tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post4738465754095383099..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Rakoff on New YorkJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-80572570491362967002011-01-01T20:05:05.227-05:002011-01-01T20:05:05.227-05:00WFT is "goyish" about a cupcake?
How a...WFT is "goyish" about a cupcake? <br /><br />How about this sentence: "There is nothing more jewish than the producers, writers, and star of Sex and the City."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-8387104897103657652010-12-30T11:40:19.114-05:002010-12-30T11:40:19.114-05:00Don't blame the cupcake, blame the messenger.Don't blame the cupcake, blame the messenger.Grade "A" Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281571169895250252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32282082645844966602010-12-30T08:23:26.647-05:002010-12-30T08:23:26.647-05:00I always hated Rent ever since a vapid ex-girlfrie...I always hated Rent ever since a vapid ex-girlfriend who never lived in NYC proclaimed it "authentic". One of the many reasons she's an ex. <br /><br />cupcakes are basically disneylands version of "ethnic" food.Suburban Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10133372565364320854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-33786868084075226842010-12-29T16:07:18.754-05:002010-12-29T16:07:18.754-05:00Sounds like an interesting read.
Just wanted to wi...Sounds like an interesting read.<br />Just wanted to wish you a belated Happy Holiday and a Very Happy New Year filled with joy and happiness.Thanks for sharing some of the most interesting things.Melaniehttp://melaniemusings2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81042330557685509822010-12-29T13:04:41.316-05:002010-12-29T13:04:41.316-05:00I must admit that I will always have a soft spot f...I must admit that I will always have a soft spot for RENT because I grew up singing along to the music...but I just looked at the Life Cafe's website, and HOT DAMN the prices are ridiculous! For making money off of being Bohemian and supporting starving artists, they sound like they're more fit for the super elite who live there now ;PErikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227695659650434117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44701734361009887402010-12-29T11:48:02.151-05:002010-12-29T11:48:02.151-05:00"...the town's vibrancy and authenticity ..."...the town's vibrancy and authenticity were being replaced by a culture-free, high-end-retail cluster-fuck of luxury condo buildings whose all-glass walls essentially require a populace that doesn't own bookshelves or, consequently, books."<br /><br />Ha, so true! And, sad...soulless glass boxes inhabited by kindles and [i]pods...when it comes to culture and personality, the city really does feel more than half empty.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-60048894320009946152010-12-29T10:43:55.569-05:002010-12-29T10:43:55.569-05:00"is there anything more blandly sweet, less e..."is there anything more blandly sweet, less evocative of this great city, and more goyish than any other baked good with the possible exception of Eucharist wafers than the cupcake?"<br /><br />Ha ha ha! That's a genius sentence and thought, I have to check out the book, thanks for recommending it.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.aguywalksinto365bars.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-88000531943322080102010-12-29T09:52:02.252-05:002010-12-29T09:52:02.252-05:00in the essay, Rakoff says, "In Rent, AIDS see...in the essay, Rakoff says, "In Rent, AIDS seems only to render one cuter and cuter."Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-30996838815074068242010-12-29T09:36:06.208-05:002010-12-29T09:36:06.208-05:00Well, we *could* give Rent a pass (I refuse the al...Well, we *could* give Rent a pass (I refuse the all cap nod to pretension), but let's not. It sucked, it was phony from day 1, and it was embraced by everyone who would never, ever dare to live like the stereotypical 'artistes' depicted. Or, for that matter, live next door to them.<br /><br />The HIV thing was daring in its day? I'm not sure, but wasn't that about 10 years after everyone started dying?JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-43528917321988314192010-12-29T09:19:18.989-05:002010-12-29T09:19:18.989-05:00Gonna read the Rakoff book. Thanks for bringing it...Gonna read the Rakoff book. Thanks for bringing it our attention, JM. Still, I hadn't read your post on RENT until just now. I don't care for the musical, but I wonder if it's unfair to suggest that RENT is like "Sex in the City" in cheapening the bohemian EV lifestyle. After all, RENT was very daring in its day for bringing attention to HIV/AIDS. Shouldn't we give a pass to the musical for its Disney treatment of Alphabet City because of other good intentions?La Vie Bohemehttp://slut.yourmom.comnoreply@blogger.com