Divamensch

I saw Obsession earlier this week - - my friend Lydia encouraged me to see it, it's an indie horror movie that's getting a lot of attention, has broken all kinds of peculiar records. I recently came up with two personal goals when it comes to movies and this one checked both boxes: To see more movies in the theater, rather than streaming at home. To see more movies about which I know very little. A little background on the second point: a couple summers ago I saw the movie *T

There were four shows up for Best Director of a Play in 1978, they fit neatly into pairs: Diva: Dracula, Deathtrap Mensch: The Gin Game, Da Melvin Bernhardt was the winner for Da, a quiet little Irish drama about a man acknowledging the father figures in his life. Total Mensch territory. I bet there were about eight lighting cues in that show.