A Book Called Theatre (With Very Little Theatre)
His “About the Author” said he’d been a successful playwright so I couldn’t figure out why his novel about an actress should be so utterly devoid of any verisimilitude about life in the theatre. There’s not a single writer character in it until the very end and the actress is never in rehearsal, never onstage and we never see much interest in her work. We just hear about what an amazing actress she is and then watch her get massages and entertain people in her dressing room.To keep reading A Book Called Theatre visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 484Song:Paper DollImage of W Somerset MaughamTo support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it at: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartistMailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavisKofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavisPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartistJoin Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/Twitter @erainbowdMastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.coBlue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.socialInstagram and PinterestListen to The Dragoning here and The Defense here.
Comments on The Heroine's Journey
Back in 2008, I wrote a review of The Heroine’s Journey on Goodreads. At the time, I was developing Mythellaneous, which was a clown hero’s journey, so I was very excited to read this book, which was meant to be a women’s version of the famous hero’s journey as described by Joseph Campebll. Unfortunately, The Heroine’s Journey was disappointing and generally kind of facile and old fashioned. It did not help me in the creation of that show.Over the years, I have noticed likes coming through for this review, more than any other book on my list. To keep reading Comments on The Heroine's Journey visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 483Song: I'm No HeroineImage of some of my myth booksTo support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it at: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartistMailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavisKofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavisPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartistJoin Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/Twitter @erainbowdMastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.coBlue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.socialInstagram and PinterestListen to The Dragoning here and The Defense here. Explicit due to one f**k
Health Care Every Year
A few weeks ago, I started receiving alarming emails about renewing my health insurance. “Renew now,” they said, “Or you risk losing your health insurance!”I can’t risk losing health insurance so I got right on it and logged into my NY State of Health account to take care of it. When I got into the system, it told me I could not renew for another two weeks. Several more panic inducing emails arrived and there was literally nothing to do about it yet.This made me think about how absolutely bonkers our health care system is.To keep reading Health Care Every Year visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 482Song: UnwellImage by Tim Mossholder via Unsplash To support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it at: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartistMailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavisKofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavisPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartistJoin Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/Twitter @erainbowdMastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.coBlue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.socialInstagram and PinterestListen to The Dragoning here and The Defense here.
Giving Tuesday
I didn’t want to be a Giving Tuesday party pooper so I waited to post this until after giving season. I hope all my non-profit friends got lots of donations this year! But I did write this on actual Giving Tuesday. Am I a spoilsport? Maybe.Because I run a non-profit, I feel like I ought to make a pitch for us every year around this time. It feels like an exercise in futility but a lot of things feel that way, so maybe I should do it anyway? I didn’t do it this year but maybe I should have?To keep reading Giving Tuesday visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 481Song: Giving TuesdayImage via WikicommonsTo support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it at: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartistMailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavisKofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavisPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartistJoin Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/Twitter @erainbowdMastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.coBlue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.socialInstagram and PinterestListen to The Dragoning here and The Defense here.
This Show Needed Gertrude Stein
I saw an adaptation of a Thornton Wilder play at The Public and it made me real mad. My only comfort is that apparently Thornton Wilder used to get real mad at everything he saw as well, so I guess I’m in good company.The show was an adaptation of The Skin of Our Teeth, which, for the most part, just involved throwing some songs into it. It was mostly harmless, I suppose. I’d never seen The Skin of Our Teeth and this production made me go straight home to read it so I guess it did me the service of catching me up on an American classic. To keep reading This Show Needed Gertrude Stein visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 480Song: Gertrude & SteinImage by CHUTTERSNAP via UnsplashTo support this podcast:Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!Rate it at: https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartistMailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavisKofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavisPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartistJoin Substack: https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/Twitter @erainbowdMastodon - @erainbowd@podvibes.coBlue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.socialInstagram and PinterestListen to The Dragoning here and The Defense here.