Either way, the others are goin’ down, cause Nao’s gonna win.

Bravo doesn’t know what is has coming.

You go, girl.

P.S. I hadn’t done this blog thing in a while. I forgot how to log on — good thing I had Sebastianna’s old emails with the instructions.

As in “Emmett Till times Anne Frank.”

“Anne and Emmett” is the title of Janet Langhart Cohen’s new play, which imagines a dialogue between Emmett Till and Anne Frank.

I found out about this play in a somewhat unlikely way, but it reminded me of our screening of “E.T. Squared” a few months ago. Certainly, both “Anne and Emmett” and “E.T. Squared” are mash-ups—ahistorical fictions that bring together characters who, in reality, never met. And, in some ways, “Anne and Emmett” seems just as prone to criticism as “E.T. Squared”: it would be possible to argue that comparing two completely unrelated tragedies can only trivialize both.

However, I have a hunch that people won’t have as many problems with “Anne and Emmett” as they did with “E.T. Squared.” Like it or not, the Holocaust and the United State’s mistreatment of blacks both during and after the Civil War are both the kinds of tragedies that are nearly inconceivable due to their magnitude. It’s a strange kind of logic that takes that common inconceivability as a sign that it’s okay to compare the two, but that logic exists nonetheless.

Compare either event to Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” and one can imagine that people might start to get offended. However, when it comes down to the rhetoric of “Anne and Emmett” vs. “E.T. Squared,” it seems to me that there’s really not that much of a difference. As with any forced comparison, the hope is that some kind of new form will emerge from the two—something that might help people understand each event differently, or even better.

I’m not sure what my point is here. I guess I’m certainly interested to see how critics respond to “Anne and Emmett.” Maybe that will teach us something about the response to “E.T. Squared.”

among friends might be over, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. Check out the Gallery for new photos from behind the scenes of the Remaking Rumours recording, the Remaking Rumours Afterparty, and the Artist Talks (introducing Harrell, Jen, Nao, and Pope.L).

This was really good.

We love Nao. And her Star Wars hat.

Click “Read more” for pictures.

The comfort helper training sesh. Thanks for the photo, Katherine.

Our first comfortee.

A stylin' comfort pack.

Comfort canopy all closed up. Us with Eric, our #1 comfort helper.

After the after party, Charles took us on an impromptu trip to the observatory. There's Sam and his friend Frank.

Charles, the man with the keys. He started rotating the observatory's roof, and we freaked out and thought the room was moving.

It's not a real field trip without Harrell.

Jen came along and made it a party. (The library there requires a ladder. And the chairs look like they're from the early 1900s.)

Ellen and Bennett enjoyed night air.

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Comfort Station, Nao Bustamante
Campus Center Lobby

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM – E.T.: A Performance Shoot, William Pope.L
Ryan Student Center/Gym
Spots are limited; first-come, first-served. To attend the performance, please arrive a half hour in advance at Ryan Gymnasium.

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Open Pizza Dinner
CPGC Café, Stokes Hall

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Concluding Roundtable Discussion
Stokes Auditorium
Presentations from among friends artists and students recapping the week’s events.

10:00 PM – ?? – among friends / ”Remaking Rumours” Afterparty, Jen Delos Reyes
Lunt Basement
Performances by musicians involved in the “Remaking Rumours” project.

Your favorite Bustamante is cooking up some curative art n craft tomorrow in the campus center. 11am-4pm. There will be edibles!

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