i have seen the face of god, and it was beautiful...

David Collins.

what more can i say?

oh. sorry. i guess a lot.

perhaps, just for fun, some context. last night john and i went to see "born ready" and "pusha man" at theatre passe muraille. it was a well spent evening.

both plays were good, although john and i both agreeed that "born ready" felt a bit like it was verging on the teen angst type work that we saw in high school and university, the torment of youth and all that. of course, it explores a topic (internalized violence in "the hood" - to be clear, that's not me trying to sound cool, 'cause i assure you, as cool as those words may make someone sound, coming out of my mouth they would just make me sound like an ass, so this is a direct quote from the play) that is probably not particularily explorable without angst, i guess it was maybe the lack of balance, oh hell, i don't know, it just felt like it was verging on teen angst. but "pusha man" was excellent. they were both written by (the very sexy - although that might be just 'cause he's exactly my type, short and stalky) Joseph Jomo Pierre, who was also in one of the productions. as a quick sidebar here, why the hell don't actors and authors have websites, at least, not easy to find on the web websites, come on people, it's a hard enough business as it is, how about some self-promotion!!!!!

"pusha man", now that was a show i really enjoyed. i loved the spectacle of it. i loved the movement of it. i loved the fluidity of the language. oh, who am i kidding? what i loved was david collins. david ('cause we're on a first name basis doncha know...) plays 'absolute', the pusha man, who is also god, the creator of the world. and damn, is he good. david collins is an amazing actor. amazing. i can't say enough good things. i was disappointed at the end when he left the stage. on some level i couldn't understand why the play was still going on. he is amazing. and oh my god, so so sexy. honestly, he's not the 'see him across the room and think he's sexy' kind of sexy. it was his energy, his voice, his movements. so, really, it was his character who was sexy, but my oh my, how very sexy that character was. here's a picture, he's the older fella in the back of the second picture.

interestingly enough, if you read the reviews, they tend to say the opposite, that "born ready" was amazing and "pusha man" was lack-luster.

i guess everyone's taste is different.

tonight we're going to see "better parts" and "fish eyes"