Things to check out:
XX Producing Team Member Patrick Bussink has a one-man show at Forum Theatre as part of Fringe. Info can be found here on the Forum blog, there are just three more performances – tonight at 11:30 pm, Saturday at 3 pm and at 11:30 pm. Check it out!
Another XX collaborator, the exceptionally talented playwright and photographer Melissa Blackall, has launched her new photography website. She’s got an amazing eye for theater, just took some great shots of Marat/Sade, and was responsible for the awesome pictures of the last X Plays. Check it out!
More Survey Results!
Under the cut, offensive curse words and things we can’t say in mixed company.
“If you could hear a past or current President curse, who would it be and what would he shout?”
This was one of our more popular questions, with very few people passing it over. Oh DC, you are so creative with your swear words. You astonish me. Warning: profanity to follow.
A sampling of the results:
George W. Bush: “My goddamn prostrate’s as big as Iraq!”
William Taft: “Take a big drink out of my ASS”
George Washington: “My fucking teeth are killing me”
Millard Fillmore: “Enough with the fucking duck jokes”
Herbert Hoover: “The stock market can lick my fat fucking asshole”
Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Fucking wheelchair!”
Andrew Jackson: “You goddamn freeloaders! Get off my goddamn porch!”
Abraham Lincoln: “Dammit, I should’ve gone to see the Lion King!”
Teddy Roosevelt: “Why can’t I win the fucking Nationals pre-game race?”
Calvin Coolidge: “I do talk, you cum-guzzling donkey-fuckers!”
Think of a topic you wish you could discuss at a party but always avoid. What’s the topic? Why do you avoid it?
About twenty-five of the answers involved Sex in some form… sex lives, lack-thereof, blow jobs, anal, preferences, swinging, threesomes, whatever. Most people would like to talk about these topics but are afraid their audience might be less than enthused. Another jokester replied: “Time travel – because it always feels so five minutes ago”
A sampling:
“Politics – because people get too heated defending their various positions”
“Education – I get so mad and everyone agrees anyway”
“Abortion – people never want to talk about fetuses – that’s a funny word…fetus fetus fetus”
“The Bible and religion – people don’t have a sense of humor”
“Gay Marriage – because I fear slugging a bigot”
“Death penalty for child crimes – too many ‘human rights’ people”
“Obesity in America – it’s usually a rude topic at the moment – which is fairly telling”
“The Patriot Act – you never know if you’re talking to a communist, don’t want to offend”
“Race – don’t know how to navigate the minefields”
“Israel/Palestine – no one appreciates the ‘one state’ solution”
