#a la the southern preacher in the book

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Everyone is talking again about how they didn’t do jack the first time really and will probably fumble it again while someone else figures it out.

And I agree the phrasing is suspect.

like yes they are such Impressive Failures a la (http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp08.Impressive.Failure.html -I saw someone else reference this but cant find the post)

But they like also haven’t managed to accomplish nothing - like they are never the Big Deal Hero but they dont play no role - and really you don’t have to be to have contributed meaningfully. They’re like the non-hobbit members of the Fellowship of the Ring who helped get them to the mountain. Its a team effort is what I’m saying.

Did they avert the apocalypse? No. But immediately afterwards Adam was being threatened by Gabriel and Beezlebub to start it up again, and they introduced doubt confusing them into leaving (which was Az’s idea). And would Adam have been able to come up with the “you’re not my real dad” play in time if Crowley hadn’t stopped time and given Adam a spell to breathe and think?

Also Crowley noticed that Gabriel wrote “it’s in the fly” on the bottom of the box which was a major breakthrough really in resolving the Gabriel mystery. And they immediately argued on Gabriel and Beezlebub’s behalf within miliseconds of learning they they are an item - saying “one at a time” and “what do you want?” and “I’ve heard Alpha Centuri is nice”

I assume in s3 they’ll shoot to fix it all and that’ll get somewhat bungled but they’ll ultimately provide an important contribution that might not be the final death strike but may just help set the stage

Point is they’re not the Big Deal Heros and never will be but really you don’t have to be to have contributed meaningfully - takes a village to avert an apocalypse and all tha

(Are there big deal heros anyway? Adam and his friends won by just being kids who care - really it was a team effort of people showing up and each doing a small part because they care)

(Life is too messy for big deal heros anyway - its all more complicated and grey then that. And that’s both Heaven and Hells downfall that they try to force things into black-and-white so much they fail to see what’s actually happening)

“Only Crowley and Aziraphale working together can hope to put it right.”

Historically untrue but sure, I’ll play along.

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Saint of the Day – 21 May – St Eugene de Mazenod O.M.I. (1782-1861) Priest, Bishop, Founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Evangeliser, Missionary Preacher, Apostle of the poor and marginalised – born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod on 1 August 1782 at Aix-en-Provence, southern France and died on 21 May 1861 at Marseille, France of cancer.   When his body was exhumed in 1936 it was found to be incorrupt.   Patronages – refugees, missionaries, families.

Eugene de Mazenod was born into an aristocratic family, on 1 August 1782 and baptised the following day in the Église de la Madeleine in Aix-en-Provence.   His father, Charles Antoine de Mazenod, was one of the Presidents of the Court of Finances and his mother was Marie Rose Joannis.   Eugene began his schooling at the College Bourbon but this was interrupted by the events of the French Revolution.   With the approach of the French revolutionary forces, the family was forced to flee to Italy.   Image below - St Eugene aged 5.

He became a boarder at the College of Nobles in Turin but a move to Venice meant the end to formal schooling.   With their money running out, Eugene’s father was forced to seek various employments, none of which were successful.   His mother and sister returned to France – eventually seeking a divorce so as to be able to regain their property that had been seized.   Eugene was fortunate to be welcomed by the Zinelli family in Venice.   This is how it happened:

One day when Eugene was playing at the window of his house, Fr Bartolo Zinelli (1766-1803) appeared on the other side of the street and asked him, “Are you not afraid of wasting your time?” “Alas, responded Eugene, it is really awful, but what can I do?   I am a foreigner here without any books available to me.”  “Well, then”, replied Don Bartolo, “I am right in my library at the moment and here I have many books in Latin, Italian and French.”   Having said this, he took up the stick that was used to bar the shutters and put a book on it and passed it over the narrow, approximately one and one half meter street.

After having read the book, Eugene, following the advice of his father, went to Don Bartolo’s house to thank him for this kind gesture.  “Well,” said Don Bartolo, “do you see this lovely library?   All of these books are available to you as well.”   Then, Don Bartolo showed Eugene his study where he and his brother Don Pietro used to study and told him, “You can take the place here of my younger brother who has died.”   Eugene could not contain his joy.   “Well, then, you can begin tomorrow already.”

Fr Bartolo Zinelli  took special care of Eugene and saw to his education in the well-provided family library where the young adolescent spent many hours each day and was a major influence in the human, academic and spiritual development of Eugene.

Once again the French army chased the émigrés from Venice, forcing Eugene and his father and two uncles to seek refuge in Naples for less than a year and, finally, to flee to Palermo in Sicily.   Here Eugene was invited to become part of the household of the Duke and Duchess of Cannizaro as a companion to their two sons.   Being part of the high society of Sicily became the opportunity for Eugene to rediscover his noble origins and to live a lavish style of life.   He took to himself the title of ‘Comte’ (“Count”) de Mazenod, did all the courtly things and dreamed of a bright future.

Spiritual journey of conversion At the age of twenty, Eugene returned to France and lived with his mother in Aix en Provence.   Initially he enjoyed all the pleasures of Aix as a rich young nobleman, intent on the pursuit of pleasure and money – and a rich girl who would bring a good dowry. Gradually he became aware of how empty his life was and began to search for meaning in more regular church involvement, reading and personal study and charitable work among prisoners.   His journey came to a climax on Good Friday, 1807 when he was 25 years old.   Looking at the sight of the Cross, he had a religious experience.   The sight of the oblation of Jesus on the Cross, with his arms outstretched in love, led Eugene to respond in love:  “What more glorious occupation than to act in everything and for everything only for God, to love Him above all else, to love Him all the more as one who has loved Him too late.”

Priest In 1808, he expressed his desire for dedication to Jesus the Saviour by beginning his studies for the priesthood at the Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Paris and was ordained a priest at Amiens (Picardy), on 21 December 1811.    Since Napoleon had expelled the Sulpician priest from the seminary, Eugene stayed on as a formator for a semester.   As a member of the Seminary, notwithstanding personal risk, Eugene committed himself to serve and assist Pope Pius VII, who at this time was a prisoner of emperor Napoleon I at Fontainebleau.   In this way, he experienced at firsthand, the suffering of the post-Revolutionary Church.

On his return to Aix, Father de Mazenod asked not to be assigned to a parish but to dedicate himself fully to evangelising those who were not being touched by the structures of the local church:  the poor who spoke only the Provençal language, prisoners, youth, the inhabitants of poor villages who were ignorant of their faith.   His constant message was, to invite people to enter into the same experience of Jesus, that he had at his conversion.   Looking at everyone and every situation through the eyes of the Saviour, he showed the poor the human and spiritual dignity that was theirs and taught them how to live in relationship with the Saviour.   The goal of his priestly preaching and ministry was always to lead others to develop themselves fully as humans, then as Christians and finally to become saints.

Oblates of Mary Immaculate On 25 January 1816, “impelled by a strong impulse from outside of himself” he invited other priests to join him in his life of total oblation to God and to the most abandoned of Provence.   Initially called “Missionaries of Provence,” they dedicated themselves to evangelization through preaching parish missions in the poor villages, youth and prison ministry.   In 181, a second community was established, at the Marian shrine of Notre Dame du Laus.   This became the occasion for the missionaries to become a religious congregation, united through vows and the evangelical counsels.   Changing their name to Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the group received papal approbation on 17 February 1826.

Foreign Missions In 1841, Bishop Bourget of Montreal invited the Oblates to Canada.   At the same time there was an outreach to the British Isles.   This was the beginning of an inspiring history of missionary outreach to the most abandoned peoples in Canada, United States, Mexico, England and Ireland, Algeria, Southern Africa and Ceylon during the Founder’s lifetime. In 200 years this zeal spread and took root in the establishment of the Oblates in nearly 70 countries.

Bishop

From 1837 to 1861, he was the Bishop of Marseille, in Provence (south-eastern France). During his episcopacy, he commissioned Notre-Dame de la Garde (image below), an ornate Neo-Byzantine basilica on the south side of the old port of Marseille  . He inspired local priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David to found the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Marseille in 1852.

Towards the end of his life, Eugene had become very free.   Faced with the prospect of the Cardinalate which had been promised and which slipped away from him because of political considerations, he had this to say:  “After all, it is all the same whether one is buried in a red cassock or a purple one;  the main thing is that the bishop gets to heaven”.

Shortly before his death on May 21, 1861, in keeping with his temperament, the elderly and seriously ill bishop said to those around him:  “Should I happen to doze off, or if I appear to be getting worse, please wake me up!   I want to die knowing that I am dying”. His last words to the Oblates were a testament that summed up his life:  “Practice well among yourselves charity, charity, charity and outside, zeal for the salvation of souls”.   Saint Eugene died on Pentecost Sunday, to the prayer of the Salve Regina.   It was his final salute on earth to the one he considered as the “Mother of the Mission”.

St Eugene was Beatified on 19 October 1975 by Blessed Pope Paul VI and Canonised on 3 December 1995 by Sr Pope John Paul II.

21 May 2017 – more info from Vatican Resources on St Eugene:  https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/saint-of-the-day-21-may-st-eugene-de-mazenod-o-m-i/

Above -  On the 150th anniversary of the Death of St Eugene in the Basilica he built, Notre-Dame de la Garde. Marseilles

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tagged by @alvadee which i was extremely touched by because i just started following her for that sweet sweet phantom content and i think her art is awesome alksjndkj

relationship status: crafting extensive fantasies in my head at 4 o’clock in the morning

favorite color: it was always blue but now i’d have to say yellow or maroon

three favorite foods: caldo de pollo, beef stew, and either bibimbap or japchae... yum

last song i listened to: river by bishop briggs. i’ve been in a southern gothic kinda mood lately

last movie I watched: at my roommate’s encouragement, paddington

top three tv shows: breaking bad, preacher, and black sails. i’m a slut for amc dramas

top three bands: daft punk, mother mother, and justice

current book: i went to the library today and got real sad because it’s been so long since i’ve had enough leisure time to finish a book and then i found their singular copy of phantom of the opera and took it is a sign that i should MAKE time to read a book so that is what i’m determined to do. so far there is a LOT of talking in all caps

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Weekend Planner: 20 Awesome Events to Do in Los Angeles, Jan. 26-28

Here are 20 of the coolest events happening in L.A. this weekend. Want the 411 on additional events and happenings in LA? Follow editor @christineziemba on Twitter or Instagram.   

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FRIDAY, JAN. 26

Nan Lawson’s solo show Meet Cute 2 opens at Gallery 1988 this week. | Image: Courtesy of the gallery and artist.

NAN LAWSON: MEET CUTE 2 (Art)

On Friday night, Gallery 1988 holds an opening reception for Nan Lawson’s latest solo show at the gallery: Meet Cute 2. View prints depicting some of the best/fav/adorbs couples in pop culture history as they become available from 7-9 pm in the gallery and online the next day. The show will be online 

CHUCK WAGONS: THE FIRST FOOD TRUCKS (Food + history)

The Autry Museum's Flavors Series returns on Friday at 7 pm with the pop-up dinner and program, Chuck Wagons: The First Food Trucks. Taste both traditional chuck wagon cuisine, and then then “experience a new fusion as contemporary chefs update the menu with Pacific flair.” Tickets: $55 Autry members, $65 for nonmembers. Space is limited, and reservations are recommended.  

NEON RETRO ARCADE 2.0 (Gamest)

The grand opening of the Neon Retro Arcade Northridge takes place on Friday from 7 pm to midnight. Get there early because the first 50 in line get free swag. Admission is $10 per person for an hour of free play (no quarters or tokens needed). Opening night is on a first come, first served basis, and the arcade staff will issue hourly wristbands starting around 6:30 pm. You must be in line to buy the wristband, and they’re not selling multiple wristbands to customers. It’s an all ages venue, but the recommended age is 6 and older. 

The Los Angeles edition of the stARTup Art Fair is at The Kinney in Venice all weekend. |  Image: Krisztina Lazar, performance artist, stARTup Art Fair SF         

STARTUP ART FAIR (Art)

The third edition of the stARTup Art Fair takes over The Kinney hotel at in Venice Beach, from Friday through Sunday. More than 50 artists from across the country transform hotel rooms into solo exhibitions of their works. The opening night party runs from 7-10 pm on Friday, with performances and panel discussions throughout the weekend. The fair runs from 2-10 pm on Friday; 12-9 pm on Saturday and 12-7 pm on Sunday. Tickets: General admission: $15-20; students/seniors: $10-$15. General admission with valet parking: $40 in advance/$50 at the door. VIP: $100. 

DON'T LOOK NOW (Film)

On Friday night at 7:30, American Cinematheque screens Director Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. The 1973 film is an adaptation of a Daphne Du Maurier story about a couple in mourning after an accidental drowning of their young daughter. They travel to Venice and meet up with two strange sisters who lead them into “shadowy back alleys and deserted canals and onto the radar of a warped serial killer terrorizing the city. A brilliant variation on Italy’s homegrown giallo thriller genre then enjoying success in early 1970s European cinema.” Discussion follows the screening with cinematographer Tony Richmond. Tickets: $12.

SATURDAY, JAN. 27

The 12-story Earth Harp returns to Night on Broadway on Saturday. | Image: Courtesy of William Close and the Earth Harp Collective

NIGHT ON BROADWAY (Festival)

The fourth annual Night On Broadway celebration returns on to DTLA on Saturday from 3 pm to midnight, taking over nine blocks of historic Broadway between 1st Street and Olympic. The free party features hundreds of performers, vendors and four stages and six theaters along Broadway. The night features William Close and the Earth Harp Collective playing the Earth Harp, a 12-story instrument; the Los Angeles Derby Dolls, Two Bit Circus, a lowrider car show; and a music lineup that includes Dead Meadow, B-52’s, WAR, La Santa Cecilia, Metalachi, DAM Funk and so much more. Free. Free. Free. No tickets required. 

ALARM WILL SOUND’S 1969 (Music + theater)

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance presents the West Coast premiere of the multimedia concert-meets-theater piece 1969 from the 20-member music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. 1969 tells the story of a fabled meeting between avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (Robert Stanton) and John Lennon (Jon Patrick Walker) of The Beatles. The single performance takes place at 8 pm on Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Tickets: $29-$59. 

UNCORKED WINE FESTIVAL (Drinks)

Uncorked: Los Angeles Wine Festival is back at Union Station on Saturday for the third annual Fest. There will be more than 200 wines, a bubbly bar, gourmet food trucks, live music and extras available for participants. VIP admission ($70) is at 5 pm and includes exclusive pours from select wineries. General admission ($60) is at 6 pm. Tickets include all tastings, but food is sold separately. Cocktail or dress attire is requested (but not required). 21+. 

THE LOST AND LONG-GONE GRAVEYARDS OF LOS ANGELES (Tour)

Atlas Obscura Society Los Angeles presents the walking tour The Lost and Long-Gone Graveyards of Los Angeles on Saturday from 10 am to noon. The approximately 2.5-mile walk is a tour of lost cemeteries of LA, meaning no active cemeteries will be visited. Learn of the burial practices, residents and history of the city’s first graveyards, including the Catholic Cemetery, Fort Moore Hill Cemetery and the City Cemetery. Tickets: $20. Meeting location will be disclosed upon purchase. 

The Hammer Museum opens its Winter Exhibitions on Saturday night. | Image: Courtesy of the museum

WINTER EXHIBITIONS OPENING CELEBRATION (Art party)

The Hammer Museum opens its winter exhibitions Stories of Almost Everyone and Unspeakable: Atlas, Kruger, Walker on Saturday with a free, public celebration. The galleries will be open late, there’s music by Awesome Tapes from Africa, cash bar and food trucks. Please RSVP, but there’s no ticket or check-in required for entry.

L.A. BEER AND FOOD FESTIVAL (Drinks + eats)

The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild holds its 2nd annual L.A. Beer and Food Festival at Mack Sennett Studios in Silver Lake on Saturday. Get a chance to sample the products of some of the 50 indie craft brewers from LA County with complimentary bites from some local restaurants and vendors. General admission is $60 (3-6 pm) and includes: beer and food samples. VIP tickets are $75 with and early entry at 2 pm. 

THE MUSIC OF EAST L.A (Music)

The Music of East L.A. is a music event that takes place at 7:30 pm on Saturday night at LACMA’s Bing Theater. The concert complements the PST: LA/LA exhibition A Universal History of Infamy. There’s a concert with Chicano singer Chris Montez and DJ & documentarian Melissa "Lil Smiley" Dueñas. Dueñas will spin tunes from the 1970s compilation East Side Story and will screen a short preview of her documentary where she explores the origins and impact of this iconic record collection. A panel discussion follows. The second set features Montez and his band. Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 members and seniors (65+); $10 students with ID. 

CALIFORNIA WINE FESTIVAL (Wine + horse racing)

The California Wine Festival is at Santa Anita Park on Saturday from 11:30-5 pm. The $45 general admission ticket includes admission to the club house, a racing program, $5 betting voucher, tip sheet, wine glass, grandstand seating and 12, 2-oz samples. The $75 VIP package includes the aforementioned items plus, a $10 food voucher, a wine festival T-shirt and samplings for each participating winery. 

Kelsey Grammer as Voltaire in LA Opera's 2018 production of ‘Candide.' | Photo: Ken Howard / LA Opera 

CANDIDE (Opera)

Saturday marks LA Opera's company premiere of Candide, the 1956 musical comedy classic by Leonard Bernstein. Music Director James Conlon will conducts a cast led by Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer and Tony winner Christine Ebersole, who both make their company debuts with the production. There are six performances scheduled for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Tickets are still available for Saturday’s 7:30 performance. We spotted some balcony seats available for $29.

NOODSNOODSNOODS (Noodles + foodles)

It’s a bit of a hike, but if you really love noodles, then head down to Santa Ana on Saturday for Foodbeast’s Noods Noods Noods. The Asian Food Festival, of course features lots of noodle dishes, but there are also desserts, sandwiches, tacos and more. The VIP sessions are sold out, but the Marketplace—the pay as you eat option—is open from noon to 11 pm. Tickets: $10. 

SUNDAY, JAN. 28

PREACHER LAWSON (Comedy)

Comedian Preacher Lawson, who first got noticed on America’s Got Talent, brings his talents to Burbank for one night only this weekend. Lawson performs an all-ages show at 5 pm on Sunday at Flappers Comedy Club. Tickets: $20 with two-item food and/or drink minimum. 

NEIL HAMBURGER (Comedy)

Neil Hamburger LIVE returns to The Satellite in Silver Lake on Sunday at 8:30 pm, featuring a great lineup: Kurt Braunohler, Jon Daly, James Adomian, DYNASTY HANDBAG, Caitlin Gill, and Anna Seregina & Kyle Mizono. Tickets: $8. Ages 21+. 

SILENT SUNDAYS: THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS (1927) (Film + music)

The Silent Sundays film series returns to the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse on Sunday at 2:30 pm with a screening of The Complete Metropolis (1927). Fritz Lang’s sci-fi classic screens on the big screen with live Wurlitzer organ accompaniment. Tickets start at $10. 

PASADENA COMIC CON (Comics + toys)

Pasadena Comic Con 2018 is at the Pasadena Convention Center [Lower Conference Center] on Sunday featuring comic books, toys, collectibles and cosplay. Dozens of artists and celebrity guests are expected as well as panels such as We the Geeks of East LA: “From Fandom to Career.” The show is open from 9 am to 5 pm. Tickets: $10-$15. Free to kids 12 and younger. 

MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL (Arts)

On Sunday, more than three dozen Southern California museums will offer guests free general admission for the 13th annual Museums Free-For-All, including the Annenberg Space for Photography, California African American Museum, MOCA, LACMA, Japanese American National Museum, Natural History Museum, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and many others. The USC Fisher Museum offers free admission on Saturday, Jan. 27, instead of Sunday.

—Christine N. Ziemba

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Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the musical Rent and his television roles as NYPD Detective Ed Green on Law & Order and Detective Joe West on The Flash.

Early life

Martin, the third of four sons, was born in Rocky Mount, Virginia. His father, Jesse Reed Watkins (1943-2003), was a truck driver, and his mother, Virginia Price, a college counselor; the two divorced when he was a child. His mother eventually remarried and Martin adopted his stepfather's surname.

When Martin was in grade school, the family relocated to Buffalo, New York, but Martin began to dislike speaking because of his Southern accent and was often overcome with shyness. A concerned educator and mentor influenced him to join an after-school drama program and cast him as the pastor in The Golden Goose. Being from Virginia, the young Martin played the character the only way he knew how: as an inspired Southern Baptist preacher. The act was a hit, and Martin emerged from his shell. Martin attended high school at The Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, where he was voted "Most Talented" in his senior class. He later enrolled in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' Theatre Program and while at NYU he was also the popular President of Rubin Dorm, the former domain of Mark Twain. He also has a niece named Daisia Martin born by his youngest brother David Martin

Career

After graduation, Martin toured the states with John Houseman's The Acting Company. He appeared in Shakespeare's Rock-in-Roles at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and The Butcher's Daughter at The Cleveland Play House, and returned to Manhattan to perform in local theatre, soap operas, and commercials. Finding that auditions, regional theater, and bit parts were no way to support himself, Martin waited tables at several restaurants around the city. He was literally serving a pizza when his appearance on CBS's Guiding Light aired in the same eatery. While the show aired, the whole waitstaff gathered around the bar television to cheer his performance. Often, during the dinner rush, he broke out in song. When he gave his customers their dinner checks, he told them to "keep it, because someday I'll be famous!"

Martin made his Broadway debut in Timon of Athens, and then performed in The Government Inspector with Lainie Kazan. While employed at the Moondance Diner, he met the playwright Jonathan Larson, who also worked on the restaurant's staff. In 1996, Larson's musical Rent took the theatre world by storm, with Martin in the role of gay computer geek/philosophy professor Tom Collins. The 1990s update of Puccini's La Bohème earned six Drama Desk Awards, five Obie Awards, four Tony Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1998, the West End production of Rent opened with four of the original cast members, including Martin. He played Tad in the concept album of Bright Lights, Big City.

In 2010, Martin returned to the stage for one of his biggest theater commitments since Law & Order performing in the productions of The Merchant of Venice and The Winter's Tale as a part of The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. He played the roles of Gratiano and King Polixenes, respectively. The two shows were performed in repertory, beginning with previews on June 9, 2010 through to the final performance on August 1, 2010.

The Merchant of Venice later transferred to Broadway to the Broadhurst Theater for a limited engagement, during which time Martin reprised his role as Gratiano. The show began previews on October 19, 2010, and officially opened on November 7. The show began a hiatus on January 9 to accommodate Al Pacino's pre-existing obligations, and resumed from February 1, 2011 to February 20, 2011; Martin did not reprise his role after the hiatus due to other work commitments. He took part in a one-night-only reading benefit of Romeo and Juliet to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Raúl Esparza and others on June 18, 2012.

Television

Martin soon landed roles on Fox's short-lived 413 Hope St. and Eric Bross' independent film Restaurant (1998). Ally McBeal's creator, David E. Kelley, attended Rent's Broadway premiere and remembered Martin when the show needed a new boyfriend for the show's title character. His performance as Dr. Greg Butters on Ally McBeal caught the attention of David Duchovny, who cast Martin as a baseball-playing alien in a 1999 episode of The X-Files titled "The Unnatural" that Duchovny wrote and directed.

While still shooting Ally McBeal, Martin heard rumors that actor Benjamin Bratt planned to leave the cast of Law & Order. Martin had tried out for the show years before and won the minor role of a car-radio thief named Earl the Hamster, but decided to wait for a bigger part. With the opportunity presenting itself, Martin approached Law & Order producer Dick Wolf regarding the opening. Wolf hoped to cast him, and upon hearing that CBS and Fox both offered Martin development deals, he gave the actor the part without an audition.

From 1999 to 2008, he played Detective Edward 'Ed' Green on Law & Order. Altogether, he was the fifth longest-serving cast member; behind S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach and Steven Hill. He had a brief hiatus at the end of the 2004–2005 season while he was filming the movie adaptation of Rent in which he reprised the role of Tom Collins. Martin's final episode of Law & Order aired April 23, 2008, as he was replaced by Anthony Anderson. Martin returned to NBC a year later, as the co-star of The Philanthropist.

On September 14, 2012, NBC announced that Martin would be joining the cast of SMASH during season 2 for a nine-episode arc as Scott Nichols, the artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Workshop. Martin has also been cast as one of the leads in an NBC pilot of The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives as Greg Cooke. It was announced on May 10, 2013, that NBC would not be picking up the pilot.

Martin was cast as Detective West in the pilot for The Flash, a spin-off from Arrow in January 2014. The Flash was picked up for a full 23 episode season by The CW.

Film

On March 4, 2013, it was announced that Martin would replace Lenny Kravitz as Marvin Gaye in an upcoming biopic directed by Julien Temple, and produced by Vassal Benton and Fred Bestall. Martin had been attached to a different Gaye biopic for years and had stated that it was his dream role to portray the legendary Motown singer.

Other work

Martin voiced the character Ed Green in the video game Law & Order: Justice is Served, and narrated the audio book The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and On the Shoulder of Giants, Volume 2: Master Intellects and Creative Giants by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He co-produced the Off-Broadway production of Fully Committed with Rent co-star Adam Pascal (and two other producers).

Martin sits on the board of trustees for the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation along with Rent co-producer Kevin McCollum.

Personal life

In October 2006, Martin returned to Buffalo, New York to work on an independent film (Buffalo Bushido).

He is a resident of Manhattan.

Stage work

Ring of Men (Off-Broadway) - Unknown date and character

The Prince and the Pauper (Off-Broadway) - Unknown character and date

Arabian Nights (Off-Broadway) - Prince of Fools, Clarinetist, Boy (1994)

The Butcher's Daughter (Cleveland Playhouse) - Unknown character (1993)

Timon of Athens (Broadway Premiere) - "Alcibiades' Officer" (original), "Second Masseur" (original), Alcibiades (understudy) (1993).

The Government Inspector (Broadway Revival) - Abdulin (original), Panteleyeva (understudy) (1994)

Rent (Off-Broadway) - Tom Collins (1996)

Rent (Broadway) - Tom Collins (1996)

Rent (West End) - Tom Collins (1998)

Bright Lights, Big City (musical) (concept recording) - Tad

The Threepenny Opera (Williamstown, MA; Williamstown Theatre Festival Production) – Macheath (2003)

The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare in the Park) - Gratiano (Summer 2010)

The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare in the Park) - King Polixenes (Summer 2010)

The Merchant of Venice (Broadway) - Gratiano (2010); transfer from the Shakespeare in the Park production

Romeo and Juliet (Public Theater; Delacorte Theatre's 50th Anniversary) - Gregory, Friar John, Watchman 2 (2012)

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Body and Soul: The Rise of the Pastoral Physician in Colonial America

The life of an early North American settler was often a perilous one. With a constant threat of Indian attacks, disease and starvation, the initial mortality rate was as high as 80% (especially in the southern colonies). In a letter from the Lord De-La-Warre to the Lords of the Council of Virginia he explains why he decided to return to Europe after a short and miserable stay in Jamestown. “I must informe your Lordships, that presently after my arrival in James Towne, I was welcomed by a hote and violent Ague, which held mee a time, till by the advice of my Physition, Doctor Laurence Bohun, (by blood letting) I was recovered”. This brief abatement was followed by a relapse of severe fever, the flux, cramping, the gout, Scurvy and an extreme weakness from which he barely escaped with his life. Unfortunately, many never had a similar opportunity or desire to leave Virginia and perished as a result. (Hawke 72) (De-La-Warre)

Though sickness was rampant, especially in the Chesapeake, it is the general theory of medical historians that all diseases (save the bubonic plague) were simply “imported” from the Eastern Hemisphere only to be exacerbated by harsh climates, poor sanitation, improper diets and a lack of efficient medical care. With the introduction of apple orchards (to ward off scurvy) and other improvements to their lifestyles, the collective health of the southern settlers began to improve by the 1650s. Unfortunately, due to many roadblocks such as religious superstition, personal agendas and other factors unique to the colonies, it would take another one hundred years for medical theories and practices to begin to depart from their medieval roots of humors and bloodletting. Perhaps the greatest example of medical innovation in Colonial America (and the devastating social backlash that ensued) is the inoculation of Smallpox in Boston in 1721. (Hawke 73, 80)

Breathing a Vein by James Gilray, 1804.

In the early colonies, physicians usually fell into one of two groups: Those who were formally trained in England and those who attempted to earn a living by generating their very own brand of medical theories and remedies. The formal physician was a rare sight because those with a successful medical practice in England had no cause to give it all up for a fresh, precarious start in America. The physicians that did decide to brave the harsh journey required such exorbitant fees for their services that hardly anyone could afford them. “The trained physician had invested many years of his life to obtain his degree, and there was no one in the colonies who could pay his fees.” In 1655, a visit to a doctor could be two to four times more expensive than having a carpenter build a house. Also, due to their often aggressive techniques, “The learned physician was actually more dangerous to his patients in some ways than was the self-trained man.” For these reasons, many turned to home remedies, self-help guides and fervent prayer to cure their ailments.                      (Pereyra 3-4) (Balkin 84) (Shyrock 281)

In 1727, a Virginian physician by the name of John Tennent published a “do-it-yourself” medical guide for those who could not afford the services of a doctor. In the introduction of Every Man His Own Doctor: Or, The Poor Planter’s Physician Tennent writes, “Indeed, some would be glad of assistance if they did not think the Remedy near as bad as the Disease, for our Doctors are commonly so exorbitant in their fees, whether they kill or cure, that the patient had rather trust his constitution than run the risk of beggaring his family.” The main complaints, as well as their remedies, listed in this book include a cough, “Palsy” (stroke), “Vapours” (anxiety), bladder/kidney stones, the “King’s Evil” (swollen glands), the bite of a mad dog, and “film” (a corneal abrasion of the eye). Though some of the remedies are ridiculous at best (and dangerous at worst), there are a few that, even from a modern medical standpoint, appear to have sound reasoning. (Tennent 1)

For example, in the treatment of a “Palsy” (stroke), the advice is to induce vomiting, followed by dunking the head in cold water repeatedly, then rubbing a tonic on the head and arms to restore movement and packing the nostrils with tobacco to “drive the clammy phlegm from your brain.” Since today the causes of a stroke are well known, it is pretty unlikely that any of the above procedures could relieve a blood clot in the brain or improve the devastating results of paralysis. The remaining advice, on the other hand, to reduce one’s salt intake and to roll a ball made of crushed rosemary in one’s hands every day mirror today’s sound concepts of prevention and physical therapy. The last few lines of his text certainly illustrates the contradicting practices of 18th century physicians as he writes, “In the mean time, there is no question but some of my brother quacks will make themselves merry with these prescriptions. Let them shoot their harmless bolts.” (Tennent 2,5)

It would still be many more years before anything resembling formal medical training, licenses or regulations would manifest in the colonies. In 1700, the only licensing body was the London College of Physicians, which limited their certifications to the graduates of Oxford and Cambridge. The number of approved physicians could not even meet the needs of a tenth of England’s population, let alone the American colonies; meanwhile, very few Americans traveled to London for training. Even as late as the 1760s, a New York critic remarked, “Few physicians among us are eminent for their skill. Quacks abound like locusts in Egypt…This is the less to be wondered at, as the profession is under no kind of regulation.”  For these reasons, there was a significant increase in the number of Pastoral physicians. (Shyrock 279-280)

View of Oxford College ca. 1675

The concern and care for the physical constitution of the members of their community seemed a natural inclination for the colony’s clergymen. Their further involvement in the medical arts was also due to the fact that “Ministers were frequently the only ones who could ‘read medicine,’ since before 1700 the greater part of the literature was in Latin”. Some medical historians even claim that colonial preachers have compiled far more abundant, thorough and accurate medical data and have contributed more to the advancement of medicine than any of their physician contemporaries.  This can be attributed to three factors:  They were objective, their sermons contained a treasure trove of medical data and they had time to devote to the study and advancement of medical theories. (Shyrock 280)

The colonial “physician” often had their own theories to advance and/or defend. For this reason, many historians do not find their journals to be a reliable source of data in determining which diseases were afflicting the colonies at certain times. In discussing the challenges of historically identifying a particular disease based on its description, Caulfield writes, “This does not mean that it is necessary to have exact descriptions written by doctors; on the contrary descriptions written by laymen and particularly by clergymen are much more valuable because medical men usually had theories to prove, treatments to justify, or (more often than not) reputations to establish.” (Caulfield 25)

Transcribed sermons are even more valuable than journal entries due to their tendency to discuss events from a community rather than an individualistic approach. It is also a fair assumption that the epidemic of the day was a common sermon theme due to its tendency of making parishioners mindful of their sins and bringing them to repentance. Caulfield continues by claiming “the epidemiological parts of the sermons are so valuable as to make them worthy to be considered among the foremost scientific contributions of the times.” (22)

Another roadblock to the advancement of medical theory was due to the immediate demand for treatment and the limited time a physician had to actually study the disease process. “The only men who investigated disease were practitioners: there were no scientists who, as in astronomy, could give themselves primarily to research…[therefore] The busy American doctor wanted therapeutic short-cuts, and had no time for a meditation on the circumstances of death.” In the meantime, church Pastors like Cotton Mather and others dedicated significant time and energy into determining disease pathologies and developing a more scientific approach to their treatments. (Shryock 286)

Caulfield, James. “The Pursuit of a Pestilence.” American Antiquarian Society, April, 1950.

De-La-Warre. “A letter to the Lords and Others of the Counsell of Virginia.” 1611. http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1034

Hawke, David. Everyday Life in Early America. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1988.

Shyrock, Richard. “Eighteenth Century Medicine in America.” American Antiquarian Society, October, 1949.

Tennent, John. Every Man his own Doctor: or, The Poor Planter’s Physician. Williamsburg, VA: 1727.

Pereyra, Luis. “Origins of Surgery in British Colonial America.” Journal of Investigative Surgery, 16:3-6, 2003.