here! here! lilbobbytables. respectful disagreement seconded by me, a longtime blogreader, first time commenter. cynical is woefully right, gabe, and it’s sad to hear you say that (read you write that?)

as an art historian married to an artist (we OWN the MONEY TREE amiright) i have to take exception to the rule that art doesn’t influence society. if art doesn’t accomplish anything, then why has politics and CNN and foxnews taken on every aspect of THEATER to get their message consumed, potently, as FACT? and what better way to understand what’s so insidious and bad about this aspect of our media and political culture than through ART like movies and books and music and theater? there’s a more eloquent way to argue this, i’m sure, than the circular logic i just presented here.

also, machete looks silly, but i’m sure it will have a longstanding effect on someone in the audience, as in “that was the worst bad movie trying to be good at being a bad movie that i’ve ever seen in my entire life”