#Paul Dennen

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App Review - Early Access - Dune: Imperium

App Review - Early Access - Dune: Imperium @direwolf

One of the biggest games of 2020, hitting during the pandemic lockdowns but still going strong, was Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf Digital. It was just phenomenally well-received, so much so that over time it has creeped its way up to near the top of the Boardgame Geek rankings. It’s currently at #7. It was only natural that eventually an app would come out, and since Dire Wolf Digital has done…

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your incentive to read to the bottom of this post is ✨Ben Vereen in a thong✨

In honor of yesterday being Good Friday and Easter being on Sunday, let me tell you about my current hyperfixation: Tim O’Horgans, original Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar.

This version is notoriously hated by Andrew Lloyd Webber- opening night being described as “the worst night of his life” but that’s only because even as a young man he was clearly a curmudgeon who hated fun.

This production is campy, it’s busy, and its clear it relies a lot on the spectacle pillar of theatre, but I love it nonetheless. my favorite version of JSC is the OBC recording consisting of: Jeff Fenholt as Jesus, Ben Vereen as Judas, Yvonne Elimen as Mary, Barry Dennin as Pilot, Bob Bingham as Caiaphus and Paul Ainsley as Herod. Some of the names you’ll recognize reprises their role for the 1973 movie.

I’m gonna tell you a few my of favorite fun facts/ things I noticed based on images and what I’ve read in Nassirs Rock Opera. Without further ado:

Overture: There are many descriptions of the overture, and they're very wild and I have no idea how to verbalize it. But I can tell you that Jesus rode in on a golden chalice with this opulent cape on lol.

You can learn more abt the staging for the overture here. The next pic is of him in his chalice chariot thing lol

Heaven on Their Minds: These are images of Judas and his tormentors. Now, Judas is usually played by a very strong actor, so a visual representation of what he’s going through isn’t really necessary, but I love the concept. They’re these hooded, shadow figures who follow him around and push him about on the stage. They chronically torment him and he fights them throughout the show until it’s time for his death where they lifthim up so he can get the rope to hang himself.

This Jesus Must Die: this one gets me really excited. So the High Priests are on this brige that’s meant to look like dinosaur fossils; and have you seen their costumes?? Like I have so many questions, this is such an interesting take. They keep their elaborate head pieces in the 1973 film, and they also give them a scaffold as a lair, but their costumes/set is so campy here. Really giving off Disney villain. Their part in the show received a lot of criticism because they’re portrayed kinda smarmy, and slinking in the shadows; the portrayal was deemed anti-semantic.

In the 1973 movie, they added the song “Then We are Decided,” between Caiaphus and Anna’s to portray a more human side to the Sanhedrin. That song is never performed, so you can imagine how well that went.

Hosanna

This is probably my least favorite song in the whole album but visually? I have no idea what's going on in this picture, but I love it. So it's a processional and the priests are watching from their lair. Apparently the props are supposed to look like microbes, and I know there was an insane thought process behind this, it's giving protozoa, amoeba realness. Like someone is carrying a giant set of dentures, can you find them?

Pilate's Dream

Costume Design for Pilate, and also Pilates Dream

The Temple: This is another wild one:

No Words, simply watch the Tony performance:

I Don’t Know How to Love Him:

She's so cute, I love her. This song was apparently one of the biggest applause of number, justifiably. I think one of the biggest complaints with this production as a whole, was the use of the gaudy mics. They're interesting. You can watch her performance at the tony's too.

Gethsemane: Apparently, Gethsemane was one of the biggest flops of the night, such a flop that people were laughing lol. It was staged with Jeff Fenholt, alone, center stage. There was this thing that dropped down behind him, O'Horgan dubbed 'The Universe Box'. It was suppose to look like Jesus was singing this song at the precipice of the universe with a galaxy of stars around him. In Rock Opera, Nassir refers to it as 'O'Horgans oversized toy', and there were several things that compared it to decorative boxes and toys from the 80's. I tried really hard to visualize this, because the concept of it sounds super cool. Instead, it looked silly to viewers and apparently Jeff Fenholt (who sings my favorite rendition of Gethsemane) didn't have the acting chops to pull away from the failure of the concept. YOU! DO! NOT! UNDERSTAND! THE! ANGST! I WENT! THROUGH! TO! GET! AN! IMAGE! OF !! THIS!!! DAMMED!!!!! BOX!!!!

Okay, I have to agree, it does look... strange and I would not have guessed it was supposed to represent the universe.

I'm not quite sure what is looks like. 💀💀

(I found the image from a person on TikTok! The account has lots of JCS OBC tidbits )

Pilate and Christ:

There was this really cool set piece that acted as the door to Pilates palace, it was ceasers head, and when the doors opened, it would expand to reveal 6 more eyes and pilate would sashay out lol.

King Herod

This number also got a lot of applause, it was definitely comedic relief, as Herod is often used for. Apparently he was wheeled in inside a giant, green dragons head and it opened to reveal him sitting in like a shell type thing. I'm still trying to find pictures of this prop- after finding the universe box, I am determined! He was in full drag with nails, the dress, the headdress and those fabulous platforms. Those platforms slay, btw.

Apparently there were a lot of high kicks and they did the Charleston lol.

Could We Start Again Please

There was some criticism about this songs placement in the show.This number was said to be not memorable at all because people were still reeling from the show Herod put on I think it's placed perfectly, because it kinda brings you back to the gravity of the situation. Had this song been placed before Herods Song, right after this Judas would hang himself. That's just too much too soon if you ask me. This provided a nice buffer, to settle down and get ready for the angst to come

Judas Death: Here are images of Judas' tormentors helping him take his life.

Trial With Pilate: Apparently this number flopped too. People said it was too long and the positioning of Dennen's mic caused him issues as his voice would cut in and out when he moved. Also, I have no idea what to make of the Roman guards costumes

I love the images of Barry Dennen going feral, pls best Pilate!!

Superstar: aaah,, the titular song. This was another stand out and y'all, If you thought Carl Andersons white fringe was extra? Any Judas getting bedazzled, wearing sparkles or glam during this song??? Yeah, none of that holds a Candle to Ben Vereen fucking coming out and performing this song in a gold thong. I can't make this shit up.

Now, I think this part is pretty cool. Jesus rises out of the ground wearing what's been dubbed 'the chrysalis'. It starts out thin, but each ensemble member grabs a pillar and spread the cape out across the stage. Judas sing this song on a butterfly set piece behind him. Okay metaphor 😩

For the opulence that was displayed throughout the entire show, the crucification was rather simple; he's simply stripped out of the 'chrysalis ' and put on a triangle.

Pls. Anyway. I love this show and we need a revival of this exact production! I'll wait until ALW expires and then find a producer lmfao 😌 There are a few updates that need to be made, but it is absolutely possible with todays technology?? Image updated gethsemane?? Tom O'Horgan your mind, sir!!!! Anyway. I love this production.

If you made it this far, thank you, I hope you now love this production as much as I do. 🫶🏾

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tagged by @repurposedmeatlocker to list 10 songs i’ve been listening to lately. thanks!!

one and one is two (demo) - paul mccartney sorry i literally love lennon/mccartney doing brill building pop

nothing from nothing - billy preston

meat city - john lennon literally sorry mind games is the only beatles solo record my dad owns and not only is it john it’s actually the most mid album ever. nevertheless

don’t lose sight - lawrence

the once and future carpenter - the avett brothers

between the devil and the deep blue sea - george harrison

show me the way - peter frampton

ruby - rainbow girls

for your soul - josh ritter

paul newman daytona rolex - brett dennen

i’ll tag @juliebarnes @bellsofrhymney @iwrotemrtambourineman @fieryphrazes if you’d like!!

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Secret Cinema (1966) 

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Director: Paul Bartel

Cinematographer: Fred Wellington

Performers: Amy Vane, Philip Carlson, Barry Dennen, & Connie Ellison

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12 & 43 on your spotify wrapped list? 🥰

12 paul newman daytona rolex by brett dennen

43 in the summertime by the rural alberta advantage

thanks! 😚

[fabianjr]

Juego de mesa

Clank

Clank! En el espacio es un juego de Paul Dennen en el que pueden participar de 2 a 4 jugadores, a partir de 12 años, en partidas que pueden durar entre 45 y 90 minutos. Se trata de un juego con mecánica de construcción de mazos, combinado con desplazamientos por un tablero modular.

[christian-o]

Clank

No hagas ruido y no despiertes al dragón

[cinematografieliebhaber]

Dune: Imperium von Paul Dennen ist ein Deck­-Building­ und Worker­-Placement­ Brettspiel für 1 bis 4 Spieler. In dem Spiel schlüpft man in die Rolle des Anführers eines von vier Großen Häusern des Landsraad des Imperiums. Das Spiel bietet Elemente und Figuren aus der Welt von Dune, sowohl aus dem neuen Film von Legendary Pictures, als auch aus der Buchreihe von Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert und Kevin J. Anderson.

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Renegade Game Studios Announces Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade

Renegade Game Studios Announces Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade #TabletopGames #BoardGames

Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade is the newest expansion for Clank! In! Space! The expansion adds six new modules, a new item, and a new way to obtain artifacts. Out in July, Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade expands gameplay where you’ll set high scores on Lord Eradikus’ collection of vintage arcade cabinets. Clank! In! Space! Adventures: Pulsarcade requires Clank! In! Space! to…

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The Secret Cinema | Paul Bartel | 1968

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Barry Dennen from the Paul Bartel film, The Secret Cinema, 1966.

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Dire Wolf Digital Going App Crazy With Announcements

Dire Wolf Digital Going App Crazy With Announcements @direwolf

A lot of news came out of the recently-completed GenCon last weekend. Too much for me to be able to keep up with, especially because this isn’t technically a “news” site. The “news” I post about is stuff that I’m excited about, and boy did Dire Wolf Digital deliver on that in spades. Yesterday, they summarized it all in a post on their web site, so this post can seem like it’s only one day late…

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Fiddler on the Roof anzuschauen hat bei uns Tradition (vgl. hier)

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Secret Cinema (1966) 

[imdb | letterboxd]

Director: Paul Bartel

Cinematographer: Fred Wellington

Performers: Philip Carlson, Estelle Omens, Mimi Randolph, Barry Dennen, & Connie Ellison

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26 settembre … ricordiamo …

26 settembre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic #felicementechic #lynda

2020: Severino Saltarelli, attore italiano. Nel cinema iniziò con ruoli di cattivo, ma i caratteri interpretati successivamente furono i più diversi. Dal 1990 fu lettore, su richiesta degli stessi poeti, in varie occasioni. Importante l’incontro con il regista Carlo Carlei, che lo scelse per il film La corsa dell’innocente, Padre Pio, Ferrari, L’aviatore – Fuga per la libertà e nel film…

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Fiddler On The Roof