Political Snarkasm

The program sums it up well:

A One-Night-Only Cabaret with Sandi and Richard Riccardi. A dynamic comedy and cabaret duo, the Riccardis mix solid musical chops with satirical lyrics to lightly skewer contemporary society. It's all done in good fun, but with a definite attitude. Their show "Polical Snarkasm" will be featured at the Fringe Festival. This show is intended for Mature Audiences.

Well, that's a bit of an understatement. This was brilliant musical satire aimed, for the most part, at Trump and his minions. Non-stop laughs beautifully performed. And no, I don't remember why she was wearing the hockey team's jersey.

Ectopic

The word ectopic, according to Google, is defined as being in a abnormal place or position or as in ectopic pregnancy, a fetus attaching to the wall of a fallopian tube rather than the uterus. That's a very dangerous condition. The program tells us that:

A young woman dances around the issue of her hypersexuality as it starts to affect her various relationships. Does everyone around her simply reflect a culture that dislikes exceptional sexual behavior or is she hiding something deeper behind the facade of sexual exploration? Written and Directed by Taylor Gruenloh, featuring Laurell Stevenson & Darrious Varner .

This is a family-friendly blog, so to speak, and some of the images I got are too steamy for publication. But that's the Fringe.

 

Intermission

A day's break from Fringe Festival pictures. The show I'm working on now is difficult, for a couple or reasons.               

But there is a lot of other stuff going on here this weekend. One of them is Paint Louis. There is a long section of the Mississippi flood wall south of downtown where graffiti and wall art are permitted. Once a year spray can artists are invited to renew it. It's going on now. Back to The Fringe shortly.

The Bothered

I confess that I didn't exactly get this one. Spooky things in the attic or something. As always, the problem may have been that I pay more attention to my viewfinder than the play itself.  According to the program:

Why do we hide away the things we fear? We answer it with, “because we fear it.” But it is much more than that. A simple answer is not what we are looking for. Utilizing the five senses we delve into a world much like our own, but then again, different in every way, forced to confront these lingering anxieties and the enigmatic occurrences that come to follow. There are ideas lurking that we try to force away, but we do not have that choice anymore. They are here and the only question left is what will remain, and who?        

Teach

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Torah was given to teach us. 
And today's City Daily Photo Theme Day's focus is TEACH.

Pirkei Avot 4:15 in the Talmud says

Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua taught: "The dignity of your students should be as precious to you as your own. The dignity of your colleagues should be as precious to you as your reverence for your teacher. The reverence for your teacher should be as great as your reverence for God."

And the daily prayer Kaddish dRabbanan blesses our teachers:

 "May you be blessed and strengthened as you have blessed

and strengthened your student.

May you have peace, grace, kindness, mercy, long life and

everything you need."

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Good luck to the 2,310,000 pupils in Israel who start the new school year tomorrow, Sunday, September 2.  And blessings to their teachers!

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