Hypocrisy In Motion Monday, January 2, 2006 [ banter 10 ]

I tend to cringe when I go to a blog/webzine that I love and it takes actual effort to maneuver past a slide show of banner ads and animated DONATION logos just to get to the content. I want to read about somebody's juicy life, not get tips on great holiday deals @ Marshall's. Is this a webjournal or a webcommercial? Bloggers are making money, getting TV guest spots, and hustling ways to spin this dorky hobby of ours into an actual profession or some weird version of minor-celebrity: it's like the level you go BENEATH reality TV stardom. But shit, imagine my delight when one of the Marketing Heads of a new Off-Broadway comedy about Hollywood closet cases contacted me through this site; apparently her coworkers turned her onto my blog and she thought I could help promote the show word of web, what with my "abilities as a leading gay cultural enthusiast". Flattery gets you everywhere with me, I fucking love it. Imagine my ego stroked. Now imagine the abandoning of my principles when she offered free tickets to a sneak preview of the show in exchange for my shoutout.

Let my descension from the high horse begin. Ahem.

The Little Dog Laughed: Gossip, Boy-toys, Sex and Gay Hollywood.
WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND NUDITY. (yum)

Just going off the write-up they sent me, the show sounds really funny. Plus, it was written by Douglas Carter Beane, the author of the critically acclaimed As Bees in Honey Drown (which will live on in Drama School showcases for all eternity) and screenwriter of To Wong Foo... (Noxeema Jackson is my babymama), so I don't doubt this'll be great. It's a relatively impressive lineup of actors for an Off-Broadway show --- one of the stars in it is Johnny Galecki, who's rocked the shit as David on Roseanne. I swear I STILL makes me feel awkward and embarrassed for David when I watch the reruns; you just want David to get a decent haircut and STOP being so pathetic. The same things my mom wants for me.

I get free tickets to Broadway shows every week through work but this is the first time I've gotten invited simply b/c of my blog. So while hypocrisy is on the rise, let's embrace pretension too: I'm going out on a limb off the Stupidity Tree and extending my +1 to a reader of my blog --- my most dedicated one, i.e. whoever writes me the best FAN LETTER. Yup. A virtual blowjob contest in email format, send in your love and whoever loves me best gets to be my date to the show and buy me dinner. This is how we're doing to do it, cuz this is how bored I am @ work today.

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