75 stories by "Kevin Delin"
"I know it's 4 weeks away, but I wanted to tell you that CDs, even a boxed set, are not the kind of a birthday present you give to someone you are intimate with." It was 7:16 am Sunday morni…
Why are you here? This is not one of the metaphysical questions Gauguin painted. It is a very direct question. You are, after all, seated in a theater and waiting for the show to beg…
This is a little bit odd, isn’t it? I mean, we are in the 21st century: a century already full of glowing displays and multiple windows on a single screen all beeping and pingi…
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…
1)Â “Don’t you want to pay actors?” sounds to me a lot like “Don’t you love your country?” 2)Â Speaking of paying actors, one of the “big lies…
Originally published April 21, 2015 in Bitter Lemons.
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You may be aware that actors in Los Angeles are presently trying to prevent their union, Actors' Equity Association (AEA), from up-ending the local intimate theater culture. At its core, int…
"What defines a Professional?"Â This seemingly simple question has become a hot topic amid the aggressive and highly unpopular actions the Actors' Equity Association (the actors' union) h…
1)Â “Don’t you want to pay actors?” sounds to me a lot like “Don’t you love your country?” 2)Â Speaking of paying actors, one of the “big lies…
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…
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 sens…
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 being…
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 …
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…
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…
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 Cr…
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 artist has an…
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 complain…
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 Col…
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 material…
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. …
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…
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 #L…
True story:Â I once worked in a small tech start-up where the VP of Operations declared at a company meeting:Â “We won’t be spending any more money on advertising until our…
