tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post7427608086633459184..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: The Actor's LifePlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-17985033481850683882009-10-28T10:53:57.011-04:002009-10-28T10:53:57.011-04:00Good work, Tom! Thanks for being as tough on NYT&...Good work, Tom! Thanks for being as tough on NYT's fact-checking as you are on Playgoer's. After all--they have no excuse.<br /><br />And I heartily agree, Anon. The article, while a good read, is just a "triumph of the human spirit." By posting it here I indeed hope to ask the broader questions about the actor's precarious status in the current NYC economy. <br /><br />And, yes, what about AEA? I trust they have support for homeless actors. Don't they? Do they?Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-42767118370352749562009-10-28T02:55:04.523-04:002009-10-28T02:55:04.523-04:00"Ms. White never mentioned to the others who ..."Ms. White never mentioned to the others who slept in the park that she had been nominated for a Tony award when she performed, alongside Glenn Close, in “Barnum,” in 1980...."<br /><br />Maybe that's because she WASN'T NOMINATED. Jesus, doesn't anybody fact check anymore?<br /> <br />Not the important part of the story, of course, but an important part of the journalist's job, yes?Tom Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06452388964457205842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-81046034994798776992009-10-27T23:05:55.345-04:002009-10-27T23:05:55.345-04:00Very touching story -- done in that Times-y (all-A...Very touching story -- done in that Times-y (all-American) way: all about the individual and never asking about the structural issues and possible collective responses. I kept wondering as I read this: Where was Equity? Don't get me wrong - very pleased that White got a glorious happy ending. But the story also made me wonder about all those who don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com