films and TV shows can do the most for us when they don’t serve as moral instruction manuals but allow us to glimpse our own hidden capacities, the slippery social contracts inside which we function, and the contradictions we all contain." [gift article]

[whatsaterrarium]

Is there any demand, any at all, for a Jen Silverman fan club?

[do-you-know-this-play]

[walkingdetroit]

Witch

[dxppercxdxver]

YEAHHHHH WOOOOO IT'S ANOTHER STORY ABOUT EATING THE THINGS YOU LOVE LET'S GO BITCHES

[bermudianabroad]

While I typically share the progressive political views of my students, I’m troubled by their concern for righteousness over complexity. [...] We need more narratives that tell us the truth about how complex our world is. We need stories that help us name and accept paradoxes, not ones that erase or ignore them. ... the more we cultivate audiences who believe that the job of art is to instruct instead of investigate, to judge instead of question, to seek easy clarity instead of holding multiple uncertainties, the more we will find ourselves inside a culture defined by rigidity, knee-jerk judgments and incuriosity.

Jen Silverman, Art Isn't Supposed to Make You Comfortable April 28th, 2024 in The New York Times

[melophobia2013]

[ID:

I am troubled by how often people talk about likability when they talk about art.

I am troubled by how often our protagonists are supposed to live impeccable, sin-free lives, extolling the right virtues in the right order – when we, the audience, do not and never have, no matter what we perform for those around us.

I am troubled by the word “problematic,” mostly because of how fundamentally undescriptive it is. Tell me that something is xenophobic, condescending, clichéd, unspeakably stupid, or some other constellation of descriptors. Then I will decide whether I agree, based on the intersection of that thing with my particular set of values and aesthetics. But by saying it is problematic you are saying that it constitutes or presents a problem, to which my first instinct is to reply: I hope so.

Art is the realm of the problem. Art chews on problems, turns them over, examines them, breaks them open, breaks us open against them. Art contains a myriad of problems, dislocations, uncertainties. Doesn’t it? If not, then what?

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I think we’re laboring under a moment in which many believe that the sole function of art is to provide moral guidance.

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don’t make me tap the jen silverman essay!!!!

[saderplate7]

old man yaoi this. old man yaoi that. old woman yuri is HERE it is NOW it is currently playing on broadway, check out “the roommate” before it closes

[frontmezzjunkies]

Broadway's "The Roommate" Entertains with Surprising Slowly Unpacked Boxes

#theroommatebway #frontmezzjunkies reviews: @theroommatebway a #newplay by #JenSilverman directed by #JackOBrien starring #MiaFarrow & #PattiLuPone #theroommate #Broadway

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow in Broadway’s The Roommate. Photo by Matthew Murphy. The Broadway Theatre Review: Jen Silverman’s The Roommate By Ross With only corn and wide open spaces surrounding this framing, The Roommate, a new play by Jen Silverman (Spain), unpacks itself, somewhat casually and over time, before us. It’s an entertaining enjoyable concoction that we have been gifted, with…

[bookjotter6865]

Winding Up the Week #375

An end of week recap “Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.” – Mary Wollstonecraft (born 27th April 1759) This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of various…

[oracleofmadness]

This has dual timelines focusing on an intriguing topic, protests and relationships. Minnow is in 2018 and Keen in 1968. Both have similarities but are dealing with completely different areas. I found this to be incredibly interesting.

Great writing and fantastic characters. However, I can't say I loved the characters themselves. It's definitely a love-hate relationship there. I feel like this story is missing something, particularly with it ending the way it did. But, I can't help but recommend this as a wonderful piece of fiction.

Out April 9, 2024!

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!

[do-you-know-this-play]

[woodstockgirlie]

them: “what’s your five year plan?”

me:

[manichewitz]

theatre life is not real. i have an audition next week for a black swan musical written by dave molloy. and i have to just be normal about that

[mooremars]

Spain is finally open which means reviews are out and smarter people can finally explain this play to me, what a happy day

[belizedeservesbetter]

Saw The Roommate and thought it was very Jen Silverman which is very much not a compliment

(Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone were excellent tho but at what cost?)