The cast and crew of “Taken In” convenes at South of the Border this Wednesday, kicking off a six-day shoot that director Chris White has warned repeatedly “will be exhausting.” Okay, already. As the oldest member of the raiding party and the only one among us who has dietary restrictions (aka “a health concern”), I […]
Nine days from today, I’ll have played the fathers of recalcitrant teenagers in two films, continuing a recent trend … plus Brabantio in Othello, Polonius in Hamlet, Doc Gibbs in Our Town, Bellomy in The Fantasticks. I sometimes wonder how believable an actor can be in such roles when he has neither offspring nor parental […]
In Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, a computer mechanic says this to a dame who’s just cracked wise: “Don’t jump salty, beautiful. Name a gift. Then speak my name. If it’s bread-and-honey, I own a hive.” I googled “jump salty,” my new favorite expression, and found references dating back to 1938 black street […]
